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Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000

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19897.710 Seasons176 EpisodesEnded

Overview

A stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by riffing on them with his funny robot pals.

Created by Michael J. Nelson
Written by Michael J. Nelson, David Sussman, Mary Jo Pehl
Produced by Kevin Murphy, Joel Hodgson
NetworksComedy CentralSyfy

Top Cast

Michael J. Nelson

Michael J. Nelson

Mike Nelson

Kevin Murphy

Kevin Murphy

Tom Servo (voice) / Professor Bobo

Bill Corbett

Bill Corbett

Crow T. Robot (voice) / Observer

Mary Jo Pehl

Mary Jo Pehl

Pearl Forrester

P

Patrick Brantseg

Gypsy (voice)

Themes & Keywords

film in filmspacemad scientistpuppetryrobotspace stationsci-fi parody

About Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a comedy, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 1989 exploring themes of film in film, space, mad scientist, puppetry, robot, space station. Created by Michael J. Nelson, it stars Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett. A stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by riffing on them with his funny robot pals.

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