Joel Hodgson

Joel Hodgson

Born: February 20, 1960
in Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Joel Gordon Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007 MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Time.com. Hodgson is currently "movie riffing" with fellow cast members of MST3K under the name Cinematic Titanic, performing live and producing content for DVDs and direct download.

Movies for Joel Hodgson...

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Mask 3D
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Mask 3D
Character: Ardy
Released: October 28, 2022
Type: Movie
In the show's first-ever Halloween special and first-ever 3D episode, Jonah and the 'Bots watch The Mask (1961).
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Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character: Joel Robinson/Ardy
Released: May 6, 2022
Type: TV
The cult hit is back AGAIN! Captured by mad scientists, returning host Jonah and new host Emily survive a blitz of cheesy B movies by riffing on them with their funny robot pals.
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Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character: Ardy
Released: May 6, 2022
Type: TV
The cult hit is back AGAIN! Captured by mad scientists, returning host Jonah and new host Emily survive a blitz of cheesy B movies by riffing on them with their funny robot pals.
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Title: Prop Culture
Character: Himself
Released: May 1, 2020
Type: TV
Film historian and prop collector Dan Lanigan reunites iconic Disney movie props with the filmmakers, actors, and crew who created and used them in some of Disney’s most beloved films. Throughout this journey, Dan will recover lost artifacts, visit private collections, and help restore pieces from the Walt Disney Archives to their original glory.
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We Brought Back MST3K
Title: We Brought Back MST3K
Character: Self
Released: April 17, 2018
Type: Movie
This feature length documentary provides fans with an insider’s look at the creation of Season 11 and its triumphant debut on Netflix. Featuring new interviews with Joel Hodgson, Jonah Ray, Felicia Day, Patton Oswalt and many others, interwoven with previously unseen footage from all stages of MST3K’s miraculous comeback.
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Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character: Santa Claus
Released: April 14, 2017
Type: TV
The cult hit returns! Captured by mad scientists, new host Jonah survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by riffing on them with his funny robot pals.
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Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character: Ardy
Released: April 14, 2017
Type: TV
The cult hit returns! Captured by mad scientists, new host Jonah survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by riffing on them with his funny robot pals.
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Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character: Larry
Released: April 14, 2017
Type: TV
The cult hit returns! Captured by mad scientists, new host Jonah survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by riffing on them with his funny robot pals.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Reptilicus
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Reptilicus
Character: Ardy
Released: April 9, 2017
Type: Movie
In Jonah's first experiment, he and robot companions Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot are subjected, by Kinga Forrester and Max, TV's son of TV's Frank, to a terrible Danish made monster movie.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Avalanche
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Avalanche
Character: Ardy
Released: April 9, 2017
Type: Movie
While Jonah and crew dig into a schlocky ski-resort disaster flick starring Rock Hudson and Mia Farrow, Kinga connects with her long-distance lover.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Time Travelers
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Time Travelers
Character: Larry / Ardy
Released: April 9, 2017
Type: Movie
A botched experiment hurls a group of scientists into a bleak future full of mutants, androids and catty humans in this 1964 sci-fi romp.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Cry Wilderness
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Cry Wilderness
Character: Ardy
Released: April 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Follows the adventures of a young boy, Paul Cooper, who gets a vision from old pal Bigfoot while he's at boarding school.
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Cinematic Titanic: The Astral Factor
Title: Cinematic Titanic: The Astral Factor
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: October 16, 2016
Type: Movie
Made for television in 1978, The Astral Factor features a convicted murder who learns to use the power of his mind to move objects and make himself invisible. he escapes from prison and hunts down the women whom he believes have wronged him. He is pursued by a dogged police lieutenant.
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RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
Title: RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
Character: Self
Released: June 28, 2016
Type: Movie
Mike, Kevin and Bill were joined on stage by their MST3K colleagues at the State Theatre in Minneapolis to bring it back to their roots in an MST3K cast reunion the likes of which have never been seen before! Joining the guys are their old cohorts Frank Conniff (TV's Frank), Trace Beaulieu (Crow, Dr. Forrestor), Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester), Bridget Nelson (Nuveena, Mr. B), as well as Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson, AND the host of the revived MST, Jonah Ray, for a hilarious night of riffing for RiffTrax's 20th Live event. Taking turns in various permutations to riff on a slew of old-timey shorts, the show culminates in a Super Riff-A-Palooza finale with all nine riffers on stage at once!
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Title: Other Space
Character: Zalian Fletcher
Released: April 14, 2015
Type: TV
Meet the team of the UMP cruiser, a barely-functional starship led by an aggressively cheerful Captain with a with a barely-competent crew, including a clueless navigator, a brain damaged mechanic, a bickering couple,a man with gills raised to be an organ farm for his brother and ART, the billionaire turned robot. When their ship is drawn into a different universe, they must to learn to work together while dealing with space clouds, robot rebellions, and the occasional alien attack.
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The Frank
Title: The Frank
Character: Voice of "Man in Jumpsuit"
Released: September 2, 2014
Type: Movie
THE FRANK is a light-hearted music video featuring many of the original cast and crew of Mystery Science Theater 3000, with a special appearance by Dave (Gruber) Allen. A misguided Mad Doctor misses one of his oldest and deadest friends. Goaded by the demands of the children in the neighborhood, and assisted by his ghoulish, yet whimsical butler (Gruber), he sets out to reboot his old pal and bring him back to life - in a song. Featuring the song "Do the Frank".
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Return to Eden Prairie: 25 Years of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Title: Return to Eden Prairie: 25 Years of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character: Self
Released: November 26, 2013
Type: Movie
The untold history of television's most unique series, Mystery Science Theater 3000, from its UHF origins to its eventual cancellation from the SCIFI network.
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Title: Steven Universe
Character: Mayor Dewy (voice)
Released: November 4, 2013
Type: TV
A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers.
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Title: Steven Universe
Character: Mayor Dewey / Mirror Dewey (voice)
Released: November 4, 2013
Type: TV
A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers.
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Title: Steven Universe
Character: Mayor Dewey (voice)
Released: November 4, 2013
Type: TV
A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers.
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Title: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Character: Self
Released: July 19, 2012
Type: TV
Jerry takes his comedy pals out for coffee in a selection of his classic automobiles. Larry David sums it up best when he says, 'You've finally made a show about nothing.'
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Cinematic Titanic: Rattlers
Title: Cinematic Titanic: Rattlers
Character: Self
Released: July 17, 2012
Type: Movie
Something is very wrong in the Southwestern desert! It starts when rogue rattlesnakes attack two young boys, and it goes downhill from there. The local authorities summon herpetologist Dr. Tom Parkinson to investigate why the snakes are being such jerks. With the help of photographer and fledgling feminist Ann Bradley, the two of them embark on a haphazard and half-assed investigation – and romance. The hunt leads them to a nearby army base and its uncooperative commanding officer, Colonel Stroud. But when marauding rattlers kill two soldiers, the medical officer on the base can no longer keep silent and reveals the terrible secret, unleashing a chain of events, which lead to all kinds of explodey 1976 action, putting an end to the deadly rattlers. Maybe...
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Cinematic Titanic: War of the Insects
Title: Cinematic Titanic: War of the Insects
Character: Self
Released: December 2, 2011
Type: Movie
The bugs shall inherit the earth! Or so says Annabelle, the hottest, the sexiest, and by far the craziest psycho blonde chick to hit Japan since WWII. Deeply embittered about the whole man's-inhumanity-to-man thing, she enacts a diabolical plot to unleash a swarm of mutant insects on the world that will destroy all living creatures except creepy crawlers. Ensnared in all this madness is a philandering island-hopping bug collector and his compliant and slightly pregnant wife, a humorless doctor from the mainland, and a United States airman named Charlie, whose way of starting a conversation is to hysterically scream "Genocide!" and then go off his rocker like the dedicated military professional he is. If you want to watch a story where everybody gets their nuclear holocaust on in the grand tradition of radioactive Japanese monster movies, this is the film for you!
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Cinematic Titanic: Danger on Tiki Island
Title: Cinematic Titanic: Danger on Tiki Island
Character: Self
Released: June 15, 2010
Type: Movie
An atomic bomb test in the South Pacific creates an isolated world of terror. Strange things are happening on this remote island in the Pacific, where a Peace Corps volunteer, a researcher and his love-starved lady arrive to find that nearby atomic testing has mutated some of the plants. It that weren't bad enough, a monster terrifies the villagers in its lust for blood. The man-beast must be stopped - but how? With sarongs a-plenty, this film was a staple at drive-ins in its day. Now experience it live with Cinematic Titanic.
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Cinematic Titanic: The Alien Factor
Title: Cinematic Titanic: The Alien Factor
Character: Himself
Released: February 23, 2010
Type: Movie
Warning: Baltimore is no longer safe. Meet Leemoid, Zagatile and Interbyce. They're the three aliens whose spaceship has crashed in a small town outside of Baltimore. Soon the town folk are turning up mutilated and dead - and even in polyester pants. Then a stranger arrives to save the day. But is he who he says he is? And what about all the polyester pants? See this film they way it was meant to be seen - on the big screen live with Cinematic Titanic.
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Cinematic Titanic: East Meets Watts
Title: Cinematic Titanic: East Meets Watts
Character: Self
Released: December 16, 2009
Type: Movie
Kung Fu hits the streets! Young Larry Chin arrives from China looking for his long-lost brother and stumbles into some shady characters that'd just as soon see him go home - or get dead. He crosses paths with Stud Brown, and the two become an unlikely duo as they fight to clean up the 'hood, and make time for some lady loves they meet along the way. And hang on tight for the surprise twist ending. It's all living color kungsploitation glory, live with Cinematic Titanic.
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Cinematic Titanic: Blood of the Vampires
Title: Cinematic Titanic: Blood of the Vampires
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 2009
Type: Movie
The Escodero family is cursed!The mother, whom the Escodero children assumed to be dead, is actually an undead vampire who lurks in a secret basement/dungeon hidden from the rest of the house. When the kids discover this dark truth, all hell breaks loose...literally! The mother bites the son, who grows fangs and becomes consumed with blood lust. Meanwhile, all this vampire activity wreaks havoc on the daughter's romance with her handsome, dashing fiance. It all leads to a foray into the occult that ultimately proves true love can live on forever, but not before a mob of angry villagers and avenging priests take on the Devil himself in a climactic battle between good and evil. Set in nineteenth century Mexico and performed by a Filipino cast, "Blood of the Vampires" has something for everyone: blood-soaked action for the guys, tender romance for the ladies, and unleashed demonic rage for the frightened child within us all.
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Cinematic Titanic: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Title: Cinematic Titanic: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
Character: Himself
Released: November 24, 2008
Type: Movie
Things get a bit randy in this version of Mary Shelley's immortal classic about... immortality. Just as our resident mad scientist is about to bring his creature back to life, he is forced to use a sub-standard brain. The Cinematic Titanic crew offer more hilarious commentary as they set their sights on a Frankenstein's castle chock full of angry villagers, grave robbers, and skinny dippers.
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Cinematic Titanic: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Title: Cinematic Titanic: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Character: Himself
Released: November 20, 2008
Type: Movie
The children of Mars are in a funk, and nothing on the red planet seems to be able to cheer them up. Martian King Kimar comes up with the only reasonable solution: kidnap Santa Claus from Earth's North Pole and bring him to their planet to make toys for their joyless, listless little green kids. Meanwhile, two Earth children get wise to the plan and are abducted along with Santa to prevent them from talking to the authorities. Luckily for them, Dropo, the Jerry Lewis of the fourth planet from the sun, is there to help them. The fiendish plot doesn't go according to plan, and there's plenty of intrigue, double-crossing, mistaken identity and stock footage for kids of all ages and planets to enjoy. Poorly conceived, sloppily made, and unfailingly bizarre, "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" is the ultimate Christmas movie-riffing classic (as fans of MST3K know) which is why Cinematic Titanic chose to revisit, re-riff, and release this holiday hamfest with all new jokes. Merry Crap-mas!
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Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood
Title: Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 2008
Type: Movie
The Dean family patriarch has died and left a fortune to his children and servants. The occasion soon turns grim when they discover they must all must spend an entire week at the family estate - together. It's all the same old family routine: backbiting, billiards, rumors and innuendo, canings, pantsuits and ham - until one by one, they start turning up dead.
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Cinematic Titanic: The Wasp Woman
Title: Cinematic Titanic: The Wasp Woman
Character: Self
Released: August 7, 2008
Type: Movie
Cinematic Titanic is the new "show" from the original MST3K cast.
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Cinematic Titanic: Doomsday Machine
Title: Cinematic Titanic: Doomsday Machine
Released: June 19, 2008
Type: Movie
American spies discover the Chinese have built a weapon capable of destroying planet Earth, a "doomsday machine" if you will, and that they plan to use it within a matter of days. Will the human race survive?
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Title: Water And Power
Released: April 27, 2008
Type: TV
It's a tough gig working for the Water Department, and it's also a tough gig working in Power. Dan Harmon and Ryan Ridley show you why.
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Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull
Title: Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull
Released: December 21, 2007
Type: Movie
In the far-off land of Kalid, President Amir lies on his deathbed. If this revered head-of-state dies, the brutal dictatorship that he has so lovingly cultivated will fall into a dark age of uncertainty and chaos. And so, in this moment of crisis, his loyal staff are left with no alternative but to choose the only logical and sensible course of action—to transfer Amir's brain into a younger, healthier, and most importantly, living body. Enter Doctor Robert Trenton, a mad scientist of the traditional 'they all laughed at me and now I'll show them' school. He, along with his assistant, Dorro, a little man with a big appetite for evil, and Tracy, a conniving beauty with a heart that's harder than her leathery, over-tanned skin, concoct a deliriously diabolical plan involving murder, body-napping, skullduggery, and oozy, gooey brains.
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Title: Cinematic Titanic
Released: December 21, 2007
Type: TV
Cinematic Titanic is a project by Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator and original host, Joel Hodgson. The project involves "riffing" B-movies, in a manner similar to that of MST3K. Joining Hodgson are many of the original MST3K cast, as well as some cast members who joined later in the show's run. These include Trace Beaulieu, J. Elvis Weinstein, Frank Conniff and Mary Jo Pehl. It was first performed live on December 7, 2007 and first aired on December 22, 2007. On February 16, 2013, it was announced that the touring portion of Cinematic Titanic was going on an indefinite hiatus. According to an email sent out to members of the site, due to "5 people living in 5 different cities with different lives and projects, it has become increasingly difficult to coordinate our schedules and give Cinematic Titanic the attention it requires to keep growing as a creative enterprise and a business." The final tour began on September 23, 2013.
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American Scary
Title: American Scary
Character: Himself
Released: October 21, 2006
Type: Movie
A fond remembrance of and tribute to the uniquely American institution of the horror movie host.
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Title: Arrested Development
Character: Joel Robinson
Released: November 2, 2003
Type: TV
The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
Character: Joel Robinson
Released: November 7, 2000
Type: Movie
Shorts, Volume 3 is a compilation release from Rhino Entertainment featuring seven popular shorts from Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was originally released on VHS and later as a limited bonus with The Essentials DVD set if the set was ordered through a special website offer. Shorts, Volume 3 has since been re-released by Shout! Factory in The Singles Collection. The seven shorts featured are: Speech: Using Your Voice (Episode #313), Aquatic Wizards (Episode #315), Is This Love? (Episode #514), Design for Dreaming (Episode #524), The Selling Wizard (Episode #603), Out of This World (Episode #618) and Once Upon a Honeymoon (Episode #701).
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 2
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 2
Character: Joel Robinson
Released: October 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Shorts, Volume 2 is a compilation release featuring six popular shorts from Mystery Science Theater 3000, including Catching Trouble (Episode #315), What to Do on a Date (Episode #503), Last Clear Chance (Episode #520), A Day at the Fair (Episode #608), Keeping Clean and Neat (Episode #613) and The Days of Our Years (Episode #623).
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Title: Freaks and Geeks
Character: Discotheque DJ
Released: September 25, 1999
Type: TV
High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 1
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 1
Character: Joel Robinson
Released: July 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Shorts, Volume 1 is a compilation release featuring seven popular shorts from Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was originally released on VHS by Rhino Entertainment in July 1998; it was later re-released on DVD as part of the Volume 2 set from Rhino and its re-issue, Volume II from Shout! Factory. The featured shorts are: The Home Economics Story (Episode #317), Junior Rodeo Daredevils (Episode #407), Body Care and Grooming Episode #510), Cheating (Episode #515), A Date with Your Family (Episode #602), Why Study Industrial Arts? (Episode #609} and The Chicken of Tomorrow (Episode #702).
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Statical Planets
Title: Statical Planets
Character: Caveman rocker
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A 15 minute short that teases a strange (and difficult to describe) feature that was never made. The story involves the Frank army and a caveman rocker who saves the day. Filmed in Static-A-Matic around 1996/97
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Poopie!
Title: Poopie!
Released: November 23, 1995
Type: Movie
A selection of bloopers from cult TV favorite "Mystery Science Theater 3000", taken from seasons 2 through 6.
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The TV Wheel
Title: The TV Wheel
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A demo/presentation/pilot for a sketch comedy show. A single stationary camera was mounted inside the center of a large rotating platform. As the platform rotated around the camera, a scene would come into view of the camera. The wheel would stop and a sketch would play out in the scene, which was often framed by some piece of appropriate artwork or prop (for the purposes of forced perspective). At the end of the scene, the wheel would rotate, carrying one scene out of the camera's view and bringing another in, and a new sketch would begin in the new scene. Some scenes were self-contained on the platform, while others were open to the studio beyond the platform (and additional action would take place in the background).
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Title: Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Character: Self
Released: April 15, 1994
Type: TV
A cartoon superhero interacts with live guests via his television set in this parody talk show based on 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Painted Hills
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Painted Hills
Character: Joel Robinson
Released: September 26, 1993
Type: Movie
Joel and the Bots learn from Body Care and Grooming (1947) that they might as well be dead if they don't keep their socks tidy. Later, the guys take on The Painted Hills (1951) in which famous collie Lassie witnesses the murder of a prospector. Crow gives a detailed report on bearded guys and the crew discusses the end of the film.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Manos: The Hands of Fate
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Manos: The Hands of Fate
Character: Joel Robinson
Released: January 30, 1993
Type: Movie
The Mads present the satellite people a film so bad that apologies are sent, and Tom Servo goes off his nut from it.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Character: Joel Robinson
Released: February 20, 1990
Type: Movie
Our intrepid hosts are trapped between Isaac Asimov's Literary Doomsday Device and Robert Ito from Quincy M.E. (1976) in a fur caveman outfit.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Corpse Vanishes
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Corpse Vanishes
Character: Joel Robinson
Released: December 9, 1989
Type: Movie
Joel introduces the chiro-gyro at the invention exchange while the Mads show off their flame-throwing flower. In the theater, Joel and the Bots get the third installment of 'Radar Men from the Moon' before the Bela Lugosi film 'The Corpse Vanishes'.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Mad Monster
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Mad Monster
Character: Joel Robinson
Released: December 2, 1989
Type: Movie
In the theater, the crew watches as a mad scientist transforms his assistant into a werewolf, whom he sics on all those who mocked him, in "Mad Monster" (1942). Meanwhile, on the SOL, Joel swaps Crow and Servo's heads. This episode features the short "Radar Men from the Moon, Chapter Two: Molten Terror."
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Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000
Character: Joel Robinson
Released: November 25, 1989
Type: TV
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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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy
Character: Joel Robinson
Released: November 25, 1989
Type: Movie
For the Invention Exchange, Joel presents a safety device for motorcyclists. The Mads, anticipating the Mad Scientists' Convention, show off their device for getting rid of unwanted guests. For the day's experiment, Joel and the bots are forced to watch the first tedious chapter of "Radar Men from the Moon" (1952), with Commander Cody, as Joel explains to Tom Servo what a serial is. Their feature film is the cheesy Mexican horror flick, "The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy" (1958). Meanwhile, the threesome do their best to fend off an attack on the Satellite of Love by demon dogs, who are attracted to the spaceship's bone-like shape.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Crawling Eye
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Crawling Eye
Character: Joel Robinson
Released: November 18, 1989
Type: Movie
In the first national broadcast of Mystery Science Theater 3000, the Mads have moved into Deep 13, Joel has spruced up the Bots, and Forrest Tucker sleepwalks his way through this week's literally eye-popping film.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Legend of Dinosaurs
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Legend of Dinosaurs
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: May 28, 1989
Type: Movie
Joel and the 'Bots suffer through a dreary '70s dinosaur movie from Japan. Where's Doug McClure when you need him?
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Last Chase
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Last Chase
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: May 21, 1989
Type: Movie
This week's film features two intrepid heroes fleeing their Orwellian futuristic society in a souped-up racecar – but Joel and the 'Bots are more interested in reading fan mail from their adoring public.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hangar 18
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hangar 18
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: May 14, 1989
Type: Movie
The crew discover disturbing secrets in Crow's memory bank while watching a film about bland government officials investigating, and then trying to cover up, a flying saucer crash.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Million Eyes of Sumuru
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Million Eyes of Sumuru
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: May 7, 1989
Type: Movie
As groovy femme fatale Sumuru plots world domination, Joel gets even with the 'bots for locking him out of the ship.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time of the Apes
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Time of the Apes
Character: Joel Hodgson (credit only)
Released: April 2, 1989
Type: Movie
Adapted (i.e., shredded and stitched into incoherence) from the 1974 Japanese series Saru No Gundan, Time of the Apes follows the travails of a scientist and two small children who are accidentally frozen and thaw into a future ruled by apes. Meanwhile, Crow and Servo have locked Joel out of the Satellite of Love.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: City on Fire
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: City on Fire
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: March 19, 1989
Type: Movie
This week's experiment is disastrous disaster film City on Fire (1979), which assures viewers the events depicted could happen in any city, anywhere. Even, as Tom points out, while we're watching this.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Superdome
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Superdome
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: March 12, 1989
Type: Movie
Servo writes a letter to his uncle in which he recalls many fond memories of his time aboard the satellite. Meanwhile, the crew are subjected to a TV drama about a New Orleans Super Bowl full of intrigue, romance, and catfish.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mighty Jack
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mighty Jack
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: March 5, 1989
Type: Movie
The 007-ish exploits of Mighty Jack – a government organization created to defeat the notorious crime syndicate known as 'Q' – took everything that was bad about espionage movies and threw the rest out.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: SST: Death Flight
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: SST: Death Flight
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: February 19, 1989
Type: Movie
Joel, Crow, and Servo sit through a star-studded TV movie about a doomed SST flight while Gypsy goes through some interesting changes.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Fugitive Alien
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Fugitive Alien
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: February 5, 1989
Type: Movie
With Crow disassembled, Joel and Servo are left by themselves to tackle Part 1 of this baffling Japanese sci-fi epic.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Humanoid Woman
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Humanoid Woman
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: January 29, 1989
Type: Movie
A Russian film about a bug-eyed alien babe is the backdrop for a variety of antics aboard the Satellite of Love.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Cosmic Princess
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Cosmic Princess
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: January 22, 1989
Type: Movie
The stranded crew of the Satellite of Love have no sympathy for the stranded crew of Moonbase Alpha when they take in two repackaged episodes of Space: 1999.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Phase IV
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Phase IV
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: January 15, 1989
Type: Movie
This week's film is a deep sci-fi story about ants that leaves Crow wishing he'd brought a pair of boots into the theater.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Guiron
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Guiron
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: January 8, 1989
Type: Movie
As two Earth boys plead for Gamera to rescue them from a planet of cannibals, Crow experiences a wonderful dream in which he turns the tables on the Mads.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Zigra
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Zigra
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: December 31, 1988
Type: Movie
Crow gets unfrozen just in time for yet another Gamera film, and we meet the Mads for the first time.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Gaos
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Gaos
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: December 18, 1988
Type: Movie
Tom Servo gets his new "Mighty Voice" and a chance to use it during another Gamera film. Crow is still frozen.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: December 11, 1988
Type: Movie
Crow is a frozen Christmas tree and Tom is busy, so Joel has to watch the original Gamera film all by himself.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Barugon
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Barugon
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: December 4, 1988
Type: Movie
The historic first meeting between Gamera and the crew of the Satellite of Love.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: November 27, 1988
Type: Movie
Today's experiment features real humans from Japan and a budget that must've been tens of dollars.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Invaders from the Deep
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Invaders from the Deep
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: November 24, 1988
Type: Movie
In between tending to some sick vacuum-flowers, Joel Hodgson and his robot buddy Crow begin their first movie-riffing experiment aboard the Satellite of Love.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Title: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
Character: Joel Hodgson
Released: November 24, 1988
Type: Movie
Joel and his faithful robot companions celebrate Thanksgiving by scarfing down a chopped up Captain Scarlet serial repackaged as a TV film.
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Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential
Title: Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential
Released: September 5, 1987
Type: Movie
Stand-Up Confidential is a 1987 stand-up comedy special and the first starring Jerry Seinfeld with some skit inserts which were co-written by Joel Hodgson. The special aired on HBO on September 5, 1987 from Los Angeles, California.
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8th Annual Young Comedians' Show
Title: 8th Annual Young Comedians' Show
Released: December 16, 1983
Type: Movie
John Candy presents the 1983 Young Comedians Show.
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Title: Late Night with David Letterman
Character: Self
Released: February 1, 1982
Type: TV
Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Title: Cinema Insomnia
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Cinema Insomnia is a nationally syndicated American television series presented by horror host Mr. Lobo.
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Stalking Emo
Title: Stalking Emo
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Two young filmmakers travel the country following comedy legend Emo Philips to literally multiple shows, interviewing his fans to discover the true nature of their fixation with coleslaw enthusiast and comedian, Emo Philips.