MST3K Returns!

Kinda.

I was always a huge fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Still am. Thank Jeebus for Blockbuster Online.

For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, and therefore hate America, here's a taste:



io9 reports:

If you've been missing Mystery Science Theater 3000 ever since it went off the air, you're in luck. Longtime fans of the movie-riffing series know that its original star Joel Hodgson left the show in 1993, when it was at the height of popularity. Mike Nelson, the head writer for the series, took over and it lasted another six years before finally going off the air in 1999. Almost ten years later, Joel and most of the original crew including Trace Beaulieu (Crow), J. Elvis Weinstein (Tom Servo), Frank Conniff (TV's Frank) and Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester) have returned in the form of Cinematic Titanic, and it's awesome.

The show doesn't air online or on any channel (yet), but you can order the newly available pilot episode The Oozing Skull from their website. The gang doesn't build gizmos or robots this time (unfortunately), but they do appear onscreen in silhouette and riff on movies. It's great just to hear everyone together again, even if we do miss terribly the characters of Tom Servo, Crow, and the Satellite of Love.

via io9