Even if you had a Thanksgiving dinner where you faked your way through being “thankful” and stayed quietly, passive aggressive near family members you can’t stand, you can actually be thankful for the Thanksgiving surprise of the revived Mystery Science Theater 3000 getting another season over at Netflix.
That’s especially amazing because, if you remember, this all started from just a Kickstarter campaign.
From July 6th to August 12th, the new Mystery Science Theater 3000 will be galavanting across North America from Boston to Atlanta to Vancouver to San Diego and plenty of places in between for their “Watch Out for Snakes!” Tour.
For the live shows, Hodgson and company have something special in store:
The tour consists of two separate, completely unique shows, each with its own admission. Fans wanting the complete tour experience should purchase two tickets, one for each show. Each event will include all the things expected from an “MST3K” experience: a cheesy B-movie, hilarious riffing, wisecracking robots, silly sketches, plus – for the first time – audience participation! Show # 1 is the MST3K favorite “Eegah,” featuring all-new riffs and sketches. Show # 2 is a “Secret Surprise Film!” It’s a fun, sci-fi thriller never before featured on “MST3K” and it will be performed only in select cities.
Tickets go on sale on Friday, May 19th at noon local time for whichever city the tickets are for. We’ll definitely keep you in the loop for more updates!
That’s right. The brand spankin’ new, revived Mystery Science Theater 3000 has just released a teaser for the upcoming season that starts streaming on April 14th on Netflix.
It’s only a brief look, but it looks like fans of the old MST3K and fans of Jonah Ray, The Meltdown, Hidden America, Baron Vaughn, Felicia Day, Patton Oswalt, Hampton Yount, etc. might all be happy with it.
Jonah Ray, Hampton Yount, Baron Vaughn, Patton Oswalt, and Felicia Day are well under way with the guiding hand of creator Joel Hodgson in the revival of MST3K.
Just get a look at that wondrous cast, signaling the impending return of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Episodes start streaming on Friday, April 14th on Netflix.
Hodgson and company have raised of $3,190,406 of $3,300,000 as of this post.
Ultimately, so many of us would like to see over $5.5 million raised for the new Mystery Science Theater 3000 in order to see 12 episodes featuring Jonah Ray, Baron Vaughn, Hampton Yount, Felicia Day, and a yet to be announced “evil henchmen”.
The Kickstarter campaign is inching closer to that goal, but it’s even closer to the 2nd tier goal of making 6 new MST3K episodes. There are 11 days left on the campaign and given how fast people contributed in the first go around of Joel Hodgson’s Kickstarter launch, we’re sure this is definitely within the realm of possibility.
FYI, there are only two $400 donation packages left where you can get a personalized voicemail from the new MST3K crew. Get in on all of it here.
We’re going to venture a guess that both the MST3K loyal and newcomers to Mystery Science Theater 3000 will be pleased with this news.
As the Kickstarter to bring back MST3K has already reached its initial goal and speeds towards its stretch goals, creator Joel Hodgson has announced the folks that will being playing the roles of Mad, Crow T. Robot, and Tom Servo as well go into some detail over the dynamics of this new iteration of MST3K.
Earlier today, Joel sent the update out that Felicia Day will be playing Mad (specifically Kinga Forrester, the daughter of Dr. Clayton Forrester), Hampton Yount will be filling the role of Crow T. Robot, and Baron Vaughn will be the next Tom Servo.
With Jonah Ray as the host, this almost rounds out a pretty swell cast, but, there seems to be a new role for an evil henchmen waiting to be announced.
Based off of who he got so far, we’re sure Joel has got someone great lined up for that role and that’s all the more reason that the Kickstarter should raise as much as it can to make as much new MST3K as possible.