Instruct: Given a question, retrieve passages that can help answer the question.
Query: When was the first episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000?
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is an American television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc. The show premiered on KTMA (now WUCW) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 24, 1988. The next year, in 1989, the show began its national run on The Comedy Channel/Comedy Central, running for seven seasons on that channel until its cancellation in 1996. The following year, it was picked up by The Sci-Fi Channel and aired for three more seasons there until another cancellation in August 1999 (although repeats continued until 2004). A sixty-episode syndication package titled The Mystery Science Theater Hour was produced in 1995. [1]
The film was received positively by many people who worked in the safety industry, with it being reported that many of them considered it to be "the most moving and hard-hitting educational film on highway grade crossing accident prevention and traffic safety in recent years." It received an award at a national safety film contest. Rick Prelinger described the film as being "engaging" and opined that it was a "skillful drama." Bill Gibron of DVD Verdict branded the film as "hyper somber" and wrote that "we learn, finally, why reckless driving, trains, and painful automotive accidents don't mix. The question everyone keeps asking is 'Why don't they look?' The answer is simple. They're dopes!"
"Last Clear Chance" was featured in an episode of the comedy television series "Mystery Science Theater 3000". "Last Clear Chance" appeared in the twentieth episode of the fifth season, which was originally broadcast on December 18, 1993. "Last Clear Chance" became a "huge hit" thanks to its appearance on the show, and it has been described as one of the ""Mystery Science Theater 3000" favorites." Actor and writer Kevin Murphy, who plays Tom Servo on the show, opined that "Last Clear Chance" "is right up there with my all-time favorite shorts." Rhino Entertainment has released the segment featuring "Last Clear Chance" on VHS, as part of "Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Shorts Volume 2". "Shorts Volume 2" was later re-released on DVD in 2003, as part of "Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 3".
"Gunslinger" was released on DVD by Optimum Home Entertainment on September 15, 2008, as part of "Roger Corman: The Collection", which included five other Corman-directed films: "Five Guns West", "The Haunted Palace", "The Premature Burial", "The Masque of Red Death" and "Wild Angels". The "Mystery Science Theater 3000" episode featuring "Gunslinger" has been released twice: once as part of Rhino Home Video's "Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Volume 6" which included three other episodes from the series, and once by Shout! Factory as a standalone disc.
Dr. Clayton Deborah Susan Forrester is a fictional character on the television series "Mystery Science Theater 3000" ("MST3K").
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie is a 1996 American science fiction comedy film and a film adaptation of the television series "Mystery Science Theater 3000", produced and set between seasons 6 and 7 of the show. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Gramercy Pictures and produced by Best Brains.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000" premiered on KTMA at 6:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1988 with its first episode, "Invaders from the Deep", followed by a second episode, "Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars" at 8:00 p.m. The choice of running the premiere on Thanksgiving was by happenstance, as the station felt the show was ready to go at that point, according to Hodgson. Initially, the show's response was unknown, until Mallon set up a phone line for viewers to call in. Response was so great that the initial run of 13 episodes was extended to 21, with the show running to May 1989. Hodgson and Mallon negotiated to secure the rights for the show for themselves, creating Best Brains, Inc., agreeing to split ownership of the idea equally. During this time a fan club was set up and the show held its first live show at Scott Hansen's Comedy Gallery in Minneapolis, to a crowd of over 600.
The film is featured in episode 417 of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" and the episode is available as part of "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVIII" from Shout! Factory.
In 1997, "Revenge of the Creature" was mocked on the comedy television series "Mystery Science Theater 3000", marking its first episode on the Sci-Fi Channel.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000" showed the movie in the fifth episode of their first season. The movie was considered so bad that when Tom Servo was questioned by Joel if there was anything positive from the movie, he short circuits. The MST3K episode is available in the collectors volume 16.
"The Starfighters" was featured in episode #612 of "Mystery Science Theatre 3000". The cast and crew (and later fans) of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" were the film's most prominent critics. Tom Servo summed it up thusly: "So basically, according to themselves, the Air Force is a bunch of leather-faced, not-so-bright, heavy drinking, dull-witted speed freaks who poop in their pants and can't make it with women, right?" "The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide" complained "nothing happens in it."
The film was featured in episode 513 of "Mystery Science Theater 3000". This film was the first movie watched by Mike Nelson in "Mystery Science Theater 3000", after he replaced Joel Robinson (Joel Hodgson) on the series. "Jan in the Pan" is the nickname given to the female lead by the characters on the show.
The "Mystery Science Theater 3000" presentation of the series pilot first aired on November 19, 1994, as episode #614. In "The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide", writer Paul Chaplin remarked on star Pernell Roberts's "astounding pomposity and self-absorption ... Pernell struts and preens like a balding cock-of-the-walk." Three of the episode's non-movie segments focus on host Mike Nelson's imitation of Urkel from the ABC sitcom Family Matters, which Chaplin admits many found to be "an odd decision". 
In 2015, Hodgson led a crowdfunded revival of the series with 14 episodes in its eleventh season which was released on Netflix. As of November22,2018, 217 episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000have been released, concluding thetwelfth season.[2] A feature film, titled Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, was also released on April 19, 1996.
1. Episode 104 was both the last episode of Season 1 to be produced and to air. Despite this, it was given the lower production number.[9] 2. Due to issues with the movie rights, Episode 1003 debuted a month after the series finale first aired.[10]
"Ring of Terror" was featured in a second season episode of the television comedy series "Mystery Science Theater 3000." It was the sixth episode of the season, and was first broadcast on Comedy Central on November 3, 1990. In the show, a man named Joel Robinson is held captive in space and forced to watch the worst films that his captor, Dr. Clayton Forrester, can find. In order to put up with the poor films, Joel, and the robots he created, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot make jokes at the expense of the film while they watch it. During the episode, they are visible at the bottom of the screen while they watch the film, in silhouette. Due to the short running time of "Ring of Terror," the third chapter of the 1939 serial "The Phantom Creeps" was played after "Ring of Terror" concluded. It was the final chapter of "The Phantom Creeps" to be featured on "Mystery Science Theater 3000."
Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American TV show which aired between 1988 and 1999, and began a new series in 2017. This page summarizes video tape and DVD releases of episodes of the show. Episodes were initially released by Rhino Entertainment, with the rights later being purchased by Shout! Factory. Releases usually consist of boxsets of 4 episodes, although early releases consisted of just single episodes.
The film was featured in a 1986 episode of the "Canned Film Festival", and a 1989 episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000".
On June 26, 2007, Rhino Home Video released the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" episode that features "Ring of Terror" on DVD, as part of "The Mystery Science Theater Collection: Volume 11."
Observer (also known as Brain Guy) is a fictional character in the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" television series. He is played by Bill Corbett, and appears in the eighth through eleventh seasons of the series.
Backers of the campaign at higher tiers were able to see the first episode at limited "Red Carpet Kickstarter Screening" events shown in a few theaters during February and March 2017. The fourteen episodes were released on Netflix on April 14, 2017, though Kickstarter backers had the opportunity to see the episodes in the days preceding this.
Clowns in the Sky: The Musical History of Mystery Science Theater 3000 is the title of a CD featuring music from the first seven seasons of "Mystery Science Theater 3000". Released in 1996 exclusively through the MST3K Info Club, the songs featured include the many versions of the opening theme, the closing theme, and various tunes that were featured in host segments throughout the show. The CD takes its name from "A Clown in the Sky", the song featured in the last host segment of episode 303 ("Pod People").
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is an American television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Alternaversal Productions, LLC. The show premiered on KTMA (now WUCW) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 24, 1988. It later aired on The Comedy Channel/Comedy Central for seven seasons until its cancellation in 1996. Thereafter, it was picked up by The Sci-Fi Channel and aired for three seasons until another cancellation in August 1999. A 60-episode syndication package titled "The Mystery Science Theater Hour" was produced in 1995. In 2015, Hodgson led a crowdfunded revival of the series with 14 episodes in its eleventh season, first released on Netflix on April 14, 2017, with another six-episode season following on November 22, 2018. 217 episodes and a have been produced.
The eleventh season of the series is listed by Netflix as Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return.
The "Mystery Science Theater 3000" version of the film was released by Rhino Home Video as part of the "Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 3" DVD box set. The collection also included the MST3K versions of "The Sidehackers" (episode #202) and "The Unearthly" (episode #320) plus a disc of six MST3K shorts. The four-disc collection was later re-issued by Shout Factory in September 2016.
In the "Werewolf" episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000", Mike Nelson briefly sings the first few lines of the song during the movie's end credits.