Instruct: Given a question, retrieve passages that can help answer the question.
Query: When did Mike first appear on Mystery Science Theater 3000?
When Joel Robinson escapes from the Satellite of Love at the end of this episode, the "Mads" knock Mike unconscious and send him up to the satellite to replace Joel as their experimental guinea pig. The hapless Mike finds himself forced to watch bad movies with robot companions Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot while interjecting humorous quips and cultural riffs based on the action and dialog in the films. Nelson's first full appearance was episode 513, The Brain That Wouldn't Die. He typically wore either a dark green jumpsuit, a teal jumpsuit or a blue jumpsuit.
Mystery Science Theater 3000, also referred to as "The 'Bots Are Back!" is an Internet cartoon created by Best Brains, Inc. It was inspired by BBI's original "Mystery Science Theater 3000" TV series, and was directed by former Executive Producer Jim Mallon. The series featured the robot characters from the original series in a variety of brief sketches taking place at an undetermined point during the original show's fictional timeline. However, no human character (Joel or Mike) is present.The animated version of MST3K was first announced on the Satellite News website (formerly BBI's official website) on October 29, 2007. The new cartoon was described as a "weekly series of animated adventures," and would debut as part of an all-new MST3K website. This new site would also feature content from the original series as well as a new online store. The website went live on November 5, 2007 along with the first installment of the animated series.
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.
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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.
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".
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.
The eleventh season of the series is listed by Netflix as Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return.
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.
The picture inside of the CD booklet is a photo of Weezer playing live, featuring (in the lower right hand corner) an overlay of the silhouettes of Mike Nelson, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot from the television show "Mystery Science Theater 3000". (Hence the liner note citation "MST3K silhouette appears courtesy of Best Brains, Inc.")
In 1995, a limited selection of episodes were repackaged into an hour-long show titled "Mystery Science Theater Hour", meant to be better suited for off-network syndication. In these, the original episode was split into two parts of roughly 45 minutes each excluding commercials. New skits leading and ending each episode incorporated Mike Nelson portraying television host Jack Perkins in a parody of Perkins' "Biography" series in mock flattery of the "MST3K" episode being shown.
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").
The film appeared twice on "Mystery Science Theater 3000". Its first appearance was in 1988, when "MST3K" was still a local program airing on KTMA. Its second appearance was in 1991, after it became a nationally-aired program.
Dr. Clayton Deborah Susan Forrester is a fictional character on the television series "Mystery Science Theater 3000" ("MST3K").
In the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" episode featuring the movie "The Thing That Couldn't Die", Mike Nelson is being sent people he is thinking of by a race of omnipotent beings in one of the host segments. The person appears and begins to beat up Mike in a manner similar to Finnegan in the classic "" episode "Shore Leave." Mike thinks of Adrienne Barbeau at the insistence of one of his robot companions. Barbeau is played by Mike Nelson's real-life wife Bridget Jones Nelson.
"Laserblast" was featured in the seventh-season finale episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000", a comedy television series. In the show, the human character Mike Nelson and his two robot friends, Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo, are trapped in a satellite and forced to watch bad films as part of an ongoing scientific experiment. "Laserblast" was the sixth episode of the seventh season, which was broadcast on Comedy Central May 18, 1996. It marked the final episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" on that network, before the series moved to the Sci-Fi Channel for its eighth season. At the time of broadcast, the "MST3K" creators did not know the show would eventually be renewed at a different network. Mary Jo Pehl, an actress and writer with the show, felt "Laserblast" was a particularly bad film: "The lead guy, Kim Somebody, is another sterling example of how filmmaking is not a meritocracy. The fact that this film was even made proves that 'anybody can do it.' You can find this either inspiring or depressing."
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". 
Michael John "Mike" Nelson[1] is a fictional character in the comedy science fiction television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. Portrayed by actor/head writer Michael J. Nelson, Mike is a likeable temp worker from Little Chute, Wisconsin who comes to work for the mad scientists ("Mads") Dr. Clayton Forrester and TV's Frank in Deep 13 while they prepare for an evil-scientist audit in episode 512, Mitchell.
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 twelfth season, consisting of six episodes, was released on Netflix on November 22, 2018.[7] The season is presented as Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet, where, in-universe, the Mads are challenging whether Jonah and the bots can sit through six bad movies back-to-back.[8]
"Soultaker" was featured in the tenth-season premiere episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" ("MST3K"), a comedy television series in which the character Mike Nelson and his two robot friends Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo are forced to watch 'bad films' as part of an ongoing scientific experiment. The episode was broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel on April 11, 1999. The episode also saw the guest appearances of series creator and original host of "MST3K" Joel Hodgson as Joel Robinson and Frank Conniff as TV's Frank. Jokes comparing Vivian Schilling to Tonya Harding were made. Schilling did not watch the episode but did not like the comparisons with Harding.
The book is a series of essays about "cheesy" films. Some of the essays originally appeared in Home Theater and Entertainment@Home magazines. Prior to the book, Nelson was head writer of Mystery Science Theater 3000 for ten years, as well as starring as Mike Nelson for the final five-and-a-half seasons the show. He has published two follow-up books, "Mike Nelson's Mind Over Matters" and "Mike Nelson's Death Rat!".
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.
In the 1994 "Mystery Science Theater 3000" episode "Zombie Nightmare", Mike Nelson refers to Joe Pepitone.
Exposure to Pearl's autocratic manner appears to further degrade his powers over the course of the show, to the point that when Observer tries to punish Mike horribly, he only sends him a necktie. ("Don't you see what a "terrible" gift that is?") In the final episode, #1013, "", Pearl's playful dousing of his brain in Mountain Dew temporarily interferes with his speech and disables his gifts, allowing the Satellite of Love to crash to Earth.