MST3K - Mystery Science Theater 3000 Old and New
I’m a big fan of independent media, especially local television. When I went back to school I heard MST3K come up from time to time.
After some reading, I learned that it orginated on KTMA-TV 23 in Minneapolis, MN. The station is now “The CW” affiliate WUCW-TV.
As KTMA, a struggling independent station, local station employees, like Jim Mallon and local actors, like Joel Hodgson andTrace Beaulieu, got to together to produce this low budget show. When KTMA started having serious financial trouble the show was canceled before the station was sold.
Hodgson and Mallon managed to get the show picked up by Comedy Central when it first hit the air, later by the Sci-Fi channel, and then a short run in syndication.
Hodgson and Mallon split ways during the series run. Mallon, who is the president of MST3K’s production company Best Brains, is currently producing a flash animated series for the web: Mystery Science Theater 3000
Hodgson, Beaulieu and other writers and on air talent for the show are currently producing an Internet/direct to DVD series in the same style as MST3K: Cinematic Titanic
Tags: Comedy Central, dvd, flash, Jim Mallon, Joel Hodgson, KTMA, MST3k, Sci-Fi
