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In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000: Essays on Film, Fandom, Technology and the Culture of Riffing

By Robert G. Weiner

Book information

Publisher
Publishers, Inc., McFarland & Company
Year
2014
ISBN
9780786445325, 2011000212
ASIN
B004W6T3UG
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2947108 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-08-03 02:51:11
Performing Arts; Nonfiction; PER004000; PER010000

Description

The award-winning television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999) has been described as "the smartest, funniest show in America," and forever changed the way we watch movies. The series featured a human host and a pair of robotic puppets who, while being subjected to some of the worst films ever made, provided ongoing hilarious and insightful commentary in a style popularly known as "riffing." These essays represent the first full-length scholarly analysis of Mystery Science Theater 3000—MST3K—which blossomed from humble beginnings as a Minnesota public-access television show into a cultural phenomenon on two major cable networks. The book includes interviews with series creator Joel Hodgson and cast members Kevin Murphy and Trace Beaulieu.

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