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Q. What are some of the running gags/most often used lines?

A planet where apes evolved from men? (Planet of the Apes)
Aaaugh!  Don't DO that! ("Stinky" from the Abbott & Costello Show)
Again with the finger!  (The Sunshine Boys)
All over the world!  Ooo!
Am I a CLOWN?!  Do I AMUSE YOU?! (GoodFellas)
Animals vill be bred und SLAUGHTERED! (Dr. Strangelove)
And now Red in the Silent Spot. (old Red Skelton routine)
And there, on the door handle, was a HOOK! (Traditional campfire story)
Are you known for your work in the theater? (What's My Line?)

B-doom  Shing!  (Comedy rimshot)
Bad Touch! (various anti-child-abuse films)
Before this decade is out we will put a man on the moon.  (John F. Kennedy)
Bird, LIVES, man! (i.e. Charlie Parker)
Bite me.
Busted!
By this time my lungs were aching for air. (Lloyd Bridges' Sea Hunt)

Charlie, they took my thumbs! (The Pope of Greenwich Village)
Chicka-chicka Bwomp Bwomp!  Chicka-chicka Bwomp Bwomp!  (porno music)
Chief!  McCloud!  (McCloud)
Chili peppers burn my gut. (Side Hackers)
Chopper always leaves you laughing.  Ha haha ha  ha ha ha  (Takeoff on
	Bozo the clown's closing line)

Deep Hurting! (Metholatum's "Deep Heating")
Dibs!  I got dibs!  I said it first!
Do you find me pleasing?  Do I please you? (Star Trek, TOS; might also
	be from the "public speaking" short on MST3K)
Do you want to go faster?  (Yea!)  Raise your hands if you want to go
	faster!  (Yea!)
Does this bug you?  I'm not touching you. (Any five-year-old, or maybe
	from a Wayne Cotter routine)
Don't look at me!  Don't you look at me!  Mommy!  MOMMY!  (Blue Velvet)
Don't you do it! (An Officer and a Gentleman)
Dweezle Dwyzle Dwazle Dwome.  Time for this one to come home. (Tooter the Turtle)

Enter?  What ever happened to 'Come in?'  (The Sunshine Boys)

Faster, pussycat, kill, kill! (Russ Meyer title)
Fisher! (nut commercial)
Football practice! (Shocker)

Game over, man! (Aliens)
Get these spiders offa me! (parody of drunks w/DT's)
Get your hands off me, you damn, dirty ape! (Planet of the Apes)
Go to bed, old man! (Star Trek...maybe "Cat's Paw"?)
Good night and may God bless! (Red Skelton)
Gymkata! (Gymkata)

Have a little fire, Scarecrow! (Wizard of Oz)
He asked me!  He asked me!  (Monty Python)
He is one weird mamma jamma.
He tried to kill me with a forklift... (Fugitive Alien I)
Heeeey!  It's the Undersea Kingdom for you and for me and it's fiiiiiine!
   (Crash Corrigan and the Undersea Kingdom)
Hellooooooooo, Baaaaaaaaby! (The Big Bopper)
Hello, Cleveland!  Rock and roll! (Spinal Tap)
Hello, Shoil! (Laverne & Shirley)
Hi-Keeba! (Women of the Prehistoric Planet)
Honk!  Shoo!  Mimimimimimi!  (Three Stooges snore--Moe, Larry, and Shemp)
Hooker's a good cop! (TJ Hooker)
Hot and spicy!  Texas Style!
How fortunate!  This will simplify everything! (The Phantom Creeps,
	Episode 2, a la Bela Lugosi)
Hurts, don't it?  Tell your friends. (Roadhouse)
Huzzah! (Ren Fest, or other renaissance festival)

I *WILL* kill him! (Sting, from Dune)
I am Kirok! (Star Trek, TOS)
I am not an animal!  I am a human being! (A Man Called Horse, and
		"Elephant Man")
I can't turn it off!  I don't know how it works! (variation on...)
I can't bring it back!  I don't know how it works!  Goodbye, folks! (Wizard of Oz)
I could sure go for some charbroiled hamburgers and french-fried potatoes.
   (Jungle Goddess)
I do I do I DO believe in spooks! (Wizard of Oz)
I don't think sooo. (Roger Rabbit, among others)
I got nowhere else to go! (An Officer and a Gentleman)
I had Jello today.
I like you--that's why I'm going to kill you last. (Commando)
I'll harm you! (Joe Besser)
I'm Batman (Batman)
I'm a Grimwold Warrior! (Saga of the Viking Women and... you know)
I'm comin' Beanie Boy! (Beanie and Cecil)
I'm coming 'Liz'beth!  (Sanford and Son)
I'm dead now.  Please don't smoke. (Yul Brenner, ALA commercial)
I'm feeling really good.  (Gamera vs. Guiron)
I'm going to give you such a pinch! (Joe Besser)
I'm going to kill you!  Why?  Because you're going to die!"
	(various James Bond movies)
I'm huge! (Cave Dwellers)
I'm hysterical, and I'm wet, and I'm in pain! (The Producers)
I'm made of liquid metal. (T2, a la Ahnold)
I'm the god!  I'M THE GOD! (Twilight Zone, "The Little People")
I'm your boyfriend now!  Blabblabblabblah!
Interesting--but STUPID! (Laugh-in)
It hurts!  It really hurts!
Is it safe? (Marathon Man)
It is balloon! (F Troop)
It puts the lotion on its skin. (Silence of the Lambs)
It stinks! [w/ OK hand gesture] (Pod People)
It was faaaaabuloooous!
It's hot and it hurts and stuff. (Bactine commercial)
It's my way or the highway. (Roadhouse)
It's the Sunday Mystery Movie!  Oooeeeooo!  OooEEEooo!

Jimmy Smitts (Switch)
Join us!
Just KILL it!  Don't PLAY with it!
Just shakin' the bushes, boss.  (Cool Hand Luke)

Koyaaaaanisqatsiiiiiiii!! (Koyaanisqatsi)

Little pants!
Look into your heart! (Miller's Crossing)

Mazola corn goodness... (Mazola commercial)
McCloud!!! (McCloud)
MMMMMMMMENDOOOOOOOZAAAAAAAA!!  (McBain, The Simpsons...who are both
	probably refering Robert DeNiro's character in "The Mission")
Mm-HMMMMmmmm, that's good weed! (Carson, a la Art Fern)
Mommy!  Mommy!  Don't look at me!  I said never look at me!
	(Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet)
My mother was a saint! (Public Enemy #1)

N Y P D (NYPD)
Nice tag!
Nice swoon.
Noooo!!  (Cave Dwellers)
No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die. (James Bond)

Oh, I'd hate to shoot a butt like that.
Oh, the pain, the pain... (Lost In Space)
Ohhhh, lady! (Jerry Lewis)
Oil Can!  Oil Can! (Wizard of Oz)
Oops, sorry! That was me...
Ouch!  I fell on my keys. (Wayne's World/The Producers)

Pepperidge Fa-ahm remembahs. (Commercial)
Puma?  Puma! (Ring of Terror)

Saaaaaaay!
Saigon.  I can't believe I'm still in Saigon. (Apocalypse Now)
Seen it!  (Hated it!  Taped it!)
Serpentine! (The In-Laws)
Skipper!  Little buddy! (Gilligan's Island)
SLEEP!
Smuckers jellies and jams...
Spock!  Spock! (Star Trek, TOS)
SuperCaaaaar!   SuperCaaaaar!  (The old "Supercar" show)

Thank you, I'll be here all week.  Enjoy the buffet! (generic lounge singer)
Thank you, (Tommy Kirk/Eugene Castle/etc.) for making us laugh at
	(love/winter/etc.) again.
That's what I'm asking. I don't know! THIRD BASE! (Abbott and Costello)
The horror!  The horror! (Apocalypse Now, and Joseph Conrad's
	"Heart of Darkness" on which it was based.)
The Invaders/The Time Tunnel/etc.  In color!
This is a Woozle.  His name is Peanut.  (Jeff Dunham Routine)
This is not my beautiful wife/house! (Talking Heads, "Once in a Lifetime")
This is the grandest of all! (Jack Perkins)
This is this.  (Phantom Creeps 1)
This square bugs me!  He really bugs me! (Wild Rebels)
This was no boating accident. (Jaws)
Throw me the whip!  Throw me the idol! (Raiders of the Lost Arc)
Thunderbirds are go! (Thunderbirds in Outer Space)
Tonight on Emergency 911 (Emergency 911)
Tonight, on a very special Trapper John, MD
Top of the world, ma! (James Cagney in WHITE HEAT)
Turned around and the hitchhiker was GONE! (urban legend; see also
	"Hold On, It's Coming" by Country Joe and the Fish, circa 1971)

Wah, wah, wah, wah, waAaAaAaAaAaAa! (generic cartoon/sitcom muted trumpet)
Wanna go to Lou's Place?  Ooo-hoo LOU!
Warriors, come out and play! (The Warriors)
Watch out for the backdraft. (Backdraft)
Water, the source of all life! (any nature special)
We're gonna get a bigger boat, right? (Jaws)
We're having an adventure--just like the Goonies!
We're outta the dark; we're outta the woods; we're outta the niiiiiight...!
   (Wizard of Oz)
Welcome to Death Valley Days.  The driver is either missing or he's
	dead. (Ronald Reagan, Death Valley Days)
Well it was about this time the Ol' Duke Boys... (Dukes of Hazzard)
What about Scarecrow's brain? (The Wizard of Oz)
What would McGyver do?
What we have here is a failure to communicate (Cool Hand Luke)
What's that, boy?  Daddy's hurt?  Down in deadrock canyon?  (Lassie)
When you're a jet, you're a jet all the way, man! (West Side Story)
Works every time.

Xanadu, stately home of Charles Foster Kane.  Cost, no one can say.
	(Citizen Kane)

You... are going... to die!  Because I... am going... to KILL you!
You and your friends are the only creeps around this place.  (Wild Rebels)
You *will* bow down before me! (Superman)
You did it!  You finally did it, Damn you all to hell! (Planet of the Apes)
You die Joe! (generic Pacific-theater World War II movie)
You go; I'm bitter. (Seven Samurai?)
You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile.
	(Talking Heads, "Once in a Lifetime")
You must sink the Bismarck. (Sink the Bismarck)
You're not my real father! (Star Wars?)
You've broken ape law. (Planet of the Apes)
You've made the grade and the papers want to know whose shirts you wear!
	(Davie Bowie, "Space Oddity")

Zack Norman is Sammy in Chief Zabu. (old Variety ad)


Q. Has anybody else written about MST3K?

A. You bet.  Included below is most of the rather massive bibiography
put together by Lisa Jenkins; it includes numerous citations and
references and all that stuff.   Some of the referenced articles
have been reprinted in the SOLN.

Lisa's key symbols:

# Actual article
* Photocopy
& Don't have article
- Not on disk/sent to SOLN

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: November 25, 1981
Headline:  See the Twin Cities Top Comedy Bananas
Photo: [Hodgson and the other seven finalists from the first annual College
          Comedy Competition, missnamed as the Cabaret Comedy Competition.]
Page(s): 39
Note: Ad for Comedy Cabaret with the finalists of the competition.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: November 25, 1981
Headline: Preview and Recommendations
Photo: The Eight finalists in the TCR/Comedy Cabaret Comedy Competition,
          this weekend at Comedy Cabaret, 26th and Hennepin, Mpls. Fri., Sat.,
          Sun. 872-0400.  [Hodgson and the other seven finalists, different
          picture than the ad.]
Page(s): 43
Note: A "best bets"-type ad.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: February 25, 1982
Headline: Preview and Recommendations
Subline: Special Events
Page(s): 19
Note: A "best bets" ad for Hodgson's appearence at the Comedy Cabaret.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: March 11, 1982
Headline: Comedy comes to downtown Minneapolis
Photo: Joel Hodgson/Comic Mgcian/Winner of 1981 Campus Comedy Contest
          [Hodgson in stand-up garb with party remants around him.]
Page(s): 44
Note: Ad for Hodgson headlining at the Comedy Gallery for its grand opening.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: March 18, 1982
Headline: Comedy comes to downtown Minneapolis
Photo: Joel Hodgson/Comic Magcian/Winner of 1981 Campus Comedy Contest
          [Hodgson in stand-up garb with party remants around him.]
Page(s): 26
Note: Full page ad for Hodgson headlining at the Comedy Gallery.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: March 18, 1982
Headline: Preview and Recommendations
Subline: Comedy
Page(s): 27
Note: A "best bets" ad for Hodgson's appearence at the Comedy Gallery.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: March 25, 1982
Headline: Preview and Recommendations
Subline: Comedy
Page(s): 31
Note: A "best bets" ad for Hodgson's appearence at Dudley Riggs ETC Benefit
      for Camp New Hope.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: April 1, 1982
Headline: Preview and Recommendations
Subline: Comedy
Page(s): 23
Note: A "best bets" ad for Hodgson's appearence at the Comedy Gallery.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: April 8, 1982
Headline: Held Over For Final Week
Photo: Joel Hodgson [in stand-up garb.]
Page(s): 22
Note: Ad for Hodgson at the Comedy Gallery.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: June 10, 1982
Photo: [Hodgson in cut-out of publicity photo.]
Page(s): 15
Note: Ad for Hodgson at the Comedy Cabaret.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: June 10, 1982
Headline: Preview and Recommendations
Subline: Comedy
Author: Hopp, D.
Page(s): 26
Note: A "best best" ad for Hodgson's appearence at the Comedy Cabaret.

Source: Minneapolis Tribune*
Date: June 16, 1982
Headline: Comic Makes World of Difference at Cabaret
Subline: A review
Author: Steele, Mike
Page(s): B3
Note: Review of Hodgson's stand-up act at the Comedy Cabaret.

Source: St. Paul Dispatch*
Date: September 9, 1982
Headline: Funnymen Fight to Knock Out Competition with Punchlines
Photo: Oops!  Back to the drawing board for this card trick being attempted
          by comedian Joel Hodgson, who specializes in white dinner jackets
          and a stupid look.  Hodgson will join other comedians in the first-
          ever Twin Cities Comedy Invitational competition beginning next
          Thursday.  [Hodgson with cards flying in mid-air.]
Author: Protzman, Bob
Page(s): B1, B10

Source: St. Paul Dispatch* [reprinted in part in St. Paul Pioneer Press*, page
      C5, same date]
Date: September 30, 1982
Headline: Backstage: Tricky Comic Wins Local Contest
Photo: Joel Hodgson is a "bad" magician but a good comic, good enough to
          win first place and $500 in the finals of the First Annual Twin
          Cities Comedy Invitational last Sunday night.  [Hodgson holds up a
          Mystery Date game board.]  [Photo not included in reprint.]
Author: Protzman, Bob
Page(s): B2

Source: Minneapolis Tribune*
Date: October 1, 1982
Headline: Local Comedian Gets Last Laugh in Competition
Photo: Joel Hodgson [with cards flying]
Author: Strickler, Jeff
Page(s): C4
Note: Hodgson wins Twin Cities Invitational.

Source: St. Paul Dispatch*
Date: February 17, 1983
Headline: Backstage: Finn's Dropping Gags, but New Club May Open
Author: Protzman, Bob
Page(s): B2
Note: Hodgson on Letterman show.  This is from a column.

>From St. Paul Dispatch*-
Date: April 7, 1983
Headline: Hometown success
Photo: [Joel Hodgson in stand-up garb.]
Page(s): B12
Note: Picture and caption for Hodgson's return to the Twin Cities.

Source: St. Paul Dispatch*
Date: August 4, 1983
Headline: TC Comedians Find LA Success
Photo: Joel Hodgson: He passed 'acid test'  [Hodgson in "high school"-like
          photo.]
Author: Protzman, Bob
Page(s): B1, B7

Source: Minneapolis Tribune*
Date: March 18, 1984
Headline: Three Area Comedians Think Los Angeles is the Way to Go
Subline: Welcome to Hollywood
Subline: COMICS: 'Time bomb' created a hubbub
Photo: Photo for the Star and Tribune by Jackie Sallow.  Jeff Cesario,
          left, and Joel Hodgson in front of the Comedy Store.  [Hodgson looks
          *very* shy!]
Author: Bream, Jon
Page(s): G1, G12
Note: Hodgson's adventures in the "Big Time."

Source: St. Paul Dispatch*
Date: October 18, 1984
Headline: Joel Hodgson Coming Home to Say Farewell to Comedy
Subline: [On page B13 only.] Hodgson: Comedian will try writing, teaching
Photo: Twin Cities comic Joel Hodgson will be doing what he bills as a
          farewell show, titled, "Hello, I Must Be Going," at the Comedy
          Gallery Wednesday through Oct. 27 and again Oct. 31-Nov. 4.
          [Hodgson perfecting that shy look.]
Author: Protzman, Bob
Page(s): B1, B10 *and* B13

Source: Minneapolis Star and Tribune*
Date: October 25, 1984
Headline: Comic Hodgson Quits While He's Ahead
Subline: Comedy's fun, but it's time to get back to reality.
Photo: Joel Hodgson [still perfecting that shy look.]
Author: Strickler, Jeff
Page(s): C1, C8
Note: Hodgson explains why he's come home.

Source: Interview*
Date: December 1984
Headline: The Seven Faces of Comedy
Photo: Joel Hodgson photographed by Frank Schramm [Hodgson in glasses,
          water goggles, shirt and tie, spewing water from his mouth.]
Author: Borns, Betsy
Page(s): 68-69
Note: Hodgson talks about working for the "Big Time."

Source: Minneapolis Star and Tribune*
Date: April 8, 1985
Headline: Crystal Court Never Meant for Standing Room Only
Author: Flanagan, Barbara
Page(s): B1
Note: This is a column.  Hodgson sold his props.

Source: Minneapolis Star and Tribune*
Date: May 5, 1986
Headline: Seinfeld and Hodgson
Subline: Comics Team Up for Cable Special
Photo: Jerry Seinfeld, left, and Joel Hodgson with a smoking mug, for
          people who like a cigarette with their coffee.
Author: Covert, Colin
Page(s): C1, C11
Note: Hodgson's work for HBO comedy special; note his preliminary work on
      MST3K.

Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch*
Date: June 8, 1987
Headline: Wacky Hodgson Returns to Stage
Subline: Review
Author: Protzman, Bob
Page(s): C8
Note: Hodgson's return to stand-up comedy.

Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch*
Date: April 21, 1988
Headline: Comedy: Toying With Laughs Again
Photo: DEADPAN-HANDLING: Comedian Joel Hodgson says his Comedy Gallery
          appearances will be "an official comeback."  [Hodgson side-ways
          glances in tux.]
Author: Protzman, Bob
Page(s): D4

Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch*
Date: April 22, 1988
Headline: When Joel Comes Out to Play, Everyone Has Fun
Author: Protzman, Bob
Page(s): B7
Note: Review of Hodgson's new stand-up act.

Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch*
Date: June 24, 1988
Headline: Showtime to Tape Area Comics
Author: Protzman, Bob
Page(s): B8
Note: Hodgson and others to be taped for Showtime's Comedy Club Network show.

Source: Skyway News*-
Date: November 17, 1988
Headline: Entertainment will heat up the winter
Photo: Joel Hodgson [with his squirt flamethrower boutonniere.]
Author: Mabery, D.L.
Page(s): 10
Note: A "best bets" ad for Hodgson at the Comedy Gallery.

Source: Minneapolis (Minnesota) Star and Tribune&-
Date: November 20, 1988
Headline: IT'S A SCI-FI THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION
Photo: [Hodgson in *long hair!* and the original Crow.]
Author: [none]
Page(s): TV Week 39
Note: Ad for first two episodes Thanksgiving night.

Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch*-
Date: November 20, 1988
Headline: IT'S A SCI-FI THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION
Photo: [Hodgson in *long hair!* and the original Crow.]
Author: [none]
Page(s): TV Weekly 32
Note: Ad for first two episodes Thanksgiving night.

Source: Minneapolis (Minnesota) Star and Tribune*
Date: December 19, 1988
Headline: TV Supplies Witty Companions to Help Watch Bad Old Movies
Photo: Staff Photo/John Croft  'Mystery Science Theater 3000' host Joel
          Hodgson with robot friends Crow, left, and Gypsy.  [Original Crow
          with Joel in original outfit and original Gypsy on orginal set.
          Original!]
Photo: Home viewers see the silhouettes of Joel Hodgson and the two robots
          in the front row of seats as they watch the movie.  On the screen
          here is the monster Gaos.  [Crow sits on Joel's left and, I think,
          Gypsy is on his right.  The "movie screen" is like a very large TV
          screen.]
Author: Matheny, Dave
Page(s): E1, E4
Note: "Local" review of MST3K along with incites in Hodgson's workshop and the
      making of the original show.
Note: I don't have a copy of the photos.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: January 18-24, 1989
Headline: [none]
Photo: _Mystery Science Theater 3000_ host Joel Hodgson becomes "The
         Gizmocrat" at the Comedy Gallery Riverplace, starting Wednesday.
         [Hodgson in usual plublicity shot.]
Page(s): 34
Note: Plublicity spot for Hodgson's stand-up act.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: January 25-31, 1989
Headline: 168 Hours
Subline: Comedy
Page(s): 17
Note: "Best bet" ad for Hodgson's stand-up act.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: January 25-31, 1989
Headline: The Gizmocrat is Back!!!  New and Improved!!!
Photo:[Hodgson in usual plublicity shot.]
Page(s): 20
Note: Ad for Hodgson's stand-up act.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: February 1-7, 1989
Headline: The Gizmocrat is Back!!!  New and Improved!!!
Photo:[Hodgson in usual plublicity shot.]
Page(s): 23
Note: Ad for Hodgson's stand-up act.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: March 1-7, 1989
Headline: April Fools Live!
Photo:[Hodgson in usual plublicity shot.]
Page(s): 17
Note: Ad for Hodgson's stand-up act.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: March 15-21, 1989
Headline: 168 Hours
Subline: Comedy
Page(s): 26
Note: "Best bet" ad for Hodgson's stand-up act.

Source: Star Tribune&-
Date: March 16, 1989
Headline: [unknown]
Author: [unknown]
Page(s): E6
Note: Mentions Hodgson in KMSP-TV special.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: March 22-28, 1989
Headline: "Seriously Weird Magazine" a comedy magazine show
Subline: hosted by: Joel Hodgson & Sue Scott
Page(s): 21
Note: Ad for Hodgson's stand-up act.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: March 29-April 4, 1989
Headline: 167 Hours
Page(s): 22
Note: "Best best" ad for Hodgson's stand-up act.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: March 29-April 4, 1989
Headline: April Fools Live!
Page(s): 35
Note: Ad for Hodgson's stand-up act.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: May 17-23, 1989
Headline: Laff Off
Photo: [Floating head plublicity shots of Frank Conniff, Trace Beaulieu,
          Mike Nelson and Josh Weinstein, among others.]
Page(s): 29
Note: Ad for Laff Off competition.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: May 17-23, 1989
Headline: Live at the Guthrie
Photo: JERRY SEINFELD Observational comedy at its very best with special
          guest JOEL HODGSON [in usual plublicity shot.]
Page(s): 33
Note: Ad for Hodgson's stand-up act.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: May 24-30, 1989
Headline: Laff Off
Photo: [Floating head plublicity shot of Frank Conniff, among others.]
Page(s): 25
Note: Ad for Laff Off competition.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*
Date: May 31-June 6, 1989
Headline: T.V.
Subline: _Mystery Science Theater 3000_ The Last Voyage?
Photo: Joel Hodgson and Crow in "The ultimate couch potato show." [Joel
          with *long hair* and original Crow on original set.]
Author: Brauer, David
Page(s): 19
Note: MST3K has been put "on hiatus" from KTMA TV23.

Source: Star Tribune&-
Date: June 5, 1989
Headline: MST Live!
Photo: [Joel with long hair and original Crow.]
Page(s): E9
Note: Ad for MST "live" show at Comedy Gallery.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: June 7-13, 1989
Headline: Live at the Guthrie
Photo: JERRY SEINFELD Observational comedy at its very best with special
          guest JOEL HODGSON [in usual plublicity shot.]
Page(s): 30
Note: Ad for Hodgson's stand-up act.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: June 21-27, 1989
Headline: 168 Hours
Subline: Comedy: Ongoing
Page(s): 18
Note: Mentions Hodgson's and Weinstein's stand-up acts.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: June 21-27, 1989
Headline: 168 Hours
Subline: Comedy: Monday
Page(s): 18
Note: "Best best" ad for Hodgson's stand-up act.

Source: Star Tribune*
Date: August 6, 1989
Headline: [unknown]
Photo: [Joel plays guitar while original Crow peers on.]
Author: Kaplan, Steven
Page(s): Sunday Magazine 4-6

Source: Minnesota Daily [University of Minnesota paper]
Date: August 18, 1989
Headline: Bachelor of Comedy
Author: Burns, Lisa
Page(s): 4 A&E
Note: Interview with Josh Weinstein during hiatus between KTMA's production
      and the Comedy Channel's purchase of MST3K.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: September 27-October 3, 1989
Headline: The Comedy Gallery
Subline: Frank's Chop House
Photo: [Plublicity shot of Frank Conniff.]
Page(s): 21
Note: Ad for Laff Off competition.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: October 4-10, 1989
Headline: 168 Hours
Subline: Comedy
Author: Surowicz
Page(s): 19
Note: "Best bests" ad which mentions Hodgson and Conniff.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*
Date: October 11-17, 1989
Headline: _Mystery Science Theater_: A New Mission
Photo: [Joel with original Crow and original Tom.]
Author: Brauer, David
Page(s): 71
Note: MST3K picked up by HBO's Comedy Channel.

Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch*
Date: October 13, 1989
Headline: Hodgson Takes Act to HBO
Photo: [Unfortunately only of Bob Protzman.  Ew!]
Author: Protzman, Bob
Page(s): C3
Note: MST3K moves to the Comedy Channel; Land O'Loons III.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: October 18-24, 1989
Headline: [none]
Photo: Rising comedy star Josh Weinstein joins Lizz Winstead and friends in
          a "Stand Up for Choice" abortion rights education benefit at
          Hennepin Center for the Arts on Monday.  [Weinstein in plublicity
          photo.]
Page(s): 45
Note: Plublicity spot for Weinstein's stand-up act.

Source: Skyway News*-
Date: November 2, 1989
Headline: 5 to 9
Subline: Comedy
Author: Mabery, D.L.
Page(s): 14
Note: "Best bets" ad for Hodgson's stand up.

Source: TV Guide*
Date: November 11, 1989
Headline: Can These Folks Tickle Your Funny Bone?
Photo: Joel Hodgson [in jumpsuit; mid-jump motion]
Author: Polskin, Howard
Page(s): 17-19
Note: *Bad* review!

Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch*
Date: December 6, 1989
Headline: Comics are Funny, but Tamer, in 'Loons 3'
Author: Lambert, Brian
Page(s): B10
Note: Review of Land O'Loons III.

Source: Twin Cities Reader*-
Date: December 6-12, 1989
Headline: 168 Hours
Subline: Television: Wednesday
Author: Surowicz
Page(s): 17
Note: "Best bests" ad for Land O'Loons III.

Source: Star Tribune*
Date: April 1, 1990
Headline: Great Fun If You Can Get It
Subline: Cover Story
Cover photo: Joel Hodgson/ Dave Matheny writes about the local comedian's
             return to TV on the HBO cabel Comedy Channel [l-r, Crow, Hodgson,
             Servo on old set from first CC season]
Photo: Joel Hodgson [in jumpsuit next to planet.]
Author: Matheny, Dave
Page(s): TV Week 1, 3, 34
Note: "Local" review of MST3K after it went to the Comedy Channel.

Source: TV Guide*
Date: August 25, 1990
Headline: Cheers and Jeers
Subline: Cheers
Photo: [Hodgson "spinning" planet on finger.]
Author: [unknown]
Page(s): 23

Source: The New York Times*
Date: September 6, 1990
Headline: Wry "MST 3000" a Trash-Film Treat
Photo: Droll Host: Joel Hodgson
Author: Schultz, Paul
Page(s): [unknown]

Source: People's Weekly#
Date: October 8, 1990
Headline: Picks & Pans
Author: Hiltbrand, David
Page(s): 9-10
Note: Short review.

Source: Time*
Date: October 29, 1990
Headline: My In-Law, the Housefly
Subline: Off-the-wall comedy flourished in out-of-the-way places
Photo: Hodgson of _Mystery Science Theater 3000_: Movie heckling in outer
          space [Joel leaping in space.]
Author: Zoglin, Richard
Page(s): 95
Note: Short review.

Source: People Weekly*
Date: December 31, 1990-January 7, 1991
Headline: Picks & Pans
Subline: Best of Tube
Author: [unknown]
Page(s): 15
Note: MST3K one of top 10 shows.

Source: Entertainment Weekly*-
Date: January 18, 1991
Headline: News & Notes
Subline: The Last Laff
Author: Svetkey, Benjamin
Page(s): 6
Note: MST3K salvaged from comedy TV merger.

Source: Rolling Stone*
Date: January 24, 1991
Headline: Comic Enterprise
Photo: Joel Hodgson with robot friends [l-r Gypsy, Crow, Joel, Servo]
Author: [unknown]
Page(s): [unknown]

Source: Corporate Report Minnesota*
Date: April 1991
Headline: The Million-Dollar Sight Gag
Subline: Joel Hodgson and partner Jim Mallon have parlayed a comic bit using
         robots, B movies, and smart-alecky commentary into a lucrative cable
         TV deal
Photo: Hodgson (front) and Mallon: "*Okay*, Mr. White Male Reality!"
          (Photograph by Bill Miller.)  [Gypsy, Crow and Servo surround
          Hodgson and Mallon on the Satellite of Love, bathed in a light
          purple glow.]
Author: Brauer, David
Page(s): 40-43, 45-46
Note: Interview with Hodgson and Mallon on the business side of Best Brains.

Source: The Milwaukee Journal*
Date: May 30, 1991
Headline: Drama's out, laugh machines in
Author: Drew, Mike
Page(s): D4
Note: MST3K salvaged from comedy TV merger.

Source: USA Today*
Date: May 31, 1991
Headline: Wired for Weirdness on Cable
Subline: TV Preview
Author: Roush, Matt
Page(s): [unknown]

Source: Post
Date: June 1991
Headline: Open House: Exacting Science Fiction
Subline: Comedy TV's sci-fi laugher retro-rockets into the "future" via IVL
         Post.
Photo: Space Camp: _Mystery Science Theater_ conjures the early days of TV
          by running very bad movies which the keyed-in talent watches (in
          silhouette) and criticizes.  [Photo of Joel on the bridge of the
          Satellite of Love flanked on the left by Crow and on the right by
          Tom Servo.]
Photo: High tech for low tech: IVL's Paulson uses Ampex ADO, Zeus and
          Vista switcher to create the retro look.  [Photo of interior IVL
          control room.]
Author: Stokes, Jim
Page(s): [unknown]
Note: Techie; for those into video FX.

Source: Wall Street Journal*
Date: July 8, 1991
Headline: Revenge of the Critic
Subline: Television: _Mystery Science Theater 3000_
Author: Goldberg, Robert
Page(s): A7 (west) or A5 (east)

Source: New York Times*
Date: July 12, 1991
Headline: Comic's Notebook
Subline: [] a New Cable Channel, Looking for a Laugh
Photo: Joel Hodgson, the host of "Mystery Science Theater 3000," with one
          of his heckling props.  [Crow.]
Author: O'Connor, John J.
Page(s): [unknown]

Source: Entertainment Weekly*
Date: August 16, 1991
Headline: On Location: Crummy Movies, Funny Jokes
Subline: Lips and Laughs on Cable's Clever _Mystery Science Theater_
Photo: WEIRD SCIENCE: MST creator Hodgson with Crow (left) and Tom Servo
          [right] (Photograph by Kevin Horan) [Joel gives us a most pitiful
          look with a rare side-view of the satellite.]
Author: Svetkey, Benjamin
Page(s): 49

Source: The Washington Post*
Date: August 17, 1991
Headline: TV Preview
Subline: On Cable, Three Jeers For B-Movies
Author: Mills, David
Page(s): [unknown]

Source: The Washington Post*
Date: November 27, 1991
Headline: 'MST3K' Means Fine Television
Subline: 'MST3K,' Delighting in Really Bad Movies
Photo: Joel Hodgson of "Mystery Science Theater 3000."  [With Crow and
          Servo.]
Photo: Joel Hodgson of "MST3K."  [With Tom Servo from Turkey Day.]
Author: Shales, Tom
Page(s): B1-B2

Source: USA Today*-
Date: November 13, 1991
Headline: Television
Subline: Inside TV
Author: Johnson, Peter
Page(s): D3
Note: MST3K gets ACE nomination.

Source: Mademoiselle*
Date: February 1992
Headline: Movies from Outer Space
Subline: Think bad movies are hell on Earth?  You're not alone
Photo: Joel Hodgson and friends [l-r Gypsy, Crow, Joel, Servo]
Author: Rosenbaum, Ron
Page(s): 54-55, 60
Note: Outrageous!

Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Date: February 3, 1992
Headline: Tom Servo Explains It All
Author: Carrol, Jon
Page(s): [unknown]

Source: The UCSD Guardian
Date: February 6, 1992
Headline: [unknown]
Author:  Snell, Jason
Page(s): [unknown]

Source: Entertainment Weekly*
Date: February 21, 1992
Headline: A "Mystery" Made for Mail Order
Photo: Dog Bone: Demon Dog, a Mystery Science Big Seller
Author: Benjamin Svetkey
Page(s): 42

Source: Pulse!*
Date: March 1992
Headline: The Art of Heckling: "Bad print, bad sound, bad for you."
Subline: The _Mystery Science Theater 3000_ TV series takes revenge on killer
         b-movies
Photo: Our hosts: Crow, Joel and Tom Servo [l-r Crow, Joel, Servo]
Author: Weidenbaum, Marc
Note(s): Pulse! associate editor Marc Weidenbaum looks forward to _Citizen
         Kane: The MST3K Edition_.
Page(s): 128

Source: Satellite Orbit*
Date: March 1992
Headline: Out of This World
Author: [unknown]
Page(s): 28

Source: New York Post*
Date: March 10, 1992
Headline: "Mystery Science Theater" Movie
Author: M.G. [unknown]
Page(s): [unknown]
Note: About MST3K movie.

Source: Rolling Stone*-
Date: March 19, 1992
Headline: [unknown]
Photo: The lady in the lake: The Pail and Shovel party buries the Statue of
          Libery in icy waters.  [Statue of Liberty looks like it's burried in
          the lake while three people walk around it.]
Author: [unknown]
Page(s): 68
Note: About Jim Mallon's Pail and Shovel party from college.

Source: Satellite TV Week#
Date: March 22-28, 1992
Headline: 'MST 3000's' Spacey Comedy Appeals to Earthlings
Cover photo:  Sci-Fi Guy: Joel Hodgson of _Mystery Science Theater 3000_
              [Hodgson with hands on hips in spacey background]
Photo: Joel Hodgson with buddies Crow (left) and Tom Servo [right].
Photo: "MST 3000's" mad scientists, Frank (Frank Conniff, left) and Dr.
          Clayton Forrester (Trace Beaulieu [right]).
Author: Williams, Wendy
Page(s): Cover, 1

Source: TV Guide#
Date: April 18, 1992
Headline: Big Fans on Campus
Author: Cary, Alice
Page(s): 31
Note: What college campus kids are watching on TV.

Source: Springfield News-Leader
Date: June 4, 1992
Headline: Fun With Bad Flick
Author: Hughes, Mike
Page(s): D4

Source: The Washington Post
Date: June 5, 1992
Headline: Defying Gravity
Subline: TV Preview: Comedy Central's Wonderful Bad Movies
Author: Shales, Tom
Page(s): Style [?]

Source: People Weekly#
Date: June 8, 1992
Headline: Picks & Pans
Subline: Tube
Author: Hiltbrand, David
Page(s): 13
Note: Short preview of fourth season.

Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: June 11, 1992
Headline: 'MST 3-K' Twists Old Flicks Into Wild Glee
Photo: Joel Hodgson cracks wise during moldy old B movies on _Mystery
          Science Theater 3000_ at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturdays on Comedy
          Central.  [Typical publicity shot of Joel and all three 'bots on the
          bridge of the SOL.]
Author: Grahnke, Lon
Page(s): 2:45

Source: City Pages#-
Date: July 1, 1992
Photo: [from top to bottom: planetoid; Gypsy, Crow, Joel and Servo; Frank
          and Forrester; Joel and the 'bots in theater seats.]
Page(s): 30
Note: Ad for IT'S ALIVE!

Source: Skyway News#
Date: July 7, 1992
Headline: Comedy: Down to Earth
Subline: Joel Hodgson comes in from outer space to do 'Mystery Science
         Theater' at the Uptown Theatre.
Photo: Joel Hodgson and his robot pals Crow (left) and Tom-Servo (right)
          are getting a break from cable TV to perform live theater.  No word
          yet on what robot Gypsy (center) will be doing.  [Photo from first
          season.]
Author: Zurowski, Cory
Page(s): 20-21
Note: IT'S ALIVE! preview

Source: City Pages#
Date: July 8, 1992
Headline: Arts: Live Action Wacky Rolling Figures!
Subline: Mere tapeheads no longer, the folks at _Mystery Science Theater 3000_
         are taking it to the streets.
Cover: The Final Frontier: Mystery Science Theater goes live (Sutton, 14)
Photo: [Of Gamera breathing fire while Joel and the 'bots look on from
          their theater seats.]
Author: Sutton, Terri
Page(s): 14
Note: IT'S ALIVE! preview; fowl language by author (really)

Source: Twin Cities Reader#
Date: July 8, 1992
Headline: Comedy
Subline: _Mystery Science Theater 3000_: Goofs in the Machine
Cover: TV FOR THE CULTURAL ELITE: _Mystery Science Theater 3000_ Comes of Age
Photo: Joel Hodgson and friends [Crow, right; Servo, left with their RAM
          chips] aboard the newly debugged "Satellite of Love."
Author: Miller, Mark
Page(s): 24-25
Note: IT'S ALIVE! preview

Source: Star Tribune#
Date: July 10, 1992
Headline: The Mystery Science show touching down at the Uptown
Cover: VARIETY: Stage shtick: Cable TV's 'Mystery Science Theater' offers
       Uptown show
Photo: Staff Photo/Rick Sennott  Joel Hodgson and his robot sidekicks on
          the set of "Mystery Science Theater 3000," which is touching down at
          the Uptown Theatre tonight. [From 1-r, Gypsy, Crow, Joel and Servo.]
Author: Holston, Noel
Page(s): A1, E1, E4
Note: IT'S ALIVE! preview; interview with *characters*

Source: OMNI#
Date: August 1992
Headline: Behind the Screen at Mystery Science Theatre [sic] 3000
Cover: Laughing at the Future With Mystery Science 3000 [sic]
Contents: Comedy Central's hottest show stars robots and terrible movies.
Photo: [Dr. F and Frank stand back-to-back; in contents section.]
Photo: Sweetly plaintive space exile and MST creator Joel "Robinson"
          Hodgson (far left).  [Joel with tilted head.]
Photo: Editors: Robot stars and their "mortal souls" (center, left to
          right): Gypsy/Jim Mallon, Crow/Trace Beaulieu, and Tom Servo/Kevin
          Murphy.  [In the workshop with white lab coats and 'bots.]
Photo: Evil scientists: "TV's Frank" Conniff (opposite page, right) [Frank
          makes face] and Beaulieu as Dr. Clayton Forrester (center)
          [Forrester makes face], together in _The Amazing Colossal Man_ [you
          wish!] (above).  [Forrester pulls out the big needle.]
Photo: Toolmaster Jef Maynard and some techno-wizardly "home cooking"
          (above).  [Maynard makes skull space craft.]
Photo: Look out below, it's Godzilla!  He's making things hot for his sci-
          fi foes, but he's the one "getting roasted" by captive film critics
          (left to right): Tom Servo, Joel, and that metalloid Marx Brother,
          Crow.  [Gamera blowing steam as the threesome watch from the
          theater.]
Author: Long, Marion
Page(s): Cover, 4, 34-36, 40, 70

Source: Star Tribune#-
Date: September 5, 1992
Headline: IT CAME FROM THE FAIR!
Author: Matheny, Dave
Page(s): E1, E2
Note: Best Brains comments on gizmos at the Minnesota State Fair.

Source: Skyway News#-
Date: September 29-October 5, 1992
Headline: Calendar
Subline: Comedy: Saturday, Oct. 3: "Stand-Up for Choice IV."
Author: Bacskai, Andrew
Page(s): 22
Note: A "best bets" ad for comedy benefit with Frank Conniff and Josh
      Weinstein among others.

Source: City Pages#-
Date: September 30, 1992
Headline: Stand-Up for Choice IV
Page(s): 17
Note: Ad for comedy benefit with Frank Conniff and Josh Weinstein among
      others.

Source: City Pages#-
Date: September 30, 1992
Headline: Night & Day
Subline: Saturday 3: Comedy: Stand-Up for Choice IV
Author: Sutton
Page(s): 20-21
Note: A "best bets" ad for comedy benefit with Frank Conniff and Josh
      Weinstein among others.

Source: Twin Cities Reader#-
Date: September 30-October 6, 1992
Headline: Stand-Up for Choice IV
Page(s): 33
Note: Ad for comedy benefit with Frank Conniff and Josh Weinstein among
      others.

Source: Twin Cities Reader#-
Date: September 30-October 6, 1992
Headline: Calendar
Subline: 3 Saturday: Comedy: World Theater
Author: Smith, Mary Ellen
Page(s): 41
Note: A "best bets" ad for comedy benefit with Frank Conniff and Josh
      Weinstein among others.

Source: Premiere#
Date: November 1992
Headline: Fine Tuning: Cable Ready
Photo: "MST3K": Say cheese.  [Servo, Joel, Crow, Gypsy, Dr. F and Frank
          with planetoid and coffee cups.]
Author: Kirk Cordero, Caroline
Page(s): 123

Source: USA Today*
Date: November 25, 1992
Headline: Critic's Choice
Photo: by Anthony Neste/"JOEL HODGSON: Mystery Science Theater 3000 host"
          [Joel "spins" planet on finger.]
Author: Roush, Matt
Page(s): D [unknown]

Source: The Washington Post*
Date: November 26, 1992
Headline: Play Mistee [sic] for Me
Subline: All Mistee-Eyed Over 'MST3K'
Photo: "Joel Hodgson and his zany robot pals on 'Mystery Science Theater
          3000'."
Author: Shales, Tom
Page(s): B1, B4

Source: Campus Voice#
Date: December 1992
Headline: Diversions
Subline: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Wiseacres in Space--Bad movies on
         cable?  Nothing new.  But bad movies made funny?  Welcome to Mystery
         Science Theater 3000, cable TV's best-kept secret.
Photo: Godzilla photograph from movie still archives; hand-coloring by Don
          Dudenbostel/[Hand-painted Godzilla distroys town; hand-painted
          planetoid hangs over city; silhouette of Servo, Joel and Crow at
          bottom.]
Photo: Best Brains Inc./The characters of _Mystery Science Theater 3000_:
          (left to right) Tom Servo, our hero Joel Robinson, Crow, Gypsy, mad
          scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester (Trace Beaulieu), his henchman "TV's
          Frank" (Frank Conniff).  [All with coffee cups.]
Inset: [on other "pages" with small Godzilla picture] Mystery Science Theater
       3000: Cable TV's cult hit mixes sci-fi and sarcasm.
Author: Gardner, Lee
Page(s): [none; poster magazine]

Source: Seventeen*
Date: December 1992
Headline: Cool Talk
Photo: _Mystery Science Theater 3000_ photo, Michael Kienitz.  _MST 3000_
          illustration, Ed Melnitsky.  [Usual promotional photo of Crow, Joel
          and Servo with drawn theater seats at the bottom.]
Author: [none]
Page(s): 42

Source: Entertainment Weekly#
Date: December 4, 1992
Headline: Credits: Look Who's Watching
Subline: Movie critics are all over TV.  Here's our view of the good and the
         god-awful.
Photo: Hodgson with Crow (left), Servo
Author: Appelo, Tim
Page(s): 12

Source: Entertainment Weekly#-
Date: December 11, 1992
Headline: Jim Mullen's Hot Sheet
Subline: What the country is talking about this week...
Author: Mullen, Jim
Page(s): 8

Source: Entertainment Weekly#-
Date: December 11, 1992
Headline: Shop Around the Clock
Subline: From _Coach_ balls to _House_ dolls, TV trappings for all hours of
         the day.
Photo: Photography by John Wilkes [A variety of TV merchandise, including
          MST3K's "Fluid Containment Vessel" somewhat hidden at the bottom of
          the pile.]
Author: Meyers, Kate
Page(s): 54

Source: Cyberspace Vanguard Magazine
Date: January 6, 1993
Headline: "JOIN US:" INSIGHT INTO THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED _MYSTERY SCIENCE
          THEATER 3000_
Author: Jenkins, Lisa
Page(s): [unknown; electronic magazine]

Source: Newsweek*
Date January 18, 1993
Headline: Television: Hip Lips Dis Yucky Flicks
Subline: A cable cult hit roasts moviedom's turkeys
Photo: Michael Kienitz/One-liners for every level of brow: Shooting up
          another dog on MST3K [Dr. F pulls out the Amazing Colossal needle
          while Frank holds the cotton wad.]
Author: Waters, Harry F.
Page(s): 65

Source: The Washington Post*
Date: [unknown]
Headline: Tom Shales's Best Bets of '91
Author: Shales, Tom
Page(s): [unknown]
Note: From list of author's favorite shows.

Source: Los Angeles Daily News*
Date: [unknown]
Headline: Comedy Series on Cable Gives Bad Movies a Good Talking To
Subline: Television
Photo: Joel Hodgson and his two robot pals on _Mystery Science Theater
          3000_, who give a running commentary as they're forced to watch bad
          movies.  [l-r Gypsy, Crow, Joel, Servo]
Author: Moca, Diane Joy
Page(s): [unknown]

Source: Montgomery [Alabama] Adverstiser*
Date: [unknown]
Headline: 'Science Theater' Scores with Bombs
Subline: Review
Photo: SPACE COMEDIAN: Joel Hodgson has appeared on 'Late Night' [Joel with
          hands on hips in spacey background.]
Author: Harmon, Rick
Page(s): [unknown] to D4

Source: Minneapolis Star and Tribune#
Date: [unknown]
Headline: Best Bet: Laugh With a Prop Comic
Photo: [Hodgson with his squirt flamethrower boutonniere.]
Author: Covert, Colin
Page(s): [unknown]
Note: Small review of Joel's stand-up performance.

Source: The Milwaukee Journal*
Date: [unknown]
Headline: [unknown]
Subline: From UHF to Cable
Author: Drew, Mike
Page(s): [unknown]
Note: Local Hodgson makes MST3K.

Source: [unknown]
Date: [unknown]
Headline: Upclose
Subline: Joel Hodgson and his sci-fi space cadet sidekicks turn trash into
         treasure on Mystery Science Theater 3000
Photo: MST 3000's Crow, Joel Hodgson and Tom Servo [pictured l-r]
Author: E.K. [unknown]
Page(s): [unknown]

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