2019 is the 30th anniversary of a cult classic that has found new life online.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 began life as a locally produced series based in Minnesota. The Comedy Channel, forerunner to today's Comedy Central, acquired the show, a campy comedy wrapped around a collection of B-movies, some of them obscure, and TV-movies from the 70's.
Today, MST3K is back on the air, with Netflix its current home. Original host Joel Hodgson led a crowd-funding campaign through Kickstarter to bring the series back after it'd been axed by the Sci-Fi Channel (now SyFy) some years back. Hodgson's successor, Mike Nelson, is prominently featured in the following entry, which showcases the pilot for the failed Four-In-One entry, San Francisco International Airport, starring Lloyd Bridges.
I know when I reviewed San Francisco International Airport, I said I'd use other source material for MST3K, but, naaaaaaah.
Ratings: San Francisco International Airport: A. Mystery Science Theater 3000: B-.
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