Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Revision history

GersonK at 23:02, 26 December 2007

2007-12-26T23:02:16Z

GersonK: Added text from Capping Venues section

2007-12-26T23:01:05Z

Added text from Capping Venues section

GersonK: Tried to fix an awkward sentence

2006-09-10T00:27:35Z

Tried to fix an awkward sentence

GersonK: Fleshed it out

2006-06-29T18:08:27Z

Fleshed it out

LongLiveRock at 02:06, 5 June 2006

2006-06-05T02:06:12Z

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The TV series that started it all.
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 Actors included Joel Hodgson, Mike Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, Bill Corbett, and Bridget Jones + others, with Paul Chaplin participating as a writer of the non-[http://www.castleforrester.com/mst3k/experiments/904/index.htm werewolf] variety. The program was shown most recently on [[SCI FI Channel]], being by that august broadcasting body of great distinction first canceled, and then no-longer-run-even-in-reruns. (For more on this sequence of events, see [[Bonnie Hammer]].)
-While [[Caption This!]] did not become Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents Caption This! until a few months (weeks?) after its introduction on [[scifi.com]], the staff of MST3k had very little to do with CT, and the capping community has gone on without [[SFC]] or MST, the show still occupies a special place in the capper community. While not all cappers are msties, and most msties aren't cappers, a majority of cappers came to CT! via its link to MST. Many of the cappers [[Running Gags|running gags]] were "inspired" by MST.
+While [[Caption This|Caption This!]] did not become Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents Caption This! until a few months (weeks?) after its introduction on [[Scifi.com]], the staff of MST3k had very little to do with CT, and the capping community has gone on without [[SFC]] or MST, the show still occupies a special place in the capper community. While not all cappers are msties, and most msties aren't cappers, a majority of cappers came to CT! via its link to MST. Many of the cappers [[Running Gags|running gags]] were "inspired" by MST.
 The annual Thanksgiving "Turkey Day" marathons of MST from its days on Comedy Central have been adapted by two of the biggest present day [[Capping Venues|capping venues]]. [[Inventing Situations]] shows the cappers' hubris by running [[screengrab|screengrabs]] from original versions of films that were featured on MST during the annual [http://lustforlunch.com/is/tday.php Bake Your Own Turkey Day weekend] and imagining that the cappers might successfully add onto what the Brains did. Meanwhile, [[Glitter's Cap-Page Board]] manages to show even more hubris, running actual episodes of MST for capping around Thanksgiving.

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 A much loved tv program that ran on various channels between 1988 and 1999, produced by Best Brains, Inc. The basic premise of the series was that a human host and two robots were held prisoner on a satellite by mad scientists and forced to watch bad movies, which they would make fun of. [http://dmoz.org/Arts/Television/Programs/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/M/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000/ Much] has been [http://mst3kinfo.com/ written] [http://castleforrester.com/ about] this [http://dmoz.org/Arts/Television/Programs/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/M/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000/ series] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000 elsewhere].
 While [[Caption This!]] did not become Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents Caption This! until a few months (weeks?) after its introduction on [[scifi.com]], the staff of MST3k had very little to do with CT, and the capping community has gone on without [[SFC]] or MST, the show still occupies a special place in the capper community. While not all cappers are msties, and most msties aren't cappers, a majority of cappers came to CT! via its link to MST. Many of the cappers [[Running Gags|running gags]] were "inspired" by MST.
 The annual Thanksgiving "Turkey Day" marathons of MST from its days on Comedy Central have been adapted by two of the biggest present day [[Capping Venues|capping venues]]. [[Inventing Situations]] shows the cappers' hubris by running [[screengrab|screengrabs]] from original versions of films that were featured on MST during the annual [http://lustforlunch.com/is/tday.php Bake Your Own Turkey Day weekend] and imagining that the cappers might successfully add onto what the Brains did. Meanwhile, [[Glitter's Cap-Page Board]] manages to show even more hubris, running actual episodes of MST for capping around Thanksgiving.

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	While [[Caption This!]] did not become Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents Caption This! until a few months (weeks?) after its introduction on [[scifi.com]], the staff of MST3k had very little to do with CT, and the capping community has gone on without [[SFC]] or MST, the show still occupies a special place in the capper community. While not all cappers are msties, and most msties aren't cappers, a majority of cappers came to CT! via its link to MST. Many of the cappers [[Running Gags\|running gags]] were "inspired" by MST.		While [[Caption This!]] did not become Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents Caption This! until a few months (weeks?) after its introduction on [[scifi.com]], the staff of MST3k had very little to do with CT, and the capping community has gone on without [[SFC]] or MST, the show still occupies a special place in the capper community. While not all cappers are msties, and most msties aren't cappers, a majority of cappers came to CT! via its link to MST. Many of the cappers [[Running Gags\|running gags]] were "inspired" by MST.

−	The annual Thanksgiving "Turkey Day" marathons of MST from its days on Comedy Central have been adapted by two of the biggest present day [[Capping Venues\|capping venues]]. [[Inventing Situations]] shows ~~off~~ the cappers' hubris by running films that were featured on MST ~~are offered for capping~~ during the [http://lustforlunch.com/is/tday.php Bake Your Own Turkey Day ~~weekends~~] and imagining that the cappers might successfully add onto what the Brains did. Meanwhile, [[Glitter's Cap-Page Board]] manages to show even more hubris, running actual episodes of MST for capping around Thanksgiving.	+	The annual Thanksgiving "Turkey Day" marathons of MST from its days on Comedy Central have been adapted by two of the biggest present day [[Capping Venues\|capping venues]]. [[Inventing Situations]] shows the cappers' hubris by running [[screengrab\|screengrabs]] from original versions of films that were featured on MST during the annual [http://lustforlunch.com/is/tday.php Bake Your Own Turkey Day weekend] and imagining that the cappers might successfully add onto what the Brains did. Meanwhile, [[Glitter's Cap-Page Board]] manages to show even more hubris, running actual episodes of MST for capping around Thanksgiving.

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−	The TV series that ~~started it~~ all.	+	A much loved tv program that ran on various channels between 1988 and 1999, produced by Best Brains, Inc. The basic premise of the series was that a human host and two robots were held prisoner on a satellite by mad scientists and forced to watch bad movies, which they would make fun of. [http://dmoz.org/Arts/Television/Programs/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/M/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000/ Much] has been [http://mst3kinfo.com/ written] [http://castleforrester.com/ about] this [http://dmoz.org/Arts/Television/Programs/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/M/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000/ series] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000 elsewhere].
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		+	While [[Caption This!]] did not become Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents Caption This! until a few months (weeks?) after its introduction on [[scifi.com]], the staff of MST3k had very little to do with CT, and the capping community has gone on without [[SFC]] or MST, the show still occupies a special place in the capper community. While not all cappers are msties, and most msties aren't cappers, a majority of cappers came to CT! via its link to MST. Many of the cappers [[Running Gags\|running gags]] were "inspired" by MST.
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		+	The annual Thanksgiving "Turkey Day" marathons of MST from its days on Comedy Central have been adapted by two of the biggest present day [[Capping Venues\|capping venues]]. [[Inventing Situations]] shows off the cappers' hubris by running films that were featured on MST are offered for capping during the [http://lustforlunch.com/is/tday.php Bake Your Own Turkey Day weekends] and imagining that the cappers might successfully add onto what the Brains did. Meanwhile, [[Glitter's Cap-Page Board]] manages to show even more hubris, running actual episodes of MST for capping around Thanksgiving.