The Making of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' (TV Movie 1997) Poster

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7/10
Pretty good sci-fi special on Mystery Science Theater 3000
MovieCriticMarvelfan9 April 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Dated back in 1997, this special takes place five years after 1992's "This is MST3K" special.

This is a pretty good behind the scenes look at the show at this stage of the game.

This time around we don't get any interviews with Joel Hodgson or Trace Beaulieu or Frank Coniff.

Instead we get Mike Nelson, Mary Jo Phel who replaced Trace's character as the main villain showing the bad movies, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett who took over the voice of Crow after Trace left.

Really then its a recap of the present season and a little retro back to the beginning.

A couple of items of interest though include a bird's eye view of the writing process and the production process and how they edit the show together and sit through hours of bad movies to come with jokes!!!

It's really like the cast of writers is going through Nelson's and Joel's experience.

All in all not a bad special, only aired once or twice but you might be able to find through peer to peer sharing.
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9/10
Check out "Poopie!" MST3K's bloopers video
TomIsenberg9 June 2005
Although IMDb doesn't list it (yet), Rhino Home Video sells a 30 minute MST3K bloopers video called "Poopie!" produced by the folks at Best Brains.

It consists of many different outtakes, most less than 15-seconds, of flubbed or forgotten lines, prop failures, etc. And they're all from the host segments, not the featured movies.

They feature both Joel and Mike (and plenty o' Frank and Dr. Forester.)

I rented the VHS at "Movie Madness" in Portland, OR, so it's probably available in larger cities.

This is a comedy bargain, because not only do you laugh at the premise of the bit, you laugh at the failed execution of the bit!
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