Mystery Science Theater 3000
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Lowest is Metacritic critics on 81, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 98.
See the most agreed on TV shows →In the not-too-distant future Joel Robinson is held captive by Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank, forced to watch B-Grade movies on the Satellite of Love with the help of his robot friends: Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot.
Details
- Created by
- Joel Hodgson
- Writers
- Colleen Henjum, David Sussman, Frank Conniff, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy
- Released
- 25 November 1989
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 90 min
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Episodes
- 176 across 10 seasons
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Tom Servo (voice) / Professor Bobo / Officer Kevin / Tom Servo (voice) / Space Father (voice)
The Power Steves Saxophone Player / Mary Jo from Deep 12 / Party Goer / Wrong Number Dialing Lady / Magic Voice (voice) / Barb / Tourist Mother / Jan in the Pan / Pearl Forrester / Jan in the Pan / Amazon Mom
Baywatch characters (voice) / Isaac Asimov Literary Doomsday Device (voice) / Morrissey / Mike Nelson / Frank Sinatra (voice) / Imperialistic Alien / Holo-Clown / Torgo / Kenny / Megaweapon (voice) / Tony Travis (voice) / Officer Mike / Virtual comedy heckler (voice) / Valeria
Yakov Smirnoff / Tourist Son / Rooster / Party Goer / Villager (voice) / Gypsy (voice)
Awards & nominations
See all 1 →0 wins from 1 nomination across 1 ceremony
| Primetime Emmy Award 1988 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Full cast — Mystery Science Theater 3000
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Tom Servo (voice) / Professor Bobo / Officer Kevin / Tom Servo (voice) / Space Father (voice)
The Power Steves Saxophone Player / Mary Jo from Deep 12 / Party Goer / Wrong Number Dialing Lady / Magic Voice (voice) / Barb / Tourist Mother / Jan in the Pan / Pearl Forrester / Jan in the Pan / Amazon Mom
Baywatch characters (voice) / Isaac Asimov Literary Doomsday Device (voice) / Morrissey / Mike Nelson / Frank Sinatra (voice) / Imperialistic Alien / Holo-Clown / Torgo / Kenny / Megaweapon (voice) / Tony Travis (voice) / Officer Mike / Virtual comedy heckler (voice) / Valeria
Yakov Smirnoff / Tourist Son / Rooster / Party Goer / Villager (voice) / Gypsy (voice)
Krankor / Space Mother (voice) / Crow T. Robot (voice) / Observer / Intergalactic Judge
Stan Johnson (voice) / Huggy Bear / Party Goer / Nate the Nanite Clown / Bomb Worshipper #1 / Ned the Nanite / Timmy Bobby Rusty / Karl / Julius / Pitch / Chief Delta Knight / Bratty Kid (voice) / Tech Support (voice) / Observer #1 / Ned the Nanite / Ned the Nanite / Extra Monkey +17 more
Flavia / Helen / Shelly / The Witch / Amazon Mom / Carla (voice) / Darlene / Adrienne Barbeau / Nuveena / Lisa Loeb / Bridget from Deep 12
Steffi / Peasant / Villager #2 (voice) / Villager (voice) / Bomb Worshipper #3 / Bomb (voice) / Ann / Staci / Terror from the Year 5000 / Tech Support (voice) / Cindy / Octavia
Tech Support Recording (voice) / Todd Gunderson / Sea World Representative (voice) / TV Announcer / Villager (voice) / Launch Announcer / Villager #3 (voice)
1 awards — Mystery Science Theater 3000
×| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Nominee |