Mystery Science Theater 3000

It was a lot like sitting in the back row of my high school US Government class with a bunch of art majors. In other words one liner, smart-ass central. The MST3K gang didn't always hit the mark but I can recall laughing to the point of tears more than once. Often lapsed into pure silliness but still original and fun now and then.

Snarky before the word even existed, mst3k got plenty of laughs from me...I recall the older episodes of the tv series and the movie being the most entertaining. I'm not sure it would stand up to the test of time, but within the confines of awful 80's TV, rife with full house and 90210 and urkle, mystery science theater 3000 show was practically high art.

LMAO funny at times. Very original concept...

Back in the '80s, I actually watched about 15 minutes of this abomination in order to try to figure out what the attraction was.

Scripts that would have been rejected by a fourth rate '40's pulp fiction magazine weren't helped by acting worse than a high school play.

I enjoyed the humor on the show but too many long commercial breaks ruined it for me. My teen-age son loved it though. Wouldn't mind watching it again without commercials and re-evaluate it. Maybe I'll rent a DVD and see.

Definitely a nerd show. You have to know a lot of trivia to get many of the punchlines, but plenty of easy-to-understand humor too. There will never be another. I love it. Still working on dl'ing all the episodes =).

One of the best and funniest shows in the history of television.

A really great show, I loved the films they watch, and how bad they are. One of my favorites is Hobgoblins. Soultaker and Laserblast are great too.It's too bad, it's not on the air anymore, because there are still lots of bad films, to make fun of.

Every show started off funny, but then as the show went on it got a bit tiresome.

Original and often very funny...

sorry

One of the funniest shows I've ever seen.

Creative and quite funny at times!

They actually ruined the bad old Sci Fi movies with even worse, needless chatter, reaslly stupid.

That show gets on my nerves at times although I do enjoy their comments about the movie.

Highly underrated comedy series that got canceled off of the Sci-Fi channel. However, the series is now on DVD ;) The 'MANOS' episode is freaky, though.

This show had its moments, but it's more fun to watch a stupid movie with friends and rip on it together.

The funniest show ever. Crow was by far my favorite. i liked Joel, and Mike about the same. Mike is hilarious, and so is Joel. This show is by far funnier that alot of the crap there tryign to show you.

When this fist came on, I'd tought it was about the old sci-fi movie coming back on tv. Not a bunch of idiots who can't keep their mouth such when the movie is on.

For my money, there's never been a better television show produced than MST3K. An homage to all those little weekday-afternoon kids' shows that dotted local TV stations back in the 60s and 70s (SHOCK THEATER and CLUBHOUSE 22 where I lived), Mystery Science Theater 3000 was written with the sly sensibilities of an adult, but wrapped in the earnest vestments of a child. An acquired taste, to be sure, but once inundated, you were hooked for life. As riotous as the B-movie commentary was, the host segments were occasionally brilliant, combining so many different elements (low-brow props, ad libs, obscure pop-culture references, etc.) that you HAD to have a fair reserve of sophistication to appreciate everything being thrown at you. Treated unkindly by the networks that ran it (what a surprise), I'm still amazed (and thankful) that it went for as long as it did. The DVD collections by Rhino are an archival dream-come-true. A shining diamond in a mountain of mud.

Wow I loved this show I wish I could still find it on today.About a guy a gumball machine and some other critter analyzing old stupid movies and putting in little voices, it is probably rated number 1 above all shows, ever made to me.

High quality entertainment. As if watching a horrible movie wasn't fun enough, now you get to watch a guy and two robots make fun of it as well! It's amazing all the creative remarks and pointers/glitches that the writers made up. Crow and Tom Servo are the funniest of course. Servo's making up lyrics to the corny soundtracks always made me laugh. MST3K was a FANTASTIC show. What retard decided to take it off the air? I'd shoot him if I ever found out!

This show is so funny. It gives a reason for bad movies to exist.

Not only are they funny, but enviromentaly friendly. Look at how they reuse crappy movies.

The only way this show could have been worse was if Vickie Lawrence was on it.

Those who don't understand, don't need to. Those who do, savor a wonderful portion of TV history. Not just a show, but a way of life.

what the heck is this

Fantastic. I could watch this all day every day.

Was this in the 80's? I loved it until Joel left.. then it was just ok.. I mean think about the brilliance.. movie reviews with a guy and two robots.. but the genius was that the robots didn't speak or act with whirrs, clicks and beeps.. but just regular guy talk and behaviour. This was mind blowing to me at the time, very pythonesque. Ren and Stimpy was similarly groundbreaking in animation.

Brilliant, unique, and consistently funny. The first seasons with Joel are a treasure.

Hillarious.

simplay amazing. up there with the simpsons, family guy & monty python

The funniest TV show of all time...period.

Truly one of the awesomest programs ever to air on television. Yes, I know 'awesomest' isn't a word.

could be humorous, but got old very fast.

Ok a great show and I forgive them for making fun of my favorite sci-fi movie This Island Earth. (I liked the part where they build the inter-rossitor machine.)

It was a show about a guy in outer space that watches bad movies with his robot friends. The concept seems unworthy of a tv show but there were some great episodes with some funny moments and loveable characters.

Good show..but why are they making fun of films like This Island Earth? I guess it is a little corny in some parts but I still like it.

The only interesting part about this show was when the group would sit down and watch the old lousy b-movies (at least that's what they looked like). Any other aspect of the show was just not interesting. The gang could come up with some funny comments. Be reminded though that the movies they were watching were bad. A human being will not sit down and watch a bad movie (Even if others are making fun of it). Your attention span will drift, and you'll reach for your remote.

This show is pure fun!

Very underrated show. . .hysterical viewing for a saturday morning before college football and before I had to study or work. . .is there anything funnier than watching and making fun of terrible, old movies? The skits between the movies were pretty lame. . .probably meant for the kids. . .

I know there are people out there who just love this show and find it hilarious, sorry, i am not one of them. Every now and then i guess I will laugh but for the most part it is just annoying. these characters watch some old sci-fi movie and make comments about it. I am one of few who cannot find this very funny.

Non-stop laughs. These people certainly know a thing or two when it comes to tearing up these awful (and possibly low-budget) B-movies! Never ceases to amaze!

Mr. Wizard was better.

I loved this show whenever I had a chance to watch it. Some of the movies these people watched were unbelievably funny once they finished with their sometimes cheesy antics. I would not mind seeing this show hit the line ups again.

I am a huge movie fan and MST gets me through the really, really bad films. Excellent show!!

One of the funniest shows of all time!

Comedic genius at it's best. I wake up every Saturday morning to see this. I can only imagine the writers having to scan through the same crappy movie 50 times to come up with jokes.