Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (often abbreviated as MST3K) is a television show which ran from 1988 until 1999, first on Comedy Central and later on Sci Fi. Hosted by creator Joel Hodgson (and later by Mike Nelson), the science-fiction flavored series featured the sarcastic host and his two robot puppet sidekicks, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot making fun of "cheesy movies" (mostly 50s B-scifi/horror movies along with a few 70s and 80s cop dramas or barbarian epics) by talking over the soundtracks. Over the run of the series, several references to the Muppets were made.

Connections

 * One popular subject for the series was the 1964 Christmas oddity Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, co-starring Sesame Street cast member Bill McCutcheon as Dropo the martian.