Series Description

The Mystery Science Theater 3000 TV show was a 2 hour comedy series about two robots and a human who
"bad-mouthed" old and terrible movies while watching them. See trivia below for a breakdown of what channels aired the series.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Cast

Kevin Murphy .... Tom Servo
Bill Corbett .... Crow T. Robot
Trace Beaulieu .... Crow T. Robot
Michael J. Nelson .... Host
Joel Hodgson .... Host

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Theme Song

Title: "Mystery Science Theater 3000 Theme"

(Episodes 801-913)

Written By: "The Brains"

Performed By: "Mike Nelson & Mary Jo Pehl"

In the not-too-distant future,
somewhere in time and space,
Mike Nelson and his robot pals
are caught in an endless chase,

Pursued by a woman whose name is Pearl,
an evil gal who wants to rule the world.
She threw a few things in her purse,
and in her rocketship she hunts him all across the universe.
(Pearl) I'll get you!!!

(Pearl) I'll send him cheesy movies,
the worst I can find, la, la, la.
He'll have to sit and watch them all,
and I'll monitor his mind, la, la, la.
Now keep in mind Mike can't control
where the movies begin or end, la, la, la.
He'll try to keep his sanity,
with the help of his robot friends.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Trivia

Joel Hodgson, the series creator, served as the original host. He played a lab technician who had been abducted from the Gizmonics Institute. He escaped in 1993 and the writer of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mike Nelson took over as host playing himself.

As time went by, Mystery Science Theater 3000 had more and more difficulty finding movies to air. The studios who owned the movies became less appreciative of the sarcastic treatment they would receive on Mystery Science Theater 3000.

The first episode produced did not air. Episodes 2-21 aired on UHF Cable Access channel "KTMA" in Minneapolis. In the second season, Mystery Science Theater 3000 moved to the brand new "Comedy Channel", later to be renamed, "Comedy Central". They canceled it at the end of the eighth season due to falling ratings but that wasn't the end of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It featured only science fiction movies after moving to the Sci-Fi Channel for its final three seasons.

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The First Season
(Originally Broadcast On KTMA Cable Access)

1..... The Green Slime (Pilot - Unaired)
2..... Revenge Of The Mysterian (11/24/1988)
3..... Star Force: Fugitive Alien 2 (11/27/1988)
4..... Gamera vs. Barugon (12/4/1988)
5..... Gamera (12/11/1988)
6..... Gamera vs. Gaos (12/18/1988)
7..... Gamera vs. Zigra (12/31/1988)
8..... Gamera vs. Guiron (1/8/1989)
9..... Phase IV (1/15/1989)
10... Cosmic Princess (1/22/1989)
11... Humanoid Women (1/29/1989)
12... Fugitive Alien (2/5/1989)
13... SST Death Flight (2/19/1989)
14... Mighty Jack (3/5/1989)
15... Superdome (3/12/1989)
16... City On Fire (3/19/1989)
17... Time Of The Apes (4/2/1989)
18... The Million Eyes Of Su-Maru (5/7/1989)
19... Hangar 18 (5/14/1989)
20... The Last Chase (5/21/1989)
21... Legend Of The Dinosaur (5/28/1989)

The Second Season
(Moved to Comedy Central)

22... The Crawling Eye (11/8/1989)
23... The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy/Commando Cody & the Radar Men From The
....... Moon - Part 1 (11/29/1989)
24... Mad Monster/Commando Cody & the Radar Men From The Moon - Part 2 (12/6/1989)
25... Women Of The Prehistoric Planet (12/13/1989)
26... The Corpse Vanishes/Commando Cody & the Radar Men From The Moon
....... - Part 3 (12/20/1989)
27... The Crawling Hand (12/27/1989)
28... Robot Monster/Commando Cody & the Radar Men From The Moon
....... - Parts 4 and 5 (1/2/1990)
29... The Slime People/Commando Cody & the Radar Men From The Moon - Part 6 (1/9/1990)
30... Project Moonbase/Commando Cody & the Radar Men From The Moon
....... - Parts 7 and 8 (1/16/1990)
31... Robot Holocaust/Commando Cody & the Radar Men From The Moon - Part 9 (1/23/1990)
32... Moon Zero Two (1/30/1990)
33... Untamed Youth (2/6/1990)
34... The Black Scorpion (2/13/1990)

Season 3

35... Rocketship X-M (9/22/1990)
36... The Sidehackers (9/29/1990)
37... Jungle Goddess/The Phantom Creeps - Part 1 (10/6/1990)
38... Catalina Caper (10/13/1990)
39... Rocket Attack USA/The Phantom Creeps - Part 2 (10/27/1990)
40... The Ring Of Terror/The Phantom Creeps - Part 3 (11/3/1990)
41... Wild Rebels (11/17/1990)
42... Lost Continent (11/24/1990)
43... The Hellcats (12/8/1990)
44... King Dinosaur/X Marks The Spot (12/22/1990)
45... First Spaceship On Venus (12/29/1990)
46... Godzilla vs. Megalon (1/19/1991)
47... Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster (2/2/1991)

Season 4

48... Cave Dwellers (6/1/1991)
49... Gamera (6/8/1991)
50... Pod People (6/15/1991)
51... Gamera vs. Barugon (6/22/1991)
52... Stranded In Space (6/29/1991)
53... Time Of The Apes (7/6/1991)
54... Daddy-O/Alphabet Antics (7/13/1991)
55... Gamera vs. Gaos (7/20/1991)
56... The Amazing Colossal Man (7/27/1991)
57... Fugitive Alien (8/17/1991)
58... It Conquered The World/Snow Thrills (8/24/1991)
59... Gamera vs. Guiron (9/7/1991)
60... Earth vs. The Spider/Using Your Voice (9/14/1991)
61... Mighty Jack (9/28/1991)
62... Gamera vs. Zigra (10/19/1991)
63... Viking Women vs. The Sea Serpent/The Home Economics Story (10/26/1991)
64... Teenage Caveman/Aquatic Wizards/Catching Trouble (11/9/1991)
65... Star Force - Fugitive Alien II (11/16/1991)
66... War Of The Colassal Beast/MR. B. Natural (11/30/1991)
67... The Unearthly/Posture Pals/Appreciating Our Parents (12/14/1991)
68... Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (12/21/1991)
69... Master Ninja I (1/11/1992)
70... The Castle Of Fu-Manchu (1/18/1992)
71... Master Ninja II (1/25/1992)

Season 5

72... Space Travelers (6/6/1992)
73... The Giant Gila Monster (6/13/62) 74... City Limits (6/20/1992)
75... Teenagers From Outer Space (6/27/1992)
76... Being From Another Planet (7/4/1992)
77... Attack Of The Giant Leeches/Undersea Kingdom - Part 1 (7/18/1992)
78... The Killer Shrews/Junior Rodeo Daredevils (7/25/1992)
79... Hercules Uunchained (8/1/1992)
80... The Indestructable Man/Undersea Kingdom - Part 2 (8/15/1992)
81... Hercules Against The Moon Men (8/22/1992)
82... The Magic Sword (8/29/1992)
83... Hercules And The Captive Women (9/12/1992)
84... Manhunt In Space/General Hospital - Part 1 (9/19/1992)
85... Tormented (9/26/1992)
86... The Beatniks/General Hospital - Part 2 (11/14/1992)
87... Fire Maidens Of Outer SpaceE (11/21/1992)
88... Crash Of The Moons/General Hospital - Part 3 (11/28/1992)
89... Attack Of The Eye Creatures (12/5/1992)
90... The Rebel Set/Johnny At The Fair (12/12/1992)
91... The Human Duplicators (12/26/1992)
92... Monster A-Go-Go/Circus On Ice (1/9/1993)
93... The Day The Earth Froze/Here Comes The Circus (1/16/63)
94... Bride Of The Monster/Hired! - Part 1 (1/23/63)
95... Manos: The Hands Of Fate/Hired! - Part 2 (1/30/1993)

Season 6

96... Hercules (7/17/1993)
97... Warrior Of The Lost World (7/24/1993)
98... Swamp Diamonds/What To Do On A Date (7/31/1993)
99... Secret Agent Super Dragon (8/7/1993)
100. Magic Voyage Of Sinbad (8/14/1993)
101. Eegah! (8/28/1993)
102. I Accuse My Parents/The Truck Farmer (9/4/1993)
103. Operaton Double 007 (9/11/1993)
104. Girl In Lover's Lane (9/18/1993)
105. The Painted Hills/Body Care & Grooming (9/26/1993)
106. Gunslinger (10/9/1993)
107. Mitchell (10/23/1993)
108. The Brain That Wouldn't Die (10/30/1993)
109. Teen-Age Strangler/Is This Love? (11/7/1993)
110. Wild, Wild World Of Batwoman/Cheating (11/13/1993)
111. Alien From L.A. (11/20/1993)
112. Beginning Of The End (11/25/1993)
113. The Atomic Brain/What About Juvenile Delinquency (12/4/1993)
114. Outlaw (Of Gor) (12/11/1993)
115. Radar Secret Service/Last Clear Chance (12/18/1993)
116. Santa Claus (12/24/1993)
117. Teen-Age Crime Wave (1/15/1994)
118. Village Of The Giants (1/22/1994)
119. 12 To The Moon/Design For Dreaming (2/5/1994)

Season 7

120. Girls Town (7/16/1994)
121. Invasion U.S.A./A Date With Your Family (7/23/1994)
122. The Dead Talk Back/The Selling Wizar (7/30/1994)
123. Colossus And The Headhunters (8/20/1994)
124. The Sky Divers/Why Study The Industrial Arts? (8/27/1994)
125. Bloodlust (9/3/1994)
126. The Creeping Terror (9/17/1994)
127. Zombie Nightmare (9/24/1994)
128. Code Name: Diamond Head/A Day At The Fair (10/1/1994)
129. The Violent Years/Young Man's Fancy (10/8/1994)
130. Last Of The Wild Horses (10/15/1994)
131. The Starfighters (10/29/1994)
132. The Sinister Urge/Keeping Clean And Neat (11/5/1994)
133. San Francisco International (11/19/1994)
134. Kitten With A Whip (11/23/1994)
135. Racket Girls/Are You Ready For Marriage (11/26/1994)
136. The Sword And The Dragon (12/3/1994)
137. High School Big Shot/Out Of This World (12/10/1994)
138. Red Zone Cuba/Speech (12/17/1994)
139. Danger! Death Ray (1/7/1995)
140. The Beast Of Yucca Flats/Money Talks!/Progress Island, U.S.A. (1/21/1995)
141. Angels' Revenge (3/11/1995)
142. The Amazing Transparent Man/The Days Of Our Lives (3/18/1995)
143. Samson vs. The Vampire Women (3/25/1995)

Season 8

144. Night Of The Blood Beast/Once Upon a Honeymoon (11/23/1995)
145. The Brute Man/The Chicken Of Tomorrow (2/10/1996)
146. Deathstalker And The Warriors From Hell (2/17/1996)
147. The Incredible Melting Man (2/24/1996)
148. Escape 2000 (3/2/1996)
149. Laserblast (5/18/1996)

The Ninth Season
(Moved to Sci-Fi Channel)

150. Revenge Of The Creature (2/1/1997)
151. The Leech Woman (2/8/1997)
152. The Mole People (2/15/1997)
153. The Deadly Mantis (2/22/1997)
154. The Thing That Couldn't Die (3/1/1997)
155. The Undead (3/8/1997)
156. Terror From The Year 5000 (3/15/1997)
157. The She Creature (4/5/1997)
158. I Was A Teenage Werewolf (4/19/1997)
159. The Giant Spider Invasion (56/31/1997)
160. Parts: The Clonus Horror (6/7/1997)
161. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up
....... Zombies (6/14/1997)
162. Jack Frost (7/12/1997)
163. Riding With Death (7/19/1997)
164. Agent For H.A.R.M. (8/2/1997)
165. Prince Of Space (8/16/1997)
166. Horror Of Party Beach (9/6/1997)
167. Devil Doll (10/4/1997)
168. Invasion Of The Neptune Men (10/11/1997)
169. Space Mutiny (11/7/1997)
170. Time Chasers (11/22/1997)
171. Overdrawn At The Memory Bank (12/6/1998)

Season 10

172. The Projected Man (3/14/1998)
173. Phantom Planet (3/21/1998)
174. Puma Man (4/4/1998)
175. Werewolf (4/18/1998)
176. The Deadly Bees (5/9/1998)
177. The Space Children/Century 21 Calling (6/13/1998)
178. Hobgoblins (6/27/1998)
179. A Touch Of Satan (7/11/1998)
180. Gorgo (7/18/1998)
181. The Final Sacrifice (7/25/1998)
182. Devil Fish (8/15/1998)
183. The Screaming Skull/Robot Rumpus (8/29/1998)
184. Quest Of The Delta Knights (9/26/1998)
185. Soultaker (4/11/1999)
186. The Girl In Gold Boots (4/18/1999)
187. Future War (4/25/1999)
188. Blood Waters Of Dr. Z (5/2/1999)
189. Boggy Creek II, And The Legend Continues (5/9/1999)
190. Track Of The Moon Beast (6/13/1999)
191. The Final Justice (6/20/1999)
192. Hamlet (6/27/1999)
193. Bat People (7/18/1999)
194. The Horrors Of Spider Island (7/25/1999)
195. Squirm/A Case Of Spring Fever (8/1/1999)
196. Danger: Diabolik (Series Finale; Originally Aired 8/8/1999)
197. Merlin's Shop Of Mystical Wonders (9/12/1999)

Theatrical Movie

Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The Movie