Joel Hodgson

“In the not-too-distant future, next Sunday A.D...”

“The great thing about 'MST3K' is that it's a show about a guy making a show.”

“The silhouettes were the magic ingredient. It made you feel like you were right there in the theater with us.”

“The show is really a love letter to bad movies.”

“We were making fun with the movies, not of them. There's a subtle but important difference.”

“Keep circulating the tapes.”

“Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble them into different patterns.”

“The process of riffing is really about paying attention and being present.”

“I wanted to create a show that felt like you were just hanging out with your funny friends watching a movie.”

“Failure is a huge part of the creative process. You have to be willing to try things and have them not work.”

“It's just a show, I should really just relax.”

“When you're forced to watch bad movies, you start to see them in a different way.”

“Humor is a defense mechanism. It’s a way of dealing with the absurd.”

“We'll send him cheesy movies, the worst we can find.”