The History and Legacy of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” continues its next phase: Chapter 15, It's Time for RiffTrax!!

We're finishing up RiffTrax VOD's with the last few years of forgotten cinematic curios.

-James Nguyen delivers pixelated romance in "Julie and Jack" and "Replica"
-"Star Games" delivers a children's sci-fi adventure with a whiff of negligent parenting
-"Pressure Points" delivers a poor excuse for a gentleman spy
-"Samurai Cop" delivers the greatest character in any RiffTrax movie
-"A Talking Cat?!?!" delivers cheese puffs
-"Lycan Colony" delivers the worst movie ever(?)
-"Feeders": the Santa-themed alien invasion movie you crave (I couldn't think of some "delivers" thing)

Join your wonky yet affable host for fake annoying trailer voices, hypothetical erectile dysfunction commercials, and puppets!

This Week's Recommendation(s): “The Vast of Night" (2019)
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The History and Legacy of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” continues its next phase: Chapter 15, It's Time for RiffTrax!!

We're STILL tackling RiffTrax's first couple years of VOD's, following in the footsteps of MST3K by scouring the earth for forgotten cinematic curios.

-We stick up for "Super Mario Bros." (kinda)
-We crash the "Last Slumber Party" and meet Chris, the single least appealing person in the history of cinema
-We meet Willard, co-star of "R.O.T.O.R." and the most adorable robot this side of WALL-E
-We consume the pain sandwich known as "RollerGator"
-We do our best to survive the global warming-induced avian apocalypse of "Birdemic"

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This Week's Recommendation(s): “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie" (2017)
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The History and Legacy of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” continues its next phase: Chapter 15, It's Time for RiffTrax!!

We're tackling RiffTrax's first couple years of VOD's, following in the footsteps of MST3K by scouring the earth for forgotten cinematic curios.

-Your host finally gets to talk about the cocaine-drenched madness that is "The Star Wars Holiday Special"!
-Discover Pirates World, the justifiably-shuttered theme park setting of "Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny"!
-Meet Jim Dalen, star of "Ghosthouse". He's here on vacation, his camper's parked out in the yard. His sister Tina's here too. He's Jim Dalen!
-Famous aluminum bat enthusiast Evel Knievel jumps over things, doesn't die, and calls that a career in "Viva Knievel"!
-Meet The Guy from Harlem and witness as a grown podcaster falls in love with a movie so deeply, he may have to marry it!

Plus: bootleg Superman Skywalkers. What? That doesn't make sense? It will! (Kinda)

Join your wonky yet affable host for the Chapter's dizzying highlight!

This Week's Recommendation(s): “Soul" (2020)
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The History and Legacy of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” continues its next phase: Chapter 15, It's Time for RiffTrax!!

We're continuing on the path of "Just the Jokes" by covering the best MP3 commentaries of the last seven years, which leads to some cathartic takedowns of putrid blockbusters.

-Taco Bell® sponsors "Godzilla"® by Roland Emmerich®
-Siskel & Ebert reveal their feelings on being caricatured in said movie
-A man in a rubber bat suit punches an alien in a rubber whatever suit and pretentious nerds call it art
-I thank my parents for refusing to allow me to see "Mortal Kombat" in the theater
-Tommy Wiseau delivers the essential RiffTrax text, "The Room"

Plus a discussion about icky tendencies in comedy that's gonna get awk-WARD.

Join your wonky yet affable host for a real meal of an episode!

This Week's Recommendation(s): “Watermelon Man" (1970)
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The History and Legacy of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” continues its next phase: Chapter 15, It's Time for RiffTrax!!

Because no one could ever cram 15 years of the History and Legacy of RiffTrax into 10 episodes, we're going broad strokes. And this week, we discuss some of the best "Just the Jokes" commentaries of the company's first five years.

-Michael Bay turns robots into cars (or is it cars into robots?) with "Transformers"
-M. Night Shyamalan explores the murderous impulses of garden shrubs in "The Happening"
-Your host obsesses over Cate Blanchett's absurdly theatrical performance in "Indiana Jones"
-Sparkly vampires play noisy baseball in "Twilght"

Plus millennial musicals, sinking ships, business strategies, and so much more!

Join your wonky yet affable host for as he attempts to argue on behalf of "Twilight"! (Attempts!)

This Week's Recommendation(s): “Yes, God, Yes" (2020)
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The History and Legacy of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” enters its next phase: Chapter 15, It's Time for RiffTrax!!

We're starting a huge deep dive into the history and legacy of the longest-lasting MST3K reunion project thus far: RiffTrax. How did it all begin? Who was responsible? What's the timeline? There is so much to discuss this week, and we'll answer all these questions plus:

-What does "Titanic" have to do with RiffTrax's origins?
-Who are the key background players?
-What are the ties between early MST3K and the company's first steps?
-Did Mike Nelson ever do informative audio commentaries?
-Is "Road House" the greatest movie ever made?

Join your wonky yet affable host for the start of a new era! 

This Week's Recommendation(s): “The Decline of Western Civilization" (1981), "The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years" (1988), and "The Decline of Western Civilization III" (1998)
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The History and Legacy of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” leads to the conclusion of Chapter 14: Extra-Curricular Activities! 

Y'all read books? It turns out most of the writers and performers of MST3K are authors. Some even published! And this week (an episode years in the making for reasons you'll learn soon) that took a LOOOOOONG time to research.

There are memoirs, comic books, screenplay tutorials, novels, article compendiums, children's literature, SO MUCH STUFF! HAVE I EMPHASIZED HOW MUCH STUFF THERE IS YET?!?

-Christmas characters get Zack Snyderized in Bill Corbett's "Super Powered Revenge Christmas"
-Charles Addams meets Dr. Seuss in Trace Beaulieu's "Silly Rhymes for Belligerent Children"
-Mary Jo Pehl sticks it to temp agencies in "Employee of the Month"
-Kevin Murphy gets me through high school detention with "A Year at the Movies"
-Frank Conniff writes SIX BOOKS

AND SO MUCH MORE! DID I MENTION HOW MUCH MORE THERE IS?!?

Join your wonky yet affable host for the end of a chapter that you'll really want to bookmark! And buy all these books. They're grrrrreat!*

This Week's Recommendation: “Let's Scare Jessica to Death" (1971)

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The History and Legacy of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” takes a breather for the week!

You may know that I've been part of a brand-new podcast (cuz I never shut up about it) called Reels of Justice, where a gaggle of funny gentlemen and I try movies in a court of law. Well, I have invited said gentlemen for an interview/conversation/crossover!

Join me as my friends and co-hosts Robb Maynard, Dylan Schlender, and Ben Haslar discuss the origins of the podcast, its ties to the former MST3K Revival League, favorite episodes (some of which haven't even aired yet), hometown video rental stores, Lewis Black potentially making me cry, the relative value of "Batman v Superman", and lots more stuff.

Join your wonky yet affable host and his non-wonky, much more affable pals!

This Week's Recommendation: “Freaky" (2020)

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The History and Legacy of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” takes a breather for the week! 

I'm proud to present a very special conversation with a fellow content creator, incurable MSTie, and one of my absolute besties, Nicki from the amazing YouTube show Trivial Theater.

We talk about her history with MST3K, the production process, animation, the YouTube community, "Brain Damage" trivia, the antiquated notion of watching movies for fun, the real meaning of "Star Wars", and the beautiful unknowable mystery that is "Death Bed: The Bed That Eats".

Join your wonky yet affable host and his non-wonky, much more affable pal!

This Week's Recommendation: “Army of Darkness" (1993)

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Find Nicki on Twitter @trivia_chic 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXy9NMwmjbqWd5o94yyp56Q
MST3K The Gauntlet Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQaX0Vogi4c&ab_channel=TrivialTheater
MST3K Entire Series Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgC9OqKpBaU&t=1s&ab_channel=TrivialTheater

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The History and Legacy of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” takes a breather for the week! 

So, how's your 2020 going? Great, right?

Since our Patreon has been going strong for a year, it's time to look back at the best of the weekly informative nonsense and other madcap audio adventures (some of which involve robot puppets) you can have for just $5 a month (plus early episodes) at http://www.patreon.com/coolnesschronicles. Or, if you just want to pitch in and hear your name at the end of every episode, it's just $1.

And even if you're unable to help keep this little cottage industry alive (or just don't want to), you get a generous sampling of a crapload of my favorite content that was previously unavailable to you. Some of it is even good!

Embarrassing childhood stories. Pure, unchecked rage. Digital monkeys. Fake gremlin puppets. Political analogies. Melting men. Impassioned speeches. Thirsty comments about John Phillip Law.

Calm your pandemic holiday nerves and join your wonky yet affable host for a peek behind the paywall!

This Week's Recommendation: “Totally Under Control" (2020)


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