Eventually I got asked to be in a Michael J. Fox sitcom called High School U.S.A. I didn’t think it was funny and said no. They doubled the money, and that kind of offended me. I realized, oh, that’s right,… — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
But after that, I was extremely happy with the story and the look of the show at the beginning of season two - everything was working together. I felt like it was finished conceptually. — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
Well, we had more money and more time the first season than we did at TV 23. — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
When we did the pilot, I sort of pictured this guy pirating a signal and then this story unfolding of him building this satellite… — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences. — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
Then a friend of Jim's suggested we make a theme song to explain the story, and this is where the Mads came from. Josh… — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
Well, really the way worked was that I had probably built fifty robots before Mystery Science Theater, and I had sold them in a… — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
Gypsy was the name my brother gave a pet turtle he had. I always thought it was so peculiar. — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
But if you think you aren't creative that's cool, too. I think being around people who aren't creative is kind of refreshing and nice. — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
If you notice any of the press from when I was with the show, I would always deny it being the year 3000. — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
The name Crow was inspired by a number of things. I thought it would be cool to have a robot with sort of a… — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
So the actual riffing came out of us just sitting there and doing it the way I think some people think we really did… — Joel Hodgson Copy Share Image
