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Joel Hodgson

(1960) Actor United States

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Joel Hodgson is an actor from the United States, best known for Mystery Science Theater 3000, the Comic.

Quick Facts About Joel Hodgson

Born: February 20, 1960
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Mystery Science Theater 3000, the Comic

About Joel Hodgson

Joel Gordon Hodgson is an American writer, comedian, and television actor. He is the creator and star of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). In 2007, MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Time.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Joel Hodgson

Well, we had more money and more time the first season than we did at TV 23.

Did

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When we did the pilot, I sort of pictured this guy pirating a signal and then this story unfolding of him building…

Bad

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Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences.

Influence

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The first twenty shows at TV 23 were really a workshop.

Firsts

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Then a friend of Jim's suggested we make a theme song to explain the story, and this is where the Mads came…

Came

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The internet is a total inversion of television. It's the opposite.

Internet

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Well, really the way worked was that I had probably built fifty robots before Mystery Science Theater, and I had sold them…

Before

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Gypsy was the name my brother gave a pet turtle he had. I always thought it was so peculiar.

Brother

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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…

Being nice

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If you notice any of the press from when I was with the show, I would always deny it being the year 3000.

Deny

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The name Crow was inspired by a number of things. I thought it would be cool to have a robot with sort…

American

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So the actual riffing came out of us just sitting there and doing it the way I think some people think we…

People

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Beanie and Cecil was the first cartoon I remember watching and I think there are analogies.

Analogies

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Sometimes I go into my own little world. It's okay, they know me there.

Funny

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Besides, it doesn't make any sense to have these characters living in the year 3000 when all their points of reference are…

Any

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A lot of times when I sit down with the other comics and try to talk theory, they say I'm being too…

Serious

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Then we tried to come up with ideas for the sketches, and then, when we actually shot the movie, we really just…

Actually

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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…

Compromise

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But after that, I was extremely happy with the story and the look of the show at the beginning of season two…

After

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They would hear 3000 and think it was the year 3000, I was hoping it would sort of disorient them and prepare…

About

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South Park started as a little video Christmas card.

Cards

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I spend a lot of time thinking about what I do and how it fits into the scheme of things. I won't…

Fit

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A lot of the shows that really become hit shows are often demonstrated, like Mystery Science Theater.

Mystery

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