Summary

The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon features 48 hours of the best of the worst B-movies ever made. The streaming event will showcase 24 classic MST3K episodes, including fan favorites like The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent and The Pumaman. Join the hosts and the wisecracking bots as they riff on cheesy films, providing hilarious commentary that will keep you entertained throughout the Thanksgiving weekend.

“In the not so distant future…” Ready to riff on some bad B-movies? Well, the gang from Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is ready to bring a little holly jolly joy into film lovers’ lives over the Thanksgiving holiday. Why celebrate the big day by fighting those cumbersome mall crowds, or watching the Commanders and Cowboys toss around the ole pigskin? MST3K is serving up 48 hours of the absolute best of the worst B-movies ever to play in any theater, grindhouse or drive-in. Check out the live feed for the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon below:

The official announcement for Mystery Science Theater 3000 Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon reads as follows:

“Serving Extra Helpings of Cinematic Turkey – Starting at 9 a.m. ET – Thanksgiving Day. This Thanksgiving, fans of cheesy movies can rejoice with the return of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day Marathon! Continuing a three and a half decades’-long movie-riffing tradition, this year features extra helpings of cinematic turkey, spilling some of its gravy into Black Friday and beyond for the first-ever Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon!
Premiering on Thanksgiving Day like the series itself did in 1988, The Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon will showcase a whopping 24 classic MST3K episodes over the course of two days. The event begins at 9 a.m. ET on Thursday, November 23rd and concludes Saturday, November 25th at 9 a.m. ET in tandem with the conclusion of the MST3K Season 14 crowdfunding campaign.”

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 Release Date November 27, 1988 Cast Michael J. Nelson , Kevin Murphy , mary jo pehl , Bill Corbett , Joel Hodgson , Jonah Ray , Felicia Day , Patton Oswalt Genres Comedy , children , Sci-Fi Seasons 13

Mystery Science Theater 3000 aired for the first time 35 years ago on Thanksgiving (November 24) 1988. And the series is the brainchild of its creator, Joel Hodgson, who portrayed the “inventive” janitor Joel Robinson — a lot of time was spent on naming the original character in MST3K — who watches and makes fun of terrible B-movies with the “wisecracking” robots Crow and Tom Servo. While the sci-fi comedy franchise has evolved with different hosts (Mike Nelson, Jonah Heston, Emily Connor) over the years, the cheese has remained when it comes to the type of B-movies fans can expect to see being made fun of. So, don’t expect to see any of those B-movies worthy of actually watching rather than being riffed.

For this year’s Mystery Science Theater 3000 Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon, the writers who have served MST3K picked out a number of fan-fav episodes from the franchise to fill the 48-hour event on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Classic and new MST3K episodes riffing on The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957), The Pumaman (1980), The Bubble (1966) and The Christmas Dragon (2014) all grace this year’s lineup — and are ready to be made fun of all over again.

A total of 24 MST3K episodes will air during the two-day event. And fans can stream the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon on Shout! TV, the MST3K channel and on Gizmoplex starting at 9 a.m. EST on Thursday, November 23. And if there is to be a 14th season of Mystery Science Theater 3000, fans need to visit the MST3K crowdfunding efforts and donate.

Check out our interview about the marathon and a possible season 14 with Joel Hodgson below: