Well, really the way worked was that I had probably built fifty robots before Mystery Science Theater, and I had sold them in a store in Minneapolis in a store called Props, which was kind of a high end gift shop.
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The first twenty shows at TV 23 were really a workshop.
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A lot of the shows that really become hit shows are often demonstrated, like Mystery Science Theater.
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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 them for the strange message they were about to receive.
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South Park started as a little video Christmas card.
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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 from the pop culture of the 80's and the 90's.
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Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences.
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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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If you notice any of the press from when I was with the show, I would always deny it being the year 3000.