A TV sitcom
Nothing captures the peculiar pastiche of the pop-cultural zeitgeist likeMystery Science Theater 3000(MST3Kto fans). The formula is simple: subject a hapless temp worker, Mike Nelson, and his robot friends, Tom Servo and Crow, marooned in space to the … see full wiki
The short itself -- or, correctly, the riffing on the short -- is good enough to make it onto the MST 'Shorts 1' video, sort of a best-of compilation. The movie is one of those films that are depressing in their badness -- that can make the episode hard to watch, but also can inspire Our Heroes to some of their finest performances. I don't consider this one of MST's very tip-top episodes, but parts of it are quite good. It's a valuable addition to any collection.
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