In the Peanut Gallery with Mystery Science Theater 3000: Essays on Film, Fandom, Technology and the Culture of Riffing

by Michele Brittany and Robert G. Weiner

The award-winning television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999) has been described as "the smartest, funniest show in America," and forever changed the way we watch movies. The series featured a human host and a pair of robotic puppets who, while being subjected to some of the worst films ever made, provided ongoing hilarious and insightful commentary in a style popularly known as "riffing." These essays represent the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786445327
• ISBN13: 9780786445325
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher