![]() GNN: So, who pitched it to you and how was it pitched? And we kind of developed it as we went along. And Joel had this concept for a show, and Jim had access to a studio. And Jim was the manager of the station, and Josh and Joel and I were all comics, stand-up comics, in Minneapolis in the ’80s. Kevin and Jim both worked at KTMA, and Kevin did a lot of the editing and technical stuff and camera work in the beginning. GNN: Kevin Murphy was there from the start, Joel Hodgson, Josh Weinstein…am I missing anybody? GNN: So, the starting group was yourself, And that was really the pilot season for the show. We did like 20 episodes, 22 depending on who TB: That is correct…back when it was on KTMA, a little crappy ![]() Trace Beaulieu (TB): I think 10 altogether. Uninitiated, folks might know you two gentlemen from a show called Mystery Science Theater 3000, which ran ![]() Scott Muller (GNN): I guess we’ll start, for the Clayton Forrester (Trace Beaulieau) and TV’s Frank (Frank Conniff), the original “Mystery Science Theater 3000” baddies who beamed all those bad movies to the Satellite of Love. ![]()
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