Mystery Science Theater 3000 will host a live “Riff-Along” special

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 is one of my favorite shows of all time – so much so that when it was airing on the Sci-Fi Channel (before it was re-branded as SYFY) on Saturday mornings, it was what I would watch instead of cartoons. The show itself is about a human host (first series creator Joel Hodgson, then Mike Nelson, and most recently stand-up comedian and podcaster Jonah Ray), who hung out with two robot friends, Tom Servo and Crow (who were most recently voiced by Conor McGiffin and Nate Begle) on the Satellite of Love, a space station where the host is forced to watch bad movies for all eternity with no escape in sight, including classics like MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE, TIME CHASERS, and REPTILICUS.

After the cancellation of the recent Netflix incarnation of series, the cast went on tour to do live shows riffing on movies; however, due to our current situation, Joel Hodgson (who was spearheading these live riffings) has decided to cancel their current live shows, and instead has opted to do a live "Riff-Along" that is described as, according to the AV Club (who got the exclusive scoop)

a special streaming event taking place May 3 at 6 p.m. ET. Coupled with a new short, Circus Day, the centerpiece is a screening of the vintage MST3K episode Moon Zero Two, which will find the show’s touring cast riffing between the jokes their first-season counterparts first made in 1990.

Hodgson elaborated,"We tend to ignore the first season, because we got so much better the next season—we had a bunch of shows under our belts, so we just improved so much…but there’s so much in there."

He will be joined by the aforementioned Conor McGiffin and Nate Begle, as well as Emily Marsh  and Yvonne Freese (who played Mega-Synthia and GPC.)

So what do you guys think? You gonna join in on the live riffing? Also, what's your favorite MST3k episode? Either way, sound off below!