"Ken McElhaney" <mcelhaney@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> Ubiquitous wrote:
>> khalleron@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> >ANIM8Rfsk wrote:
>> >> Rockoftherock at aaronpynn32@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote on 5/17/06 6:00 AM:
>>
>> >> > Bringing back MST3K and having a new Joe Bob Briggs show would
>> >> > go along way to bringing in more viewers.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Joe Bob is always a good thing.
>> >>
>> >> MST3K is apparently controlled by so many different people it's
>> >> unlikely we'll ever see it again.
>> >
>> >Um, no, it's controlled with Best Brains, Inc., which still exists.
>> >
>> >I'm sure if Sci-fi made an offer, they'd not have much trouble
>> >bringing it back. Maybe with a little different structure, but the
>> >show restructured so many times during the run anyway, that wouldn't
>> >really matter much.
>>
>> MST3K has run its course. Get over it.
>
> Yea, it's been six years now (man, how time flies). There is a
> "MST3K-ish" show already on the air called "Cheap Seats" on ESPN
> Classic that is okay.
>
> It's not that MST3K got old or less funny, it's just that the era in
> which cable networks are desperate to fill two hours with one program
> are over with. Add to that the rising costs of obtaining old films for
> the show and the likelyhood of MST3K coming back in any recognizable
> form is less than nil.
>
> But I can see Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, & Bill Corbett doing some
> type of half hour program together. That is certianly possible.
>
> Ken
>
Just *why* did they cancel MST3K in the first place?
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