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Joel Hodgson Biography

Joel Gordon Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007, MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Time.com. Between 2007–2013, Hodgson was part of the "movie riffing" project Cinematic Titanic with several of his fellow MST3K alumni, performing live and producing content for DVDs and direct download. He also serves as Creative Lead for Media at Cannae, a Pennsylvania technology firm working on new drive technologies for satellites and other spacefaring vehicles.

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Beanie and Cecil was the first cartoon I remember watching and I think there are analogies.

Analogies, Beanie, Cartoon, Cecil, Remember, Thinking

Sometimes I go into my own little world. It's okay, they know me there.

Funny, Humor, Know, Okay, World

Eventually I got asked to be in a Michael J. Fox sitcom called High School U. S. A. I didn’t think it was funny and said no. They doubled the money, and that kind of offended me. I realized, oh, that’s right, my opinion means nothing in Hollywood. I’d seen other people compromise, and I felt that once you gave up on what you wanted to do, you couldn’t go back. It was selling out. So I decided to go back to Minneapolis.

Mean, School, Thinking, High, Think, Said

Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences.

Influence, Influences, Mystery, Science, Show, Theater

Gypsy was the name my brother gave a pet turtle he had. I always thought it was so peculiar.

Brother, Gypsy, Names, Turtle, Turtles

A lot of the shows that really become hit shows are often demonstrated, like Mystery Science Theater.

Like, Mystery, Shows, Theater

But if you think you aren't creative that's cool, too. I think being around people who aren't creative is kind of refreshing and nice.

Nice, People, Think, Thinking

So the actual riffing came out of us just sitting there and doing it the way I think some people think we really did it, which is all spontaneously, and it really was.

Actual, People, Riffing, Sitting, Thinking, Way

If you notice any of the press from when I was with the show, I would always deny it being the year 3000.

3000, Deny, Ethos, Show, Years

I spend a lot of time thinking about what I do and how it fits into the scheme of things. I won't do something just because it's funny.

Fit, Funny, Scheme, Schemes, Thinking

The first twenty shows at TV 23 were really a workshop.

Firsts, Shows, Tvs, Twenties, Twenty, Workshop

A lot of times when I sit down with the other comics and try to talk theory, they say I'm being too serious.

Serious, Theory, Times, Trying

South Park started as a little video Christmas card.

Card, Cards, Christmas, Park, Video