Turkey Day '13 was the seventh Turkey Day marathon of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes. It aired on online from 12:00pm to roughly 10:00pm on November 28 (Thanksgiving Day), 2013. It was the first marathon put together by Shout! Factory.
Six episodes were shown in all, which would become the standard for the next several years. They were backed by segments hosted by Joel Hodgson as himself (rather than in character as Joel Robinson).
The event was produced (in part) to promote the 25th Anniversary box set, and commercials for the set appeared between the experiments. Other than that, there were no commercial breaks.
Some host segments/interstitials from previous Turkey Days were also used.
Hodgson selected the episodes, taking suggestions from fans via Twitter. He was reportedly impressed by several of The Sci-Fi Channel-era episodes with which he had been previously unfamiliar.
At the end of the last Host Segment, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot made a brief cameo, joining Joel at the dinner table. Neither of them spoke. Cambot was addressed (see below) but did not appear. Gypsy did not appear, nor did any of the Mads.
Host Segments[]
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With the aid of Cambot, Joel Hodgson provided hints to the next movie and to test viewers' MST3K Literacy:
- First was the end credits song to Space Mutiny.
- Second was an unfocused screen shot of I Accuse My Parents.
- Third was a riff to a character saying "Paul" (I really enjoyed his letters to the Philippians), presented in the form of the Wheel of Fortune board.
- Next was a pixelated picture of Joel and the bots, and the question "How much Keefe is in this movie?" The answer being Miles O'Keefe, and the movie Cave Dwellers.
- Another Wheel of Fortune-style board for the last name of one of the Main Characters, Rowsdower, of The Final Sacrifice.
- Another unfocused picture, this time of the title character of Mitchell.
Schedule[]
- 12:00 PM - Space Mutiny
- 1:30 PM - I Accuse My Parents
- 3:15 PM - Werewolf
- 4:50 PM - Cave Dwellers
- 6:30 PM - The Final Sacrifice
- 8:10 PM - Mitchell