The MST3K Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon (aka Turkey Day '23) was the seventeenth Turkey Day marathon of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes. It streamed from 9:00am ET on November 23 through 9:00am on November 25, 2023. It streamed on the Gizmoplex, on YouTube, on Twitch and on Shout!TV.
The marathon was focused on the then-ongoing Let's Make MST3K Season 14! fundraising campaign. The marathon consisted of twenty-four episodes, including episodes "hand-picked by the show's writers", episodes recently returned to the show's catalogue, episodes from Season 13, "Surgically Enhanced" classic episodes and three of the show's Christmas episodes.
The event was promoted as the "34th Anniversary", although 2023 is the 35th Anniversary of the show and the 32nd Anniversary of the first Turkey Day in 1991.
This event was the first one since 2014 not to include actors or characters from the previous season, most likely stemming from the SAG-AFTRA Strike only ending two weeks prior to the event.
Live stream schedule[]
All times are approximate and reflect Eastern Standard Time
Thursday November 23
- 9:00am - 423 - Bride of the Monster; chosen by Danny Gallagher
- 11:00am - 903 - The Pumaman (Surgically Enhanced); chosen by Ross Bryant
- 1:00pm - 705 - Escape 2000; chosen by Jon Gutierrez
- 3:00pm - 1303 - Beyond Atlantis
- 5:00pm - 415 - The Beatniks; chosen by Kevin Sciretta
- 7:00pm - 317 - The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent
- 9:00pm - 402 - The Giant Gila Monster; chosen by Harold Buchholz
- 11:00pm - 612 - The Starfighters (Surgically Enhanced)
Friday November 24
- 1:00am - 1304 - Munchie
- 3:00am - 324 - Master Ninja II; chosen by Matt Conant
- 5:00am - 204 - Catalina Caper (Surgically Enhanced)
- 7:00am - 508 - Operation Double 007; chosen by Sara Benincasa
- 9:00am - 1312 - The Bubble
- 11:00am - 821 - Time Chasers; chosen by Lesley Kinzel
- 1:00pm - 817 - The Horror of Party Beach (Surgically Enhanced)
- 3:00pm - 816 - Prince of Space; chosen by Matt McGinnis
- 5:00pm - 1305 - Doctor Mordrid
- 7:00pm - 1002 - Girl in Gold Boots; chosen by Alex Lupica
- 9:00pm - 305 - Stranded in Space
- 11:00pm - 909 - Gorgo; chosen by Joel Hodgson
Saturday November 25
- 1:00am - 1301 - Santo in the Treasure of Dracula
- 2:55am - Short 13.02 - Let's Make a Meal in 20 Minutes
- 3:00am - 321 - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
- 5:00am - 521 - Santa Claus
- 7:00am - 1313 - The Christmas Dragon
Host segments[]
Bumpers consisted of replaying various videos created for the campaign, as well as ads for the Gizmoplex and other Shout! Factory projects and initiatives. The only new content was the episode intros by producer and writer Matt McGinnis.
Credits[]
Cast[]
Matt McGinnis - Host
References[]