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Totino's Proudly Presents Mystery Science Theater 3000 The PODComic! is a podcast from Totino's that aired live on Twitch on May 14, 2019. It is a live reading of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Comic No. 1, with some material from No. 2. The cast is made of up performers from the MST3K Live tours, as well as several cast members from the web series Critical Role.
Although it is primarily a reading of the comic, there are some cuts and some additions, including a new song, "Teen Reporter, Tom Servo" and an off-key rendition of "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Music is provided by Eban Schletter on piano.
Behind-the-Scenes[]
MST3K Cast[]
Additional characters performed by the cast.
- Joel Hodgson - himself
- Matthew Mercer - Narrator
- Felicia Day - Kinga Forrester / Black Cat
- Jonah Ray - Jonah Heston
- Rebecca Hanson - Synthia Forrester / Gypsy
- Tim Ryder - Tom Servo
- Grant Baciocco - Crow T. Robot
- Marisha Ray - Shelley Marks
- Taliesin Jaffe - Max
- Sam Riegel - Paul "Paulie the Shark" Vincent D'Onofrio / Growler
- Liam O'Brien - M. Waverly
MST3K Crew[]
- Live music by Evan Schlatter
- PODComic format by Joel Hodgson
- Alternaversal Vision Team - Harold Buchholz, Joel Hodgson, Sharyl Volpe, Matt McGinnis and John Krasno
- Special Thanks - Randy Stradley, Todd Nauck, Mike Manley, Jack Pollock, Wes Dzioba, Michael Heisler
- Produced by Jake Nyberg at ThreeVolts and Alex Colvin at General Mills
Songs[]
"Teen Reporter, Tom Servo" written by Paul Sabourin
Notes[]
- The broadcast suffered from some technical difficulties. Several microphones (primarily those used by Sam Riegel and Liam O'Brien) would either cut out, sound muffled or not feed to the stream.
- At a break, three questions were asked of the live audience on Twitch. The chosen answers were incorporated into the story.
- What kind of expression does Tom Servo say when he's in incredible pain? Answer: "Gorf!"
- What is the new dance craze that Tom Servo wants to introduce to the world? Answer: "The Mechanical Salesman"
- What is the expression Tom uses when he's happy? Answer: "Nerpy, burpy boo!"
- Though M. Waverly's regular actor Grant Baciocco was present, he did not voice M. Waverly.