
Turkey Day '20 was a marathon of eight Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes that streamed on various online services on November 26th, 2020. [1] It was the earliest start for an online Turkey Day marathon, starting at 9:00am EST / 6:00am PST.
For this year's schedule, fans were given the opportunity to choose what episodes would play during the marathon via a tournament posted on MST3K.org, using SquareOffs for each of the episode polls. The initial tournament round featured two episodes for each bracket from a selection of sixteen. For the next round, the top eight episodes went against eight new episodes. Round 3 saw the top eight episodes of the previous two rounds competing against each other until one top episode remained. Voting began on October 15th and ended on November 20th, with Pod People winning. [2]
On November 26th, Lesley Kinzel announced that two additional Jonah-era episodes would be added to the lineup, along with a short featuring Emily Crenshaw.[3] The MIGIZI shorts were also shown, along with several clips, host segments and short interviews by Joel Hodgson with Storm DiCostanzo and Paul Sabourin.
Live stream schedule
All times are approximate and reflect Eastern Standard Time
- 9:00am - Experiment #507 - I Accuse My Parents
- 11:00am - Experiment #907 - Hobgoblins
- 1:00pm - MIGIZI Short #2 - Behind the Scenes at the Supermarket
- 1:15pm - Experiment #303 - Pod People
- 3:15pm - Experiment #1112 - Carnival Magic
- 5:15pm - Experiment #1008 - Final Justice
- 7:15pm - Experiment #422 - The Day the Earth Froze
- 9:00pm - MIGIZI Short #1 - A Busy Day at the County Fair
- 9:15pm - Experiment #701 - Night of the Blood Beast
- 11:15pm - Experiment #1102 - Cry Wilderness
- 1:00am - Behind the Scenes at the Supermarket (MST3K Live Edition)
Credits
Cast
- Nate Begle - Crow T. Robot
- Yvonne Freese - GPC/Mega-Synthia
- Rebecca Hanson -Synthia Forrester
- Emily Marsh - Emily Crenshaw
- Conor McGiffin - Tom Servo
- Jonah Ray - Jonah Heston
Crew
- Written by Matt McGinnis and Tim Ryder
- Behind the Scenes at the Supermarket (MST3K Live Edition) written by Nate Begle, Harold Buchholz, Yvonne Freese, Gary Glover, Tammy Golden, Joel Hodgson, Lesley Kinzel, Emily Marsh, Conor McGiffin, Matt McGinnis, Tim Ryder & Sharyl Volpe
- Produced by Joel Hodgson, Matt McGinnis & Sharyl Volpe
- Edited by Ryan Ritchey
- Props by Chris Palmieri
- Graphics by Seth Robinson
- Specialty Puppet Work by Seán McArdle & Chris Palmieri
- For MST3K.org...Lesley Kinzel
- Accounting...Mike Miller
- Special Thanks to John Krasno Paul & Storm
References