I was really happy doing it, and I realized that I'd turn into Jerry Lewis or something if I started to kind of hate it. And that was starting to happen, just because of these conflicts I was having internally with Jim … The thing would have blown up if we both would have stayed there. I like to look at it like the story of King Solomon, when the baby was brought before him.
Viewers put pen to paper and began a massive letter-writing campaign to save the series. The episode introduced audiences to Professor Bobo, an ape from the year In it, Murphy shares the story about meeting his literary hero, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Vonnegut was not impressed, telling Murphy that every artist deserves respect, even those who produce a bad movie. Fan response was not positive, and only four episodes were ever released. While not every filmmaker whose worked featured on the series was happy about the development, Hobgoblins director Rick Sloane came to see the positive side of the skewering.
It was barely watchable in its original version. While I enjoyed every joke that was at an actor's expense, I was seriously horrified when they did the fake interview with me over the end credits. The show has seen numerous cast changes over its multi-year run. No change was more notable than that of the show's host, Joel Robinson, played by series creator Joel Hodgson. Not merely an on-screen departure, Hodgson left the show completely in In the middle of Season 5, Joel and his robot companions, Crow T.
Robot and Tom Servo, are forced by the Mads to watch Mitchell. The predictably mediocre film stars Joe Don Baker as the titular alcoholic anti-hero detective. And we were really lucky that they wanted us to be on their platform, but the trade off was we dumped all these shows at once.
And then it seemed like everyone was scattered. It was like the Tower of Babel, where everyone started to go at it a different way.
Some people were like, "No, I'm only going to watch one show every two weeks, because I want it to last. I don't want to say community, but that same field. I grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin. And so, the Packers were the biggest thing in the world, and it just shaped the way you behaved. And I'm still a Packer fan, and I just enjoy it, that I know that when the Packers are going to play, I announce to my family and say, "Okay, I'm going to be in front of the TV from to I would love you to join me, but I understand if you can't.
But I'm going to be there. And daddy's going to have his scotch in his hand, and I'm making nachos. We're looking forward [to having] more like a platform that feels like Mystery Science Theater does.
And our characters are occupied or employed in that and participating with that. So a little more immersive, maybe. And to that level of community and immersion, does that mean that the Gizmoplex is going to have a Discord server feel? Are people going to be able to talk to each other while watching? What technically is it going to feel like? HODGSON: There's a lot of good tech options already out there, and we're just going to combine our favorites to make something, but you will be able to watch shows together and chat.
A lot of the people who bought shows [during] the last Kickstarter, those shows and the shows that they're buying this Kickstarter will actually kind of reside in their own locker, so they can watch those movies whenever they want. And so, mostly what I'm focusing on is, like I said, the experience.
That's the way we have to do it, just because I feel like as we progress, the technology will change and become more available and more affordable as time goes on. So we'll hopefully have things every year in success that will have features and things that can happen. But right now, the Gizmoplex is also a component of the TV show, where the Mads are building the Gizmoplex, and they're falling all over each other, trying to rip off the audience or do things to Jonah and the Bots.
And they're coming up with weird things for the snack bar and merch and all the things that a place like a cineplex on the moon offers. To me, I have to really work from the story part of the Gizmoplex to start. But at the same time, I guess what I was thinking about earlier today was when it was on Comedy Central or Syfy, it was always wrapped in all the rituals and things that go with being in a network. There's on-air promotion, and there's ads, and there's announcements and stuff.
And that's the stuff that I think is going to make this really fun. We already have a backer level where you can be a sponsor in the Gizmoplex, and we're going to be making ads for those people, for their products or whatever it is they want us to promote.
So we're actually going to start making ads in the Gizmoplex, and I can't wait to do that. That's so interactive, in a way that speaks to the concept of the show. I seriously can't wait. And it is a theater, too.
And so, over the years, theaters always had so many different, lovely things they were trying to do. As we were developing this, we looked at a lot of the kind of trailers and announcements that movie theaters would have. And they used to do stuff like, "Don't make out during the movie. It's not appropriate. Public displays of affection are frowned on. And so, we've never gotten to touch that over 30 years. It's always just, "Oh, well, if it's on Syfy, let them handle it.
If it's on Comedy Central, let them handle it. We should be controlling it. And so, it comes back to, this isn't just our story. This is about any show that's been canceled that has a fan base that could start its own platform. You know what I mean? We're just the vanguard of that, because we're live enough, and we can do stuff like this. I mean, I don't want to pull out a crystal ball, but I feel that this is logical, that other people will start doing this too, if we get it to work right.
I wanted to talk a little bit about what it's been like for you to see other hosts in your wake. Right now, Jonah Ray is the host. Before that, Mike Nelson took over. I'm curious, what has that felt like to watch other people perform that role? Does it feel fun to watch it evolve? Has it ever been difficult? I was the most famous, because we did the show locally in Minneapolis, but before that, I had a career. So it was obvious I was the guy that needed to front it, but it's not really my bag, exactly.
I reluctantly did it. I don't need to be in that spot, I just was the guy. It made the most sense. It was the most commercial way to proceed. So when it started to get kind hard for me politically at [former production company] Best Brains, that's when I said, "It's okay. I don't got to be the guy. Let's put somebody else in there. I think the thing that bothered me the most was people had this attachment, like, "Joel must be hurt he's not the host. To me, what matters is that the show keeps rolling.
And so, when Mike took over that role, I was good with it. I was like, "Oh yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Q: Why did Joel leave? A: It depends on whether you believe what he said at the time or what he says now. At the time, he told the world that he was choosing to leave, pleading burnout.
I want to be an idea man. I decided to step down I created the appearance to the press that I had other plans, but I didn't. It was all to keep the thing alive. On the bright side, it worked -- the show lived on. Q: What is Joel doing now? He ran his own production company , with his brother Jim. He did some script doctoring with writer Nell Scovelle executive producer at "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch".
He was listed as one of the writers for the comedy gameshow You Don't Know Jack. He appeared in a theatrical production in L. He also put on an annual party-performance-barbecue thing called " The Super Ball.
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