Miscellaneous MST3K

    
THIS IS MST3K (CC, 1992)

Genre:  “Making Of” Documentary (Color)

Don’s Review:  This is the first “Making Of” documentary on MST3K, and – most important of all – the only one made during the Joel Era of the show.  Hosted by a completely inappropriate Penn Jillette (i.e. the talking half of Penn & Teller), this is a rather disappointing half-hour documentary on the show, mostly comprising poorly chosen clips and short, pointless celebrity comments.  The best parts are the few behind-the-scenes shots and the handful of interviews with actual people from the show (such as Joel Hodgson and Kevin Murphy).  Worth-seeing for die-hard fans only, otherwise I say give it a pass and check out the later, much better documentaries on the show instead (i.e. The MST Scrapbook and The Making of MST3K).

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