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Mystery Science Theater 3000 Successfully Crowdsources its Comeback

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday November 24 2015, @12:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the is-this-the-new-way-to-save-a-series? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

At least three new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 will be filmed, thanks to over $2 million in online contributions from fans. Responding to a Kickstarter plea by series creator Joel Hodgson, fans contributed over $1.5 million within just two days, and after five more they'd push Hodgson over the first $2 million threshold.

"We've got movie sign!" Hodgson posted on Twitter, noting that for each additional $1.1 million raised over the next 20 days, three more new episodes would be filmed. And this Thursday he'll be hosting a grateful online marathon of classic episodes on Thanksgiving Day, a tradition which dates back nearly 25 years, when "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" first began its 8-year run on Comedy Central and the Sci-Fi channel.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 24 2015, @12:14AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 24 2015, @12:14AM (#267242)

    Good for them! Hope it turns out well for them.