ComingSoon spoke to Mystery Science Theater 3000 host Jonah Ray about the upcoming Turkey Day event, the show's future, and more.
. Ray discussed the annual Turkey Day event , his experiences filming the show, and what the future might hold for Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Nice, nice. I really wish I could just get everyone out there and do a Clockwork Orange-style version of what you went through with my episodes, and then more people would be into it.There you go. I’d be for it. To start, I’m kind of curious about your relationship with Mystery Science Theater. Obviously, I know you started around 2016/2017, but the show has been around for so, so long.
Yeah, that’s something I don’t know how much I’ve ever really processed because of how insane it feels. It seems so outside of any kind of reality that I would have ever expected in my life. I’ve had a very hard life in comedy and I’ve gotten to do a lot of stuff that is like things that I liked growing up. I got to do a stand-up show with Kumail Nanjiani on Comedy Central and it’s like, ‘Oh, that’s like the shows that I used to watch.
Sure, totally. I know we have the Turkey Day event that’s coming up and coming back again this year. That’s always been really popular. You’re involved with hosting this year and I just got a list, I think yesterday, of all the people who are going to be involved. There are a lot of really cool names: Matthew Lillard, Mike Flanagan. It’s really exciting.
No, totally. That’s one of the great things I’ve always loved about the show, too. On the surface, it seems niche and nerdy but the more you talk to people, especially in this business, it seems like everyone is a fan and everyone has experiences watching it while growing up and they love it. It’s cool to see how many people respond to it so strongly.
That kind of leads into what I was going to ask you next. How much does being a part of Mystery Science Theater affect your brain when watching movies? Is it hard to just put one on normally or are you always thinking about commentary in the back of your mind? Yeah, Killer Fish is fun, it trots along really nicely, and it’s not like the worst movie by far. I think, I was really blown away by The Mask, which was our Halloween episode. We were watching it, we’d be in the writer’s room watching it and going, ‘This is GOOD. This is a good movie.’ It’s really well-acted, it’s incredibly shot. The 3-D sequences, of course, are really silly, but it’s like a really well-done movie about addiction.
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