Michael John Nelson is an American comedian and writer, most known for his work on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. Nelson was the head writer of the series for most of the show's o
Nelson at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con
Nelson (left) and Mystery Science Theater 3000 co-star Kevin Murphy at a convention panel in Metairie, Louisiana, November 1998
Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American science fiction comedy television series created by Joel Hodgson. The show premiered on KTMA-TV in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on November 24, 1988. It then move
Michael J. Nelson
…Michael John Nelson (born October 11, 1964) is an American comedian and writer, most known for his work on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). Nelson was the head writer of the series for most of the show's original eleven-year run, and spent half of that time as the on-air host, also…
An example of MST3K's "Shadowramma" effect used as the central motif for the show. Here, Tom Servo (left), Joel Robinson, and Crow T. Robot, in silhouette, are watching the short Mr. B Natural in the 1991 episode featuring War of the Colossal Beast
MST3K cast and crew members Pehl (left), Beaulieu, Hodgson, Weinstein, and Conniff, as part of the post-show project Cinematic Titanic in 2011
The 'bots of MST3K as they appeared through the majority of its run: Gypsy (left), Crow T. Robot, and Tom Servo. The 'bots were created by Hodgson and fashioned out of common household objects.
Nelson, Corbett, and Murphy, the primary actors in the Sci-Fi channel era, as part of their RiffTrax panel in 2009