Mystery Science Theater appeared for the first time ever as a Twin Cities program Thanksgiving of 1988 on a local UHF station - KTMA Channel 23. I started college the same year - and later discovered that I lived on the same floor of the same dorm Joel Hodgson lived in when he went to my college. Every Sunday, I would head up to the top floor where the TV lounge was with Andy (a guy on my floor with similarly bizarre interests) and watch this insane program called Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was pretty much the funniest thing I'd seen - except for maybe Letterman in 1984. At any rate - here's a history of the show, starting with the KTMA days.
