You wear your glasses all the time, why are you just setting them down?

Michael J. Nelson (center) with Crow T. Robot and
Bill Corbett (left) and Tom Servo and Kevin Murphy
(right). Photo from Murphy's Instagram.

If you haven't heard the news, the original (next to original?) cast of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 is going to make four new episodes. If you don't know MST3K, it ran from 1989 until 1999 and again from 2017 to 2018 and again in 2022. It mocked bad movies using the premise of a guy trapped in space with his robot friends. It's partly the reason younger Gen X and Millennials are so sarcastic. Dubbed the RiffTrax Experiments, this will be a continuation from the Mike Nelson era (1993-1999) of the show. I will admit that I am on the fence about this. Although I will happily watch all four episodes and maybe even pledge money to their Kickstarter.

To me it seems strange that no one wanted to be a part of the 2017 revival when original creator Joel Hodgson was bringing it back, but suddenly everyone is on board. Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy (who voiced Tom Servo) and Bill Corbett (who voiced Crow) had their own movie-mocking enterprise in RiffTrax which is very popular so you could see why maybe they didn't want to be a part of it, and Murphy and Corbett ultimately did return as Professor Bobo (Murphy) and Brain Guy (Corbett) with Mary Jo Pehl's Pearl Forrester for a guest appearance. But I'm glad to see everyone back and hope there are no hard feelings between each other. It's something to look forward to in 2026 when there might be very little to look forward to.

March 23, 1967

Years ago, a friend of mine got a speeding ticket for going 45 in a 35. I looked at the ticket and asked him where he got pulled over. He said "In front of the McDonald's on 23rd Street." I looked at the address on the ticket and it read "900 block of E. 23rd St." McDonald's wasn't on East 23rd Street, it's on West 23rd Street. I looked and the speed limit for the 900 block of East 23rd Street is 45. I encouraged my friend to actually go to court and fight it. But he didn't. What I'm saying is Brutus isn't parked, he is idling and the sign doesn't say he can't do that.

We just talked about Uncle Ted's glasses last week. He didn't get a new prescription, but new frames. I guess his eyesight is fine except for having to move his chair one foot closer to the TV.

At Least It's Only $1000

If Brian goes offline for 4 to 11 days, does anyone even notice?

I got quite a bit of writing done and since no one really seems to notice my absence on here, I should really just focus on that. Anyway, let's get on to today's comics. They're probably great.

April 18, 1977 

It's not even raining. Dome umbrellas look stupid but they are very practical because they also protect your shoulders unlike a regular umbrellas which don't protect your upper body and sends the water down your back.

And unlike the gutter bumbershoot which just shoots
the rain down your shoes.

Not even raining...

In his final role before passing away back on January 29 of 2022, Howard Hesseman reprises his role as Dr. Johnny Fever from WKRP In Cincinnati. "Booger!!"

The thing is, a lot of these robocalls do leave a message--whether it's a ship horn and a dumb cruise offer, or a Chinese lady screaming at you, or the amazing squeal of a modem, they'll leave a "message" and get you all hopeful that someone does want to talk to you but no one does. No one wants to talk to you.

People aren't calling you to give you money. Unless that money is shoved in some dog poo.

1171: In the Not-To-Distance Future...We Could All Be Living In a PixarFilm

Yesterday I went on a field trip with the students to the local grocery store and we talked a lot about the different kinds of jobs that make up the store and make up all the food that is in the store. We talked about the person who grows the food and the person who distributes it which made me think about a Mystery Science Theater 3000 short about truck farming from Encylcopedia Brittanica Films' The Truck Farmer.

Worship the Truck Farmer At the Church of Your Choice!!

I am all for conserving the planet because while I am a huge believer in the "Earth has always and will always be here" mentality, I don't believe that it includes humans. Earth was fine before humans and it will be fine after humans.

The main reason I don't want humans to go to other planets and attempt to colonize them is strictly because of Earth conservation. If we have Mars or the Moon or another place as a "backup Earth" then why save this planet? People who have the ability to will be able to leave while the others remain. I don't want our planet to wind up in some kind of Wall-E scenario because that movie was too long and drawn out and would've worked better as an animated short and I don't want that for our home.