The Friendly Atheist Podcast interviews the original MST3K Mad Scientists Trace Beaulieu (“Dr. Clayton Forrester”) and Frank Conniff (“TV’s Frank”) when the performed at the 2015 American Atheist Convention in Memphis, TN.
Another MST3K Mad Scientist Patton Oswalt (“TV’s Max, Son of TV’s Frank”) talks about his Atheism, though he grossly mischaracterizes New Atheism as being equivalent to Rev. Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church.
Mike Nelson, the Host after Joel Hodgson, was a professed Conservative Christian, but he didn’t bring it too heavy to his work and he still did material that could make Unbeliever and Believer laugh out loud!
Whenever a movie character showed up at a door and one of the cast said: “Care for a Watchtower?“, that was probably Mike’s scriptwriting at work. Here is his interview with The Babylon Bee:
Joel and the bots also show that they don’t confuse captivity by Mad Scientists with the actual practice of Science to understand the world and debunk myths. They also tip the hat to Secular Humanist Issac Asimov:
MST3K was very prescient of Wokeism’s response to racism: Wokeism made “colorblindness” fall out of favor, required “Race Consciousness” on the Left, spawned “Race Realism” on the Right, and made sitting on a weighted-down ass while virtue-signalling into being “down for the struggle!.”
Mike and the Bots compete to imitate Atheist Andy Rooney and they imitate life in our collapsing Western World by helping Pearl Forrester complete her Doomsday Device:
Sorry I misplaced this link on the last post. The proper link is in place on the last post if you click the the Topic Link. Here, Mike and the Bots start The Satellite Of Love’s (S.O.L.’s) Deli, something Jake is sure to savor:
Perhaps ChatGPC would be the better name to use for the above AI video, since in the MST3K history, Gypsy’s name was eventually changed to “GPC,” in deference to the fact that “Gypsy” is no longer an accepted name for Roma people.
Of course, she had dignity and respect, no matter what her name. Hear her roar!:
Mystery Science Theater 3000 may have the discovered cause of all the viral, irrational, totalitarian movements that have plagued us in the past and still plague us.
Don’t be “Woke,” but don’t fall asleep either. And don’t buy any Local Artesan-Grown, non-GMO, BDS-Compliant, Farm-To-Table, Forks-Over-Knives Giant Zucchinis at the farmer’s market. You never know what’s in ’em:
