Episode 003: How Mystery Science Theater 3000 Saved My Life....

The original version of this essay appeared on the now defunct Area of Effect website. I’m very grateful to my friends Kyle and Allison at Mythos & Ink Publishing for permission to reproduce this expanded audio version and for including that classic version in their upcoming book, Always Look Up (and Other Wisdom I Learned from Geek Culture that Changed My Life) — Area of Effect, Vol. 2 (coming Oct 2020). They have a number of titles worth checking out.This episode features "Mighty Science Theater (End Credit theme), written byCharlie Erickson, Joel Hodgson, Josh Weinstein. All Rights ReservedCopyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.You can follow Geek4 on Twitter and InstagramYou can follow me on TwitterI respectfully acknowledge that I live in and work on Treaty One Territory and in the traditional homeland of the Métis nation.