Joel Hodgson
Joel Gordon Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007 MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Time.com. Hodgson is currently "movie riffing" with fellow cast members of MST3K under the name Cinematic Titanic, performing live and producing content for DVDs and direct download.
Stalking Emo
as SelfTwo young filmmakers travel the country following comedy legend Emo Philips to literally...
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RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
as SelfMike, Kevin and Bill were joined on stage by their MST3K colleagues at the State Theatre in...
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Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential
as uncreditedStand-Up Confidential is a 1987 stand-up comedy special and the first starring Jerry Seinfeld...
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The Frank
as Voice of "Man in Jumpsuit"THE FRANK is a light-hearted music video featuring many of the original cast and crew of Mystery...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Mask 3D
as ArdyIn the show's first-ever Halloween special and first-ever 3D episode, Jonah and the 'Bots watch...
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American Scary
as HimselfA fond remembrance of and tribute to the uniquely American institution of the horror movie host.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: City on Fire
as Joel HodgsonThis week's experiment is disastrous disaster film City on Fire (1979), which assures viewers...
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We Brought Back MST3K
as SelfThis feature length documentary provides fans with an insider’s look at the creation of Season...
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Cinematic Titanic: The Alien Factor
as HimselfWarning: Baltimore is no longer safe. Meet Leemoid, Zagatile and Interbyce. They're the three...
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Cinematic Titanic: Doomsday Machine
as uncreditedAmerican spies discover the Chinese have built a weapon capable of destroying planet Earth, a...
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Cinematic Titanic: Blood of the Vampires
as SelfThe Escodero family is cursed!The mother, whom the Escodero children assumed to be dead, is...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Manos: The Hands of Fate
as Joel RobinsonThe Mads present the satellite people a film so bad that apologies are sent, and Tom Servo goes...
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Cinematic Titanic: Rattlers
as SelfSomething is very wrong in the Southwestern desert! It starts when rogue rattlesnakes attack two...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Crawling Eye
as Joel RobinsonIn the first national broadcast of Mystery Science Theater 3000, the Mads have moved into Deep...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Million Eyes of Sumuru
as Joel HodgsonAs groovy femme fatale Sumuru plots world domination, Joel gets even with the 'bots for locking...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Mad Monster
as Joel RobinsonIn the theater, the crew watches as a mad scientist transforms his assistant into a werewolf,...
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Cinematic Titanic: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks
as HimselfThings get a bit randy in this version of Mary Shelley's immortal classic about... immortality....
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Cinematic Titanic: The Wasp Woman
as SelfCinematic Titanic is the new "show" from the original MST3K cast.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Guiron
as Joel HodgsonAs two Earth boys plead for Gamera to rescue them from a planet of cannibals, Crow experiences a...
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Cinematic Titanic: War of the Insects
as SelfThe bugs shall inherit the earth! Or so says Annabelle, the hottest, the sexiest, and by far...
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Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood
as SelfThe Dean family patriarch has died and left a fortune to his children and servants. The occasion...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
as Joel HodgsonJoel and his faithful robot companions celebrate Thanksgiving by scarfing down a chopped up...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy
as Joel RobinsonFor the Invention Exchange, Joel presents a safety device for motorcyclists. The Mads,...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Zigra
as Joel HodgsonCrow gets unfrozen just in time for yet another Gamera film, and we meet the Mads for the first...
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as Joel HodgsonA Russian film about a bug-eyed alien babe is the backdrop for a variety of antics aboard the...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: SST: Death Flight
as Joel HodgsonJoel, Crow, and Servo sit through a star-studded TV movie about a doomed SST flight while Gypsy...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 1
as Joel RobinsonShorts, Volume 1 is a compilation release featuring seven popular shorts from Mystery Science...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Invaders from the Deep
as Joel HodgsonIn between tending to some sick vacuum-flowers, Joel Hodgson and his robot buddy Crow begin...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 2
as Joel RobinsonShorts, Volume 2 is a compilation release featuring six popular shorts from Mystery Science...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Legend of Dinosaurs
as Joel HodgsonJoel and the 'Bots suffer through a dreary '70s dinosaur movie from Japan. Where's Doug McClure...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Fugitive Alien
as Joel HodgsonWith Crow disassembled, Joel and Servo are left by themselves to tackle Part 1 of this baffling...
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Cinematic Titanic: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
as HimselfThe children of Mars are in a funk, and nothing on the red planet seems to be able to cheer them...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
as Joel HodgsonToday's experiment features real humans from Japan and a budget that must've been tens of dollars.
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Phase IV
as Joel HodgsonThis week's film is a deep sci-fi story about ants that leaves Crow wishing he'd brought a pair...
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as Joel HodgsonThe 007-ish exploits of Mighty Jack – a government organization created to defeat the notorious...
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Cinematic Titanic: East Meets Watts
as SelfKung Fu hits the streets! Young Larry Chin arrives from China looking for his long-lost brother...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Gaos
as Joel HodgsonTom Servo gets his new "Mighty Voice" and a chance to use it during another Gamera film. Crow is...
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as ArdyIn Jonah's first experiment, he and robot companions Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot are subjected,...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Last Chase
as Joel HodgsonThis week's film features two intrepid heroes fleeing their Orwellian futuristic society in a...
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Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull
as uncreditedIn the far-off land of Kalid, President Amir lies on his deathbed. If this revered head-of-state...
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Cinematic Titanic: Danger on Tiki Island
as SelfAn atomic bomb test in the South Pacific creates an isolated world of terror. Strange things...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
as Joel RobinsonShorts, Volume 3 is a compilation release from Rhino Entertainment featuring seven popular...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Painted Hills
as Joel RobinsonJoel and the Bots learn from Body Care and Grooming (1947) that they might as well be dead if...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Cosmic Princess
as Joel HodgsonThe stranded crew of the Satellite of Love have no sympathy for the stranded crew of Moonbase...
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Cinematic Titanic: The Astral Factor
as Joel HodgsonMade for television in 1978, The Astral Factor features a convicted murder who learns to use the...
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Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...
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Late Night with David Letterman
as SelfLate Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created...
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Space Ghost Coast to Coast
as SelfA cartoon superhero interacts with live guests via his television set in this parody talk show...
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Freaks and Geeks
as Discotheque DJHigh school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the...
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Steven Universe
as Mayor Dewy (voice)A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to...
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Steven Universe
as Mayor Dewey / Mirror Dewey (voice)A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to...
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Steven Universe
as Mayor Dewey (voice)A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to...
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Arrested Development
as Joel RobinsonThe story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to...
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Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as SelfJerry takes his comedy pals out for coffee in a selection of his classic automobiles. Larry...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000
as Joel RobinsonA stranded spaceship pilot captured by mad scientists survives a blitz of cheesy B movies by...
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Water And Power
as uncreditedIt's a tough gig working for the Water Department, and it's also a tough gig working in Power....
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Mystery Science Theater 3000
as ArdyThe cult hit returns! Captured by mad scientists, new host Jonah survives a blitz of cheesy B...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000
as LarryThe cult hit returns! Captured by mad scientists, new host Jonah survives a blitz of cheesy B...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000
as Santa ClausThe cult hit returns! Captured by mad scientists, new host Jonah survives a blitz of cheesy B...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000
as Joel Robinson/ArdyThe cult hit is back AGAIN! Captured by mad scientists, returning host Jonah and new host Emily...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000
as ArdyThe cult hit is back AGAIN! Captured by mad scientists, returning host Jonah and new host Emily...
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Prop Culture
as HimselfFilm historian and prop collector Dan Lanigan reunites iconic Disney movie props with the...
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Other Space
as Zalian FletcherMeet the team of the UMP cruiser, a barely-functional starship led by an aggressively cheerful...
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Cinematic Titanic
as uncreditedCinematic Titanic is a project by Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator and original host, Joel...
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