Why mostly cult, horror, monster and superhero movies though?
I think part of it is just that’s how it got started. When MST3K got started it was in the tradition of the hosted movie show. Local cheesy shows that had production values that made MST3K look pretty sophisticated. Often they [showed] Sci-Fi or horror movies, there’s such a treasure trove of cheesy movies to look at especially with people trying effects in the 40’s and 50’s with big rubber heads and stuff like that. There’s a real sense of ridiculousness about them because when you get really earnest about silly looking monsters that’s really comedy gold right there. Like an uncle picking on a nephew? (laughs) Yeah…I mean, I definitely have a soft spot for them, I used to love them as a kid. And there were some really good ones, but we tend to go for the low hanging fruit (laughs) the one’s that were obviously done without a whole lot of thought or budget. There were funny conventions that we saw in a lot of the 50’s movies. There was always a guy who was ostensibly the hero. He was
