...there is no 12-step program for him. Season after season, the former head writer and host of cable TV's "Mystery Science Theater 3000" endured one cinematic abomination after another -- from the living severed head epic "The Brain that Wouldn't...

...may title "Lucky Man." 'Mystery' cast drops Internet MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The former cast members of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" have discovered that on the Internet, being funny doesn't necessarily make money. The five former cast...

...and co-produces the show with Kronfeld. Scott had previous TV experience as a technical supervisor on "Mystery Science Theater 3000," the defunct Twin Cities-based series formerly carried by Comedy Central. Scott says his experience at...

...careers in Hollywood. The Twin Cities comedy scene has produced Louie Anderson, Tom Arnold, Joel Hodgson ("Mystery Science Theater 3000"), Jeff Cesario ("Dennis Miller Live") and Dave Mordal ("Last Comic Standing"), along with several...

...political-oriented Jeff Cesario (the head writer for "Dennis Miller Live") to straight man Joel Hodgson ("Mystery Science Theater 3000"). Iowan Tom Arnold ("The Best Damn Sports Show Period") also got his start in the Twin Cities. Comedy...

...for most of that decade, a small-viewership niche channel that was probably best known for the cult show Mystery Science Theater 3000 and being the first home of Bill Mahers Politically Incorrect. That all changed in 1997 when South Park debuted...