Joel Hodgson & Dr Robert Hicks

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2016

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Jesse sits down with creator of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Joel Hodgson and is experimented upon by director of Philadelphia's Mütter Museum, Dr Robert Hicks. Plus stand-up from Hari Kondabolu and music from Spraynard. This show was recorded in front of a live audience at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:13.5	It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:16.2	Kong a TV show called is sort of cliche, but there's really no better word to describe
0:22.2	Mystery Science Theatre 3000.
0:23.7	It was low budget, it ran late at night, and it built up a super devoted audience of fans.
0:31.3	My guest, Joel Hodgson, was the show's creator.
0:33.9	He also hosted, along with a puppet sidekick named Crow.
0:38.3	He told me that making the show like they did in a sort of DIY style had real advantages.
0:44.1	After we made the pilot for Mystery Science Theatre, I had some friends, imagineering in
0:49.4	California, and I brought them the trailer, and they just started talking about it, and
0:55.2	they said, how much did it cost you to make Crow?
0:58.8	They said it's like eight bucks.
1:02.8	And they said it would cost us $50,000 to develop this through Disney.
1:08.2	And so, just much easier, right?
1:12.6	It's like, man, there's a lacrosse mask, there's a bowling pin.
1:19.3	It's just easier.
1:22.4	It's a bullseye.
1:30.6	Coming up, I'll talk to Joel Hodgson about how dealing with his own anxiety has shaped
1:34.7	his career, and why his show wasn't about hating on bad films.
1:38.6	He didn't blank them for being bad.
1:41.2	If you've ever tried to make a movie, it's really hard.
1:44.5	I mean, I've tried, and it's really hard.
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