Since the 1990s, Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff have been making fun of bad movies. And they’re not letting a little thing like a coronavirus pandemic stop them now.
On “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” they played a mad scientist and his lab assistant – nicknamed “The Mads” – who were torturing the show’s main characters by making them watch cheesy movies. Beaulieu also provided the puppetry and voice for Crow T. Robot, one of the victims of the experiment. The show’s blend of campy movies, wry pop culture commentary and endearing characters made it a hit. It spawned various spinoffs and follow-ups over the years with various cast members in different configurations, including Cinematic Titanic and The Film Crew.
Netflix ran a revival of “MST” for two seasons with a new cast, another cast has toured with live performances, still others tour and record downloadable content as “Rifftrax,” and Beaulieu and Conniff have taken their act to the…