'Mystery Science Theatre 3000' returns with new blood for the Turkey Day marathon

Twenty-eight years ago the little science fiction show that could, "Mystery Science Theater 3000," premiered on Thanksgiving Day. It all started with one Earthling, series creator Joel Hodgson, and his gang of lovable robot puppets. Together they drifted through space in the "Satellite of Love," warmly lampooning low-budget B-movies with titles like "Teenagers From Outer Space" and "The Leech Woman." It was an odd show whose shoe-string budget and screwball tone often mimicked the very movies it skewered. The misfit humor struck a note with fans and despite multiple series cancellations and resurrections, (including a recasting of Hodgson with Mike Nelson), the series endured for 197 episodes. And now, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, "MST3K" will rise again -- this time on Netflix with Hodgson once again steering the ship and new host Jonah Ray (the Nerdist Podcast).