THE BUZZ.Byline: - Daily News Wire Services No more `Mystery': The Sci-Fi Channel's cancellation this week of the campy bad-movie revue ``Mystery Science Theater 3000'' came as no surprise to star and head writer Mike Nelson. Since the night he first met the new management of USA Networks (which owns Sci-Fi) at a network function, he knew he and his show were not exactly favored sons. ``I was introduced to Stephen Chao,'' Nelson said, referring to the recently appointed USA Networks programming and marketing president, ``and his head was down in some sesame noodles noo·dle 1 n. A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dried dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water. [German Nudel. or chicken wings Chicken Wings can refer to:
``The person introducing me said that I was Mike Nelson, from `Mystery Science Theater' and he said, `Uh-huh,' and that was pretty much the extent of it. Not a good sign.'' The show's final season on Sci-Fi, and 10th season overall since original host Joel Hodgson Joel Gordon Hodgson[1] (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. and company launched it on a Minneapolis UHF (Ultra High Frequency) The range of electromagnetic frequencies from 300 MHz to 3 GHz. In the U.S., analog television has used UHF channels 52 to 69 in the 700 MHz band. station in 1988, begins April 11, with a reunion show featuring Hodgson and fellow original cast member Frank Conniff. Two days before that show airs, Nelson and company will be officially released by Sci-Fi Channel. ``We're fired - I like to take the dim view of things, and say fired - as of April 9,'' Nelson explained. Currently, he and his colleagues are working on the 11th of the final 13 shows, meaning they will be mounting a finale of sorts, probably built around the 1967 Italian-French spy spoof ``Danger: Diabolik,'' starring John Phillip Law of ``Barbarella'' fame. ``As far as the last show, we haven't talked about it much,'' Nelson said - although they ``had a good laugh'' proposing that Crow the robot would mount a ``harmless little puppet show,'' after which Mike ``comes in and cruelly cancels it.'' Asked whether the ``MST See micro systems technology. 3K'' group would disband dis·band v. dis·band·ed, dis·band·ing, dis·bands v.tr. To dissolve the organization of (a corporation, for example). v.intr. 1. , Nelson said, ``I think there's a small nut of us, a small pit at the middle of this cherry, that wishes to remain together. That remains to be seen, though.'' Lots more `Teletubbies': The BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. has commissioned 105 further episodes of the preschool hit ``Teletubbies'' from U.K. producer Ragdoll Productions. Since its 1997 debut, ``Teletubbies'' has been transmitted in more than 21 languages and viewed in 120 countries. ``The new commission means that there will be an episode of `Teletubbies' for every day of the year,'' said Ragdoll Productions director Ann Wood. |
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