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"Then a friend of Jim's suggested we make a theme song to explain the story, and this is where the Mads came from. Josh and I wrote it into the theme song."

"Well, really the way worked was that I had probably built fifty robots before Mystery Science Theater, and I had sold them in a store in Minneapolis in a store called Props, which was kind of a high end gift shop."

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"But if you think you aren't creative that's cool, too. I think being around people who aren't creative is kind of refreshing and nice."

"Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences."

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