in the not too distant future next sunday a d there was a guy named joel not too different from you or me he worked at gizmonic institute just another face in a red jumpsuit he did a good job cleaning up the place but his bosses didn t like him so they shot him into space we ll send him cheesy movies the worst we can find he ll have to sit and watch them all and we ll monitor his mind now keep in mind joel can t control where the movies begin or end because he used those special parts to make his robot friends robot roll call cambot gypsy tom servo croooow if you re wondering how he eats and breathes and other science facts then repeat to yourself it s just a show i should really just relax for mystery science theater 3000 