A lot of times when I sit down with the other comics and try to talk theory, they say I'm being too serious.

Sometimes I go into my own little world. It's okay, they know me there.

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

Gypsy was the name my brother gave a pet turtle he had. I always thought it was so peculiar.

A lot of times when I sit down with the other comics and try to talk theory, they say I'm being too serious.

So the actual riffing came out of us just sitting there and doing it the way I think some people think we really did it, which is all spontaneously, and it really was.

A lot of the shows that really become hit shows are often demonstrated, like Mystery Science Theater.