This past weekend, I experienced something that, I think, only very lucky people get to experience in their respective lifetimes. I met my idols, my heroes, my very favorite entertainers in the whole entire freaking world: The cast of Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

Most people don’t understand my intense love for the show (most people have probably never even heard of the show?), and that’s fine, I don’t understand why people like Nickelback or are fascinated by the minutiae of Paris Hilton’s life, but MST3K was a part of my childhood and stayed with me constantly to my adulthood, so this little TV show is something very precious to me.

So when I heard that they were having a 20-year anniversary retrospective in Dallas at the USA Film Festival, I knew I had to go. These guys rarely get together to do stuff like this and if they do, it’s never in the Southeast, where I live. So my boyfriend and I saved up and right after I finished my last final, we took the three hour plane trip to Dallas for the weekend to meet them.

I had been thinking for weeks about what I would say when I finally got to talk to the cast. At all costs, I wanted to avoid the pathetic, “I’m such a huge fan”, and “I’m so honored to meet you”. I’m sure they get that lame sh*t all the time. No, I wanted to stand out, to create a speech that would make me seem all at once excited, but composed; funny, but not like I was trying too hard. I wanted to make an impression. Read More »