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Michael J. Nelson
Writer, Actor, Director, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn October 11, 1964 (61 years)
Michael J. Nelson is the former host and writer of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning Mystery Science Theater 3000. Since that time, he has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows, penned a regular column for TV Guide, and authored best-selling books for both HarperCollins and Abrams.
His first book, Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese, thrilled critics, including Richard Schickel of Time Magazine, who said of Mike, "He's more fun than a barrel of Val Kilmers... Smarter than a roomful of Patrick Swayzes... and almost as hilarious as Keanu Reeves." Mike's laugh-out-loud follow-up, Mind Over Matters, prompted Kirkus Reviews to enthuse, "From someplace called Minnesota comes a Nelson funnier than Ozzie, Ricky, Lord or Half," and even dared to compare him to another legendary writer, saying of his Serious Speech to Business People, "[It] could easily precede [Robert] Benchley's immortal Treasurer's Report."
And Kirkus Reviews loved his novel, Death Rat!, saying, "Fast-paced, outrageous and funny, first-novelist Nelson's mockery of media mendacity is as biting as La Dolce Vita or Network--only funnier!"
Nelson speaks all over the country, is a frequent guest on radio and television, and along with fellow former MST3K writers/performers Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy operate a podcast called RiffTrax, which, in a similar vein to MST3K, targets more mainstream films.
His first book, Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese, thrilled critics, including Richard Schickel of Time Magazine, who said of Mike, "He's more fun than a barrel of Val Kilmers... Smarter than a roomful of Patrick Swayzes... and almost as hilarious as Keanu Reeves." Mike's laugh-out-loud follow-up, Mind Over Matters, prompted Kirkus Reviews to enthuse, "From someplace called Minnesota comes a Nelson funnier than Ozzie, Ricky, Lord or Half," and even dared to compare him to another legendary writer, saying of his Serious Speech to Business People, "[It] could easily precede [Robert] Benchley's immortal Treasurer's Report."
And Kirkus Reviews loved his novel, Death Rat!, saying, "Fast-paced, outrageous and funny, first-novelist Nelson's mockery of media mendacity is as biting as La Dolce Vita or Network--only funnier!"
Nelson speaks all over the country, is a frequent guest on radio and television, and along with fellow former MST3K writers/performers Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy operate a podcast called RiffTrax, which, in a similar vein to MST3K, targets more mainstream films.
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| 2015 | Swamp Talk (TV Series) |
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| 2015 | RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts, A Good Day to Riff Hard - SF Sketchfest 2015 · as Executive Producer |
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| 2012 | RiffTrax Live: Birdemic - Shock and Terror · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | RiffTrax Live: Manos - The Hands of Fate · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Rifftrax: Order in the Shorts · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | RiffTrax Live: Reefer Madness · as Executive Producer |
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| 2022 | Snack VS. Chef (TV Series) · as Post Story Producer |
| 2021 | Rifftrax Live: Hobgoblins · as Written By |
| 2019 | RiffTrax: Feeders 2: Slay Bells · as Written By |
| 2014 | VeggieTales In The House (TV Series) · as Story Editor |
| 2012 | RiffTrax: Curse of Bigfoot · as Written By |
| 2007 | RiffTrax Shorts (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 2004 | Cheap Seats (TV Series) · as One Episode |
| 2001 | The Adventures of Edward the Less (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2001 | Mr. B's Lost Shorts · as Head Writer |
| 2000 | Assignment: Venezuela and Other Shorts · as Head Writer |
| 1998 | 2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review · as Head Writer |
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| 1997 | 1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review · as Head Writer |
| 1995 | MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special · as Composer |
| 1995 | MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special · as Head Writer |