From: People Weekly#
Date: June 8, 1992
Headline: Picks & Pans
Subline: Tube
Author: Hiltbrand, David
Page(s): 13
Note: Short preview of fourth season.
If you find the summer TV doldrums tedious, imagine what they do to your
friendly neighborhood TV critic. Do you actually think we enjoy reviewing
three-part PBS series on ethnic clog dancing or A&E nature documentaries
on the smaller mammals of Borneo? Do you suppose we relish sifting through
vintage rerun listings to find a 1971 episode of "Love, American Style"
featuring Richard Benjamin? Well, do you? This week is better than most
because on Saturday (June 6) my two favorite cable comedy series introduce
fresh episodes. "Mystery Science Theater 3000" starts its fourth
season on Comedy Central (10 A.M. and 7 P.M. ET) as our lost-in-space film
commentators Joel, Tom Servo and Crow sic their toothy sarcasm on Marooned",
an execrable 1969 astronaut movie starring Gene Hackman, Gregory Peck, Richard
Crenna and James Franciscus. It's the first time, as far as I know, that
Joel and the guys have ever gone after an Oscar winner (the movie won for
special effects).