At the end of 2015, Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson launched a Kickstarter to revive the show for an eleventh season. The campaign was a huge success, and Hodgson secured the funds to produce 14 new episodes of the show.
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10 Things to Know for Today
This Feb. 4, 2017 photo released by NBC shows Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump in the opening sketch of “Saturday Night Live,” in New York. With the return of John Oliver to HBO and Alec Baldwin’s guest hosting slot on “Saturday Night Live,” this is shaping up like a big weekend for late-night’s treatment of the new president.
This Week’s Big Bang Theory Just Nailed Why We Should Never Be Quick to Judge Someone
Long before we heard the slogan “America First” or airlines instructed us to put the oxygen mask on ourselves before helping anyone else, we as human beings haven’t been so good about considering others. Who hasn’t been told, “You’ve got to take care of yourself first?” or “Nobody looks out for you but you?” To be fair, that’s all true.
Schrute Bucks, Stanley Nickels And Bitcoins
There is a great episode of the American version of The Office in which Dwight Schrute, Assistant to the Regional Manager at Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch, creates an incentive program focused around “Schrute bucks”. An exchange with grumpy salesman Stanley Hudson follows: Dwight: Don’t you want to earn Schrute bucks? Stanley: No.
Twitter Suspends – Pharma Bro’ Shkreli for Harassment
Twitter Inc. suspended the account of Martin Shkreli after the brash former pharmaceutical executive harassed a female reporter online, the latest high-profile case of abuse on the social media service. Over the past few days, freelance reporter Lauren Duca posted about several unwanted digital advances by Shkreli, the former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, including a message in which Shkreli invited her to the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.