Syfy president disses MST3K

[Cyborg Franky]

Oh boy a lot of MST3K fans aren't going to like this.

tvbythenumbers.com/2009/12/16/transcript-of-conference-call-with-syfy-president-dave-howe-keep-an-eye-out-for-sharktopus/36501

[Blindkarevik]

Thems fighting words.

[Cyborg Franky]

I know they are. And I just recently begin watching MST3K, when my friend bring over his tapes that he recoredings of it. I just saw Pumaman for the first time ever, and god that was effing insane.

[Hakumental]

I think the thing about MST3K is – and I’ll ask you the same question as I say to everybody else is did you actually watch more than about, you know, 15 or 20 minutes? It’s one of those kind of one-note amusing things which I’m not sure is sustainable for any length of time or any period of time.

Typical network exec. Small wonder that channel's gone the way of Cartoon "What's a cartoon?" Network.

[Tapout]

I think the thing about MST3K is – and I’ll ask you the same question as I say to everybody else is did you actually watch more than about, you know, 15 or 20 minutes? It’s one of those kind of one-note amusing things which I’m not sure is sustainable for any length of time or any period of time.

Ohhhh boy.

Does not bode well for "new" ECW.

[eJm]

Dec 18, 2009 14:06:00 GMT -5 Blindkarevik said:

Thems fighting words.

[CMWaters]

Dec 18, 2009 14:10:47 GMT -5 Hakumental said:

I think the thing about MST3K is – and I’ll ask you the same question as I say to everybody else is did you actually watch more than about, you know, 15 or 20 minutes? It’s one of those kind of one-note amusing things which I’m not sure is sustainable for any length of time or any period of time.

Typical network exec. Small wonder that channel's gone the way of Cartoon "What's a cartoon?" Network.

Nevermind the fact that MST3K lasted for 10 years on TV (11 if you count the KTMA season), and in the form of Rifftrax and Cinematic Titantic continues to this day.

[knightrider01]

So this guy assumes that most fans of the show only watched 20 minutes of it.


How utterly idiotic is that man. I mean seriously to insult not only the show but even the fans somewhat. Idiot.

[Cyno]

Mr. Howe. You and me. Fisticuffs at dawn! Marquess of Queensberry rules!

[Drink Up Me Cider]

So if the fans of Mystery Science Theater only watched for 15-20 minutes, who was watching the other 45+ minutes of every episode?

This is Joe Buck levels of not understanding your fan base.

[Bauertainments]

I think the thing about MST3K is – and I’ll ask you the same question as I say to everybody else is did you actually watch more than about, you know, 15 or 20 minutes? It’s one of those kind of one-note amusing things which I’m not sure is sustainable for any length of time or any period of time.

I've certainly watched much, much more of MST3K than I have or ever will of your lousy, pitiful excuse for a "network".

By the way, I've watched approximately... 15 seconds of "Scy-Fy" Network programming inside THREE YEARS! (I don't watch WWECW)

[Hakumental]

But, you know, if you look at 90%, 95%, 98% of our content, you know, it is driven by unique originals that are not retreads, you know, it’s driven by Warehouse 13 and Eureka and, you know, Caprica and Ghost Hunters and all of those shows that have been successful for us that are, YOU KNOW, unique and exclusively ours.

Oh, seven hells.

All right, purely in the interest of science (fiction), and because I hate myself today, I have begun to count how many times Dave Howe says these two words in the quoted transcript.

Keep in mind, I said "begun."

About halfway through the transcript, I lost count. There's...still a decent length of transcript to get through.

So, uh.

143 and counting.

[Deleted]

Unique originals like the 40 million different Ghost Hunters shows.

[Drink Up Me Cider]

^May be he's like Counselor Mackay from South Park. ;D

[Hakumental]

178 times. Should have just gone for the big 2-0-0.

[Drink Up Me Cider]

Dec 18, 2009 14:50:26 GMT -5 Hakumental said:

178 times. Should have just gone for the big 2-0-0.

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Dec 18, 2009 14:50:26 GMT -5 Hakumental said:

178 times. Should have just gone for the big 2-0-0.

I used WordPerfect's ability to count up how much there is of a given word of phrase and also got 178, so your match checks out.

For the record, I also replaced all occurrences of "you know" with "woo woo woo, you know it".

[Triple Kelly]

Just his picture makes him look like a smug, dense asshole.

[Jimmy]

I can't think of any nicer way of putting it then this guy is a f***ing idiot. I've seen a few minutes of Outer Space Astronauts before and after ECW and it's the worst thing I've ever seen. This guy and Bonnie Hammer have no taste.

[Back to being Cenanuff]

Somebody tell him to bring back Cha$e.