MST3K fans have been without Turkey Day since 1997. Oh, sure...we've had plenty of Thanksgivings, but that's not the same as Turkey Day! You see, MST3K's Turkey Day was a time-honored tradition (if by "time-honored" you mean 1991-1997) in which the Mystery Science Theater 3000 team would celebrate Thanksgiving on the Satellite of Love with a marathon of their best episodes and worst movies. Turkey Day would even consist of exclusive content in the form of new sketches and segments linking the day together.
But now, MST3K Turkey Day is BACK! "A guy named Joel" Hodgson will be hosting six classic Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes over on mst3kturkeyday.com! Joel is currently taking suggestions from fans about which episodes deserve revisiting on his Twitter account, so if you have anything to say about this, get tweeting! No word yet on whether any robot friends or mad scientists will be making an appearance, but there will be plenty of MST3K trivia to go around.
The return of MST3K Turkey Day will see movie sign at noon on (when else?) Thanksgiving Day, November 28th.
Head on over to Entertainment Weekly for some great quotes from Joel about the whole fiasco!