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The Great Debate: Mike or Joel?

Well, here it is.  The very first discussion!  And I think it's a good one. 

Joel Hodgson, the creator of the BEST SHOW EVER, was obviously the first host of the show up to the middle of season 5.  I will always, ALWAYS love Joel Hodgson as he is the mastermind behin the BEST SHOW EVER.  However, I first saw the show with Mike in it...I believe the first episode being "The Thing That Couldn't Die"...and, therefore, believe that Mike is the better host.  By no means, NO MEANS, am I dissing on Joel.  I'm sure he is funny as hell, but I choose not to watch many episodes before season eight, also because Crow's voice changed, so I guess I'm a little bias.  But, the few stuff I've seen of Joel's, him being all sleepy-eyed and quiet and dry, I guess he kinda reminds me of...me!  And, right now, I'm not a big fan of me, but that's another story.

The point is, who do YOU think is the better host, honestly?  Mike or Joel?  The Great Debate begins...NOW!

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Not bad that it comes to this, but to respond to the question, I found the Joel episodes much more interesting and cutting than the Mike episodes. I like Joel! Furthermore, I enjoyed his personality much more than Mike's and somehow the bots' seemed more interesting, the big 'however' is, after rewatching some, I found the Mike episodes funnier. WTF! So to answer your question, I don't know.

Wasn't Mike the head writer throughout?

Unfortunately, I thought the show got absymally bad ( but still pretty darn good! ) at the end of the run.

Your next discussion thread should be favorites; me they would be and not in order ( the link function is not working at the moment, so i will edit this with the links later; a plus to the DVD, you can watch most of the films as originally shown with out the show)

Catalina Caper

Eagah

Hamlet

I Accuse my Parents

Mitchell

Red Zone Cuba

Sidehackers

The Wild Rebels

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Oo oo!  I like Red Zone Cuba, too!  That one was so funny..."Night traaaaaain to Mundo Fineeeeeeeeee..."  I think that's what he says.  Anyway, yeah.  I enjoyed Joel's appearance in episode 1001:  Soultaker.  Not ONLY was that a horrendous movie, it was a damn funny episode.  "I usually take my corn black..."  Hee hee.  I think it should be mandatory for people to watch MST3K...everyone would just be that much happier and giggly.

But, back to the discussion, it is kind of a tough choice between Mike and Joel.  Joel will always be my idol for creating the show but Mike, I guess, has a special place in me heart.

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I just saw Red Zone Cuba - that was one of my favorites.  I just don't know.  I was really upset when Joel was replaced but then Mike won me over.  So it's a toss up.  I think Mike has a better sense of humor...hmmm

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divinemsjunebug:

I just saw Red Zone Cuba - that was one of my favorites.  I just don't know.  I was really upset when Joel was replaced but then Mike won me over.  So it's a toss up.  I think Mike has a better sense of humor...hmmm

I was looking for a quote from Red Zone Cuba and found these sites:

http://www.svamcentral.org/mst/quotes/

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000

however I cannot find the one I am looking for; it went something like this:

'In the wild, a Curly will reach speeds up to 60 mph'

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