From: eichler2@comcastNOSPAM.net   
      
   I recently found this filed away on an old computer disc, and figured   
   it would be worth re-posting for the 10th anniversary of the event.   
   I'm not sure of the exact date that Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy   
   appeared at Exoticon I, but it was some time in late 1998.   
   Wow, could it really have been 10 years ago?  That hardly seems   
   possible.   
      
   This transcript was originally hosted as a web page on GeoCities,   
   complete with photos and wav files of some of the highlights.  That   
   page disappeared, and so did the one I put up at NetColony, and now   
   all that's left is this plain text file.   
      
   There are some people mentioned by name in the transcript as if   
   everyone should just know who they are - most of them were RATMM   
   regulars at the time.   
      
   [Warning:  There's some foul language below, read at your own   
    risk, no lifeguard on duty]   
      
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   A Transcript of Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy's Exoticon I Presentation   
      
   Part 1   
      
   [Open:  Exoticon's main ballroom.  The small crowd that had gotten   
    there early is enjoying the MST3K Scrapbook tape projected onto a   
    movie screen.  Once Mike and Kevin get going, the crowd will grow   
    until there's nothing but a bit of standing room left in the back,   
    but for now it's just the diehards laughing at some old KTMA host   
    segments...]   
      
   Forrester:  I've just learned that the Russians have launched their   
   own comedian into space and he's pulling a four rating.   
      
   [cut to Josh as the Russian comedian in space]   
      
   Erhardt:  This is my friend Vishi.  How are you Vishi?  I am fine.   
   How is your wife, Vishi?  She is fine but her neck hurts.  Heh heh,   
   thank you so much.   
      
   [audience is startled into laughter, covering Erhart's next   
    couple lines.  Then:]   
      
   Joel:  Dr. Erhardt, Dr. Forrester, would it be too much to ask if   
   you could let me and my friends know when we might be getting out   
   of space?   
      
   Forrester:  Sure, Joely-Poley, we're planing a show for you right   
   now here on Earth.   
      
   Joel:  Really?   
      
   Forrester:  Yeah, Booby, it's about a guy and three robots and   
   they're submerged deep in the transatlantic trench... [audience   
   chuckles] ...three miles under the ocean's surface and we send   
   him transmission after transmission of Jacques Coustau movies.   
      
   [Erhardt laughs evilly, then pauses for breath and looks at Forrester]   
   [Erhardt AND Forrester laugh evilly]   
      
   Crow:  What a couple of dickweeds.   
      
   Joel:  Listen, thanks but no thanks doc, we'll get used to being up   
   here in space for a little more.   
      
   Servo:  Excuse me, uh, how much longer are you going to keep sending   
   us those gosh darn turtle movies?   
      
   Erhardt:  Don't gosh darn me, you little snack-headed piece of tin   
   foil.  You'll keep watching Gamera movies until we get through all   
   of these [holds up pile of movies].  Give 'em a commercial, Clayton.   
      
   [video abruptly cuts off]   
      
   Host/Moderator/MC/Whatever:  I hate to cut in all of a sudden like   
   this, but ladies and gentlemen, Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy.   
      
   [crowd rises for a standing ovation as Mike and Kevin enter and   
   take seats at the table.  Kevin carries Servo in and sets him on   
   the table]   
      
   Mike (?):  [something I can't quite make out, since they're not at   
   the microphones yet]   
      
   Kevin:  Thank you very much for meeting us here in this intimate   
   setting.  It's uh...   
      
   Mike:  Colon Powell will be out in a moment to explain the bombing   
   raids.   
      
   Kevin:  I'd like to say a special hello in the back, could you stand   
   up please, TV's Frank, ladies and gentlemen.   
      
   [everyone turns to look]   
      
   Kevin:  I'm kidding.  He kinda looked a little bit like TV's Frank.   
   Thank you all for coming.  I know that you came to Exoticon to talk   
   to us, not to stick pins through your nipples and worship Cuthulu   
   and things like that.   
      
   Audience Member:  That comes later.   
      
   Kevin:  That's the next panel, yes.  That makes sense.  I'm ready to   
   put on the goat head and get rockin' on that.   
      
   Mike:  You all look fairly exotic, thank you.   
      
   Kevin:  As you probably know, just to get things warmed up, this   
   is our tenth season of Mystery Science Theater that we're...   
      
   [I was trying to position my mic here, so it's hard to hear what he   
   says, but I think it's "that we're real proud of here" or else   
   "that we're working on here"]   
      
   Kevin:  ...and a little bit later we have a rare, special treat for   
   you, and I better make sure I get the tape back:  it's a short   
   subject from one of our upcoming episodes...   
      
   [the rest of that sentence is drowned out by audience cheers, but   
   for those of you who weren't there, you didn't miss anything (as   
   you'll read later)]   
      
   Kevin:  ...the first anywhere.  Even the network doesn't even know   
   that we've pilfered this.   
      
   Mike:  We absconded with it.   
      
   Audience Member:  We'll keep the secret.   
      
   Kevin:  And, uh, we have a special new talent that we'd like to   
   share with you folks as we go though the course of doing this.   
   It's not all about questions and answers, but it's also about   
   caricature drawing.   
      
   Mike:  It's the medium we're going to move into next, and we're   
   using you as test subjects.  So thanks, we appreciate it.   
      
   Kevin:  It's a bold new direction and while we talk a little bit   
   about the upcoming season, we can pick someone from the audience   
   and do their caricature.  Who should we start with?   
      
   Mike:  Just go ahead and pick somebody.   
      
   Kevin:  Who'd like their caricature?  Show of hands so we don't   
   embarrass anybody.   
      
   [just about every hand in the place shoots up]   
      
   Kevin:  Uh, let's see, who's a fitting...I have to tell you first   
   of all before I start that we...this originated because we uhhh...   
      
   Mike(?):  were very bored.  (This might have been someone in the   
   audience, not Mike)   
      
   Kevin:  I think it started because we were very...with our network   
   and all, there were a few people there that we didn't like so we   
   started drawing really hideous drawings of them in their very   
   worst... Bringing out the...it's not about having fun with people,   
   it's about directly insulting them and bringing out their worst   
   qualities, which I think is the essence of caricature.  So, with   
   that in mind, who now still wants to get their caricature done?   
      
   [general laughter, but no one puts their hand down]   
      
   Kevin:  Oh jeeze, this is so hard...how about you right there?   
   [points at Ruth]  Let's start with you...   
      
   [crowd cheers as Ruth walks up front]   
      
   Kevin:  Why don't you stand right there?   
      
   Ruth:  Should I pose?   
      
   Kevin:  That's good, no, just stand right there.  I'll be asking   
   questions as ya go through...  So, what brings you to Atlantic City?   
      
   Ruth:  Uh, the gambling I think.   
      
   Kevin:  I see, yes, yes.  [Kevin starts drawing]   
      
      
   [continued in next message]   
      
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