From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   "Chris \"Sampo\" Cornell"  writes:   
      
   >Well, IMO the quality level *is* lower, generally, in season 1, though   
   >it's still quite good and fun. But the "real" reason, which they talked   
   >about later, was that the show in season 1 was just too different from   
   >the then-current show, and at that time they were still trying establish   
   >their then-current look and feel and they felt casual audiences would be   
   >"confused." I think they worried too much about it, but I think their   
   >concern was genuine.   
      
   	Both do, really, feel like fair concerns.  If you've been getting   
   into the show from the finely-tuned, high-paced, pitch-perfect shows like   
   that giddy high patch around The Magic Voyage of Sinbad, going to season   
   one where it feels much more strongly like they're improvising and working   
   out just how the show ought to work is disconcerting.  It's kind of like   
   how the DVDs for the 90-minute SCTVs were released ahead of any half-hour   
   shows; not that there's anything wrong with the half-hour SCTV shows, but   
   they were doing a whole lot better before too long.   
      
   	Still, I'm glad to get much better looks at the young J Elvis   
   Weinstein, who was, well, working at the level MST3K would reach when   
   it was still getting up to speed.   
      
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