From: Scorpio42@webtv.net   
      
   Many years ago (1990) I was channel surfing and stumbled up my first   
   taste of MST on the Comedy Channel. Soon I was hooked, and it became my   
   favorite TV show of all time.   
      
   I watched faithfully until it went off the air completely several years   
   ago. Meanwhile I had taped or acquired almost all of the episodes, from   
   first to the last season.   
      
   I still watch my favorite episodes, when I want to be cheered up. But by   
   now, hardly any of the riffs surprise me, but I still enjoy them.   
   Perhaps now, most of enjoyment I derive from the old tapes isn't so much   
   the hilarity anymore, but the nostalgia. By now, the time when most of   
   my favorite episodes came out(Seasons 2,3,4) could almost be referred to   
   as "the good old days."   
      
   I've also been reading this message board since about 1998. Wow. How   
   different it was back then! Always crammed with 1500 messages dealing   
   with MST, and just about anything else to do with pop cultural events.   
   Hardly anyone left.   
      
   Of course, this isn't surprising, I suppose. MST hasn't been on for   
   years, and with no new episodes to discuss, there's nothing to hold the   
   group together, and gradually, people fade away, little by little. But I   
   do still wonder where the heck they all went.   
      
   Sometimes, I also wonder what people would think of the original MST   
   shows if they saw them today, for the first time? A lot of the riffs are   
   of the "timeless" variety, but much of the humor, relating to the   
   then-contemporary items and people, would just bring a puzzled look   
   today. ("I want a Clark Bar!" - "Huh??").   
      
   Ah, well. Time marches on.   
      
   The dance is over, but, thanks to the tapes, the melody can linger on. -   
   And about now, I'm in the mood for a song from that hot, new teen star,   
   Eddie Crane!   
      
   William   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)