From: JUJU@withouta.net   
      
   In article <1641-4C420904-744@storefull-3171.bay.webtv.net>,   
    Scorpio42@webtv.net (William) wrote:   
      
   > 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   
      
   So, another ratmm old-timer!  I started reading ratmm in 1995 and it was   
   still in its heyday when you joined in.  What a big bunch of funny,   
   clever people!  They started to drift away and then a different group   
   joined when MST moved over to SciFi, IIRC.   In the last few years,   
   where did most folks go?  Most of them went to LiveJournal, where   
   there's an MST group and individuals post amongst themselves.  Also, by   
   now people are Facebooking, like all the other kids today.  But I   
   wouldn't know.   
      
   I keep watching my recordings - increasingly DVDs - too just 'cause they   
   keep on being funny.   
      
   Judith   
      
   Take your hands off me.  D'you want to catch something?   
   -D. Bloodnok   
      
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