
Chris Gersbeck
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Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu are back in the movie-riffing business. They wrote, and starred as Dr. Clayton Forrester/Crow T. Robot (Trace) and TV’s Frank (Frank) on a little Minnesotan puppet show you may have heard of called Mystery Science Theater 3000. Now they’re at it again, riffing movies across the US and live online, every second Tuesday of the month.
The Mads are Back

The Mary Jo Pehl Show is a comedy livestream series starring Mystery Science Theater 3000 writer & actor Mary Jo Pehl, who wrote for MST3K and later portrayed the character Pearl Forrester during the show’s later seasons. The monthly comedy-variety show happens on the fourth Tuesday of every month, with Pehl hosting an interactive hour of comedy, free to all viewers. Chris Gersbeck, founder of Dumb Industries and producer of the popular The Mads Are Back livestreams with MST3K’s Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff, produces.
The Mary Jo Pehl Show
Based on the live show of the same name produced by Chris Gersbeck from 2017-2020, this all-new streaming version finds Chris, Emmy Martian, and Matt Reiser riffing on movies that are, well, pretty damn Dumb.