While the meaning of Thanksgiving in the United States has been lost thanks to people who only look at the bad parts of our past and make the good parts look bad, people still gather together with family to give thanks for the good parts of the year as the Pilgrims of old once did. Some even still invite the neighbors over in gratitude.
But one tradition everyone can join in on. Back when Mystery Science Theater 3000 aired on Comedy Central every Thanksgiving a marathon of the most favored episodes would get run, with special gags included featuring the cast hosting the introduction to each episode. This year will be no different, although it’s moved online thanks to Shout Factory, the current video distributors of the series (not counting the episodes the Rifftrax team also releases). And with the new season available on Netflix (no, I haven’t seen it–I don’t have Netflix), we will not be getting those episodes as part of the livestreamed marathon because that’s how Netflix operates.
