Del Toro Quits 'The Hobbit'

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Minnesota was also the home of much of the mst3000 crew.

In September 1988, Hodgson enlisted Twin Cities-area comedians Trace Beaulieu and Josh Weinstein, and producer Jim Mallon, to help him shoot a pilot for the show. The robots and the set, in their crudest format, were built overnight by Hodgson.

And Mike Nelson grew up in Wisconsin and was working in the
Twin Cities before joining mst3000.