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After reading Karl's fantastic interview with the brains behind Cinematic Titanic, the spawn of the geniuses behind Mystery Science Theater 3000, we dug back into the Google Video archives and started watching some of our favorite episodes from the original show. And, luckily, one of our favorites is also a seasonal flick: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, one of the movies the Cinematic crew tackled during last week's run at the Lakeshore Theater. And from that episode comes this classic clip of the crew singing Crow's new holiday song, "Let's Have A Patrick Swayze Christmas," our gift to you. And like the best Christmas mornings, there's even a teeny surprise after the jump.

Comedy

Under normal circumstances, I only really like to focus on actual honest-to-god Chicagoans in our interview series. But when the chance to speak with the guys that made Mystery Science Theater 3000 came along, I had no choice but to jump. MST3K was one of those shows that helped shape what I thought about humor as a kid, and also seemed like the kind of program that was put together by people that had a lot of love for each other. Even a child could understand that this was TV that was actually fun to make. (It also provided a two-hour Comedy Central safe-haven on Saturday mornings from the glut of cartoons on the networks.)