It just goes to show you never can tell who'll have a connection (of sorts) to even these obscure little movies. I suppose that for me, beyond reading "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time" and "The Golden Turkey Awards" at the local library, my closest encounter with the Mystery Science Theater canon in my own youth was when one particular channel would show Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (http://kernunrex.blogspot.com/2006/09/mst3k-321.html) around Christmas.