Editing Mystery Science Theater 3000 (section)

===Live shows===
[[File:Mst3k-30th-live-show.jpg|thumb|right|The cast of the 30th Anniversary Live Tour, from left: Grant Baciocco (controlling Crow T. Robot), Joel Hodgson, Jonah Ray, Deanna Rooney, Rebecca Hanson, and Tim Ryder (controlling Tom Servo)]]
The first ''MST3K'' live event was held on June 5 and 6, 1989 at the Comedy Gallery in Minneapolis. Jim Mallon served as the emcee of the event that featured stand-up sets by Joel, Josh Weinstein, and Trace Beaulieu. A Q&A session about the show was conducted, and the show's original pilot was shown. The robots and various props were on display for attendees to see.

The first live riffing event, called ''MST Alive!'' was held at the Uptown Theater in Minneapolis on July 11, 1992. There were two showings, both with live riffing of the feature film ''[[World Without End (film)|World Without End]]'', as well as sing-alongs of different songs from the show, followed by a Q&A session. The event was hosted, in character, by Dr. Forrester, TV's Frank, Joel, and the Bots. A second version of "MST Alive!" was presented as a part of the first ever MST3K "ConventioCon ExpoFest-A-Rama" in 1994. In this show, Forrester and Frank forced Mike and the bots to watch ''[[This Island Earth]]'', a film which was later riffed as a part of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie]]''.

Hodgson and the team for the 2017 revival announced an ''MST3K'' "Watch Out For Snakes Tour" during mid-2017 covering 29 cities in the United States and Canada. Jonah and the Bots riff on one of two films live for audiences, either ''[[Eegah]]'' (which had already been featured on the original run of ''MST3K'', and which popularized the riff "Watch out for snakes", but featured new riffs for this tour) or an unannounced surprise film: ''[[Argoman the Fantastic Superman]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.facebook.com/lisa.anders.528/posts/1523498621053735 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/100001808350453/1523498621053735 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited| title = Washington DC, 7/9/17, 9pm showing| website = [[Facebook]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The tour featured Ray, Yount and Hanson reprising their roles as Jonah Heston, Crow and Gypsy/Synthia. Vaughn was unavailable to perform Servo due to the birth of his child and the role was covered by Tim Ryder.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=timryder|author=Tim DIEDer17YearsAgo|number=879875333121617921|date=28 June 2017|title=Excited to perform Tom Servo for the MST3K Live "Watch Out for Snakes" Tour! I will accept feedback in dot-matrix p… https://t.co/A65NsjR74c}}</ref> The tour also featured Grant Baciocco as Terry the Bonehead, pre-recorded appearances from Day and Oswalt as Kinga and Max,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/joel-hodgson-fills-us-in-on-the-mst3k-live-tour-1798261970|title=Joel Hodgson fills us in on the MST3K live tour|author=Erik Adams|date=May 15, 2017|access-date=May 16, 2017|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723214234/https://www.avclub.com/joel-hodgson-fills-us-in-on-the-mst3k-live-tour-1798261970|url-status=live}}</ref> and a live introduction from Hodgson.

Hodgson and Ray also toured in late 2018 as part of a 30th anniversary of ''MST3K'' in a similar format to the 2017 tour. Hodgson reprised the role of Joel Robinson and riffed movies alongside Ray and the bots during these shows. Ryder continued to perform Tom Servo, while Grant Baciocco, the lead puppeteer, voiced Crow. Rebecca Hanson also joined in her role as Synthia as the host of the show. Movies riffed at these shows included ''[[The Brain (1988 film)|The Brain]]'' and ''[[Deathstalker II]]''. During the tour, Hodgson announced that Deanna Rooney will be joining the cast in the twelfth season as a new "Mad" working with Kinga and Max.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-mystery-science-theater-thirtieth-anniversary-tour-0604-story.html|title='Mystery Science Theater 3000' announces 30th anniversary tour|author=Jessi Roti|date=June 5, 2018|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027180537/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-mystery-science-theater-thirtieth-anniversary-tour-0604-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/mst3k/276617/mst3k-30th-anniversary-tour-joel-hodgson-puts-on-the-red-jumpsuit-again | title = MST3K 30th Anniversary Tour: Joel Hodgson Puts On The Red Jumpsuit Again | first = Andrew | last = Husband | date = October 1, 2018 | access-date = November 12, 2018 | work = [[Den of Geek]] | archive-date = November 13, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181113025529/https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/mst3k/276617/mst3k-30th-anniversary-tour-joel-hodgson-puts-on-the-red-jumpsuit-again | url-status = live }}</ref>

The 2019 live tour, The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour, is promoted as Hodgson's "final live tour". Most of the tour dates feature the film ''[[No Retreat, No Surrender]]'', while a few show ''[[Circus of Horrors]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://mst3klive.com/| title = The Time Bubble Tour - MST3K Live| access-date = September 29, 2019| archive-date = July 4, 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190704025853/https://mst3klive.com/| url-status = live}}</ref> The tour was promoted with video production updates and on-the-road updates via the tour's official website. In addition to Joel, the parts of Crow and Servo are portrayed by Nate Begle and Conor McGiffin respectively. Yvonne Freese plays the part of Gypsy and Mega-Synthia, a clone of both Pearl Forrester and the original Synthia. Emily Marsh also features in the tour as the new character Crenshaw.

The Time Bubble Tour started on November 2, 2021, in [[Cleveland, OH]] with Emily Marsh, Yvonne Freese, Nate Begle and Conor McGiffin reprising their parts from the 2019 tour. Kelsey Brady joined the cast as Swing Puppeteer. The film was [[Roland Emmerich]]'s ''[[Joey (1985 film)|Making Contact]]'' (1985).<ref>{{cite web |first=Lesley |last=none |title=The Tour is on the Road! |url=https://mst3klive.com/2021/11/the-tour-is-on-the-road/ |website=MST3K Live |date=November 2021 |access-date=14 November 2021 |archive-date=November 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114230330/https://mst3klive.com/2021/11/the-tour-is-on-the-road/ |url-status=live }}</ref>