About a week ago, creator of ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’, Joel Hodgson, revealed that the comedy series could make a return. He launched a Kickstarter campaign and set a goal, and said the show will be back only if the campaign tastes success.

While announcing the campaign, Hodgson said fans have to raise about $2 million in just 30 days and if they succeed, the show will return for three episodes. He added that more money could produce more shows. For a full season of 12 episodes, the expected amount was $5.5 million. Until now, funders have given about $2.2 million. About 24 days are remaining and the campaign has to collect additional $3.5 million.

Hodgson released a new video where he is introducing Jonah Ray from Nerdist as the new smart-aleck. In the video, he said time has come to freshen up things. MST3K needs a new host for a new generation, he added.

According to Hodgson, riffing has become a common today, like baseball. “Everyone knows how to play, but sometimes it feels good to just sit back and watch the original movie riffing team take a whack at it. And if we came back, imagine all the riffs we could make about things like Uber”, Hodgson added.

‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ originally ran from 1988 to 1999. The show had small but loyal fans at that time.