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‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ comeback lands at Netflix

You won’t have to go out of your way to watch the Mystery Science Theater 3000 revival . Netflix has picked up the crowdfunded make-fun-of-movies show and will be the only place to stream it in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand. The move isn’t exactly shocking (Netflix has already offered classic MST3K episodes), but it’s that much sweeter if you’re already a Netflix subscriber and would rather not head to another service to watch. Just don’t be in a rush to catch up with Joel, Tom Servo and Crow. In keeping with the tone of the series, Netflix will only say that MST3K is coming back “in the not-too-distant future…” and we don’t think it means “next Sunday, AD.” In the not-too-distant future. @MST3K pic.twitter.com/L9IpZW2Cmb — Netflix US (@netflix) July 24, 2016 Via: Hollywood Reporter , TechCrunch Source: Netflix

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‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ comeback lands at Netflix

The creator of Papyrus, the world’s second-most reviled font, was paid only $2,500 in today’s money

John Brownlee interviews Chris Costello, the type designer behind Papyrus , described as “that font comedians move onto when their Comic Sans jokebook gets a little dog-eared.” “There have definitely been days I wish I never sold the rights,” he laughs, acknowledging the font definitely has its share of critics. He says he never dreamed Papyrus would end up installed on over a billion computers around the world. If he did, he probably would have asked for more than the equivalent of $2,500 today for it. (more…)

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The creator of Papyrus, the world’s second-most reviled font, was paid only $2,500 in today’s money