Mystery Science Theater 3000's Michael J. Nelson (left) and Kevin Murphy at an "Exoticon 1" convention panel in Metairie, Louisiana, November 1998. They are contemplating New Orleans Mardi Gras beads.

Kevin Wagner Murphy (born November 3, 1956 in River Forest, Illinois) is a United States actor and puppeteer. For eleven years he was a writer for the Peabody Award-winning comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000, for nine of those years playing and operating Tom Servo, one of the show's puppet characters. During the final three years of the series he additionally portrayed Professor Bobo, a talking chimpanzee in the style of Planet of the Apes. Mystery Science Theater 3000s Michael J. Nelson (left) and Kevin Murphy, at Exoticon 1 convention panel in Metairie, Louisiana, November, 1998. ... Mystery Science Theater 3000s Michael J. Nelson (left) and Kevin Murphy, at Exoticon 1 convention panel in Metairie, Louisiana, November, 1998. ... Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999), usually abbreviated MST3K, is a cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson featuring a man and his robot sidekicks who are trapped on a satellite in space and forced to watch particularly bad movies. ... Mystery Science Theater 3000s Mike Nelson (left) and Kevin Wagner Murphy, at Exoticon 1 convention panel in Metairie, Louisiana, November, 1998. ... Metairie (local pronunciations , ) is an unincorporated, census-designated place (CDP) located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. ... Revelers, Frenchmen Street, Faubourg Marigny. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... River Forest is a suburban village located in Cook County, Illinois. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object—a puppet—to create the illusion of life. ... The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999), usually abbreviated MST3K, is a cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson featuring a man and his robot sidekicks who are trapped on a satellite in space and forced to watch particularly bad movies. ... Tom Servo and his friends. ... Mads Pearl Forrester (Mary Jo Pehl), Professor Bobo (Kevin Wagner Murphy), and Brain Guy (Bill Corbett). ... Type Species Simia troglodytes Blumenbach, 1775 Species Pan troglodytes Pan paniscus Chimpanzee, often shortened to chimp, is the common name for the two species in the genus Pan. ... Planet of the Apes is a novel by Pierre Boulle, originally published in 1963 in French as La Planète des Singes. ...

After the end of MST3K, Murphy spent the year 2001 going to a different movie every day (including September 11) and wrote a book about this experience, entitled A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey (ISBN 0060937866). During his year at the movies, Murphy samples theaters from small-town boxes to urban megaplexes, attempts (and rejects) a theater food diet, suffers a kidney stone, visits both the Sundance and Cannes film festivals, sneaks Thanksgiving dinner into a showing of Monsters, Inc., and records all of these experiences, both good and bad. His feat — viewing 360+ films on four continents — was mentioned in Ripley's Believe It or Not. September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... Measuring body weight on a scale Dieting is the practice of eating (and drinking) in a regulated fashion to achieve a particular, short term objective. ... Kidney stones, also known as nephrolithiases, urolithiases or renal calculi, are solid accretions (crystals) of dissolved minerals in urine found inside the kidneys or ureters. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks amongst the top five events of its type in the world. ... The Palais des Festivals (2000) The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival international du film de Cannes or simply le Festival de Cannes) is the worlds most prestigious film festival, first held from September 20 to October 5, 1946 in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of... A film festival is a mostly annual festival in one or more movie theaters with a special program showcasing many films. ... Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual holiday observed in the United States and Canada to celebrate being thankful for the things one has. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Ripleys Believe It or Not! deals in the bizarre—events and items so strange and unusual that it is often hard to believe that they actually exist--but they do: believe it. ...

Murphy holds a B.A. in Journalism and an M.A. in Directing for the Stage and Screen, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Murphy lives in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area with his wife, Jane. The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. ...

See also

• Mystery Science Theater 3000
• Timmy Big Hands

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External links

• Kevin W. Murphy's website
• The Film Crew Online
• Kevin Murphy at The Internet Movie Database