Patrick Brantseg was the Art Director and puppeteer for "Gypsy" on Mystery Science Theater 3000, taking over the character from Jim Mallon, the show's producer. He began his career at Best Brains, Inc. as an intern in 1992. In that same year he was hired to work in the art department under the direction of Mr. Jef Maynard. Movie theater view, featuring the short film Hired!. 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 supposedly trapped on a satellite in space and forced to watch particularly bad movies. ... Jim Mallon is the executive producer of the Peabody Award-winning series Mystery Science Theater 3000, and president of Best Brains, Inc. ...

Brantseg hails from Sisseton, South Dakota. He studied art at the University of Minnesota and was doing well until they asked him to leave after two years. With nowhere else to go, he terrorized the mid-West as the drummer with the punk band, "Black Spot." After recording a CD and touring, he left the band and returned to school to study television production. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities This article is about the oldest and largest campus of the University of Minnesota. ...

He cites Laurel and Hardy, David Bowie, Buck Owens, Vincent Van Gogh and his mother and father as his heroes. Laurel and Hardy Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are probably the most famous comedy duo in film history. ... David Bowie David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947 in London) is an English rock musician and actor. ... Buck Owens (born August 12, 1929) is an American country singer who defined the gritty Bakersfield sound. ... Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch painter, generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history. ...

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