at least it's an ethos...

"Mystery Science Theater 3000 inhabits a special place in entertainment history: it was the culmination of a curatorial tradition developed by the TV hosts of Saturday afternoon creature-features, and the predecessor to the more universal, arguably less sophisticated snarkiness enabled by the Internet. As such it is a flagship, sailing forth from the Gilded Age of Snark, worthy of respect and admiration. Bow your heads when you speak its name."