Joel Hodgson started his comedy career while at Bethel College in Minneapolis Minnesota by opening for Christian rock bands. He then moved to Los Angeles and performed stand-up in comedy clubs across the country, becoming a regular performer on "Late Night with David Letterman," "Saturday Night Live," and selected to be on "HBO's Eighth Young Comedians Special." After taking a hiatus from stand-up and moving back to Minneapolis, Joel created MST3K, which he also hosted for five seasons. Joel has written several movies, including Disney's Honey We Shrunk Ourselves with Nell Scovell. Over the last ten years, Joel has been a consultant with his brother, studio artist and designer Jim Hodgson, on projects as diverse as The Beatles Yellow Submarine (Sony), Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (ABC), Penn and Tellers Sin City Spectacular (FOX), and Robot Wars and Everything you need to Know (Discovery). He has also done creative consulting on the game shows, You Don't Know Jack (ABC) and Smush (USA).