The Mary Jo Pehl Show is a comedy livestream series starring Mary Jo Pehl (writer & actor on Mystery Science Theater 3000) and featuring Chris Gersbeck (founder of Dumb Industries). It broadcasts to Twitch every fourth Tuesday of the month, with numerous extra events throughout the month.
The show launched on August 24, 2021 on Twitch and quickly grew a dedicated fanbase—as viewers often help determine, inspire, and participate in each month’s episode.
Past episodes have included Mary Jo & Chris learning Dungeons & Dragons, The Mary Jo Pehl Show 2023 Shareholders Meeting, various game show segments and much, much more.
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Mary Jo & Chris go live in The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse to conduct polls on January’s episodes then invite Deana Dolphin onto the program to show off all the amazing Secret Santa gifts Clubhouse members gave each other! Recorded live December 20, 2024.
Mary Jo and Chris give Associate Producer Matt Reiser free reign to find an hour of holiday-themed television for an all-new Movie Jo Night! As usual, he does not disappoint. This month, MJ & Chris watch a Christmas episode of the classic Lynda Carter Wonder Woman TV series entitled, “The Deadly Toys,” featuring Frank Gorshin as a lonely toy manufacturer who creates life-like androids and nurses baby dolls. Recorded live December 17, 2024.
DJ Sally Jessy Raphael (Chris) comes out of retirement to spin a special dance party in The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse on Saturday, December 14, 2024!
The holiday shopping season is upon us and Mary Jo Pehl & Chris Gersbeck are here to showcase all the wonderful discounts they have in store for their second annual QVC Special, along with product launches, giveaways, customer testimonials, and more!
Mary Jo and Chris are back with an all-new Movie Jo Night as they watch the 1979 made-for-TV movie Death Car on the Freeway, a movie that includes an equal amount of impressive car stunts and rampant misogyny!
Mary Jo & Chris go live in The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse to catch up on Halloween shenanigans, MJ’s recent garage show, voting updates, and then welcome on the first mystery grab bag winner of the notorious pooping gnome to get an update on how much it’s horrified visitors, and then welcome on the great Deana Dolphin for a big holiday announcement for Clubhouse members! Yes!!! Recorded live November 1, 2024.
Spooky Season rages on with an all-new episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, which just so happens to be the show’s THIRD Halloween Special! This time, Mary Jo & Chris watch a reel of weird retro horror movie trailers as compiled by Associate Producer Matt Reiser and the results are more horrifying than anything! Plus: unboxing videos, polls, Halloween costumes from viewers, and more!
Mary Jo and Chris settle in to watch an hour of programming curated by Associate Producer Matt Reiser for an all-new edition of Movie Jo Night! This month, Matt subjects Mary Jo & Chris to an episode of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, “The Mystery of the Haunted House,” that involves Parker Stevenson not wearing any pants and featuring Richard Kiel as a disgruntled restaurant manager!
Mary Jo & Chris go live in the Clubhouse to read more fan fiction submissions, discuss candy corn, getting Mary Janes and/or pennies, favorite horror movies, Halloween traditions, being strict with trick-or-treaters, apple picking, getting asked for autographs at funerals, and other fun topics! Recorded live October 4, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris launch the FOURTH SEASON of The Mary Jo Pehl Show in style with their much anticipated Fan Fiction episode, featuring very special guest readers reading viewer submissions. Submissions were so plentiful, in fact, Mary Jo & Chris promise to read more during the next Chit-Chat & Tidbits!
Mary Jo and Chris take the Dumb Telethon stage to present a bonus edition of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, answer questions from fans, raffle off prizes, watch a demented video of local news stories, and then unlock some amazing bonus events!
Mary Jo and Chris settle in to watch an hour of programming curated by Associate Producer Matt Reiser for an all-new edition of Movie Jo Night! This month, the duo watch an episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century that involves a space vampire, lots of latex, and plenty of casual sexism to go around!
Mary Jo & Chris go live in the Clubhouse to discuss important topics such as make-out music, getting broken up into little groups, Frank's new cat Billy, wearing or not wearing pajamas, the upcoming fan fiction episode, Columbia Record subscriptions, being a Nielsen family, first favorite songs, first concerts, missing Prince, hating Blues Traveler and more!! Recorded live September 6, 2024.
It's the big Season 3 finale of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, with MJ & Chris receiving the results of The Mary Jo Pehl Show Focus Group, led by Kim Nyberg at First Opinion Responders! Plus: a highlight reel from the past three years, show polls, exciting announcements, and more!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck change it up a bit for Movie Jo Night this month and watch an episode of Fantasy Island featuring Roddy Macdowall as Satan, Ross Martin as a mobster, and Adam West as Adam West! Recorded live August 20, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris go live in the Clubhouse for a special “brunch” edition of Chit-Chat & Tidbits, that almost doesn’t even happen because Chris’s alarm clock didn’t go off.
Mary Jo cooks yet another mystery recipe selected by Chris for The Mary Jo Pehl Show! This time, Mary Jo has help from her friend Bill Corbett (MST3K, RiffTrax), who finds himself spending way more hours in MJ’s kitchen than he signed up for.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1970 made-for-tv film NIGHT SLAVES, starring James Franciscus as a man with a metal plate in his head, Lee Grant as the wife of a man with a metal plate in his head, and Leslie Nielsen as the sheriff of the set of Gunsmoke! Recorded live July 16, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris watch a reel of weird vintage movie trailers, the seediest Associate Producer Matt Reiser could find, for an all-new episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show! Plus: Movie Jo Night poll, giveaways, unboxing videos, and more!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1974 ABC Movie of the Week PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS, a movie featuring Andy Griffith as a creepy weirdo, William Shatner as a dork, Robert Reed as a backstabber, and Marjoe Gortner as a spineless hippy! Recorded live June 14, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris go live in the Clubhouse for another Chit-Chat & Tidbits on June 7, 2024 and get a special check-in from Joe Lawler to provide an update on his stolen iPhone, Dumb Industries losing their Twitch channel and then hijacking Mary Jo’s Twitch channel, Pray For the Wildcats, sea creatures, getting Linda a spa day, Gruber, editing Wikipedia pages, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, and other exciting topics!
Following up on the Dollar Store Challenge from earlier this year, Mary Jo and Chris showcase how they’ve utilized each other’s Dollar Store findings for an all-new episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show! Recorded live May 28, 2024.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1974 ABC Movie of the Week KILLDOZER, a movie about a killer bulldozer in “Africa” that has a penchant for killing construction workers! Recorded live May 21, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris go live on May 10, 2024 to gab about Dumb’s Twitch channel takedown, Jerry Pehl’s birthday, the upcoming Dollar Store Challenge Follow Up episode, the first time Mary Jo met Chris, why you should subscribe to the Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse vs. Twitch, and answer questions from Clubhouse members in this Clubhouse exclusive livestream!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1973 ABC Movie of the Week THE DEVIL’S DAUGHTER, starring Shelley Winters, Belinda Montgomery, Jonathan Frid plus a bunch of other random people like Abe Vigoda! Mary Jo’s internet cuts out towards the end so Associate Producer Matt Reiser saves the day and helps close out the show! Recorded live April 30, 2024.
The Mary Jo Pehl Show Presents their own version of The Dating Game! Chris Gersbeck hosts as three bachelors compete to win a date with the one and only Mary Jo Pehl! Who will she pick, and will it be the same contestant YOU pick? There’s only one way to find out. Recorded live April 23, 2024.
Mary Jo & Chris go live on April 12, 2024 to gab about birthdays, solar eclipses, earthquakes, Netflix’s Love is Blind, the upcoming Dating Game episode of The Mary Jo Pehl Show, and answer questions from Clubhouse members in this Clubhouse exclusive livestream!
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck go full Beavis & Butt-Head as they watch a reel of music weird, vintage music videos (emphasis on the WEIRD) as compiled by Associate Producer Matt Reiser! Plus, Movie Jo Night polls, a Dating Game update, unboxing videos, and more! Recorded live March 26, 2024.
Mary Jo Pehl and her producer Chris Gersbeck watch the 1973 ABC Movie of the Week SATAN’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, starring 2/3 of Charlie’s Angels (Kate Jackson & Cheryl Ladd), Roy Thinnes as a turtleneck-wearing teacher, and a bunch of blonde satanists for an all-new Movie Jo Night! Recorded live March 19, 2024
Mary Jo and Chris go live in The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse to catch up on all sorts of stuff including Chris’s recent trip to Trader Joe’s, wearing turtlenecks, leaving or not leaving Facebook, current true crime obsessions, a possible Dumb Industries meetup in Minneapolis in May, getting tango lessons, The Righteous Gemstones, upcoming Clubhouse events, and more! Recorded live January 10, 2025.
Mary Jo and Chris go live in The Mary Jo Pehl Show Clubhouse to catch up on all sorts of stuff including Chris’s recent trip to Trader Joe’s, wearing turtlenecks, leaving or not leaving Facebook, current true crime obsessions, a possible Dumb Industries meetup in Minneapolis in May, getting tango lessons, The Righteous Gemstones, upcoming Clubhouse events, and more! Recorded live January 10, 2025.