Mike's article in the NY Times Sunday Magazine

[SecretAgentSuperDragon]

It sounds like a case of cranial swelling. Too much intelligence packed into that meaty head of his.

My orders: Watch back-to-back episodes of Deal Or No Deal, The O'Reilly Factor, Wifeswap, The Simple Life, Laguna Beach, Sunset Tan, and to top it off, 6 straight hours of CMT.

That should, in theory, lower your intelligence just enough to the point where your brain swells down, and intra-cranial pressure shall no longer persist. 

Are you kidding? His job was, and to an extent still is, to watch terrible movies, over and over again, and come up with enough jokes to keep people's interest. If stupidity could actaully shrink a person's head, Joel, Josh, Trace, Kevin, MIke, Mar Jo, Bridget, and everyone involved with joke writing in MST3K's heads would have caved in years ago.

But there lies the rub... thinking while watching stupid stuff. I'm saying sit there in front of the tv, and watch the shows without thinking at all. Catatonic. A little bit of drool coming out of the corner of your mouth, if you please. No riffing or attempting to riff. Just pure, unhindered, IQ lowering crap.

[Junkyard]

Oh, then he seriously needs to heed Rob's warning: It may also kill you.

[SecretAgentSuperDragon]

Oh, then he seriously needs to heed Rob's warning: It may also kill you.

If it did, the US population would be half of what it is then.

Allow Professor Idiocracy illustrate this:

[JoshWay]

Wow. Poor Mike! It's a wonder he's so good-natured. I can't imagine watching Glitter multiple times in good health, much less with a chronic headache.

Oddly, I just watched the opening host segment of "High School Big Shot," in which Mike has a really bad headache.