I have had the hardest time finding friends and family of mine who I can fanboi about having tickets to my first MST3K Live event. Which drove me to these forums.
I am planning to entice my friends to watch MST3K with me by having a “drive in” night, where I invite friends over and project a MST3K episode/movie to a screen and provide popcorn and drinks.
I’m lucky to have my sister who also loves Mst3k. Other than that I think the best way is probably to bribe people with food. Get them over late at night (mst3k is even more fun when you haven’t slept) and keep watching until they are addicted. If that doesn’t work then you still have all of us.
During the first Kickstarter campaign, I hyped up MST3K so hard on Facebook by asking friends to recommend their favorite films/genres, and I would recommend episodes based on that. If they were fans of Star Wars, I’d recommend Space Mutiny, the Fugitive Alien films, and possibly Laserblast. If they were into slasher films, Teen-Age Strangler and Horror at Party Beach. I loved finding creative ways to recommend MST3K episodes based on their interests.
I play it at work on the TV my entire shift. Most people don’t pay it any attention, but when I play something else, I suddenly get asked where the MST3k is.