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Patrick Brantseg. Patrick Brantseg is the former Art Director and performer for "Gypsy" on Mystery Science Theater 3000, taking over the character from Jim Mallon, the show's producer, mid-way through the show's eighth season, starting with Agent for H.A.R.M. He began his career at Best Brains, Inc. as an intern in 1992.
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Patrick Brantseg (born 1967) is a set builder, prop master, puppeteer, and occasional actor who worked and appeared on Mystery Science Theater 3000. He took over the role of Gypsy after Jim Mallon stepped down in 1997.
In 1992, Patrick Brantseg saw an ad in the paper for an intern at a local TV production company and applied for a position at Best Brains.
"I was sort of aware of the show," he recalls. "I remember seeing it and hearing about it in the KTMA days and I remember thinking what a neat thing it was. But I had never seen an episode all the way through."
Brantseg quickly made himself indispensible around BBI and "kinda hit it off" with Toolmaster Jef Maynard. "After the internship was up, Jef kept hiring me on part-time, and then finally I got a full-time job."
His title, in a place where people were known by such titles as "poobah" and "toolmaster," was "utility infielder," which meant he did a little bit of everything. But his favorite job was building sets and making props. "I enjoy sculpting and painting, since I've got an artistic background."
Brantseg already had artistic leanings a decade earlier when he "almost successfully completed two years" at the University of Minnesota, "doing very well in art classes and not so well in other things." Looking back on it, he quips, "I think there was an attitude problem -- the teachers', not mine."
More seriously, Brantseg admits that at that age he was "not ready to learn," and that it took him a few years before he decided to return to school, this time to Minneapolis Technical College, where he graduated with top grades. "I was ready to learn," he notes.
Regular roles
•Gypsy (1997-1999)
Guest appearances
•Nelson family son - •Rooster - The Sinister Urge, •Tourist - •Party-goer - •Pale Day Player - •Big Blue Monster - •Yakov Smirnoff - •Roman Day Player - Devil Doll, •Roman Soldier - •Patrick the Cheese Factory Guy - •Slicer the Nanite (voice) - •Villager (voice) - •Brian - •Lacks the Phone Guy - •Norm - •Delivery Man - •Fred "Eggs" Eggleston - •Goosio (puppetry) - •Mikey the Mike Sprite and Mike's Socksy the Mike's Sock Sprite -
Patrick Brantseg is one of the writers and voice actors of \"Mystery Science Theater 3000,\" a comedy show that features riffing on bad movies. He plays Tom Servo, the robot sidekick of Mike Nelson, the human host of the show.
PATRICK BRANTSEG. Just about the last thing most MSTies expected was the recent announcement that MST3K executive producer Jim Mallon, citing a desire to spend more time with his family, has given up the role of Gypsy and handed it over to longtime Best Brains staffer Patrick Brantseg.
Mar 23, 2022 · Patrick Brantseg was one of the actors who portrayed GPC, the purple robot who ran the ship, on the cult comedy show \"Mystery Science Theater 3000\". He took over the role from Jim Mallon in Season 8 and left in Season 10.
Patrick Brantseg is known for his work on Mystery Science Theater 3000, a TV series that mocks bad movies. He was born in 1967, married to Aimee Parent, and has one child.
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Nov 26, 2013 · Return to Eden Prairie: 25 Years of Mystery Science Theater 3000: Directed by Daniel Griffith. With Trace Beaulieu, Patrick Brantseg, Paul Chaplin, Joel Hodgson. The untold history of television's most unique series, Mystery Science Theater 3000, from its UHF origins to its eventual cancellation from the SCIFI network.
