| abstract | - After pursuing a career in nursing, Pehl realized that she had made a "major bad career choice" and began pursuing a career in comedy. Growing up in a family of five siblings in Circle Pines, Minnesota, provided Pehl with plenty of comedy fodder. She performed standup all around the Midwest from 1987 through 1991. She also worked for the Norrell Temporary Agency, where she earned the title of Temp of the Month for March 1990. She has been featured on VH-1's "Stand-Up Spotlight" and A & E's "Comedy on the Road." In February 1992, Pehl joined the MST3K writing team after meeting Mike Nelson and Paul Chaplin on the comedy circuit in Minneapolis. She was drawn to the series partly because of her perverse fascination with really bad movies and partly because of the "ineptitude of the people who make them." http://www.mst3kinfo.com/thebrains/index.html with minor editing She is the only cast member from the series to actually sing in the theme; other actors were lip-syncing to the singer. In fall of 2014, Pehl appeared in the DVD-music video comedy short The Frank along with other MST3k members. In 2016, Pehl co-created the half-hour comedy series Renfest, which also featured Trace Beaulieu and Dave (Gruber) Allen. At 2016's San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that Mary Jo Pehl would reprise her role of Pearl Forrester for an appearance on the revived Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was also announced that she would contribute to the writing of several episodes as well.
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