Perkins is also a fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000, on which his Biography introductions have been parodied several times. MST3K series host and head writer Michael J. Nelson played the part of Perkins, depicting him as a somewhat scatter-minded man prone to long, meandering, name-dropping rambles about nothing in particular.
He was similarly spoofed by Darrell Hammond on Saturday Night Live, who played Perkins as a sarcastic alcoholic while hosting Biography.
