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1A company opened in 1927 by effects artist Howard A. Anderson, '''The Howard Anderson Company''' was an established optical effects studio that worked on many TV shows and movies, most noticeably the original ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' series, ''Film/KingDinosaur'' and ''Film/TwelveToTheMoon''. The latter two eventually gaining infamy after airing on seasons [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E10KingDinosaur two]] & [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E24TwelveToTheMoon five]] of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
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3See also Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic and Creator/IllusionArts; two studios that also worked on ''Star Trek'' and Creator/VisualConceptEngineering; another company who's work was featured in [=MST3K=][[note]]not in any of the movies riffed, but rather ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000TheMovie The Movie]]'' itself[[/note]].
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5A fairly complete list can be seen [[http://www.imdb.com/company/co0073708/ online]].
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8!!Other works The Howard Anderson Company did include:
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10* ''Series/TheATeam'' (titles)
11* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' (titles)
12* ''Series/{{Angie}}''
13* ''Film/{{Airplane}}''
14* ''Film/TheAmazingTransparentMan'' (another film [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E23TheAmazingTransparentMan riffed]] on [=MST3K=])
15* ''Film/{{Anaconda}}''
16* ''BadSanta''
17* ''Film/BarbWire''
18* ''Film/TheBatPeople''
19* ''Film/BattlefieldEarth''
20* ''Film/BossNigger''
21* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' (titles)
22* ''Film/TheBurbs''
23* ''Series/CharliesAngels'' (titles)
24* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' (titles)
25* ''Series/ChildrenOfDune''
26* ''Film/ClassOf1999''
27* ''Film/{{Clockstoppers}}''
28* ''Series/{{Columbo}}''
29* ''Film/Cradle2TheGrave''
30* ''Day of The Animals''
31* ''Film/{{Dogma}}''
32* ''EarthII''
33* ''WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights'' (with Creator/BardelEntertainment, Creator/TamaProductions and others)
34* ''Film/ErinBrockovich''
35* ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes''
36* ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''
37** ''2 Fast 2 Furious''
38* ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'' (with Creator/RoughDraftStudios, Creator/WangFilmProductions, Creator/{{Saerom}}, Creator/AvailableLightProductions, Creator/LukFilm, Creator/PacificTitle and others)
39* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII''
40* ''Film/FromJustinToKelly''
41* ''Series/TheFugitive''
42* ''Series/GetSmart'' (titles)
43* ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}''
44* ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain''[[note]]Under Toho's supervision. The studio was originally hired to film the effects for ''The Volcano Monsters''. Due to bankruptcy issues with the production company, the film would never get made. Some inserts using the suits were filmed instead for the ''Gigantis: The Fire Monster" dub[[/note]]
45* ''Film/{{Gothika}}''
46* ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero''
47* ''Series/HappyDays'' (titles)
48* ''Film/HappyGilmore''
49* ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick''
50* ''Series/HartToHart''
51* ''Series/ISpy'' (titles)
52* ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1956''
53* ''Film/InvasionOfTheSaucerMen''
54* ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack''
55* ''WesternAnimation/JetsonsTheMovie'' (with Wang, Creator/FilCartoons, Pacific Title and Creator/PerpetualMotionPictures)
56* ''Film/LAConfidential''
57* ''Series/LaverneAndShirley''
58* ''Series/LawAndOrder''
59* ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''
60* ''Film/LegallyBlonde''
61* ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' (titles)
62* ''Film/TheLongKissGoodnight''
63* ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'' (titles)
64* ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' (titles)
65* ''Film/MeanGirls''
66* ''Film/MercuryRising''
67* ''Anime/Metropolis2001'' (Production Assistance)
68* ''Series/MiamiVice''
69* ''Film/{{Mimic}}''
70* ''Series/MissionImpossible'' (titles)
71* ''Series/TheModSquad''
72* ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace''
73* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' (titles)
74* ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian''
75* ''Film/NightOfTheLepus''
76* ''Film/OctoberSky''
77* ''Film/{{Paycheck}}''
78* ''Franchise/{{Predator}}''
79* ''Film/{{Predator 2}}''
80* ''Series/ProjectUFO''
81* ''Film/ThePunisher2004''
82* ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite and the Star Stealer'' (with Tama, Creator/StudioJunio and others)
83* ''Reindeer Games''
84* ''Film/RushHour''
85* ''Satan's Triangle''
86* ''Film/TheShadow''
87* ''Film/{{Species}}''
88* ''Series/{{Spectreman}}'' (American dub; titles)
89* ''Film/SpiderMan1''
90* ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' (uncredited)
91* ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''
92* ''Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'' (titles, with Creator/RGreenbergAssociates)
93** ''Film/SupermanII''
94** ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''
95* ''Film/TheSumOfAllFears''
96* ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice''
97* ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII'' (Opticals, with Creator/PacificTitle)
98* ''The Texan''
99* ''Series/ThatGirl''
100* ''Timestalkers''
101* ''The Underground Man''
102* ''Series/TheUntouchables'' (the 1959 TV series)
103* ''Film/VanHelsing''
104* ''Weekend of Terror''
105* ''Film/WhiteChicks''
106* ''Wisdom''
107* ''X-15''
108* ''Film/{{Zoolander}}''
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