A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste

"A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste" is the sixth episode of Mike Tyson Mysteries season three, and the thirty-fourth overall. It aired on June 18, 2017 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, and Rachel Ramras, and produced and directed by Jeff Siergey.

The team is called in to help with a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new history of mining museum. Damn novelty scissors.

Memorable quotes
Viennetta: My name's Viennetta, like the ice cream. Mike: My name's Mike Tyson, like the heavyweight champion of the world, Mike Tyson.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tom Bawkes
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Larry Dorf
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor Joe Schaeffer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Hugh Davidson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mike Tyson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Deezy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chuck Deezy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Yung Hee Tyson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rachel Ramras
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marquess of Queensberry
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jim Rash
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Viennetta Deezy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daniele Gaither
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pigeon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Norm Macdonald
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Viennetta's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Viennetta's pastor
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Édouard Manet
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Gustave Courbet
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jean-Jacques Rousseau
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cashier
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fashion magazine editor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Charlotte Newhouse
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lauren
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Andre
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Viennetta's pastor
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Édouard Manet
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Gustave Courbet
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jean-Jacques Rousseau
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cashier
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fashion magazine editor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Charlotte Newhouse
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lauren
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Andre
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fashion magazine editor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Charlotte Newhouse
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lauren
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Andre
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lauren
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Andre
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Andre

Organizations

 * Mike Tyson Mystery Team

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Arizona
 * Casa Grande
 * Casa Grande Museum of Mining History
 * BB's Burgers
 * Nevada
 * Las Vegas
 * Tyson residence
 * Missouri (indirectly mentioned)
 * St. Louis (mentioned)
 * St. Louis Community College (mentioned)

Objects

 * Ticker's Business Insider
 * Reddit (mentioned)
 * Mike's phone
 * Xbox (mentioned)
 * Viennetta (mentioned)

Vehicles

 * Mystery Mobile

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2017.

Music
The music was composed by Walker Martin.

Crew credits

 * Producer: Hugh Davidson
 * Co-executive producer: Mike Tyson
 * Consulting producer: Lee Stimmel
 * Line producer: Susan Ward
 * Production manager: Leore Berris
 * Assistant production managers: Kate Gray, Ed Schuerman
 * Character designers: Dusty Abell, Steven Choi
 * Lead background designer: Cameron Thompson
 * Background designers: George Fort, Jessica Hong, Valerio Ventura
 * Lead background painter: Bill Dunn
 * Background painter: David McBride
 * Color stylist: Pamela Long
 * Editor: Scott Fuselier
 * Storyboard artists: Jeanette King, Jay Oliva, Rafael Rosado
 * Timer: Brian Hogan
 * Animation checker: Charlene Moncrief
 * Supervising technical director: Matthew Girardi
 * Effects animator: Jason Plapp
 * Animation services: Digital eMation
 * Animation director: Wooyong Jung
 * Layout artists: Sang-il Kim, Eunghwan Oh
 * Background directors: Jihyun Baek, Dongju Seo, Moonchul Son, Soo-il Yu
 * Key animators: Hak-Yong Kim, Heung-Uk Yeom, Jeagyu Jo
 * Production staff: Scarlet Sookyung Kim, Kyunmin Lee, Hyunjun Gwon, Jieun Ahn, Agatha Sarim Kim, Daniel Jeong-A Kim, Haeun Woo
 * Post production executive: Greg Emerson
 * Post production manager: Rebecca Unger
 * Recording facilities: Atlas Oceanic Sound and Picture, Digital Insight Recording, Warner Bros. Post Production Services
 * Recording machine operator: Jeff O. Collins
 * Track readers: Wilson Martinez, Fred Salinas
 * Supervising dialogue/ADR editor: Mark A. Keatts
 * Dialogue/ADR editors: David M. Cowan, Kelly Foley Downs, Patrick J. Foley, Mike Garcia
 * Production services: Silver State Production Services
 * Post production audio services: Margarita Mix
 * Online editor: David Cowles
 * Assistant editors: Melissa Bailey, Michael G. Buck
 * Production administrator: Daphne Fei
 * Production support: Cher Bentley, Tina Fallah, Audrey Kim, Andrea Lo, Tamara Miles, Jill Share, Kira Tirimacco, Renee Toporzysek
 * Casting administration: Liz Carroll
 * Business and legal affairs: Lori Blackstone, Sharmalee Lall, Rebecca Mathany, Bonnie Negrete, Britton Payne, Joulene St. Catherine
 * Production accountants: Yadira Davis, Debbie Lindquist, Maral Simonian, Athena Wingate
 * Rights and clearances: Brendan Brasier
 * Production supervisor: Bobbie Page
 * Production manager: Ed Adams
 * Executive producers for Williams Street: Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo
 * Executive in charge for Williams Street: Melissa Warrenburg
 * Executive in charge of production: Peter Girardi
 * Executive producer: Sam Register

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: June 18, 2017 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on what Arthur Fletcher of the United Negro College Fund said, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
 * As a recurring joke, the museum's name keeps changing every time it's announced.
 * Mike tries to end the episode early by humming the end credits music as the credits appear over the team. The credits appear again when the episode ends properly.
 * Tom Bewkes's name is revealed in the end credits.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😥