![]() The theatre! I must say, that despite the terrible reviews he receives while eating at the Tragic Pan, I thought his performance as HAL 9000 was riveting. That's it! It's time for Calculon to regain his reputation even if that means starting all the way at the bottom! No, not Fox. Not his trailer, the actual curb! Bender does his best to reassure Calculon but the TV is quick to pile on, showing the ceremony where Robert Wagner's second star replaced the acting robot's on the Walk of Fame. Things don't go so well for the old ham though, with a little cellphone in an even littler chair calling him a has-been before kicking him to the curb. Rosebud! Now he just needs to prove that he's still got what it takes and, after a quick test of his dramatic pause, it's off to Hollywood to meet with some brainstorming executives. "In the world of theatre, there are no second acts."Īfter 'besting' the horned bot in a battle of wits, Bender and Fry return to Planet Express with the soul and the Professor is able to perform some demonic black science which brings Calculon back to life. ![]() The latter requires the boys to take a trip to Robot Hell, where Calculon has been busy driving the Robot Devil crazy. Leela likes the brooding, less is more, replacement but who is she? If only they had a way to bring Calculon back to life? Of course, since he's a robot it's pretty easy, even for simple simpletons, the Professor just needs his corpse (check, thanks to Bender) and his cloud hosted soul. Since his death, the show, now sponsored by Anonyo (a great gag), has replaced him with the young and edgy Vaxtron but Fry and Bender miss the overacting genius that used to distract them from having to talk to each other. If you don't remember, the great soap-opera acting robot died in "The Thief of Baghead" during a performance to prove he was the greatest thespian in the universe. "Calculon 2.0" opened with Morbo on 'Entertainment and Earth Invasion Tonite' throwing to an 'All My Circuits' segment honoring the late, great ham Calculon. ![]() Then again, I'm a sucker for any episode featuring the Robot Devil. Since the quality (or lack thereof) was kind of depressing, I was happy to not have to recap the episode in full and even more happy to see that "Calculon 2.0" was such an improvement. There were a few things to like about "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" like Billy West's half-Fry, half-Shaggy voice or the final PSA but overall the experience was uninspiring and, worst of all, just not that funny. Joe) before he eventually joins in on the, uh, fun thanks to a censorship gag in the final reel. The episode also used an equally unfunny framing device with President Nixon watching said cartoons (spoofs of Scooby Doo, Strawberry Shortcake and G.I. "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" was another one of Futurama's famous triptych installments (like the original few "Anthologies of Interest" or, more recently, "Naturama"), this time with each of the three threads parodying a different Saturday morning cartoon. Before getting to "Calculon 2.0," I should probably take a second to defend my statements about last week's lacklustre episode.
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