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Joel Robinson (Joel Hodgson), sleepy-eyed space handyman, is shot into space by his evil bosses and forced to watch bad movies. Lonely on his spaceship called the Satellite of Love, Joel constructs two robot pals out of a lacrosse helmet and a gumball machine. Together, they are only able to endure the movies by talking back to the screen in a series of pop culture references which are often obscure, but consistently funny...
However, this episode is worth watching to see the skits in which the show orchestrates the transition of hosts. Mike Nelson (Mike Nelson), the new host, is hired as a temp by the evilbosses to help organize their office for an audit.Meanwhile, Cambot, a third robot friend whoappears only in skits, plans Joel's escape. Iwon't reveal the brilliant climax, except to saythat Mike finds himself as Joel's unfortunatereplacement on the Satellite of Love...
Another in a long line of disco one-hit wonders, "Funkytown" epitomizes the mechanical, methodical sounds of '70s robot funk. The Minneapolis studio group's lone hit was released in 1980, and it features some of the best production techniques of the late '70s and early '80s. Where, exactly, is "Funkytown?" Once it's pulsing beat gets hold of you, you no longer care...
...really feel that the public has a misperception about science and about scientists," Guillen said. "They tend to think of scientists as very robot-like creatures with no human side to them--and I want to prove them wrong...
...like wandering through a literary maze. Scenes are sketched out in a phrase or two -- a woody glade, a drafty cave -- and you move from one to the other by typing commands: go west, climb up, enter castle. In your travels, you run into various objects (a giggling robot, a sleeping sloth) as well as other characters. These can be other players, logging on from a remote computer, or cleverly designed computer programs masquerading as humans. You can communicate with anyone you meet by either speaking (typing a message that appears on the other player's screen) or "emoting" (expressing...