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doghouse of silence
Sunday, June 16 2002Today was a hangover day, and like all other hangover days, was dedicated to the cause of watching lots of television whilst lying on the couch. The high point in my couch-centered day came during two episodes of Futurama, a show I enjoy even more than the Simpsons. This was the first time I'd seen the episode where the professor builds a "What If Machine" and then uses it to demonstrate how reality would be given various alternative premises. The first of these was "What if Bender (the robot) were human?" This was the opening for a particularly hilarious 8 minute short in which the professor invents a process called "reverse fossilization," applying it first by turning a toaster into a raccoon (who nonetheless still pops toast out of slots in his back). Later, in a bid for the Nobel prize, the professor converts Bender into a frat boy party animal, but things go haywire when Bender discovers how truly joyful having flesh can be. [I just did a Google search for "reverse fossilization" hoping to find a reference to this episode, but found nothing.][REDACTED]
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