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Production Number: 3ACV08

Title Caption: Deciphered From Crop Circles

First Aired: February 25, 2001

Act I: So these three parasitic worms bore into a human's head...
During amateur nite at the Comedy Simulator, Zoidberg follows Humorbot 5.0. Unfortunately, Zoidberg isn't funny at all, and gets booed off the stage.

Zoidberg is miserable, because his uncle Zoid was a comedian, and he wants to follow in his footsteps. The Professor, being a Harold Zoid fan, pulls out an old 78 million RPM holodisk to show the crew. The holodisk show an old silent film, in which Harold Zoid portrays a barber who ends up beheading his customer. Zoidberg decides to write a letter to his uncle to ask for help on his comedy routine. Zoidberg writes the letter using ink collected from his ink pouch.

In the Final Curtain: Old Actors' Home, Harold Zoid reads the letter. Another resident of the home asks Harold Zoid what the scribble-di-gook is. Harold Zoid explains that Zoidberg may be his ticket out of the home, and then writes a letter to Zoidberg asking for money, and telling Zoidberg to come to Hollywood, which Zoidberg reads to the crew.

Act II: Welcome to Hollywood!
They set off for Hollywood. The crew then goes on a tour bus. 30th Century Fox studios is the first stop. Bender jumps off the bus when it passes Calculon's house, and impersonates a hot-water heater to gain entry.

Trivia

 * Considered by many fans as one of the worst episodes.
 * The commentaries actually mention gotfuturama.com

Goofs

 * The 78 Million RPM HoloDisk may be spelled wrong. General useage implies that optical media should be spelled "disc" while magnetic media is spelled "disk". The holodisk appears to be an optical disc (a spoof on a large laserdisc, actually), but it's unclear whether the phonograph needle used to play the holodisk is an optical or magnetic reader.
 * Although the words "Star Trek" are supposedly banned, "Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation" is nominated for best product placement. The commentaries cover by claiming they actually said "Start Wreck".

Characters
(In alphabetical order)


 * Amy
 * Bender Bending Rodriguez
 * Billy Crystal's Head
 * Boxy Robot
 * Calculon
 * Humorbot 5.0
 * Florp
 * Fry
 * Debut: Harold Zoid
 * Hermes
 * Joan Rivers' Head
 * Kif
 * Michelle
 * Monique
 * Morbo
 * Pauly Shore
 * Petunia
 * Zapp Brannigan
 * Dr. John Zoidberg

Episode Credits

 * Writer
 * Patric M. Verrone
 * Director
 * Bret Haaland
 * Voice Actors
 * Billy West
 * David Herman
 * Katey Sagal
 * John DiMaggio
 * Special Guest
 * Hank Azaria
 * DVD Commentary
 * Patric M. Verrone
 * David X. Cohen
 * Matt Groening
 * Rich Moore
 * John DiMaggio
 * Bret Haaland