Name of submitter, for the record: John (scArA) Plasket
DID YOU NOTICE...
-the film goes out of frame, an oft-used gag on the Simpsons? -the "'no' gambling" sign? -the fight script by Writing Unit 7? -Zap and Kif booing?
REFERENCES
"Raging Bull" -"Raging Bender"
"Star Wars" the fictional film -"Galaxy Wars" the historical documentary
"Planet of the Apes" -"Planet of the Clams"
"Mallrats" -Fry's "super small" cup similar to Brodie's
"Mystery Science Theater 3000" -"Shadowrama" effect
"Mr. Payback" -movie with multiple outcomes and voting machines on seats
Theater intermission cartoons -"Let's all go to the lobby!"
"Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee" Muhammad Ali -"Float like a float box, sting like an automatic stinging machine" Bender
"Let's get ready to rumble" Michael Buffer -"Let's commence preparations for rumbling" Bender
Madison Square Garden -Madison Cube Garden
George Foreman's line of grills -"The fat drains directly into my mouth!"
REVIEW
Bender gets himself into another mess...winds up triumphant... yadda yadda. Okay, so it's like other episodes. But what separates this from others is execution. To be short, it's not perfect, but it's brilliant. (A-)
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