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Dr. Morberg

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Though it was not the best episode, I enjoyed it and I laughed at many parts.
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Mouse On Venus

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Originally posted by tom123: I can't choose a least favorite episode, and I still liked this one. I don't know why some hate it and A LOHO. I mean, at least they are Futurama episodes, and we all agree that Futurama is great. Yeah, but that's not an argument. Futurama episodes vary in quality and for many, TL! and ALOHO don't reach the standards that other episodes in the series do, and that can be disappointing. Don't get me wrong, I love Futurama, but I also loved The Simpsons and when it started going pony throughout series 9-12, I didn't just think "At least these are Simpsons episodes and we all agree Simpsons are great", I damn well stopped watching because I was appalled by how much the show had changed from the show I originally loved. Futurama never did a 'Simpsons', but it did have its weaker episodes and I'm not gonna pretend that it didn't. 
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Gorky

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I think that I'm one of the only people who doesn't despise this episode. I don't think that it was a 'great' episode by Futurama's standards, but I don't think that it's as bad as other episodes ("Where the Buggalo Roam" for example). Sure it's not as great as other Zoidberg episodes ("Why Must I Be A Crustacean in Love?" and "A Taste of Freedom", for example), but I find it to be funny enough to at least be worthy of a C+, but the humor is probably the only thing that made this episode enjoyable for me. As Mouse On Venus said, the C story of Leela and Fry being stuck in the La Brea Tar Pits seemed rather forced, and the A and B stories didn't reflect Hollywood or the Academy Awards in a way that made it interesting. I mean, if you're going to parody Tinsel Town, at least use the futuristic setting to mix things up a bit.
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Bender Waffles
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I hated "That's Lobstertainment." It had a sucky plot, sucky characters...lets just put it at this...sucky everthing.
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Teral

Helpy McHelphelp
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Originally posted by TheLampIncident: I have to say, I just watched this one with commentary and I thought it was pretty funny that they mentioned CGEF and the person who kept saying the episode sucked was emailed by the guy who wrote it(not sure who was telling this story in the commentary). Patric Verrone. I wouldn't say "That's Lobstertainment" sucked, or is the worst episode ever (at least two other episodes comes first), but it was weak. I've never really liked Calculon, there's just something about his character that irritates me, so his major role in this episode really doesn't up my interest. In all fairness one of his better jokes (Do you have another goto 10-line?) came in this one, but that's about the only Calculon joke that worked for me. As mentioned several times Leela and Fry feel forced into the story, and ditching them in a tar pit for the better part of 2 weeks just to "park them" somewhere was just stupid. Much better to just leave them out completely, or have them go off to some weird delivery. The fact that the La Brea tar pit was a last minute idea (if you're to believe the audio commentaries), because the writer had forgotten about them isn't exactly helping. Harold Zoid was actually pretty decent, and there where some good jokes here and there, but overall it's meh. "Well, good job, Patric!" (Rich Moore?)
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zoidyzoid

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Originally posted by shoopbender: It was not crap! You don't appreciate Futurama enough to even just say that it was not as good as the others! No Futurama episode is crap! I disagree. There were a couple of episodes that left me wondering 'what the bloody hell were they thinking?'. That's Lobstertainment was certainly not one of them though- it's not one of my all-time favourites, but I enjoyed it.
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Nasty Pasty

DOOP Secretary

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Originally posted by Mouse On Venus: I actually find Cryonic Woman to be worse with the commentary on.  Second. I DO like the episode though. Bender is hilarious throughout. And i think its a great episode. I dont know why more people dont like it..
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Fujiko

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Didn't like this episode at all, really. It was funny, but boring. Hollywood is boring, crustaceans in Hollywood are boring... (Though now that I think of it like that, it should have been funnier) If I didn't know better, I would think the episode was just filler.
I did enjoy the commentary. And Bender.
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SlackJawedMoron

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The kids who don't have sex in high school get laid WAY more in college. Bwahahaha... no they don't <sigh>. Anyways... yeah, kinda dull ep. I don't hate it (I don't really hate any ep... they're all good for at least one decent laugh... for this one, it was the fox studios, and the tourguide). Certainly one of the worst, though. And incidently... I quite like The Cryonic Woman. So nuts.
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Nasty Pasty

DOOP Secretary

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Originally posted by Ekarderif: I wish I get laid here... Once a nerd, always a nerd I guess. Yeah, i think it might even be genetic. The "Nerd Gene"
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Ranadok

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« Reply #76 on: 04-14-2004 17:54 »
« Last Edit on: 04-14-2004 17:54 »
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I just realized that I have not yet posted in this thread... so here are my... Thoughts on [3acv08] "That's Lobstertainment!"
This episode is fairly amusing, although otherwise bland. It has plenty of good jokes, and flows well (with the exception of the horrible tar pits storyline... I always thought that felt tacked on, and the commentaries confirmed that). However, the major problem with it is the lack of "Future". Really, this episode could have happened today and been much the same. A Leela of Her Own suffers the same problem, with the same result. Like ALOHO, it is really below par for Futurama, though (UNlike ALOHO) the (IMO) excellent humour and the entertaining character of Harold Zoid makes it worth watching. I never understood why it was so poorly thought of by fans. Sure, it isn't the best, but it isn't as bad as it is usually said to be. (Note: I have nothing against A Leela of Her Own, it is just a good comparison.)
This has been... My Thoughts on [3acv08] "That's Lobstertainment!"
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bender+fry

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the story was okay for me, but there wasnt any funny jokes that made it worthwhile. probably the only thing that made me watch this episode again is the sylvestor stallone line. and i agree with ranadok, this story could not have been in the future, and it would look the same.
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Nasty Pasty

DOOP Secretary

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Yo, i just watched "thats lobstertainment!" for i think the 3rd time ever yesterday and i noticed something.
At the awards show at the end, the camera pans quickly across the row of seats and i noticed a few familiar faces including:
Kif, Amy, Zapp, Petunia, Edith Head, Jar-Jar Binks head, Pauli Shore, Michelle, the human from All my Circuits, the fembot from all my circuits, Morbo, and of course Caculon's evil twin.
I dunno if anyone ever brought this up...
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