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Episode Number: 3ACV08
Title: That's Lobstertainment!
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Plot
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- The title references the 1974 documentary film That's Entertainment!.
- Zoidberg's comedy routine resembles that of the 1980s comedian Yakov Smirnoff.
- Harold Zoid's straw hat and glasses are the same as those of silent film star Harold Lloyd, but the style of his films is much more similar to that of Buster Keaton and other silent film stars. Zoid says "My career went down the tubes the day they invented smell-a-vision", referencing the fact that when 'talkies' became the norm, previously successful silent movie stars were not hired.
- Harold Zoid's movie, "Close Shave" ends by saying "Buy Moxie".
- The film Braveheart is parodied by the 30th C film Bravehead, starring Mel Gibson's head.
- Leela locks up the Planet Express ship with a tool similar to The Club.
- The film made by Harold Zoid is titled The Magnificent Three, a parody of The Magnificent Seven.
- They Call Me MISTER Pibb is a reference to the famous line of dialogue from In the Heat of the Night, which was also used as the title of its sequel: They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!
- Snow White and the 7 Ups is a reference to the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the soft drink 7-Up.
- Dr. Zoidberg presents the award for Best Actor. Two of the movies read are The Merchant of Venus (a parody of the The Merchant of Venice) and How Beige Was My Jacket (a parody of How Green Was My Valley.)
- The film Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation is nominated for an Oscar; this is a reference to the Star Trek fan film, Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation.
- The tour bus seen in the episode is called "Star Tours", as in the Disney attraction.
- When Fry and Leela crash into the Tar Pits, Fry sees the skeleton of Sylvester Stallone floating by.
- Calculon asks Bender, "Do you have an extra goto ten line?"; this is a reference to BASIC.
- The 30th C premiere of The Magnificent Three is at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Grauman's is also referenced in "The Cryonic Woman" episode.
- When Zoidberg reads the wrong name, one of the Oscar officials shushes the officer, saying that it was how Marisa Tomei won the Oscar, referencing Tomei's highly unlikely Best Supporting Actress win for My Cousin Vinny at the 65th Academy Awards.
- Billy Crystal hosts the 30th C Oscars. He hosted the 20th C awards for five years.
- The Daily Variety headline "Fox Exex Bax Sex Pix, Flix Lax Crux Bux, Stox Sinx, Ax Prex" references an old Variety headline from the 1930s reading "Sticks Nix Hick Pix".
Goofs
- It is impossible to reconcile the mere existence of the film Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation, let alone its nomination for an Oscar, with the plot of "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" which states that in the 31st century Star Trek has been banned.
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