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* [[Smug Snake]]: RJ Fletcher.
* [[Smug Snake]]: RJ Fletcher.
* [[Styrofoam Rocks]]: Parodied. In the opening sequence, a rock bounces right off George Newman's head mid-fantasy and does nothing to him.
* [[Styrofoam Rocks]]: Parodied. In the opening sequence, a rock bounces right off George Newman's head mid-fantasy and does nothing to him.
* [[Technology Marches On]]: The UHF band in general. The launch of [[FOX]] TV as a fourth US commercial network in 1986 meant twelve VHF TV channels (which had been enough for three stations in each major market) were no longer adequate; meanwhile the TV sets have improved. Digital transition meant many longtime [[NBC]] and [[CBS]] affiliates who'd claimed low channels like "2" or "6" early as prime spots for their 1950s analogue signals found these frequencies too plagued with impulse noise to be useful digitally, leaving low-VHF an over-the-air wasteland. The "U-62" frequency? Gone. UHF 52-69 were auctioned to mobile phone operators for billions in 2009-11. [[American Television Stations]] were moved down to DT51 or lower, only to be further repacked to DT36 or lower by 2021.
* [[Technology Marches On]]: The UHF band in general. The launch of [[FOX]] TV as a fourth US commercial network in 1986 meant twelve VHF TV channels (which had been enough for three stations in each major market) were no longer adequate; meanwhile the TV sets have improved. Many longtime [[NBC]] and [[CBS]] affiliates chose to stay on UHF for their digital HDTV when full-power analogue TV was phased out in 2009; their once-valuable low-VHF channels turned out to be too plagued with impulse noise to be useful digitally, leaving VHF 2-6 largely an over-the-air wasteland. The "U-62" frequency? Gone. UHF 52-69 were auctioned to mobile phone operators for billions in 2009-11. [[American Television Stations]] were moved down to DT51 or lower, only to be further repacked to DT36 or lower by 2021.
* [[Temporary Substitute]]: Anthony Geary wasn't originally planned to play Philo; one of Al's favorite comics, [[Joel Hodgson]], was. But he couldn't accept the role. Before you go "aw, man!" keep in mind that Joel had turned it down due to being burned out in Los Angeles and returning to Minneapolis, where he ended up starting [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|his own little show]] on its own UHF station KTMA.
* [[Temporary Substitute]]: Anthony Geary wasn't originally planned to play Philo; one of Al's favorite comics, [[Joel Hodgson]], was. But he couldn't accept the role. Before you go "aw, man!" keep in mind that Joel had turned it down due to being burned out in Los Angeles and returning to Minneapolis, where he ended up starting [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|his own little show]] on its own UHF station KTMA.
* [[They Just Didn't Care]]: Parodied with ''[[Gandhi]] II'', which deliberately misses the entire point of the original movie (and, for that matter, [[Critical Research Failure|Mahatma Gandhi's way of life]]).
* [[They Just Didn't Care]]: Parodied with ''[[Gandhi]] II'', which deliberately misses the entire point of the original movie (and, for that matter, [[Critical Research Failure|Mahatma Gandhi's way of life]]).
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