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* [[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.

* [[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 and begrudgingly moved up the dial, leaving low-VHF an over-the-air wasteland. The "U-62" frequency? [[American Television Stations]] were moved down the UHF dial to DT51 or lower in 2009-11 so that now-valuable UHF bandwidth could be auctioned to mobile telephone companies; this was further repacked to leave nothing above DT36 by 2021~~. UHF is scarce and valuable~~.

* [[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 and begrudgingly moved up the dial, leaving low-VHF an over-the-air wasteland. The "U-62" frequency? [[American Television Stations]] were moved down the UHF dial to DT51 or lower in 2009-11 so that now-valuable UHF bandwidth could be auctioned to mobile telephone companies; this was further repacked to leave nothing above DT36 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.

* [[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]]).

{{quote|"No more Mr. Passive Resistance... he's out to kick some butt!"}}

** Aside from the obvious, he's also depicted ordering a steak.<ref>Hinduism considers practice of the consumption of beef taboo.</ref>

** It's Weird Al. [[They Just Didn't Care]], or [[Comically Missing the Point]]?

** It's Weird Al. [[They Just Didn't Care]] because they were deliberately [[Comically Missing the Point]]?

* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]

* [[What Could Have Been]]: [[Sylvester Stallone]] was going to cameo as the helicopter ride ticketer during the ''Rambo'' parody scene, but had to cancel due to schedule issues.