ISS: Reflections of Earth (2009 January 16)

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ISS: Reflections of Earth (2009 January 16)

Post by neufer » Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:20 pm

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090116.html
http://www.morienjones.com/menu/mst3000/Crowsolo.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crow_T._Robot

<<According to the MST3K storyline, Crow T. Robot, like his fellow robots Tom Servo, Gypsy, and Cambot, were built by Joel Robinson, who created them to help him withstand the torment of watching bad movies on the Satellite of Love, where Joel was trapped by mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester and his assistants. Crow was referred to as being made of molybdenum, as well as high-density Kevlar.

Crow is also sometimes called "Art". This arose from a gag in episode 203, Jungle Goddess, in which Joel introduces the bots as Jackie Gleason did with his fellow cast members at the end of every episode of The Honeymooners, calling each one out individually to take a bow. During this, Joel refers to Crow as "Art Crow!", a reference to the enthusiastic way that Gleason would introduce his long-time partner Art Carney. Later, Best Brains received a letter from a child who had evidently missed the cultural reference and labeled a drawing of Crow as "Art".>>
Art Neuendorffer

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