Going to the World of Tomorrow 04.22.08: Put Your Head on My Shoulder
Posted by Jerome Cusson on 04.22.2008
Let's celebrate Valentine's Day a couple months late
Fry/Professor Farnsworth/Zapp Brannigan/Dr. Zoidberg…Billy West
Bender…John DiMaggio
Leela…Katey Sagal
Amy Wong…Lauren Tom
Hermes Conrad…Phil LaMarr
Various Voices…Maurice LaMarche
Writer: Ken Keeler
Director: Chris Louden
Original Airdate: February 13, 2000
Production Code: 2ACV07
Opening Subtitle: Not Based on the Novel by James Fenimore Cooper
There’s nothing like a good, old Valentine’s Day episode to spice up the day. But first, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln’s heads are shilling for a car sale taking place on President’s Day. At Malfunctioning Eddie’s, the very suave car salesman shows Amy all of the fine quality vehicles. A salesperson also tries to sell Fry a card by using the old “questioning your sexuality gag.” Meanwhile, Amy informs her salesman that her parents are paying for the car. An eyebrow is raised.
Elsewhere, Bender is getting a tune-up. Too bad his butt is replaced, much to the chagrin of Bender. Amy is very stupid and buys a car with a tag that says $55,000 for $80,000. Even the robot manager’s head explodes at this prospect. Back at Planet Express, Hermes is practicing his technique, in case someone asks him for a day off. Now I feel sorry for anyone who actually tries to do it. No, wait, he’s asking himself, since it’s Valentine’s Day. And, he’s being hard on himself. Fry forgot to get himself a girlfriend and thinks Leela has the same problem. One day, he will learn not to assume. Amy wants to take her new car for a ride. She asks Fry to come along and he agrees.
Fry, being a complete moron, keeps turning the heater and air conditioner up until the engine runs out. The margarita and pop-tarts don’t help. Lucky Amy is a member of the Septuple-A club. Both Fry and Amy are stuck in the car for a couple hours. They’re having fun…and…wait for it…wait for it… there they go. No, the Septuple-A just finds them playing cards. While they’re being driven, they do it.
At a meeting the next night, Fry and Amy announce they did it…twice. Bender sees a way to take advantage. Both he and Leela make fun of Zoidberg. Poor guy. Bender has a scheme that quickly gets broken up, since pimping is illegal. A computer dating service is the way to go. Fry and Leela are having fun not making out for an oh so brief time before they start playing tonsil hockey. Bender’s dating service surprisingly has customers, including one Zapp Brannigan. Things are going very well until Amy says she enjoyed hanging out with Fry. He shares his concerns with Leela, and she reassures him he’ll be a zero woman soon enough. Fry feels she’s being smothered, but I think he has the same commitment issues that all guys have. It’s so bad that Fry has Zoidberg join he and Amy on a secluded picnic for two.
The last straw in this relationship comes when Amy wants to hang out with Fry to go to some ape fight. Personally, I think Fry is just being a bitch, but what can you do? Then a catastrophe happens. No, it’s not Zoidberg driving. No wait, it is. He crashes into an iceberg. When Fry wakes up, he’s told his body is very damaged. Fry’s head is now attached to Amy.
Fry and Amy adjust to life together. He then tells Amy they’re spending too much time together. Nice sequence of events there with Amy and Fry. Amy tells Fry she wants to ask someone else on a date, and Fry says he can attract all sorts of women. Amy rightfully points out how incorrect he is.
Bender’s new dating business is going very well. He’s even making a lot of Al Gores (500 dollar bills). Leela bites the bullet and gets some dating advice from Bender. You almost knew this was going to be a disaster. Fry asks Leela out on a date and is promptly turned down. He then goes to Bender to find a date. Amy’s date shows up and is forced to wait 20 minutes. Fry keeps looking at the door for his date. Bender brings Petunia in as his dream date. Petunia is a little old. Leela is also waiting. Her date isn’t much better. Zapp has some fun with a cross-dresser. Petunia walks out to catch a bus. Leela’s date is also leaving for the bus. There’s something wrong here. Bender, as it turns out, just rounded random people up at the bus stop to use as dates.
Amy and Gary (Amy's date) are well on their way to a bout of sex, and Fry is mortified at the prospects. Leela finally comes to bail Fry out. Leela and Gary begin talking about banking regulations. Zoidberg and Farnsworth re-attach Fry’s head to his body. He’s left with a tender neck, while Bender rolls in the dough. The best part is that a joke from the previous episode about Bender’s ass blowing up gets a payoff here. Nice bit of continuity there.
The “Bite my shiny medal ass!” moment for best line/moment : Hotrod Zoidberg… yes.
The Zoidberg moment for worst line/moment: Fry on Amy’s body did not look right.
The 411: A fine look at the world of online dating, and how corrupt it can truly be, especially with Bender running it. There are a lot of funny moments and a decent plotline to keep the ball rolling. There is really never anything negative to say about this, which is a blessing and a disguise. It’s very easy to watch the show, but hard to find new things to say week after week.
