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| "Crimes of the Hot" | |
 Futurama explains global warming in a retro public service announcement. Futurama is an Emmy Award -winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the |
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| Episode no. | 62 |
| Prod. code | 4ACV08 |
| Airdate | November 10, 2002 |
| Writer(s) | Aaron Ehasz |
| Director | Peter Avanzino |
| Opening subtitle | KNOWN TO CAUSE INSANITY IN LABORATORY MICE |
| Opening cartoon | Unknown |
| Guest star(s) | Al Gore |
| Season 4 January 2002 – August 2003 |
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“Crimes of the Hot” is the eighth episode of the fourth production season of the television show Futurama. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Aaron Ehasz is an American Television Writer. He has written for Mission Hill, Ed, Futurama Peter Avanzino is an American Animation director. He has directed several episodes of Drawn Together, and currently serves as Supervising Director on the Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former The following is an episode list for the FOX Animated television series Futurama. "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" is the first episode in season four of Futurama. "Leela's Homeworld" is the second episode in the fourth production season of Futurama. "Love and Rocket" is the third episode of ''Futurama'' 's fourth season "Less Than Hero" is the fourth episode in the fourth production season of Futurama. "A Taste of Freedom" is the fifth episode of the fourth production season of Futurama. "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV" (also known as "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television", and in program records as "BSNBAOTV" " Jurassic Bark " is the seventh episode of season four of Futurama, airing November 17, 2002. "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" is the ninth episode of the fourth production season of Futurama. "The Why of Fry" is the tenth episode in the fourth season of the Animated Television series Futurama. "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the Animated series Futurama. "The Sting" is episode twelve in season four of Futurama. "Bend Her" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth production season of the Animated Television series Futurama. " Obsoletely Fabulous " is the fourteenth episode of the fourth production season of Futurama. “The Farnsworth Parabox” is the fifteenth episode of the fourth production season of Futurama. “ Three Hundred Big Boys ” is the sixteenth episode of season four of Futurama, which aired June 15, 2003. " Spanish Fry " is the seventeenth episode of Season four of Futurama. "The Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings" was the original Series finale of the animated television series Futurama. The following is an episode list for the FOX Animated television series Futurama. Futurama is an Emmy Award -winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and It originally aired in North America on November 10, 2002 as the season premiere of Futurama's fifth broadcast season. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The episode was written by Aaron Ehasz and directed by Peter Avanzino. Aaron Ehasz is an American Television Writer. He has written for Mission Hill, Ed, Futurama Peter Avanzino is an American Animation director. He has directed several episodes of Drawn Together, and currently serves as Supervising Director on the Al Gore guest stars as his own preserved head in a jar, this is Gore's second appearance in the series. Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former The episode tackles the topic of global warming as the Planet Express crew is sent to retrieve Earth's yearly ice supply in order to keep the planet cool. Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the When they are unable to retrieve the ice the Earth is forced to search for other ways to solve their global warming problem. In 2003 the episode was nominated for an Environmental Media Award. The Environmental Media Awards have been awarded by the Environmental Media Association since 1991 to the best television episode or film with an environmental message
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Plot
On Planet Earth, the days are getting hotter and hotter. The crew, looking for an explanation, watch an old movie about global warming. The film explains a temporary solution for global warming was found by dropping a mountainous slab of ice into the ocean on a regular basis to cool it (this started in 2063).
The Planet Express crew is assigned the task of gathering a new slab of ice to drop in the ocean. The crew goes to Halley's Comet, but finds that it is out of ice. Halley's Comet, officially designated 1P/Halley and also referred to as Comet Halley after Edmond Halley, is a Comet that can be seen every With no ice left, the world’s top scientists are called to a special meeting to find a new solution to the problem. Ogden Wernstrom uses a giant mirror to deflect 40% of the sun's rays, but a stray asteroid causes it to reflect the rays into a highly destructive beam. Professor Farnsworth reveals that robots, (which he invented) with their high-pollution emissions, are the cause of the crisis. Professor Hubert J Farnsworth (born April 9 2841, New New York City New New York, USA) is a Fictional character appearing in the Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability disorder harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms they are in The scientists, led by Wernstrom, decide that the only course of action is to destroy all the robots on earth.
Meanwhile, Bender is moved to tears after witnessing a news report showing the migration of turtles due to the heat and decides to rescue one from Holland. Bender, full name Bender Bending Rodríguez, designated Bending Unit 22, is a fictional Robot character in the Animated television series When questioned by the crew it is revealed that Bender, like the turtle, can not get up if he falls directly on to his back. Earth President Richard Nixon's head organizes a party for the unsuspecting robots on the remote Galapagos Islands, where he plans to destroy the entire population with an electromagnetic blast shot from an orbiting EMP cannon modified by Wernstrom after his mirror. An electromagnetic bomb or E-bomb is a weapon designed to disable electronics with an Electromagnetic pulse (EMP that can couple with electrical/electronic systems Bender, who was at the meeting of scientists and thus knows of the plan, decides, for the sake of the turtles, that he will accept his fate and attend the party.
At the party Bender is overheard saying that all the robots are doomed, causing panic. Farnsworth arrives with Fry and Leela and delivers a solution to the robots; every last one needs to blast their exhaust vents at the same time, straight up in the sky, in order to push the earth farther from the sun, thus cooling the earth and causing the EMP cannon to miss its target. Turanga Leela is a fictional main character in the animated television series Futurama and is voiced by Katey Sagal. Unfortunately, during the panic Bender and the turtle are knocked onto their backs and cannot get up, which means there is not enough exhaust to move the earth. As Bender is lamenting his fate, the turtle rocks from side to side and rolls to its feet. Shocked, but not to be shown up, Bender does the same, allowing him to release his massive exhaust, just barely saving the robots from the EMP. Farnsworth receives a polluting medal of pollution for his work, and the extra week caused by the new orbit of the earth is declared robot party week. As the robots party, they exhaust fumes, causing all organics to choke.
Production
This is the second guest appearance by Al Gore who previously appeared in the episode "Anthology of Interest I"[1]
Broadcast and reception
At the insistence of David X. Cohen's father, the episode covers global warming and the episode was nominated for an Environmental Media Award in 2003. David X Cohen (born July 13 1966 born David Samuel Cohen, is an American Television writer Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the The Environmental Media Awards have been awarded by the Environmental Media Association since 1991 to the best television episode or film with an environmental message [2] The episode has been used to highlight the dangers of global warming, particularly the retro-style public information film shown to the Planet Express employees at the beginning of the episode. Public Information Films (known as PIFs) are a series of government commissioned short films shown during television advertising breaks in the UK. A short clip from the episode was later used in An Inconvenient Truth to humorously explain how global warming works. An Inconvenient Truth is an American Documentary film about Global warming, presented by former United States Vice President [3]
Gore's appearance on Futurama is considered to be a part of his "carefully choreographed" reemergence after his loss in the 2000 Presidential election. The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Democratic candidate Al Gore, then Vice President, and Republican [4] The appearance also allowed him to show a different side of himself rather than the "personified synonym for woodenness"[3] he had previously been known for in order to promote his book Joined at the Heart. [5]
The episode received a "B" rating from Sci Fi Weekly noting that while the episode was not one of the best in the series it was still a solid effort and was "funny and irreverent". Sci Fi Weekly ( 1995 - a component of SciFicom (the website of The Sci Fi Channel) is the leading electronic publication covering the world [6] The reviewer praised the voicing in the episode, particularly Gore's performance calling him "a stitch" and noted that there were many humorous moments however overall it was too scattered. [6]
Cultural references
- Al Gore's head makes reference to the book Earth in the Balance, written by Al Gore in 1992; the second, more popular book, entitled "Harry Potter and the Balance of Earth", is a reference to the Harry Potter book series. Earth in the Balance Ecology and the Human Spirit (ISBN 0-452-26935-0 paperback ISBN 1-85383-743-1 is a 1992 book written by Al Gore, published in June Harry Potter is a series of seven Fantasy novels written by British author J [1]
- Farnsworth's "bigger, sportier" Bender-like robot prototype looks strikingly similar to the robot on the cover of a certain issue of Startling Comics. [1]
References
- ^ a b Al Gore reprises role on 'Futurama' cartoon. Union Tribune (November 8, 2002). Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-06-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place
- ^ Thirteenth Annual Media Awards. Environmental Media Association (2003). Retrieved on 2007-12-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev
- ^ a b YOU GO, GORE. The Irish Times (September 15, 2006). Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-06-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place
- ^ Suddenly for Al Gore, Not a Moment to Lose. Washington Post (November 18, 2002). Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-06-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place
- ^ A 'new' Al Gore returns: front, not quite center. The Christian Science Monitor (November 19, 2002). Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-06-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place
- ^ a b Huddleston, Kathie (2002-11-04). See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Futurama Season Five Premiere. Sci Fi Weekly. Sci Fi Weekly ( 1995 - a component of SciFicom (the website of The Sci Fi Channel) is the leading electronic publication covering the world Retrieved on 2008-06-01. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected
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