Godfellas
Production Code: 3ACV20
Original Airdate : Sunday March 17, 2002
Written by : Ken Keeler
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Synposis
After the Planet Express ship is attacked by space pirates, Fry
searches for an ejected Bender who drifted through space and
collided with an asteroid whose tiny inhabitants consider Bender a
god.
Title sequence
Opening theme promotion : Please turn off all cell phones and
tricorders.
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Opening theme cartoon :
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Did You Notice?
References (movies, books, etc.)
+ "Microcosmic God" by Theodore Sturgeon
+ "The Little People" (Twilight Zone episode)
+ "The Genesis Tub" (The Simpsons episode)
Micro civilization lorded over by imperfect humans/robots
+ The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke
Tibetan monastery uses technology to search for God. They have
worked for centuries to write out the nine billion combinations of
their letters that could be God's name. Then they buy a computer
and a printer and wrap it up in a few months. + "Goodfellas"
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Capsule authored by Tom Georgoulias, using postings from alt.tv.futurama
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