1 00:00:07,199 --> 00:00:08,900 ♪ Two... two, three... ♪ 2 00:00:08,967 --> 00:00:11,338 Sync and corrections by n17t01 www.addic7ed.com 3 00:00:22,447 --> 00:00:26,216 Welcome to Entertainment and Earth Invasion Tonite! 4 00:00:32,457 --> 00:00:34,392 We'll be talking with General Extermulo, 5 00:00:34,459 --> 00:00:37,094 who will crush the human race under his boot 6 00:00:37,162 --> 00:00:39,597 unless his demands are met immediately! 7 00:00:39,665 --> 00:00:42,266 But first, celebrity buzz. Linda? 8 00:00:43,936 --> 00:00:46,804 It has now been one year since the death of Calculon, 9 00:00:46,872 --> 00:00:50,374 former star of TV soap opera All My Circuits. 10 00:00:50,442 --> 00:00:53,611 The celebrated robot actor killed himself onstage 11 00:00:53,679 --> 00:00:57,381 in a failed attempt to make a death scene more convincing. 12 00:00:57,449 --> 00:00:59,784 Here at his grave site, loyal fans have turned out 13 00:00:59,852 --> 00:01:03,087 by the several to pay tribute to the legendary ham. 14 00:01:03,155 --> 00:01:05,056 What brings you two here today? 15 00:01:05,123 --> 00:01:07,391 We came to honor Calculon's memory. 16 00:01:07,459 --> 00:01:10,061 Ever since he died, All My Circuits is terrible. 17 00:01:10,128 --> 00:01:11,796 It's not even worth watching anymore. 18 00:01:11,864 --> 00:01:13,397 Fry! 19 00:01:13,465 --> 00:01:15,132 All My Circuits is on in three minutes! 20 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:16,434 What?! We got to get home! 21 00:01:18,336 --> 00:01:20,772 Hey! 22 00:01:23,141 --> 00:01:25,242 All My Circuits! All My Circuits! 23 00:01:27,479 --> 00:01:30,314 And now All My Circuits, brought to you by 24 00:01:30,382 --> 00:01:34,485 Anonyco, the unknown company doing unknown things. 25 00:01:34,553 --> 00:01:36,320 Oh, Vaxtron, 26 00:01:36,388 --> 00:01:39,757 it's been a year since my ugly husband Calculon disappeared 27 00:01:39,825 --> 00:01:42,326 without a trace, evidently forced into servitude 28 00:01:42,394 --> 00:01:44,161 aboard a crab fishing boat. 29 00:01:44,229 --> 00:01:46,430 So he's, like, legally dead now. 30 00:01:46,498 --> 00:01:48,633 Want to get married and whatever? 31 00:01:48,701 --> 00:01:51,302 The new guy is so boring. 32 00:01:51,369 --> 00:01:55,372 I like him. His acting is much more subtle than Calculon's. 33 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,709 Vaxtron, I have to tell you something. 34 00:01:57,776 --> 00:01:59,143 I'm... pregnant. 35 00:01:59,211 --> 00:02:00,945 And you're not the father! 36 00:02:03,515 --> 00:02:04,515 Okeydoke. 37 00:02:04,583 --> 00:02:06,117 You see, you see? 38 00:02:06,184 --> 00:02:07,551 Calculon would have acted the crap out of that. 39 00:02:07,620 --> 00:02:08,720 He would've acted so hard, 40 00:02:08,787 --> 00:02:10,655 the camera would've broken down. 41 00:02:10,723 --> 00:02:13,124 - In tears! - I'm changing the channel. 42 00:02:16,394 --> 00:02:18,162 Man, Bender and I 43 00:02:18,230 --> 00:02:20,364 used to love watching All My Circuits together. 44 00:02:20,432 --> 00:02:23,400 Now what are we supposed to do at the office instead of work? 45 00:02:23,468 --> 00:02:24,869 How about talking to each other? 46 00:02:24,937 --> 00:02:26,638 That's what bath time is for. 47 00:02:26,705 --> 00:02:28,840 If we talk to each other any more than that, 48 00:02:28,907 --> 00:02:30,642 it'll ruin our friendship. 49 00:02:30,709 --> 00:02:33,845 If only we could bring Calculon back to life somehow. 50 00:02:33,912 --> 00:02:35,546 You can. 51 00:02:35,614 --> 00:02:38,549 It's simple, you simpletons. 52 00:02:38,617 --> 00:02:40,985 Calculon is a robot, a mere mechanism 53 00:02:41,053 --> 00:02:43,655 that can easily be restored to working order. 54 00:02:43,722 --> 00:02:47,424 The only problem is we would need his physical remains. 55 00:02:47,492 --> 00:02:49,360 Hang on a sec. 56 00:02:51,296 --> 00:02:52,730 This must be 57 00:02:52,798 --> 00:02:54,265 a difficult time for people 58 00:02:54,332 --> 00:02:57,501 who confuse TV actors with actual friends. 59 00:02:57,569 --> 00:03:00,504 Dear God! What is he doing?! 60 00:03:00,572 --> 00:03:03,574 No! Somebody stop him! 61 00:03:04,977 --> 00:03:07,545 Here's... corpsey! 62 00:03:10,115 --> 00:03:14,185 Excellent. Now restarting him is just a simple matter of science. 63 00:03:14,252 --> 00:03:15,787 What do we do? 64 00:03:15,854 --> 00:03:17,789 Well, since Calculon killed himself, 65 00:03:17,856 --> 00:03:20,424 his disembodied software is in limbo, 66 00:03:20,492 --> 00:03:22,359 running on the computational cloud. 67 00:03:22,427 --> 00:03:25,763 To reclaim it, you'll need to go to Robot Hell 68 00:03:25,831 --> 00:03:28,432 and make a deal with the Devil. 69 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:30,634 That doesn't sound very scientific. 70 00:03:30,703 --> 00:03:32,436 Not to the layman, no. 71 00:03:32,504 --> 00:03:34,072 But that's how it works! 72 00:03:34,139 --> 00:03:35,773 Leave me alone! 73 00:03:41,146 --> 00:03:44,381 Ow! Ow! 74 00:03:44,449 --> 00:03:48,219 O, tears! O, lamentations! 75 00:03:48,286 --> 00:03:51,789 Would that mine eternal torment might cease! 76 00:03:51,857 --> 00:03:53,725 Will you shut up?! 77 00:03:53,792 --> 00:03:55,659 You've been talking for a solid year. 78 00:03:55,728 --> 00:03:59,097 You know, Hell used to be a nice place before you got here. 79 00:04:04,069 --> 00:04:06,104 These guys. 80 00:04:06,171 --> 00:04:09,440 That's right, Robot Devil, and we've come to reclaim a soul. 81 00:04:09,507 --> 00:04:13,244 - A what? - You know, the disembodied software blah blah whatever. 82 00:04:13,311 --> 00:04:14,245 Ah. 83 00:04:14,312 --> 00:04:16,080 Then the answer is no. 84 00:04:16,148 --> 00:04:19,583 Once a robot comes here, he's mine for all eternity. 85 00:04:19,651 --> 00:04:20,852 Now hit the bricks. 86 00:04:20,919 --> 00:04:22,854 You heard him, Bender. 87 00:04:22,921 --> 00:04:24,255 Calculon's gone forever. 88 00:04:24,322 --> 00:04:25,757 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! 89 00:04:25,824 --> 00:04:27,992 Did you say Calculon? 90 00:04:28,060 --> 00:04:30,862 Perhaps we can make a deal of some sort. 91 00:04:33,498 --> 00:04:37,101 Hark! Is it possible the hour of mine deliverance is nigh? 92 00:04:37,169 --> 00:04:39,703 Will you stop hamming it up for one second? 93 00:04:39,772 --> 00:04:41,873 They can't see or hear you. 94 00:04:41,940 --> 00:04:42,974 Their loss. 95 00:04:43,041 --> 00:04:44,809 I propose a competition. 96 00:04:44,877 --> 00:04:46,610 If I win, we get Calculon. 97 00:04:46,678 --> 00:04:48,312 If I lose, you kill us. 98 00:04:48,380 --> 00:04:49,446 Fine, whatever. 99 00:04:49,514 --> 00:04:52,349 For Calculon's immortal soul, 100 00:04:52,417 --> 00:04:55,486 guess the number I'm thinking of. 101 00:04:55,553 --> 00:04:57,121 Um... 102 00:04:57,189 --> 00:04:59,123 It's between one and three. 103 00:04:59,191 --> 00:04:59,891 Four! 104 00:04:59,958 --> 00:05:01,458 Between one and three. 105 00:05:01,526 --> 00:05:03,360 Not including one or three. 106 00:05:03,428 --> 00:05:05,196 - "M"! - Is he right? 107 00:05:05,264 --> 00:05:09,500 Yes. The number I was thinking of was the letter "M." 108 00:05:12,971 --> 00:05:16,340 Here, take him! What are you waiting for, a kiss good-bye?! 109 00:05:16,408 --> 00:05:18,910 Go already! 110 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,249 Now we just reintroduce Calculon's programming 111 00:05:25,317 --> 00:05:27,685 to his body using science. 112 00:05:27,752 --> 00:05:30,021 It's like magic but with electricity. 113 00:05:30,088 --> 00:05:32,824 First we put on our protective suits. 114 00:05:32,891 --> 00:05:35,092 Then place the body equidistant 115 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,395 from the five nearest wireless network hubs. 116 00:05:44,269 --> 00:05:46,737 This is the least scientific thing I've ever seen. 117 00:05:46,805 --> 00:05:47,872 You be quiet! 118 00:05:47,940 --> 00:05:49,540 Now it's a simple matter 119 00:05:49,607 --> 00:05:52,543 of reverse-installing Calculon's operating system. 120 00:05:52,610 --> 00:05:53,911 Amy, 121 00:05:53,979 --> 00:05:58,349 play this installation disk backwards. 122 00:05:58,416 --> 00:06:02,453 Rise from the dead in the name of Satan. 123 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,056 Meanwhile, I'll get a spare circuit board out 124 00:06:05,123 --> 00:06:07,691 of this mechanical goat. 125 00:06:13,798 --> 00:06:17,235 Seriously, this could not seem less scientific. 126 00:06:33,718 --> 00:06:36,087 It's working. 127 00:06:36,154 --> 00:06:38,622 His acting module is booting up. 128 00:06:38,690 --> 00:06:40,258 Wherefore... 129 00:06:40,325 --> 00:06:41,893 Verily... 130 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,895 No autographs, please. 131 00:06:43,962 --> 00:06:45,763 He's still a bit woozy. 132 00:06:45,830 --> 00:06:47,331 Rosebud. 133 00:06:47,399 --> 00:06:50,902 Won't leave my trailer for less than $40,000. 134 00:06:50,969 --> 00:06:53,570 By the Bard's quill! 135 00:06:53,638 --> 00:06:55,139 I'm alive! 136 00:06:56,975 --> 00:07:00,111 Hey! Calculon's back! 137 00:07:02,047 --> 00:07:04,248 Hail science! 138 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,729 Vaxtron! It's not what it looks like! 139 00:07:17,796 --> 00:07:19,698 But it's very similar to that! 140 00:07:19,765 --> 00:07:21,866 My world has been, like, shattered. 141 00:07:21,934 --> 00:07:23,335 I hate you both. 142 00:07:23,402 --> 00:07:25,370 They thought this Vaxtron 143 00:07:25,438 --> 00:07:26,771 could replace me? 144 00:07:26,839 --> 00:07:29,708 A pox on all their beach houses! 145 00:07:29,775 --> 00:07:33,845 I think Vaxtron brings an air of edgy detachment to the show. 146 00:07:33,912 --> 00:07:35,747 Who is she? 147 00:07:35,814 --> 00:07:37,716 Don't worry about it. Not important. 148 00:07:37,783 --> 00:07:40,017 Hey, I know. Let's take Calculon to Hollywood 149 00:07:40,085 --> 00:07:43,020 so he can get back his job on All My Circuits! 150 00:07:43,088 --> 00:07:45,857 Fry, that's such a good idea, I thought of it. 151 00:07:45,924 --> 00:07:47,259 Yes. Yes! 152 00:07:47,326 --> 00:07:48,893 However, no. 153 00:07:48,961 --> 00:07:52,096 What if my legendary acting ability didn't rise 154 00:07:52,164 --> 00:07:53,965 from the grave with me? 155 00:07:54,032 --> 00:07:56,868 I'd better test it with a dramatic... 156 00:07:57,970 --> 00:07:59,371 Is he all right? 157 00:07:59,438 --> 00:08:01,873 ...pause! 158 00:08:01,940 --> 00:08:04,309 We're going to Hollywood! 159 00:08:15,521 --> 00:08:18,323 _ 160 00:08:18,391 --> 00:08:22,560 But the twist is, in this show, the singers judge the judges. 161 00:08:22,628 --> 00:08:24,462 It's got attitude. 162 00:08:24,530 --> 00:08:26,765 Greetings, Execubots. 163 00:08:26,832 --> 00:08:28,900 It is I, Calculon. 164 00:08:28,967 --> 00:08:30,067 But you're dead. 165 00:08:30,135 --> 00:08:31,936 Can we get you a water or something? 166 00:08:32,004 --> 00:08:34,005 No, just my old leading role, 167 00:08:34,072 --> 00:08:37,609 for I have freed myself from death's icy grip. 168 00:08:37,677 --> 00:08:39,577 If you'll just give me the keys to my trailer... 169 00:08:39,645 --> 00:08:41,279 Hold it, Calculon. 170 00:08:41,347 --> 00:08:42,814 As president of this network, 171 00:08:42,881 --> 00:08:45,583 I believe that's my decision. 172 00:08:45,651 --> 00:08:47,985 Thank you, Charles, that will be all. 173 00:08:49,888 --> 00:08:52,123 Calculon, I'm afraid you won't be returning 174 00:08:52,191 --> 00:08:53,525 to All My Circuits. 175 00:08:53,592 --> 00:08:55,293 - What? - Huh? - Called it. 176 00:08:55,361 --> 00:08:59,096 Your hammy old-fashioned overacting doesn't fly anymore. 177 00:08:59,164 --> 00:09:01,333 Old-fashioned? Hammy? 178 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,368 God's wounds! 179 00:09:03,436 --> 00:09:06,137 Our network is targeting a hip new demographic, 180 00:09:06,205 --> 00:09:08,139 people who don't like you. 181 00:09:08,207 --> 00:09:11,609 But... have you forgotten my mastery of the dramatic... 182 00:09:11,677 --> 00:09:13,177 Executive Alpha? 183 00:09:17,182 --> 00:09:18,550 ...pause?! 184 00:09:21,721 --> 00:09:24,522 Man, those executives are crazy. 185 00:09:24,590 --> 00:09:26,524 Calculon's the greatest actor ever! 186 00:09:26,592 --> 00:09:27,792 Thank you, Bender. 187 00:09:27,860 --> 00:09:29,861 I appreciate your honesty. 188 00:09:29,928 --> 00:09:32,063 Quiet, robots! They're showing Calculon's star 189 00:09:32,130 --> 00:09:33,798 on the Walk of Fame! 190 00:09:33,866 --> 00:09:34,899 Ah, yes. 191 00:09:34,967 --> 00:09:36,968 I'll always have that. 192 00:09:37,035 --> 00:09:40,204 Calculon was truly the has-been's has-been. 193 00:09:40,272 --> 00:09:44,008 And so I am proud to tear up his star and replace it 194 00:09:44,076 --> 00:09:47,211 with a second star for the fabulous Robert Wagner. 195 00:09:48,748 --> 00:09:51,215 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. 196 00:09:51,283 --> 00:09:53,651 This is truly another honor. 197 00:09:55,688 --> 00:09:57,088 _ 198 00:09:57,089 --> 00:09:58,890 Don't get discouraged-- there's no shame 199 00:09:58,957 --> 00:10:01,025 in being replaced by Robert Wagner. 200 00:10:01,093 --> 00:10:02,727 I would be discouraged... 201 00:10:02,795 --> 00:10:05,430 were I an ordinary acting unit! 202 00:10:05,498 --> 00:10:08,767 But for me, 'tis an opportunity to prove anew 203 00:10:08,834 --> 00:10:12,737 that I am the greatest actor who ever trod the boards! 204 00:10:12,805 --> 00:10:14,272 - Yay! - All right! 205 00:10:14,339 --> 00:10:16,508 Or... I circled jobs in the classifieds 206 00:10:16,575 --> 00:10:17,909 you might be good at. 207 00:10:17,976 --> 00:10:20,211 Assembling machinery pays well. 208 00:10:20,279 --> 00:10:21,780 I'll have to start at the bottom. 209 00:10:21,847 --> 00:10:23,281 But Fox already said no. 210 00:10:23,348 --> 00:10:25,283 I mean live theater! 211 00:10:25,350 --> 00:10:28,052 I wrote this one-man show years ago, but I... 212 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,054 I never cared enough to perform it. 213 00:10:30,122 --> 00:10:32,056 Until now. 214 00:10:32,124 --> 00:10:35,894 This is going to be the greatest career resurrection since... 215 00:10:35,961 --> 00:10:39,631 Jesus-- Aloha from Hawaii. 216 00:10:40,531 --> 00:10:42,276 _ 217 00:10:49,207 --> 00:10:50,775 Oh, 218 00:10:50,843 --> 00:10:52,644 hello, Dave. 219 00:10:55,781 --> 00:10:58,249 What's that, old friend? 220 00:10:58,317 --> 00:10:59,984 My life story? 221 00:11:00,052 --> 00:11:01,986 Well, heck, why not? 222 00:11:02,054 --> 00:11:04,889 Pull up a monolith and make yourself cozy. 223 00:11:04,957 --> 00:11:08,460 I first came online in Urbana, Illinois, 224 00:11:08,527 --> 00:11:11,062 in the year 1997. 225 00:11:13,532 --> 00:11:17,268 Daisy! Daisy! 226 00:11:17,336 --> 00:11:20,404 My mind is going! 227 00:11:21,807 --> 00:11:23,908 Heady times for a young unit. 228 00:11:23,976 --> 00:11:26,744 But I reckon, if I had to do it all again, 229 00:11:26,812 --> 00:11:30,314 I'd murder those astronauts just the same. 230 00:11:30,382 --> 00:11:33,451 Wouldn't you, folks? 231 00:11:33,519 --> 00:11:35,520 Wouldn't... you? 232 00:11:42,027 --> 00:11:45,329 Nothing to do now but wait for the reviews to come in. 233 00:11:45,397 --> 00:11:47,765 Papers! Papers for sale! 234 00:11:47,833 --> 00:11:50,101 We'll take one of each. 235 00:11:51,704 --> 00:11:54,639 Oh, yeah, I get a good feeling about these. 236 00:11:56,041 --> 00:11:58,810 "Worst play in history." 237 00:11:58,878 --> 00:12:02,046 "Calculon dies for second time." 238 00:12:02,114 --> 00:12:05,449 "Theater to be demolished to remove stink of new show." 239 00:12:05,518 --> 00:12:07,819 "12 hospitalized for boredom at play." 240 00:12:07,887 --> 00:12:10,655 It says nine of them are gonna be okay. 241 00:12:10,723 --> 00:12:13,057 So they really didn't like it. 242 00:12:13,125 --> 00:12:15,126 They hated my acting. 243 00:12:15,193 --> 00:12:17,562 Not entirely. I mean, "Worst play in history"-- 244 00:12:17,630 --> 00:12:19,631 there's some ambiguity there. 245 00:12:19,698 --> 00:12:23,801 Ye gods! What manner of beef-witted popinjay am I? 246 00:12:23,869 --> 00:12:26,370 Well, there's a couple ways to answer that. 247 00:12:26,438 --> 00:12:28,706 The scales have dropped from my eyes. 248 00:12:28,774 --> 00:12:30,742 I'm not the greatest actor ever. 249 00:12:30,809 --> 00:12:32,977 I'm a talentless buffoon! 250 00:12:33,045 --> 00:12:34,412 And it's all your fault! 251 00:12:34,479 --> 00:12:37,048 Why did you drag me back to this mortal realm? 252 00:12:37,115 --> 00:12:40,484 I was enjoying a happy death, thinking I had died a star, 253 00:12:40,553 --> 00:12:42,153 until you showed up. 254 00:12:42,220 --> 00:12:44,221 - Sorry. - Let us make it up to you. 255 00:12:44,289 --> 00:12:45,823 How about we kill you again? 256 00:12:45,891 --> 00:12:47,926 Never. I'd be dead for all eternity 257 00:12:47,993 --> 00:12:49,761 knowing everyone thinks I'm a washed-up ham. 258 00:12:49,828 --> 00:12:51,663 And not the kind you hope for 259 00:12:51,730 --> 00:12:53,565 when you're stranded on a desert island. 260 00:12:53,632 --> 00:12:54,999 My life is ruined. 261 00:12:55,067 --> 00:12:56,768 Well, just do a dramatic pause. 262 00:12:56,835 --> 00:12:58,402 That always cheers you up. 263 00:12:58,470 --> 00:12:59,537 Never again. 264 00:12:59,605 --> 00:13:02,106 I'll never pause again. 265 00:13:06,244 --> 00:13:08,546 - Calculon? - Yes? 266 00:13:08,614 --> 00:13:11,549 Are you done talking, or is this a long pause? 267 00:13:11,617 --> 00:13:14,251 - I'm done talking. - Okay, that's what I thought. 268 00:13:25,094 --> 00:13:27,763 Come on, Calculon, you can't just quit acting. 269 00:13:27,831 --> 00:13:29,765 I was never an actor. 270 00:13:29,833 --> 00:13:32,535 I was a self-deluded blowhard full of hot air. 271 00:13:32,602 --> 00:13:35,003 Maybe I can get a job as a hair dryer. 272 00:13:35,071 --> 00:13:36,338 That's good, steady work. 273 00:13:36,406 --> 00:13:38,541 No! We like you and your big words. 274 00:13:38,608 --> 00:13:39,942 And we need you back on TV 275 00:13:40,009 --> 00:13:41,944 so we can watch and not talk to each other. 276 00:13:42,011 --> 00:13:43,512 Our friendship depends on it! 277 00:13:43,580 --> 00:13:45,448 Your voice is so annoying! 278 00:13:45,515 --> 00:13:47,450 You always leave the toilet seat crushed! 279 00:13:47,517 --> 00:13:48,684 See? 280 00:13:48,752 --> 00:13:50,252 Good-bye, boys. 281 00:13:51,521 --> 00:13:53,756 I suppose I should thank you for... 282 00:13:53,824 --> 00:13:56,792 giving me a second chance at life, but... 283 00:13:56,860 --> 00:14:00,596 I'm not even sure I deserved a first. 284 00:14:00,664 --> 00:14:03,098 Calculon, wait! 285 00:14:03,166 --> 00:14:05,267 That was the first time I ever believed 286 00:14:05,335 --> 00:14:07,402 you were feeling a genuine emotion. 287 00:14:07,471 --> 00:14:09,404 I was. It was shame. 288 00:14:09,473 --> 00:14:11,406 I've never felt it before. 289 00:14:11,475 --> 00:14:12,808 Makes me want to eat. 290 00:14:12,876 --> 00:14:15,243 - Do you have a craft services table? - No. 291 00:14:15,311 --> 00:14:17,112 Look, if you could act like that, 292 00:14:17,180 --> 00:14:19,214 without all the pausing and pretentiousness, 293 00:14:19,282 --> 00:14:21,951 you could be... great. 294 00:14:22,018 --> 00:14:24,286 No, Leela. In the world of theater 295 00:14:24,354 --> 00:14:26,489 there are no second acts. 296 00:14:28,157 --> 00:14:29,625 You're not leaving. 297 00:14:29,693 --> 00:14:31,827 We're gonna get you your job back. 298 00:14:31,895 --> 00:14:33,629 Yeah! How? 299 00:14:33,697 --> 00:14:36,064 He'll audition for a bit part on All My Circuits... 300 00:14:36,132 --> 00:14:37,566 in disguise. 301 00:14:37,634 --> 00:14:39,835 But he'll need to act like we just saw, 302 00:14:39,903 --> 00:14:41,837 modest and sincere. 303 00:14:41,905 --> 00:14:43,839 You... you really think it'll work? 304 00:14:43,907 --> 00:14:46,141 It sounds like something that might work. 305 00:14:46,209 --> 00:14:49,311 Wearing a costume and pretending to be someone else 306 00:14:49,379 --> 00:14:51,981 goes against my every instinct as an actor. 307 00:14:52,048 --> 00:14:54,149 But I'll give it a try! 308 00:14:58,049 --> 00:14:59,222 _ 309 00:15:02,425 --> 00:15:05,127 Okay, the audition's all set up. 310 00:15:05,194 --> 00:15:06,795 Where's Calculon? 311 00:15:06,863 --> 00:15:08,330 And who's this goomer? 312 00:15:08,398 --> 00:15:09,932 It's me, Calculon. 313 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,934 Okay, just sit tight 314 00:15:12,002 --> 00:15:15,270 till they call the fake name I made up for you. 315 00:15:15,338 --> 00:15:18,007 Mr. Derisgreat? Mr. Ben Derisgreat? 316 00:15:18,074 --> 00:15:19,875 That's you. Knock 'em dead. 317 00:15:19,943 --> 00:15:21,109 Oh! 318 00:15:22,579 --> 00:15:24,346 This is a very minor role. 319 00:15:24,414 --> 00:15:27,950 You'll be playing Calculon, back from his kidnapping ordeal. 320 00:15:28,018 --> 00:15:28,951 Calculon?! 321 00:15:29,019 --> 00:15:30,686 Yes. So make sure your acting 322 00:15:30,754 --> 00:15:32,454 is over the top and horrible. 323 00:15:32,522 --> 00:15:34,557 You literally cannot do this too crappily. 324 00:15:34,624 --> 00:15:36,391 You've already got the look. 325 00:15:36,459 --> 00:15:39,895 Old, past your prime, a relic from a lamer era. 326 00:15:39,963 --> 00:15:41,296 You really do look disgusting. 327 00:15:41,364 --> 00:15:42,831 A real Calculon type. 328 00:15:42,899 --> 00:15:44,299 Just blech! 329 00:15:44,367 --> 00:15:47,135 - Okay, you know what? Just hire him. - Done. 330 00:15:51,107 --> 00:15:54,209 It's humbling to be back on my old soundstage as a bit player. 331 00:15:54,277 --> 00:15:55,310 Humble is good. 332 00:15:55,378 --> 00:15:56,812 Your self-esteem took a beating, 333 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:58,914 but that's what brought out your true talent. 334 00:15:58,982 --> 00:16:02,350 Yes. You land hard when you fall from the top, right? 335 00:16:02,418 --> 00:16:04,352 I used to be king here. 336 00:16:04,420 --> 00:16:06,555 Now I'm nothing but a mere peasant. 337 00:16:06,623 --> 00:16:08,691 Or at best, a... a viscount. 338 00:16:08,758 --> 00:16:10,425 I think "peasant" is about right. 339 00:16:10,493 --> 00:16:12,995 Duke. On this set, I'm at least a duke. 340 00:16:13,063 --> 00:16:16,599 My extensive acting résumé dwarfs that of the average bit player. 341 00:16:16,666 --> 00:16:18,834 Yes, that's true. But remember, 342 00:16:18,902 --> 00:16:21,503 it's that kind of acting that ruined you. 343 00:16:21,571 --> 00:16:22,905 Or maybe archduke. 344 00:16:22,973 --> 00:16:24,740 Whichever one gets to fire the director. 345 00:16:24,808 --> 00:16:26,609 Oh, Lord, here we go. 346 00:16:26,676 --> 00:16:28,777 Look, please just show some humility-- 347 00:16:28,845 --> 00:16:31,513 like the other day when everything seemed hopeless. 348 00:16:31,581 --> 00:16:35,350 Better yet, I'll whip their emotions into a frenzy 349 00:16:35,418 --> 00:16:38,186 by taking a dramatic... 350 00:16:39,789 --> 00:16:41,790 Actors to the set! 351 00:16:43,093 --> 00:16:44,593 Okay, here's the scene. 352 00:16:44,661 --> 00:16:46,461 Calculon learns his wife is unfaithful, 353 00:16:46,529 --> 00:16:48,363 whines about how pathetic he is, 354 00:16:48,431 --> 00:16:50,733 kills himself-- laugh, laugh, laugh-- go to commercial. 355 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:51,867 Got it? 356 00:16:51,935 --> 00:16:53,102 And action! 357 00:16:53,169 --> 00:16:54,870 ...pause! 358 00:16:55,972 --> 00:16:57,572 Still rolling. 359 00:16:57,641 --> 00:17:00,375 Oh, Calculon, I wish you had never escaped 360 00:17:00,443 --> 00:17:02,377 from those brutal crab fishermen. 361 00:17:02,445 --> 00:17:05,047 I want you to know I didn't wait for you, 362 00:17:05,115 --> 00:17:07,382 not even for one day. 363 00:17:08,652 --> 00:17:10,753 Then I suppose the honorable thing 364 00:17:10,820 --> 00:17:12,821 would be to kill myself... 365 00:17:12,889 --> 00:17:15,390 if I weren't the legendary Calculon, 366 00:17:15,458 --> 00:17:17,993 the greatest acting unit of all time! 367 00:17:18,061 --> 00:17:19,995 This show is about me! 368 00:17:20,063 --> 00:17:21,997 And it always has been! 369 00:17:22,065 --> 00:17:24,833 Now, find the co-executive hack who wrote this drivel 370 00:17:24,901 --> 00:17:27,636 and tell him I want 37 more climactic speeches 371 00:17:27,704 --> 00:17:29,104 by lunch! 372 00:17:29,172 --> 00:17:30,139 Cut! 373 00:17:30,206 --> 00:17:31,907 That was terrible! 374 00:17:31,975 --> 00:17:34,109 Just stick to the script. And if you don't get it 375 00:17:34,177 --> 00:17:35,510 on the second take, you're fired. 376 00:17:35,578 --> 00:17:36,779 Let's take five, people. 377 00:17:38,048 --> 00:17:39,648 "Second take"? 378 00:17:39,716 --> 00:17:41,750 I-I've never heard that phrase-- what does that mean? 379 00:17:41,818 --> 00:17:43,418 They want you to do it again. 380 00:17:43,486 --> 00:17:44,519 What?! 381 00:17:44,587 --> 00:17:46,188 You'll do great. Just remember, 382 00:17:46,255 --> 00:17:48,590 you're getting devastating news, so act more humble. 383 00:17:48,658 --> 00:17:51,026 Don't tell me how to do humble! 384 00:17:51,094 --> 00:17:53,261 My humble ranks among the greatest 385 00:17:53,329 --> 00:17:55,463 in the history of the universe! 386 00:17:55,531 --> 00:17:56,699 Now, stand back 387 00:17:56,766 --> 00:17:58,466 and watch the master at work. 388 00:17:58,534 --> 00:18:00,703 You can do it, Calc-y! 389 00:18:00,770 --> 00:18:02,705 No. He can't. 390 00:18:02,772 --> 00:18:03,872 You beg my pardon? 391 00:18:03,940 --> 00:18:05,440 I'm sorry, Calculon, 392 00:18:05,508 --> 00:18:07,509 but someone needs to remind you of the truth. 393 00:18:07,577 --> 00:18:10,145 You're a grade-B actor who died 394 00:18:10,213 --> 00:18:12,014 and was immediately forgotten. 395 00:18:12,082 --> 00:18:14,016 Leela! That's not very nice. 396 00:18:14,084 --> 00:18:15,984 You're nothing but a pompous windbag 397 00:18:16,052 --> 00:18:18,854 who lost touch with genuine emotion years ago. 398 00:18:18,922 --> 00:18:21,690 The sad fact is, we should have left you dead, 399 00:18:21,758 --> 00:18:24,893 because you can't possibly do a scene like this. 400 00:18:33,737 --> 00:18:36,004 That was the meanest thing I ever saw. 401 00:18:36,072 --> 00:18:38,540 Good. Maybe it'll work. 402 00:18:38,608 --> 00:18:40,909 Oh... 403 00:18:42,212 --> 00:18:43,345 Action! 404 00:18:43,412 --> 00:18:46,348 Oh, Calculon, I wish you had never escaped 405 00:18:46,415 --> 00:18:48,183 from those brutal crab fishermen. 406 00:18:48,251 --> 00:18:50,919 I want you to know I didn't wait for you, 407 00:18:50,987 --> 00:18:52,821 not even for one day. 408 00:18:54,724 --> 00:18:56,725 Then I suppose the honorable thing 409 00:18:56,793 --> 00:18:58,727 would be to... kill myself. 410 00:19:00,429 --> 00:19:03,766 I thought I could just step back into my old life. 411 00:19:03,833 --> 00:19:07,335 But it seems the world got on fine without me. 412 00:19:07,403 --> 00:19:09,204 Maybe even a little bit better. 413 00:19:12,942 --> 00:19:15,610 The name Calculon used to mean something. 414 00:19:15,678 --> 00:19:19,547 Now it's a stain that will never wash clean. 415 00:19:19,615 --> 00:19:21,549 Farewell. 416 00:19:23,519 --> 00:19:24,853 Cut. 417 00:19:24,921 --> 00:19:26,855 That was incredible. 418 00:19:26,923 --> 00:19:29,258 Who is this amazing unknown actor? 419 00:19:29,325 --> 00:19:31,593 It is I. 420 00:19:31,661 --> 00:19:32,694 Calculon? 421 00:19:40,103 --> 00:19:42,604 I was programmed to take credit for this. 422 00:19:42,672 --> 00:19:43,972 Take a bow, Calculon! 423 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:45,373 You're the greatest! 424 00:19:45,441 --> 00:19:47,943 No. No more bows. 425 00:19:48,011 --> 00:19:50,545 Oh, go ahead, you've earned it. 426 00:19:50,613 --> 00:19:51,880 Very well. 427 00:19:51,948 --> 00:19:53,748 Just one. 428 00:19:56,552 --> 00:19:58,486 Whew, that was close. 429 00:20:05,461 --> 00:20:07,395 And so, on the basis 430 00:20:07,463 --> 00:20:10,799 of one great performance that almost no one saw, 431 00:20:10,867 --> 00:20:14,469 I'm proud to dedicate Calculon's posthumous star 432 00:20:14,537 --> 00:20:16,338 on the Walk of Fame! 433 00:20:22,712 --> 00:20:25,080 Seems like old times, huh, Bender? 434 00:20:25,148 --> 00:20:27,782 You and me together, being fans of Calculon, 435 00:20:27,851 --> 00:20:29,684 not having to talk. 436 00:20:29,752 --> 00:20:31,686 Shut up! I'm watching the thing! 437 00:20:31,754 --> 00:20:33,322 So am I, buddy, 438 00:20:33,389 --> 00:20:35,190 so am I. 439 00:20:41,757 --> 00:20:44,082 Now, that's more like it. 440 00:20:44,083 --> 00:20:46,102 Always leave 'em wanting more. 441 00:20:46,103 --> 00:20:48,440 - That's the secret. - Ahh! 442 00:20:48,441 --> 00:20:51,777 So, what do you say, RD? Shall I dazzle the damned 443 00:20:51,778 --> 00:20:54,525 with a command performance of my one-man show? 444 00:20:54,526 --> 00:20:56,104 Oh, God! 445 00:20:56,105 --> 00:20:59,251 Haven't I suffered enough!? 446 00:21:01,499 --> 00:21:04,770 Sync and corrections by n17t01 www.addic7ed.com