So I think my first comment on this rewatch ties in with what Mitzi said about the way the show interacts with technology. We have robots here, the entire premise of the show is built on Dish television becoming available, there's Little Buddy Beep Beep. There was such a wealth of tech developments at the time this show was being made, and I love how they had the show be in conversation with all of that.
The second thing I'm noticing on the rewatch is how this show is talking back to the Original.
This episode has very similar vibes to Just Say No Fun, but it also still manages to be its own thing. Both episodes have that there is one right way to be, if you become that right way - even if its not really you - your parents will be happy - and not notice that it isn't you anymore - because you're the way you're supposed to be. But while one utilizes hypnosis, the other takes it all a step further into the tech sphere with robot replacements.
I wonder if something about how the leak of weirdness worked created this dialogue between Original Flavor and Other Dimension? Not in a "there must always be a one-to-one comparison of episodes" way, but rather in a the particular type of weirdness that leaked through from Original Flavor affected the manifestation of the weirdness in Other Dimension way.
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So I think my first comment on this rewatch ties in with what Mitzi said about the way the show interacts with technology. We have robots here, the entire premise of the show is built on Dish television becoming available, there's Little Buddy Beep Beep. There was such a wealth of tech developments at the time this show was being made, and I love how they had the show be in conversation with all of that.
The second thing I'm noticing on the rewatch is how this show is talking back to the Original.
This episode has very similar vibes to Just Say No Fun, but it also still manages to be its own thing. Both episodes have that there is one right way to be, if you become that right way - even if its not really you - your parents will be happy - and not notice that it isn't you anymore - because you're the way you're supposed to be. But while one utilizes hypnosis, the other takes it all a step further into the tech sphere with robot replacements.
I wonder if something about how the leak of weirdness worked created this dialogue between Original Flavor and Other Dimension? Not in a "there must always be a one-to-one comparison of episodes" way, but rather in a the particular type of weirdness that leaked through from Original Flavor affected the manifestation of the weirdness in Other Dimension way.