MISTIERS: Bill Livingston

TITLE: "Cake and Cable Shutdown" by Dr. Biosicfix

CHARACTERS: Mike, Crow, Tom Servo, Gypsy, Magic Voice, Pearl, Bobo,
            Observer, Nanites

SUMMARY:
A strange little rant from a neo-luddite/socialist/reformist
British guy, warning us of the dangers of evil off-shore 
repo-men, cabled money, and robots.  I think.  It's difficult
to tell, at best.

CATAGORIES: [RANT]

HOST SEGMENTS:
Opening - Mike & the Bots are testing the Psychic Friends
          phone network.  Instead they get a call from Pearl, boasting
          of her plan to instill distrust among the SOL-ers.
Closing - Mike reveals he's locked the bots in the brig, and
          demonstrates to a stunned Pearl & Brain-Guy his still-
          complete control of the SOL.  Turns out it's just a whammy 
          perpetrated with the help of the Nanites (it's their coffee 
          break).  A flustered Pearl takes it out on Brainy & Bobo.
STINGER - "such is human nature."

REFLECTIONS:
How to explain this little rant? Answer - it can't be done!
I read the entire thing through more times than I care to
admit, and each time, I know less and less exactly what 
point the guy is trying to make.  Stuff about evil off-shore 
businesses buying up bankrupt nations and recycling their
assets gets jumbled with rants about killer robots and 
warnings about cabled money.

It still hurts. Deeply.

Incidentally, I almost convinced *myself* that *I* was psychic.
Not long after I posted the "summer movie salute" in "Agent
Action", the Brains announced their own summer movie special.
And while I was writing the phone segment, I saw episode 814,
"Riding With Death", which featured - yep - a scene with an
old-style field telephone.

What does this prove? Well - nothing, really. Just that if you
look hard enough for coincidences, you'll often find them.

CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES:
Takes place before "Roman Times"

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