You need a degree to understand these jokes!
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT There are many jokes in Futurama that are difficult to understand without a scientific background. The show caters to an educated audience, with smarter humor than was typical of an early 21st century animated series. Futurama also once boasted one of the most educated writers' rooms in history, with the staff holding three Ph.Ds and seven Master's degrees.
9 Bender's Processor A look inside Bender the robot's head in the season 1 Futurama episode "Fry and the Slurm Factory" reveals that his hardware is based on some surprisingly archaic technology for the 31st century. The processor in Bender's head has the number 6502. Computer experts will recognize this as the same 8-bit microprocessor created by MOS Technology in 1975, which Steve Wozniak used to build the first Apple II computer in 1977.
6 The Keeler Gap At one point in the fourth Futurama movie, Into the Wild Green Yonder, a sign warns star pilots to "Mind the Keeler Gap." While evoking the signs in the London Underground advising passengers to be careful of the gap between the platform and the train, the sign is also a reference to an obscure feature of the rings of Saturn. The Keeler Gap is a 26-mile wide hole in Saturn's A-ring, which contains a small moon that orbits Saturn from within the gap.
Cygnus X-1 is also the source of a rather saucy bet between legendary scientist Stephen Hawking and his colleague Kip Thorne. Reportedly, Hawking promised to buy Thorne a one-year subscription to Penthouse magazine if Cygnus X-1 was ever proven to be a black hole. It was a bet Hawking was glad to lose, however, as the evidence suggesting that Cygnus X-1 was a black hole validated much of his life's work.
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