Comments on: Sealab 2021 - In-joke

Question: Sealab 2021 - In-joke

ostranenie — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:17:51 -0800

What does this (seemingly an inside joke) comment on Sealab 2021 mean?

In the Sealab 2021 episode "Sharko's Machine", Captain Shanks mutters something about not being able to breed out undesirable characteristics of a cow. Then he turns to the "camera" and says "..and I'll mail five dollars to anyone in America who gets that reference." Later on in the episode, as he's riding the cow, Sparks yells at him "nobody gets that joke!"

Also, various characters in this episode keep saying "Cincinnati hot plate" - what's that mean??

By: borkingchikapa

borkingchikapa — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:33:00 -0800

I don't know about the cow one, but "Cincinnati hot plate" is a play on all kinds of crazy sex acts, akin to the "Dirty Sanchez" and the "Cleveland Steamer" (more here). I think the joke is that it doesn't actually mean anything.

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:40:11 -0800

I wonder if any of this has to do with a movie called "Sharky's Machine"?

By: sysinfo

sysinfo — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:43:17 -0800

Riding the cow is apparently a reference to The Electric Horseman. At least, according to tv.com.

By: Melsky

Melsky — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 03:35:43 -0800

I think a lot of the jokes on that show don't mean anything.

By: wackybrit

wackybrit — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:06:40 -0800

It might be a Simpsonsesque retaliation against anal fans. The Simpsons has had weird jokes and references that were designed to confuse the anal fans who'd discuss the minutae and errors of every episode online.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:59:31 -0800

There's was a set up close to that which was reference to the book/movie "Bless the Beasts and the Children" but the joke was different and was followed by a "that's a really obscure reference."