The gang on the SOL have a gag-weapon war with the Mads and watch "The Stranger (1973)," an unsuccessful TV pilot about an astronaut stuck on an Earth-like planet where "perfect order" rules.
The week's invention exchange turns into variations on the old "Bang Gun" gag. Then Joel and the 'bots are forced into a failed 1973 TV pilot called "Stranded in Space," a lackadaisical science fiction adventure about an astronaut who finds himself stranded on the planet Terra, which looks exactly like Earth.—Jerry Roberts