Andrew builds a long-range indoor antenna. He is about 15 years old and lives in or near Hollywood. He is happy when the antenna picks up TV programs from distant places, for example Hawaii and China. When he invites two pals to come and watch, they even pick up programs from outer space, from somewhere about ten light years away. To their great surprise the alien shows are alien remakes of old comedy shows from Earth, for example 'I Love Lucy'. The aliens have obviously picked up old TV signals from Earth. Then, some astronauts headed for Earth - Hollywood, to be more precise - are shown on the (ten year old) alien news, bound to arrive... that very same day (!). (They must be traveling at light speed, like their TV signals.) The three pals search for the aliens, find them, and start a tour of Hollywood with them...
I have never watched any of the shows that the makers of this episode are paying homage to, except for 'Bonanza'. (The others were either not shown on German TV or it was before my time.) I guess I might have given one point more if I were a fan of the genre 'classic comedy shows of the 50s', but that is simply not the case. Apart from all those references to old shows, there were some gags I liked, for example the fact that the aliens' spaceship has a doorbell.
In my opinion, this episode wasn't really good, and it wasn't really bad, so I've given it five points.
I have never watched any of the shows that the makers of this episode are paying homage to, except for 'Bonanza'. (The others were either not shown on German TV or it was before my time.) I guess I might have given one point more if I were a fan of the genre 'classic comedy shows of the 50s', but that is simply not the case. Apart from all those references to old shows, there were some gags I liked, for example the fact that the aliens' spaceship has a doorbell.
In my opinion, this episode wasn't really good, and it wasn't really bad, so I've given it five points.