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Sealab 2021: All That Jazz

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Murphy is stuck under a soda machine. To make matters worse, everyone else is out at a concert and can't help him! To make matters worse still, who should happen upon poor, defenseless Murphy but an angry scorpion and a tooth-collecting maintenance robot? Read full recap »

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Writers:: Adam Reed (I)Matt Thompson Chris Ward Dave Willis Matt Maiellaro

Director:: Adam Reed (I)Matt Thompson

Stars:: Harry Goz (Captain Hazel "Hank" Murphy (Seasons 1-3)); Erik Estrada (Marco Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Seasons 1-4)); Kate Miller (Debbie DuPree); Brett Butler (II) (Dr. Quentin Q. Quinn); Ellis Henican (Derek "Stormy" Waters)

Guest Star:: Lee Duncan (Boardroom Actor); Debbie Wrege (Boardroom Actor); Betty Brooks (Boardroom Actor); Doris Geller (Boardroom Actor); Roy Binder (Boardroom Actor); Charles Finnell (Boardroom Actor); John Builder (Boardroom Actor); Matt Thompson (Ad Pitcher #2); Chris Ward (Ad Pitcher #1); George Lowe (Boss); Adam Reed (I) (Bebop Cola Machine); Damon Frost (Boardroom Actor); Roy Clark (Boardroom Actor); Nelson Barnes (Boardroom Actor); Bill Lobley (Young Murphy)

In the episode "All That Jazz", the clean-up robot is modeled after the robot V.I.N.CENT in the movie The Black Hole (1979). edit »
The Bebop Cola was originally going to be called Jazz Cola, but the makers of the real Jazz Cola informed the show that the soda actually did exist. edit »
Where was Sparks? He wasn't at the concert, so couldn't he have helped Captain Murphy. I know he's "crippled" and has a large evil side, but he could have helped Captain Murphy. edit »

As ludicrous as it seems that Murphy would become addicted to scorpion venom, its not fiction.

Apparantly, as long as one takes regular (and increased) dosages of arsenic/other poison you can stay alive AS LONG as you keep ingesting the poision. If you stop, THEN you die.

In India, some fakirs have been known to smoke scorpion venom. edit »
This is the first time someone says 934Texas. edit »
The closing song is the chorus from Fett's Vette by mc Chris. Another sample can be found earlier in the episode when Debbie, Quinn, Marco and Stormy are at the mc Chris Concert edit »
When Murphy has his last tooth knocked out we can see the robot wearing a necklace made of teeth. Earlier in the episode Murphy shouted 'What are you making a necklace?' at the robot. edit »
After the 2020 becomes 2021, a gurgle is heard.
Also in the credits, there's a "Special NO Thanks" credit and that someone is fired. edit »

Murphy: (To robot, with all of his teeth missing) You bathard! edit »
Hulk Murphy: MURPHY...SMASH...ROBOT! edit »
Murphy: Daaaddy needs his feel good juice! Come on baby I'm sick. (scorpion stings him) OH! yeah! that's it ... that's what daddy needs. edit »
Machine: "Well hello consumer yes hello consumer ba-ba-ba-ba-ba da baa, Bee bop colaaaaa...Yeah." edit »
Cola Machine: AND I SAY TO MYSELF, "I NEED EXACT CHANGE." edit »

All That Jazz:

The title of the episode is a direct reference to the name of the opening song from the musical "Chicago". The title itself had more meaning when the soda featured in the episode was originally named Jazz Cola. edit »
The "billboard in space" discussion at the end is a direct reference to the Dilbert television series episode "The Knack", where a nearly identical conversation happens between marketers and The Boss. edit »
The Black Hole:

There are several allusions in this episode to the movie "The Black Hole". At the end of The Black Hole, the mad captain, Dr. Hans Reinhardt, was crushed up to the shoulders under a fallen computer wall console. In this episode, the mad captain is crushed under a fallen soda machine up to the shoulders, while the scorpion offers him a can of Mango Reinhardt Cola. edit »
MC Chris: The song 'Fett's Vette'
This song is all about Boba Fett and his role as a bounty hunter and his work with Jabba the Hutt. Also, on the shirts that the groupie Sealab characters wear at the end, the MC Chris logo is Boba Fett's helmet. edit »
Murphy's Dad: Damn it, young Murphy! I'm watching Magnum!
This episode contains several references to the Magnum, P.I. episode "Solo Flight". In that episode, Magnum goes on a solo hiking trip, only to become pinned under the wreckage of an old fighter plane with no way to contact his teammates, who have no idea where he is. In this episode, Murphy is pinned under a soda machine while the rest of the crew is touring with MC Chris, and like Magnum, Murphy has flashbacks to his childhood and befriends an arachnid (a spider named Herman in the original episode, and a scorpion named Ben here). edit »