Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV

Season 5, Episode 15, Aired
EDIT

Episode Summary

When a young star of the hit robot soap opera "All My Circuits" literally falls to pieces, Bender seizes his chance for stardom. Along with Fry and Leela, Bender sabotages the auditions and secures a spot on the show. As a result of Bender's misbehavior, the Nielsen numbers rise, making Bender a star. When a new group, Fathers Against Rude Television (F.A.R.T.) plans a Million Dad March to protest his character, Bender realizes his effect on kids.moreless
8.8
out of 10
EPISODE RATING: Great
303 votes
  • Your Rating: 10
    "Perfect"
  • Your Rating: 9.5
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 9
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 8.5
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 8
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 7.5
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 7
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 6.5
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 6
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 5.5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 4.5
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 4
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 3.5
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 3
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 2.5
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 2
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 1.5
    "Abysmal"
  • Your Rating: 1
    "Abysmal"
Rate It

Watch Online

Netflix
Subscription
Amazon
Buy
iTunes
Buy

Cast & Crew

See All EDIT

  • David Herman

    Mayor Poopenmayer, Professor Ogden Wernstrum, Scruffy, Toronga Morris, Larry, Dwayne, Various

  •

    Katey Sagal

    Turanga Leela, Various

  •

    Billy West

    Philip J. Fry, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, Dr. John Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, Leo Wong, Various

Fan Episode Reviews (16)

See All

  • clever in its saying

    10
    "Perfect"
    By futuramarama, Apr 03, 2010 Report Abuse
    bender becomes a tv star, but he becomes a bad role model for children and parents protest. bender in the end fixes everything and life in the future is back to the way it always was.

    a pretty smart episode about censorship and how sometimes in TV shows certain characters could be bad role models for children who find the way they act funny or simply want to be cool so they act like that. I thought this was one of the funnier episodes of the series also, my overall grade for this episode is without a doubt, an A+moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    0 0

  • hillarious episode

    10
    "Perfect"
    By Blind_Legend, Jul 02, 2008 Report Abuse
    After a star on the series "All My Circuits" malfunctions, Bender becomes the replacement. His ad-libbing and foul mouth work wonders for the ratings. This prompts the network to retain Bender. Shortly afterward, Professor Farnsworth and Hermes Conrad form an organization called F.A.R.T. (Fathers Against Rude Television); it demands the removal of Bender from TV. Cubert Farnsworth and Dwight Conrad break into Fry's apartment and steal various items. At a party, the children smoke marijuana. Eventually, the children are dismissed. This episode makes a valid point: If you don't like a show, don't watch it. You should also turn of the TV once in a while.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    0 0

  • Bender stars in a soap opera.

    10
    "Perfect"
    By BobbyHeffley, Apr 08, 2008 Report Abuse
    After a star on the series "All My Circuits" malfunctions, Bender becomes the replacement. His ad-libbing and foul mouth work wonders for the ratings. This prompts the network to retain Bender. Shortly afterward, Professor Farnsworth and Hermes Conrad form an organization called F.A.R.T. (Fathers Against Rude Television); it demands the removal of Bender from TV. Cubert Farnsworth and Dwight Conrad break into Fry's apartment and steal various items. At a party, the children smoke marijuana. Eventually, the children are dismissed. This episode makes a valid point: If you don't like a show, don't watch it. You should also turn of the TV once in a while.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    0 0

  • Bender in one of his best preformances!!

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By Iverson82094, Feb 19, 2008 Report Abuse
    When a young star of the hit robot soap opera "All My Circuits" literally falls to pieces, Bender seizes his chance for stardom. Along with Fry and Leela, Bender sabotages the auditions and secures a spot on the show. As a result of Bender's misbehavior, the Nielsen numbers rise, making Bender a star. When a new group, Fathers Against Rude Television (F.A.R.T.) plans a Million Dad March to protest his character, Bender realizes his effect on kids. A great parody of parents against rude TV when they should be moitoring what there kids watch so it is really there fault!!! This was probably one of Bender's best preformances.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    0 0

  • When does Bender act like that?

    10
    "Perfect"
    By FutureRama08, Nov 26, 2007 Report Abuse
    I love Bender and Futurama but, how can he act like that??? And why would he want to cancel him on show??? He is rettarded on that show...... I like the one with him smoking and drinking.....and, also he is cool like that??? In the first place... he was trying to keep it on..... like at first when he was autioning to the show, he was saying "BOO! BENDER IS BETTER!" He wanted to be in the show in the first place but, now he is doing this?!?!?! Bender is just with the mob because he was with Hermes and Professor. So why is he acting like that?moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    0 1
 

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

See All

  • Trivia

    ADD TRIVIA
    • Bender opens his safe marked 'Bender's Loot' some how from the inside where the door has no handle/combination on the inside. Edit
    • All of the parents protesting Bender are fathers (or F.A.R.T.ers). Mothers, apparently, have no such issues with Bender. Edit
    • The other kids at Cubert and Dwight's "cool party" are the same orphans that Bender adopted in The Cyber House Rules. There is also a Horrible Gelatinous Blob kid present, though it's presumably not Bret Blob (the blob who bullied Dwight and Cubert in Route of All Evil), unless they've patched up their differences since then. Edit

  • Notes

    ADD NOTES
    • According to the in-show credits, Lewis Morton had left the show by this time, so he must have signed back on for a brief time to pen this episode. Like a guest writer. Edit
    • The song playing at the party was Young MC's "Bust A Move." Edit
    • The end credits feature each member of the Futurama cast singing a part of the song "TV Party Tonight", as the credits roll over an episode of "Everybody Loves Hypno-Toad". Edit

  • Quotes

    ADD QUOTES
    • Bender: Hey, this is my stuff they stole. That's it! Bender should not be allowed on television! C'mon, were going all the way to Hollywood to protest! (they board the Planet Express ship and fly to L.A.) F.A.R.T. and Bender: Down with Bender! Down with Bender! Down with Bender! Down with Bender! Bender: (to guard) This mob's with me. Guard: Go right ahead. (He lifts parking bar) Bender and F.A.R.T: Down with Bender! Down with- (Read sign that says "be quiet while light is on)(light turns off) Bender and F.A.R.T: ...Bender! Edit
    • Bender: Listen up, 'cause I've got a climactic speech! You, cameraman, keep the camera rolling. You, director, gimmie my motivation. Director: You're angry. Bender: Perfect. Viewers of the world, do smoking and drinking on TV really make me cool? Of course they do. How 'bout committing crimes and violence? Again, the answer is "yes." But do we really want our kids exposed to that kind of trash on TV? I say absolutely not! Uh...on the other hand, most - perhaps all the blame rests with the parents. That's right, you! Edit
    • Farnsworth: There'll be no further nasty. We still have the option of resorting to violence. Hermes: What makes you think that'll work? Farnsworth: I saw it on TV in that episode where Bender shot Calculon! How cool is that? Edit

  • Allusions

    ADD ALLUSIONS
    • Apple Inc. The President of the network is more than likely an Apple computer. It is running QuickTime, and near the end, when his gun is plugged in he plays the Apple start up theme. This theme was also featured in Fear of A Bot Planet. Edit
    • Bender: Whoa,whoa. You can't censor me just because I appear as a bad role model. Leela: As much as it hurts to say, I have to agree with Bender. Kids don't turn rotten just from watching television. Super coincidence or not this could be a reference to first season of The Simpsons. Reason why is because many parent watchdog groups complained about Bart Simpson being a bad role model for kids leading up to many censorships of Bart's behavior. Edit
    • The Three Musketeers
      Tinny Tim quotes "All for one, and one for all" which is from the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. Edit

Show Forums

See All
Last Activity
Replies

Watch Futurama Full Episodes

See All

Related Shows

Season 5 Episodes

See All
Ep 16
The Devil's Hands Are Idle...
Ep 15
Bender Should Not Be Allow...
Ep 14
Obsoletely Fabulous
Ep 13
Bend Her
Ep 12
Spanish Fry
Ep 11
Three Hundred Big Boys
Ep 10
The Farnsworth Parabox
Ep 9
The Sting
Ep 8
The Why of Fry
Ep 7
Teenage Mutant Leela's Hur...
Ep 6
Less Than Hero
Ep 5
Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch
Ep 4
A Taste of Freedom
Ep 3
The Route of All Evil
Ep 2
Jurassic Bark
Ep 1
Crimes of the Hot

Contributors

Become a contributor
More
Less

TV Listings

Full Listings
BROWSE | Shows | Videos | News | Listings | Forums | People | Photos | TV.com Blog

CBS Entertainment | About TV.com | About CBS Interactive | Jobs | Advertise

© 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy | Ad Choice | Terms of Use