Earlier I mentioned that one of my favorite TV characters from the Super Bowl ads was Jeffrey, the sad little robot in the Intel blipvert:
The fact that Jeffrey displays feelings shows that in Toobworld the emotion chip was developed long before Dr. Soong made one for Lt. Commander Data (as seen in 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'). Then again, Jeffrey is trumped by Robot of 'Lost In Space' who O'Bviously had an emotion chip, based on his laughter at the expense of Dr. Smith. And the Jupiter Two launched in 1997. If there could be any sense of a family tree for robots, then the basic design, and inspiration, for Jeffrey will surface again in the future with Peepo, the robot at the 'Space Academy'. And it was designed more for function in outer space; Jeffrey looks a lot cooler.....
As the Trickster once said, "Reality is boring, that's why I change it whenever I can."
I'm just "The Man Who Viewed Too Much", and "Inner Toob" is a blog exploring and celebrating the 'reality' of an alternate universe in which everything that ever happened on TV actually takes place.
Most of my theories about the TV Universe come from thinking inside the box and thus can't be proven. But I've never been one to shy away from a tall tale.....
Remember: "The more you watch, the more you've seen!"
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Just in case anyone's interested, that last comment translates via Babel Fish as:
The pleasant heart is the healthy good medicine, the sad spirit causes the bone to dry out.
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