"The name is Huh, Agent Huh. I'm a mutant from the future sent back to prevent a disaster."
"Huh?"
"That's what I said."
"What?"
"No, that's my cousin."
"Huh?"
"Correct. That's my name."
"Huh?"
"Exactly."
*click*
"Janet, you have not answered any of our quizzes successfully, you have made alliances and then betrayed them, and you are just generally disliked. The people have voted and you will be jettisoned from the space station."
*click*
"Come on down to Crazy Eddie's Used Bio-Bot Lot. Need an actor for your indie movie but can't afford one? We got clone-bots of many celebrities waiting to be programmed for your use. Need someone to clean the house? We got maid and butler clones too. We've even got bio-bots to use as a fake family so you can get that promotion. Remember, that's Crazy Eddie's Used Bio-Bot Lot off of Highway 9."
*click*
"Next time on Never-Ending Battle Extreme, Ryuan and Zoon continue their hour long battle as Lord Highfoot locates another piece of the Lost Egg of the Druids."
*click*
"Who's that serial killer?" said a cheerful voice.
"It's Ted Samuel Manson!"
"Gotta arrest them—"
*click*
"Are you tired of losing your hair? Do you look in the mirror and think, 'Ugh, who's that old person?' Then make an appointment with Dr. Hangnail. His genetic modification process will restore your hair, even alter it. Gone are the days of cosmetic surgery. Thanks to gene splicing, Dr. Hangnail can make you look, feel, and be 29 again for the next 25 years."
*click*
"Live from Neptune, it's the Johnny 1001101 Show!"
An AI robot with a square body and head walks through the stage curtain. Music plays and the audience cheers as he makes his way to the desk.
"Thanks for coming out tonight everyone," he says in a monotone. "We have a lovely show tonight. First up is the author of Did We Build the Pyramids?, Nix'tol Smatter of Planet York."
An attractive lady with one eye and hair that moves on its own steps through the stage curtain and makes her way to the couch.
*click*
"Introducing the new Neuro Cloud! Tired of all those pesky childhood memories clogging up your brain's memory capacity? Just upload them to the Cloud. You got a hot date, but you're a loser? Just upload your personality to the Cloud and download a new one."
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I groaned. "Uuugggghh, six trillion channels from across the galaxy and there's still nothing on!"
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