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"Hello, class that's only slightly less cumbersome than my other class," Farnsworth said once the hour had begun, always one for a great opening. "Today we're going to be talking about the second best thing about inventing, and that's the money. The first, as I'm sure you all know, is the power. You can take over the world with the right invention. Or the wrong invention. It's all how you market it."

"So your assignment for today is to show me something you've invented and try to market it. With the right marketing, you can brainwash millions of people into thinking they need your invention, or even just your service. It could be something like, oh, I don't know, underwear, or dog make-up, or the ever useful electric frankfurter. But it's all in how you sell it! Let me give you an example. I'll play for you two advertisements ran for my shipping company, Planet Express, you tell me which one makes you want to invest in the product more."

"First, my advertisement." With the click of a button and a dimming of the lights, a video began to play on the wall.

"And now, some other advertisement made by some punk in suspenders." Click, and the second advertisement played.

Then the lights went back up. "Now, if you said the first one, congratulations, I'm not going to fail you out of spite. If you said the second one, then you're a greased-up, gel-haired yuppie and I hope you die of boneitus. You have no boxes today, just a lot of random crap to work with. Find a way to invent something interesting out of some of it and then put together a schpiel that will make me want to get off my lazy ass and out of my recliner to spend my ill-gotten gains on your crappy product."

And, for the purposes of the class, Farnsworth actually had brought in a La-Z-Boy, sat down, propped up his slippered feet, and got comfortable. "Go on," he waved a hand, "you haven't got all day. I have my weekly bowel movement scheduled at the end of class."

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Like you're starring in an ad!

Edited 2010-07-29 09:10 (UTC)

Because you should all be taking notes on these very fine examples.

As Farnsworth said, there are no individual boxes today, just a heap of random, moddable junk. Mostly because Farnsworth is hoping to see a fight over the useful stuff.

Farnsworth is nice and comfy in his recliner and waiting for you to sell your crap to him. Somehow, he's acquired some popcorn, which, in all its buttery goodness, is almost guaranteed to become something to throw at you.

If you have other business with him besides pushing your crap on him.

I don't care what Farnsworth things, I like the second ad better.

Da-da-DA-da-dada-DA-da... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3i5ZpW-ChY)

Edmund Pevensie

Straight face. Edmund kept a completely straight face. Really.

Peter Bishop

For some reason, Edmund found himself drawn to the pipe cleaners. Dozens and dozens of pipe cleaners. He seemed quite content working on what he was working on, even though it looked like it was a mess.

Peter grabbed a Mr. Potato Head missing its arms, a can of spraypaint, and minature fez.

He had plans, oh yes.

With a Mr. Potatohead (sans arms and eyes) spray-painted bright orange (and still quite a bit tacky as it had only been spraypainted a mere ten minutes before), and a miniature fez on his own head, Peter stood ready to make his presentation.

"What do you get for the person that has everything?" Peter started. "The answer is, of course, something that is nothing."

He gestured to his 'invention'.

"Behold, the new and fresh macguffin, with classic car smell," he declared. "It's new, it's fresh, it's exciting. It does exactly what it needs to do, and we don't need to get bogged down in the details. It works, and that's why you need the macguffin."

"Oh, no," said Farnsworth, shoving popcorn into his mouth with the light gleaming off his round spectacles. "Please bog us down with the details. I can't wait to hear them."

"Oh, but see, that's the beauty of the macguffin," Peter said. "The joy isn't in what it does, but getting it."

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