Directed by Russell Mulcahy and written by Scott Nimerfro, this is the last episode of Perversions of Science. Todd and Betty Sorensen (Patrick Cassidy and Maxine Bahns) get caught between warring groups of nanny robots that resemble elderly women. When one of their robots is damaged every night, a robot repairman suggests that they buy a new one: a red, white, and blue patriot by the name of Liberty 1 (Roger W. Morrissey). It’s filled with beehive hairdos and a future that feels like the 1950s. Barry Williams and Richard Riele are in it, too.

This takes its title from “The People’s Choice” from Weird Science #16, which was written by William Gaines and Al Feldstein and drawn by Joe Orlando. Please read the original comic, which is so much better than this lazy episode. In the comic book, a version of Kukla, Fran and Ollie runs for President and ends up being an alien who takes over the planet. It’s the best kind of EC story: dumb while smart, commenting on politics and the media while ending with the horrific image of a cute alligator controlling a woman through her arm.

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