A Close Shaving
| A Close Shaving | |
|---|---|
| Type | Film |
| Origin | Earth |
| First appearance | "That's Lobstertainment!" (3ACV08)  |
A Close Shaving is an MMCMXXII holographic short silent comedy film starring Harold Zoid. [3ACV08] A man enters a barber shop without realising that the Decapodian who is about to attend to him is extremely incompetent.
Story
Transcript
Man: [He walks in a shop, where a Decapodian barber, played by Harold Zoid, sharpens his razor blades.] Your finest trim, please. [He takes his hat off and the barber uses his claws to cut the man's moustache completely off. The man is shocked.] You are a buffoon. Now cut my beard.
Barber: [He puts shaving foam over the man's chin and cuts his head off. The man's head bounces through the door. The barber waves the man's hat.] Sir, you forgot your hat! [The film ends with the captions "The End" and "Buy Moxie".]
Image Gallery
Cast and Crew
Cast
- Harold Zoid as the barber
- Unnamed Human as the customer
Crew
- Harold Zoid
- Writer
- Director
- Metropolitan Holoplays
- Production studio
Additional Info
Trivia
- A Close Shaving is a parody of the silent movies of Harold Lloyd. Its title is an allusion to the 1995 Aardman short film A Close Shave.
Quotes
Dr. Zoidberg: My Uncle Harold was a big Hollywood star back in the era of silent holograms.
Leela: Your uncle was Harold Zoid?
Dr. Zoidberg: This I cannot deny.
Professor Farnsworth: Why, I've been a Harold Zoid fan since back when my hips were made of bone. As it happens, I still have some of my original 78s. [He picks up a big 78 Million RPM Holodisk, blows the dust off it, and puts the disc onto a gramophone-like machine. A black-and-white 3D picture appears in the middle of the table.]
Hermes: [After the Planet Express crew has watched the movie.] You're right, crabby. He's a hell of a lot funnier than you could ever be.