"Saturday Morning Fun Pit" is the nineteenth episode in the seventh season of the American animated television series Futurama, and the 133rd episode of the series overall. It originally aired on Comedy Central on July 17, 2013. The episode was written by Patric M. Verrone and directed by Crystal Chesney-Thompson.
Plot
Amid angry protests from anti-television groups on the White House lawn, the head of Richard Nixon and the headless clone of Spiro Agnew try to watch a Saturday morning cartoon block, which features some of the series' characters in parodies of some well-known Saturday morning favorites:
Bendee Boo and the Mystery Crew: A Scooby-Doo parody featuring guest appearances by George Takei, the Harlem Globetrotters and an answering machine message from Larry Bird. Purpleberry Pond: A Strawberry Shortcake-meets-The Smurfs parody made to advertise an excessively sugary cereal. G.I. Zapp: A G.I. Joe parody that Nixon attempts to censor for violence and bad language.
Reception
Dennis Perkins at The A.V. Club gave this episode a D, while Max Nicholson of IGN gave the episode a 7.7/10 "Good" rating, saying "This week's Futurama featured an overall enjoyable lampooning of Saturday morning cartoons, with no exceptional dud."
Patric M. Verrone was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Writing in Animation at the 66th Writers Guild of America Awards for his script to this episode.