Attack Of The Radioactive Hamsters From A Planet N

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Okay, so this article isn't REALLY a "Life Imitates Al" type thing, but the headline sure makes it sound like it is: Scientists To Count Kangaroo Rats from Outer Space
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mewrio @ September 14, 2004 05:16 pm wrote: Does anyone here remember if the UFOs being shaped like Cuban Cigars is a reference to anything, and if so, what?
I believe that it's a reference to Plan 9 From Outer Space.

I haven't seen the movie in a while, so I'm going completely off of memory here, but I'm sure that there was a description of the UFOs in Plan 9 as being cigar shaped.

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Is this supposed to be a style parody of any specific artist? I definitely hear a little Beach Boys in there, but Al did them so much better with Trigger Happy (and then Pancreas), that I feel there's something else in there that I'm missing.
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It feels a little B-52s-ish as well.
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I love it! It's so whimsical and spacey and Halloweeny! :D
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