posted 12-27-2002 10:24 AM            

I watched it finally on Fridays, and I'm hooked. It is definitely science oriented. In one episode, called Normal Boy, Jimmy is disliked by his peers because he is smart and knowledgeable in science. He is disappointed that they don't like him. So he invents a DUMB-DOWN machine. He accidentally hits the "drooling-idiot" switch. He is now very popular with his peers. All of a sudden, an asteroid is heading to earth and no one can figure out what to do. So they bring Jimmy back to the machine and restore his genius brain. Of course, he uses a MASS DRIVER to ward off the meteor.

IN the other episode Jimmy becomes a hall monitor in school. No one takes him seriously, so he invents all kinds of surveillance and policing devices. In one scene, he puts a full body scan over someone and on a screen comes up all pertinent info on a student. He even uses terms from "1984" like "citizen, let me see your papers", and "Up against the wall". Of course, no one likes him now.