"The Musk Who Fell to Earth" is the 12th episode of the 26th season of "The Simpsons". It was first shown on the Fox network on January 25, 2015. Elon Musk is a guest star in the episode.
Elon Musk lands a Dragon 2 in the Simpson family's backyard. Elon tells the family that he is looking for ideas. Homer takes Elon to the power plant he works at. Elon thinks that Homer is able to give him many new ideas. Elon goes to Mr. Burns, the owner of the power plant. He talks to him about adding a machine to the power plant so it can be environmentally friendly. Burns goes through with the idea and tells their town about it.
Elon makes many new machines around the town to save or make electrical energy, for example, a Hyperloop and self-driving cars. However, Burns learns that the town will lose $50 million every three months because of the machines. Burns must fire some of his employees at the power plant. Homer is sad because Musk's machines made his friends fired. On the next day, Burns tries to assassinate Elon. Elon stops a bullet from hitting him or hitting Homer. Homer thanks him but says to him that they should not be friends anymore. Elon agrees and starts to go in a rocket. He gives Lisa a birdhouse so that she does not have to be sad. Elon starts the rocket and goes back to outer space.
"The Musk Who Fell to Earth" was written by Neil Campbell. Matthew Nastuk is the director of the episode. Elon Musk said that he was a fan of the show. He watched it many times while he was at the University of Pennsylvania. The episode was made after Elon had a meeting with James L. Brooks. Brooks said he wanted to see Elon in fiction.
3.29 million people watched the episode when it was first shown on television. Dennis Perkins from "The A.V. Club" said that the episode is "more like a love letter to Musk than a proper Simpsons episode." He sees the episode as if the writers learned that Elon is a fan of the show and agreed to make an episode about him.
Franco Loi
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Loi died on 4 January 2021 in Milan at the age of 90.
Sandra Hutchens
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Hutchens died on January 4, 2021 from breast cancer in Temecula, California, aged 65.
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Elena Santiago
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Santiago died at the age of 79 on 3 January 2021 in Valladolid, Spain.
Lee Breuer
Lee Breuer (February 6, 1937 – January 3, 2021) was an American playwright, theater director, academic, educator, filmmaker, poet, and lyricist. Breuer taught and directed on six continents. Breuer was a founding co-artistic director of Mabou Mines Theater Company in New York City.
Breuer died on January 3, 2021 at the age of 83.
Guadalupe Grande
Guadalupe Grande (30 May 1965 – 2 January 2021) was a Spanish poet. She had a degree in social anthropology from the Complutense University of Madrid. She was born in Madrid. She was a literary critic and teacher. She wrote "El libro de Lilit" in 1995, "La llave de la niebla" in 2003, and "Mapas de cera" in 2006.
Grande died on 2 January 2021 in Madrid at the age of 55.
Paatje Phefferkorn
Verdi Phefferkorn von Offenbach (26 February 1922 – 1 January 2021), better known as ‘Paatje Phefferkorn’, was an Indonesian-Dutch practitioner and mixed martial artist. He was born in Bandung, Dutch East Indies. He was the creator of the 'Indo Melati' flag and emblem. In 1967 he started a small mixed martial arts school in the city of Utrecht. Soon he created a second school and in the end ran 17 schools throughout the Netherlands.
Phefferkorn died due to COVID-19 on 1 January 2021 in Amsterdam at the age of 98.
Allen Covert
Allen Stephen Covert (born October 13, 1964) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his starring role in the classic 2006 comedy movie "Grandma's Boy". He was born in West Palm Beach, Florida.
He was in many movies with actor and friend Adam Sandler such as "Happy Gilmore" (1996), "The Wedding Singer" (1998), "Big Daddy" (1999), "Little Nicky" (2000), "Mr. Deeds" (2002), "Anger Management" (2003), "50 First Dates" (2004) and "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" (2007).
Christine Woods
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Laura Harring
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In 1985, Harring became the first Hispanic woman crowned Miss USA. She is best known for her roles as Rita and Camilla Rhodes in the 2001 movie "Mulholland Drive".
John Muckler
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Muckler died on January 4, 2021 in Buffalo, New York at the age of 86.
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Alienation (Marxism)
In Marxism, alienation is a feeling that people have when they don't feel connected to the society around them and their work.
According to Marx, there are four types of alienation in a capitalist society:
Because of alienation, people have no control over their lives or over the things they make. Instead, the products of their labor are exchanged for wages in order to survive.
In this type of alienation, a worker cannot relate to the work he or she is doing. For example, someone can screw parts into a toy without seeing the rest of the toy when it is done. This type of alienation increased after people started doing work in assembly lines. Before then, people would make things from start to finish.
A worker does not control the means of production. He or she just does the things that is taught to them. For example, a worker might need to make shirts in the same style and cannot experiment with patterns or designs.
In a capitalist society, a worker will be in competition with other workers for a small number of jobs. Because of this, they cannot cooperate with each other and fight for their shared interests as workers.