“It was either that,” say the series’ producers, “Or spin off into Planet of the Apes territory and have them gain the power of speech and face off against humanity, or aliens, or, I dunno, Godzilla and his whole roster of arch enemies. Maybe Batman. Clearly, we got nothing.”
“Not a word,” whined the former U.S. President about Putin’s lack of acknowledgement, “Not so much as a wink. Does he think it was a coincidence? I mean, whaddaya have to do to please this guy? I’ve tried everything!”