Crossovers that shoould be: beginings of Sub Genius

[LilFluff]

And of course the Japanese and Solomon Islands government both (truthfully) deny any knowledge of this space program or the technology.
"Tell me, how does this radio work?"
"Well, you press this button, then on the multi-purpose display select the frequency and--"
"Yes, but how does it work?"
"Um... it's a radio? I guess it's kind of like a big fat cell phone that you can't carry around, maybe."
"... cell phone? Wait, you think this radio is big?"
"Well yeah. A cell phone you can carry in your pocket."
Heh. There'd be temptation to write way too much in the way of Drooling-Over-Gear scenes. And getting round about revenge by teaching the 1960s engineers how to use a reverse polish notation calculator -- one which runs without any batteries off a little colored patch on the top. "Oh, that, it runs off sunlight." "You've got solar cells that can power hand held computers! They are from the future! "Huh, oh this isn't a computer, it's just a funny calculator. Doesn't even play games like my cell phone."
Been to long since I watched any I Dream of Genie, so I only kind of recall the characters there.
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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.