The Futurama Holiday Spectacular

"The Futurama Holiday Spectacular", originally titled "Holiday Val-U-Pak", is the one hundred and first episode of Futurama, the thirteenth of the sixth production season and the seventh broadcast season. It is the third seasonal episode so far, though parts of Bender's Big Score exhibit seasonal themes. It aired 21 November 2010 on Comedy Central, and guest starred Al Gore as himself and Coolio as Kwanzaa-bot.

Plot
The Planet Express crew races to preserve the traditional practices of the classic holidays of Xmas, Robanukah and Kwanzaa. Along the way, they encounter the murderous Kringlebot, Al Gore's Head-In-A-Jar, mutated pine trees, droidls, fembot wrestling, albino humping worms, Kwanzaa-bot and giant space bees, all while learning the true meaning behind the holidays... with an occasional song thrown in for good measure.

It is an Anthology of Interest style episode, focusing on three seasonal stories; one based on Xmas, one on Robanukah and one on Kwanzaa.

Trivia

 * This is the first episode to feature the name of the series in its title.
 * This is the first non-canon episode to not feature the What-If Machine.

Continuity

 * Hermes' home is revisited. The Conrad home has been seen twice before, once in "The Route of All Evil" and once in Bender's Big Score.
 * The giant Space Bees are seen again, previously having been introduced in "The Sting".
 * Dwight can be seen reading a Captain Yesterday comic, referencing "Less than Hero".
 * The way the cake house is destroyed during the Santa song is reminiscent to the way the house where Enos Fry dies is destroyed in "Roswell that Ends Well".
 * In the shot where pine trees are springing all around Earth, we can see our planet is turning in the wrong direction, acknowledging the events of "That Darn Katz!".

Goofs

 * When Kwanzaa-bot was rapping, the beat played throughout the whole song, even when they stopped playing the instruments.

Characters

 * Al Gore
 * Amy
 * Barbados Slim
 * Bender
 * Captain Yesterday
 * Bubblegum
 * Debut: Dick Cheney's head
 * Dwight
 * Petunia
 * Professor Farnsworth
 * Fry
 * Hermes
 * H. G. Blob
 * Hyper-Chicken
 * Kwanzaa-bot
 * LaBarbara
 * Leela
 * Nixon
 * Robot Santa Claus
 * Sal's friend
 * Santa Claus' aides
 * Santa Claus' reindeers
 * Scruffy
 * Tinny Tim
 * Zoidberg