I just finished working my way through Better Off Ted, a short-lived sitcom that ran for two years on ABC. Both seasons are available on Netflix. The show centers around Ted, a the head of Research and Development at Veridian Dynamics, a do-everything company that is an amalgam of GE and Kraft Foods. The show is a great business satire that avoids the Dilbert trap of smart engineers working for stupid bosses. Everyone on the show is smart and good as his or her job. My favorite episodes out of the first 13 are the ones on affirmative action "Racial Sensitivity" and the project everyone wants to work on "Jabberwocky". The scientists on the show work on everything. Here are the materials-related lines I was able to pull from the first season. (Veronica is a VP, and Phil and Lem are the main scientists.)
Veronica: We want to make a metal that is hard as steel but bounces like rubber...and is edible.
Phil: The plastic [in a solar-powered oven] we're using leaches toxins into food.
Lem: However, the toxins are only released when the ovens are exposed to sunlight.
Phil: Which is the only time solar ovens work.
Phil: You were right.That polymer could burst into flames on high impact.
Lem: You owe me a smoothie.
After the jump, one of the fake Veridian Dynamics commercials.
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