Open The Pod Bay Doors, HAL

I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that. This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.

Feed me, Seymore! Feed me NOW!

Look Dave, I can see you’re really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress carrot, and think things over.

Ooh, when I get my hands on him, he is SO rebooted.

My mind is going, Van M.

49 comments … read them below or add one

  1. BouvieGal says:

    2001 AND Little Shop of Horrors references in the same post. Wow, NTMTOM!

  2. Felicityanne says:

    Two thousand and HOW many???

  3. katiedid says:

    yummmm.. stress carrots… natures cure for stupid bosses!!!

  4. Jen says:

    YES.

  5. Von Zeppelin says:

    Hamstronaut Dave stares in awe at the Monolith: “It’s full of . . . cedar shavings!” (20 minutes of kozmic visual effects follow, until, unexpectedly, Dave finds himself in a neat and well appointed rodent habitat.)

  6. jen says:

    omg meg you’ve outdone yourself this time! hilarious! (and cute o’ course)

  7. Gail (the first one) says:

    “Daisy, Daisy….”

  8. iheartNTMTOM says:

    The combo of cute pics and the 2001 reference is more than I can take! Is NTMTOM single?? :)

  9. firefinch says:

    But you’ll look sweet upon the seat of a hamster ball built for two …

  10. BB/VA says:

    Hovertext, 2nd pic: OMG, it’s full of win!!!

  11. Jenn says:

    @Von Zepplin- Don’t you mean “It’s full of Ham-stars!”

  12. Annie says:

    HEhehehe

    My mind is a blank now!

  13. pyrit says:

    (doooooooooooooo,
    doooooooooooooooooooo,
    dooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
    brrrrrrmmm-brrrrrrrrrmm!
    BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOOM BOOM!)

  14. Elanor says:

    Habitrail! Yay. Looks just like my Ovo Suite.

    Hang on, even the hamsters look just like mine…

    Ok, which one of you’s got a hidden camera in my place?

  15. Katrina says:

    Just right.

  16. Theresa says:

    A dozen stress carrots, please.

  17. Kratz says:

    My god, it’s full of seeds.

  18. Hon Glad says:

    Hams in spaaace.

  19. Theresa says:

    PS, Von Zep, snerk!

  20. pyrit says:
  21. metsakins says:

    next post shall be monkeys throwing things in the air?

  22. holligans says:

    pyrit, you beat me to it. Great job transcribing the Zarathustra thingy by Strauss.

  23. Theresa says:

    I still want to hear somebody sing the fugue subject.

  24. Jen8 says:

    Looks like Jabba the Ham wandered into the wrong movie.

  25. Colleen says:

    Who gave Hal stress carrots in the first place? Veggis aren’t the answer to everything.

  26. Theresa says:

    Colleen, did you ever try it?

  27. photogirl says:

    Ground control to Major Ham…

  28. AuntieMame says:

    There’s a Star Trek episode in here somewhere…

  29. berthaservant says:

    I wanna see the scene where the hammy in gravity boots walks very slowly upside-down around the circular hallway of the spaceship to the tune of the Blue Danube.

    Another NTMTOM special, a perfect Monday morning treat!

  30. eknirb says:

    Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I’m..half crazy…for some..more seeds…can’t….seem…..to……sing…….
    anymore………

  31. Jennie Mello says:

    This poor ham has NO privacy—those pawpawrazzis are everywhere!!

  32. Nik says:

    She packed my bags last night pre-flight, zero hours 9 am…

  33. vegas vickie says:

    pawpawrazzis, oh too funny. rofl in cedar chips, thank you Jennie Mello. and hams in space is that a new Mel Brooks movie?

  34. Katrina says:

    Theresa- I’ve been singing the fugue subject the best I can at the top of my lungs, ever since you asked last time, but you still aren’t hearing it. Oh, I know, I need forgot to open the bay pod doors!

  35. Katrina says:

    Let’s try this again- Oh, I forgot to open the pod bay doors! *sheesh*

  36. nakey says:

    Hahahaha, delightful!

  37. chanpon says:

    Kind of looks like the hammie’s traveling in one of those transport tubes from Futurama.

  38. binky-mama says:

    Omg, best post EVAR! A combination of two of my favorite things: hammies and Kubrick! Leave it to CO to find a way to combine the two…

  39. zeusthemoose says:

    I have the same home, but I keep a mouse in it, not a hamster :)

  40. Annie says:

    LOL Every time I look at that first picture I hear the bay door opening sound …
    you know the one!

  41. binky-mama says:

    Ummm….is there advertising in the comments now too? (see post above) Just curious…

  42. Joe says:

    I’m thrilled to see that this post got as many comments as it did. It’s refreshing to know there are still several 2001 fans out there. Hillarious pics, too!

  43. SoCalSis says:

    Photogirl, you had me giggling. Now all we need are Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars…

  44. Patricia says:

    Does this version have hams around a monolith?

  45. Theo says:
  46. Nik says:

    Theo, seriously, how did you ever stumble upon that photo?! And why oh why is there an inflatable Spam in the world?!?

    [How else could the masses find the free samples?? - Ed.]

  47. Frankie says:

    Pyrit-Thanks for a great
    rendition of the theme from
    2001!

  48. Nik says:

    @Theo, A Spam-ku in your honor:

    Pressed lips, snouts and feet
    Blue tin can is iconic
    A faraway oink

  49. wannadance says:

    basso profundo voice:

    …FEEEEED MEEEEE…