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In this episode, the Aquaboys attempt to review Whiz Kids Episode 2… but quickly abandon the mission in favor of obsessing over the truly unhinged “Intimacies” commercials from 1986. What begins as a simple tangent becomes a full academic exploration of these bizarre, soft-focus, romance-novel-meets-public-access fever dreams - - leaving Whiz Kids feeling like a background extra in it’s own review. Meanwhile, Tony makes a crucial tactical error during Cancel or Renew - - a blunder so significant it may go down in Aquaboy lore as “The Vote Heard ’Round or Near the Hot tub”.

Whiz Kids is an American science fiction adventure television series that originally aired on CBS from October 5, 1983, to June 2, 1984. The show was created by Philip DeGuere, who had also created the detective series Simon & Simon for CBS in 1981, and Bob Shayne and produced by Universal Television. DeGuere also served as executive producer.

The series starred Matthew Laborteaux, Todd Porter, Jeffrey Jacquet and Andrea Elson as the titular “whiz kids”, a group of teenagers who became amateur detectives using computer technology to solve mysteries. The show also starred Max Gail as an investigative reporter and A Martinez as the commanding officer of the local police precinct's detective squad.