"The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" is the seventh episode in season three of "Futurama". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 18, 2001. The title of this episode is a play on the title of the 1951 science fiction film, "The Day the Earth Stood Still".
"The Day the Earth Stood Stupid"  is a play on the title of "The Day the Earth Stood Still"  from 1951, and was filmed in black and white to try to stay true to the time period.