Most science-fiction considers humans a pack of morons floating on a rock to be sneered at by more intelligent planets. So the poor saps who choose to learn from us are particularly absurd. Here are seven aliens, cavemen and other beings who study our culture -- or the closest thing we have to culture: our television shows.
Link, Encino Man
In Encino Man, Brendan Fraser plays a caveman who's thawed out in contemporary Encino, California. Of course, by "plays" I mean grunts and dances to punk rock, and by "contemporary" I mean the early '90s of a teen movie. This implies all sorts of period nods like roller coasters, skateboards, and an MTV-like channel surfing montage that teaches "Link" the ins and outs of how to be a human being. Or, more specifically, a person trying to survive a Pauly Shore movie (see: making weasel sounds and stuffing your face with burritos).
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