Fry brings home a Volkswagen van from the 1970s, after finding out that fossil fuels haven't been used in decades. Bender is coaxed into using a giant can opener to open a can of whale oil, which has replaced gasoline. After complaining that the can opener killed his father, he is sucked up by the magnet, cut in a spiral and is completely immobilized. While Bender is in the hospital, he meets Beck's head, who is being attached to a mannequin he found in a dumpster. Beck gives a speech to Bender and gives him a pair of robot arms to wear around his neck and to play his cut-up torso as a washboard. Beck invites Bender to play in his concert tour. Fry proposes that the Planet Express crew follow Bender in the hippie van.