Editing Kent Brockman (section)

==Cultural influence==
Brockman is responsible for popularizing the [[snowclone]] "I, for one, welcome our new ''[fill-in-the-blank]'' overlords", sometimes used to express mock submission, usually for the purpose of humor.{{sfn|Turner|2004|pp=293-294}} Brockman's comment about believing a spacecraft was taken over by a master race of giant space ants in "[[Deep Space Homer]]" (1994), which generated the [[Internet meme|meme]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hornshaw |first1=Phil |title=''The Simpsons'' 30th Anniversary: 12 Best. Memes. Ever. (Photos) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/simpsons-30th-anniversary-best-memes/ |website=TheWrap |access-date=November 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420052008/http://www.thewrap.com/simpsons-30th-anniversary-best-memes/ |archive-date=April 20, 2017 |date=April 19, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sarmiento |first1=Rafael |title=10 Best Scenes From ''The Simpsons'' That Became Memes |url=https://screenrant.com/simpsons-best-scenes-memes/ |website=[[Screen Rant]] |access-date=November 7, 2024 |date=August 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Britton |first1=David |title=Here are some of the all-time greatest ''Simpsons'' memes |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/simpsons-memes/ |website=[[The Daily Dot]] |access-date=November 7, 2024 |date=July 19, 2024}}</ref> is considered one of the show's classic moments. The spacecraft was carrying an ant colony, though the insects were accidentally released by Homer. This led to an ant drifting by the video feed, appearing gigantic due to its proximity to the camera, at which point Brockman contemplates if the "master race of giant space ants ... will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them" and eventually utters the line "And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords".  Author [[Chris Turner (author)|Chris Turner]] called it "perhaps his finest hour as a journalist"{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=403}} and said the scene is "simply among the finest comedic moments in the history of television."{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=69}}

Variations of the phrase have been used in the media, such as ''[[New Scientist]]'' magazine,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newscientist.com/blog/space/2007/06/british-government-welcomes-our-new.html|title=The British government welcomes our new insect overlords|magazine=[[New Scientist]]|access-date=December 30, 2008|date=June 5, 2007}}</ref> the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/End-food-truck-wars-4264461.php|title=End food truck wars|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|access-date=February 11, 2013|date=February 10, 2013}}</ref> and [[Ken Jennings]] on the ''[[List of Jeopardy! tournaments and events#IBM Challenge|Jeopardy! IBM Challenge]]'' (versus [[Watson (computer)|Watson]]) on February 16, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/02/watson-jeopardy-finale-man-vs-machine-showdown.html|title=Watson wins 'Jeopardy!' finale; Ken Jennings welcomes 'our new computer overlords'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 16, 2011|access-date=February 17, 2011|author=Melissa Maerz}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zimmer |first=Ben |title=Is It Time to Welcome Our New Computer Overlords? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/02/is-it-time-to-welcome-our-new-computer-overlords/71388/ |access-date=April 28, 2012 |newspaper=The Atlantic |date=February 17, 2011}}</ref> On May 6, 2014, [[Stephen Colbert]] made direct reference to the phrase by using it as the closing line of his television program ''[[The Colbert Report]]''.