When Rimmer and Kryten found themselves on an Earth where time was running backwards, they needed to get a job. Kryten read an advert from a theatrical agent looking for "Novelty acts". He and Rimmer auditioned as "The Sensational Reverse Brothers" and began performing their act, which consisted of mundane tasks which appeared to the backwards locals as miraculous and very funny. They quickly became a big hit on the retsehcnaM pub circuit.