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Futurama Season 4 Update from David X. Cohen

Posted by chrisd on from the don't-let-the-beard-fool-you-flexo-is-the-good-one dept.

Robotron2084 writes "Just goes to show that the best animated tv show around has some of the savviest producers around. Futurama producer/co-writer David X. Cohen posted this message on alt.tv.futurama recently. Interesting tidbits for futurama addicts to munch on while we await the season premiere on Dec. 9th. David talks about the prestigious awards they've received, upcoming guest appearances, and the banned christmas episode. I guess the fox executives were a bit scared of 'kwanzabot' at first, but they'll finally be airing a double-Xmas dose on Dec. 23rd!!"

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  1. Decoding the Alien Alphabets by hyyx · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I welcome anything new from Matt Groening. The Simpsons is still the ultimate classic, despite its similarities with CmdrTaco.

    I am still missing the discussions of the decoding the alien alphabets at The Futurama Outlet (content has been down for some time). Does anyone know of any other forums where this is being discussed? Is anyone even following me here?

  2. Bad timing by ajuda · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think that December 9th is a bad time to air the premier. The popularity of Futurama probably rests highest amongst the college crowds... Won't they all be too busy with finals and papers to notice and remember that Futurama is on?

  3. Re:The backside of futurama by neosnooze · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "'World' Series Baseball? - That's almost as sad as the choice of Hollywood action movies that are running months at my local cinema, blocking anything worth seeing."

    This year's world series was the best ever played. With 39 Million viewers tuning in to watch game 7 (http://tv.zap2it.com/news/ratings/networks/011104 network.html, the series blew Titan 'Friends' out of the water. I have been looking through the archives and I don't even see Futurama rounding out the top 20.

  4. I feel i should point out, by MrFredBloggs · · Score: 0, Interesting

    after all the praise Futurama is getting, that i expected great things from Groenig - the simpsons is the funniest thing ever, and i love it - but Futurama is complete bollocks. I watched 5 episodes, and its a cloying combination of cheesy sentimentality and horrible nerdy nonsense. Its like getting a lecture about loving your parents, every week. Ugh.
    When is `live is hell` being animated?

  5. I really liked Futurama until... by Captain+Zion · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ... I watched the Lucy Liu episode, which has some heavy RIAA-aligned propaganda against P2P file sharing. It was somewhat disturbing to see that in such a cool show.

  6. The Family Guy by superdoo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd have to say that The Family Guy is funnier than the Simpsons or Futurama right now. It is fresher in every way, animation, humour, pop-culture ripping, relentless cynicism. Doesn't anyone else agree?

  7. Help Save FAMILY GUY! by glowingspleen · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Guys, it sounds like Family Guy is getting some less than stellar ratings this season (then again, its timeslot sucks). Fox should be making a decision on its future in the next month or two.

    Help Save Family Guy is a link I found skimming through Google. They'll print out your comments and mail hard copies to Fox directly.

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