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David X. Cohen Interviewed on New Futurama

eldavojohn writes "Toyfare has a short but exclusive interview with co-creator of Futurama David X. Cohen. There's a lot of information about how they plan to continue the series. He also reveals they're halfway through writing the new season and just starting animation. When asked about his favorite minor character of the show, Cohen responded 'Hypnotoad. By the way, we are looking into producing a full 22-minute episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad for the DVD release. I am serious.'"

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  1. Hypnotoad by epsilon720 · · Score: 5, Funny
    All glory to the hypnotoad!


    CLAP


    CLAP


    (Would have been more dramatic in all caps, but the filted doesn't like it.)

    1. Re:Hypnotoad by krakelohm · · Score: 5, Funny

      Gesundheit.

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    2. Re:Hypnotoad by feepness · · Score: 3, Funny

      Wrong. Star Control = 1991; Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus = 1953.

      1) I was joking about Futurama lifting from Star Control rather than from Asimov.
      2) You really, really, really think I didn't know that Asimov came before PC Games?

      Ok, I guess toothpicks really do need instructions.

  2. of course by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    the hypnotoad is everyones favorite minor character

    all hail the hypnotoad

  3. Hypnotoad sucks! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He has got nothing on the brain slugs. I'm sure once you try one, you'll see how much better than hypnotoads they are. Email me and I will send you a complementary brain slug of your own. Brain slugs also make the perfect x-mas gift. Axe me nice and I will send you a whole gross.

  4. I'm so excited ... by Vaibhav_Locke · · Score: 4, Funny

    that I feel like I was mauled by Jesus

  5. Nerdgasm! by Scrameustache · · Score: 3, Funny

    One down, two to go!

    (frell you if my sig can't let you guess what I mean)

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  6. Re:More Futurama? by DaveM753 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just slurmed my pants a little.

  7. Re:Who gives a fuck by matt328 · · Score: 1, Funny

    and posting anonymously to piss people off would be one of those?

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  8. Hypnotoad is hardly a minor character by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In fact, a recent poll of fans ranked hypnotoad as one of the most lickable characters on Futurama.

  9. "No, it isnt'" by Lurker2288 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I prefer the brain slugs. ::dazed voice::

    1. Re:"No, it isnt'" by kv9 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Won't brain slugs starve on most /. readers? :-)

      he said slashdot not digg

  10. Re:new episodes of Futurama... by slashbob22 · · Score: 4, Funny
    We can't dunk ..
    but Futurama's got much better fundamentals
    Zap: Oh that's Rich. Stop it your killing me. [gets hit] You're really killing me.
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  11. Yeah, so its coming back... in 2008 by Supreme_101 · · Score: 2, Funny

    God i might be blind in one eye and poke myself in the other with the remote on the night that futurama comes back on tv. I vote they get their butts into gear, bring out the whips and shackles, get them to work asap! hopefully by the time it comes out, people will still enjoy it :D im sure i will, but i want a 2007 release... say jan 1st? come on guys who is with me!

  12. Good news, everyone! by Dorceon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great Zombie Jesus, how can you submit a news story about new Futurama and not use Prof. Farnsworth's catch phrase?

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  13. Re:Seymour the Dog! by interstellar_donkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps, but the Daily Growl is not a reputable journal of opinion.

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  14. Re:new episodes of Futurama... by Viper+Daimao · · Score: 4, Funny

    Am I the only one who read the announcement and thought "Good news everyone!"

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  15. Berkeley by Frisky070802 · · Score: 3, Funny

    And to think, David, you gave up a PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley for the obscurity of a career writing silly cartoons. Have you no ambition? :)

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  16. Re:Seymour the Dog! by thc69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try owning dachshunds. That'll fix that problem.

    They live long, but you wish they wouldn't. Well, _I_ wish they wouldn't.

    The damnfool idiots need surgeries all the time, produce twice their body volume (that's twelve times their body weight) in feces daily (most of which they do indoors; these days they have their own room with a doggy door and a sheet of rubber under a scrap carpet), and never shut up. Oh, and they smell awful (must be from rolling around in shit). For awhile, in their own room, they were quiet, but lately they've taken to fighting with eachother...

    My wife got them before we were married. I wish she had gotten a hypnotoad instead. ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD.

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  17. Re:Seymour the Dog! by Sloppy · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, no, no, Homer is in the other show.

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  18. Re:Who gives a fuck by crimson30 · · Score: 2, Funny

    you techno-hedonist nerds all deserve to die in an anthrax attack

    That'd be great! With me being vaccinated against anthrax, maybe then I could get a sweet job :)

  19. Tribute by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was messin around with googlepages
    http://networkzombie.googlepages.com/

  20. Re:Check slashdots' headers by Workaphobia · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey thanks. This gave me a good excuse to modify a recent CS assignment to do something useful for a change - extract quotes instead of Server headers. Now I have a program that is just like fortune, except that it's orders of magnitudes slower, and wastes slashdot's bandwidth.

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  21. Once we hit this bullseye... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards.

    Checkmate.

    I'm not sure how Futurama would be without good ol Zapf Brannigan