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David X. Cohen Interviewed on New Futurama

Posted by Zonk on from the everybody-loves-hypnotoad dept.

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 agami · · Score: 5, Informative
      http://r33b.net/ For all your home hypnotoad viewing needs.

      ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

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

      Gesundheit.

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  2. Check slashdots' headers by ZeroExistenZ · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those who don't know it yet, if you view the raw headers of slashdot, you'll find Futurama quotes.

    I'm so excited Futurama is back that I hardly can contain myself!

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    1. Re:Check slashdots' headers by defile · · Score: 5, Interesting
      HTTP/1.1 200 OK
      Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:15:40 GMT
      Server: Apache/1.3.33 (Unix) mod_gzip/1.3.26.1a mod_perl/1.29
      SLASH_LOG_DATA: shtml
      X-Powered-By: Slash 2.005000138
      X-Bender: Curse you, merciful Poseidon!
      Cache-Control: private
      Pragma: private
      Connection: close
      Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

      Wow, you weren't kidding.

  3. Seymour the Dog! by Calmiche · · Score: 5, Insightful

    (Quote) We will also be shedding light on several lingering questions from the original run, including ... Seymour the dog. (/Quote)

    Oh Man, oh man, oh man! Jurassic Bark, the episode featuring Seymour the dog, has to be one of the best written pieces of television I've ever seen, as well as one of the saddest. Look, I'm a grown man, and every time I see that episode, I cry. Anything that can do that is good television.

    Oh, yah. If you can't tell, I'm REALLY excited about the return of Futurama.

    1. Re:Seymour the Dog! by tdc_vga · · Score: 5, Informative

      For those of you who don't know the episode is based on Hachiko the famous Japanese Dog who returned to the Shibuya train station in Tokyo for 11 years in an attempt to greet his dead master. So I don't know if I'd say it was the best writing ever, but a nice adaption from reality and a damn fine episode.

      Cheers,
          TdC_VgA

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

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

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  4. 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.

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

    I just slurmed my pants a little.

  6. 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.

  7. 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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    1. Re:Good news, everyone! by Babbster · · Score: 5, Informative

      It would be inappropriate since news about new Futurama episodes is actually good. Now, if the story was about said episodes being cancelled, THEN "Good news everyone!" works just fine. :)