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Matt Groening Talks About Futurama's Comeback
Joel Keller writes "When I was at the Television Critics Association press tour earlier last month, I briefly talked to Matt Groening about Futurama's comeback. I posted the interview to TV Squad a couple of days ago. The man behind the Simpsons and Futurama talks about the latter's comeback, the fun of doing sci-fi in a comedy format, and a few words about the first episode to air on Comedy Central."
All I ask is don't make it fucking suck like the new Family Guy.
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I don't claim I know more than I know, and if you know you know more than I know, then by all means, let me know.
Futurama now comes in suppository form!
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the show makes it into the HTML headers every time you load a slashdot page too
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Whenever a story about Futurama comes up, everyone always wonders, will the original writers and cast come back? David Cohen answers that
Futurama now comes in suppository form!
Suppositories DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Is there a single Sci-fi movie, book, or TV series they DIDN'T lampoon in the first four seasons? The Fry-Leela love story ran its complete arc. Every character did everything people do in their 20s. Even the hottie trust fund chick is spoken for. Did I miss something?
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that previous form of delivery was uncomfortable and humiliating.
You can't handle the truth.
it died because:
it wasn't given a consistent timeslot
it was constantly preempted by sporting events
it was NEVER promoted by fox
fox is stupid
i don't need to cite sources, as all of these are fairly well established (or i'm lazy)
It was crude. It was not witty enough to make it as a cartoon that looked like it was drawn by somebody's feet.
Cartoon Network notoriously censors The Professor whenever he uses the term "sweet zombie jesus".
I hope Comedy Central doesn't stoop this low.
(I googled for this a year ago when I noticed it and found a website saying it was due to C.N. claiming it was offensive, but I can't find the link now.)
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fox is stupid
Which probably means they didn't understand any of the jokes, either.
I hate sports as much as the next dork but seriously, if you were a network executive and you had to choose between a guaranteed ratings grabber like FOOTBALL!! or a moderately successful science fiction cartoon which way would you go?
You are so boring that when I see you my feet go to sleep.
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it died because:
no it did not die. repeat after me: it did not die. it did not die. all glory to the hypnotoad. al glory to the hypnotoad. it did not die.
two!
I'd have a second network for showing all my good shows so that I wouldn't have to preempt them and then cancel them due to the subsequent poor ratings. That or put them on in the time slots of my crappy shows that will be on for 10 years despite sucking because the American television watching public will watching anything regardless of quality.
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one of my favorite quotes from futurama ever
"I bet those windmills will keep those turtles cool"
"WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOOD NIGHT!"
I'm god, but it's a bit of a drag really...
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I'll stuff coal so far up your stocking you'll be coughing up diamonds!
It's good to see such a great show coming back. I hope they don't go outrageously over-the-top with it like Southpark and the Simpsons did. For a while, both those series were just trying to see how sick and offensive they could get, and it grew less funny. I think they've finally figured that out and are becoming funny again.
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"It was just a dream, Bender. There's no such thing as two"
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Which was Groening's only regret.
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Are you referring to Malcom in the Middle? That's what I immediately think of when thinking of Futurama's cancellation. It took the 8:30 timeslot after Simpsons from Futurama and god did it suck (and for years). But Fox kept it going on and on and on. . .
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fox is stupid
Really?
What?
There's no such thing as two.
They could have aired Futurama after the game, or in a timeslot that didn't get preempted.
Why would you pay to produce a show you don't air? It's not like they have more new content than time in the day.
fox is stupid
LRR: NO THEY'RE NOT! we WANT MCNEAL!
"Stupid... like [a] fox!"
Keep the shows, fire the schedule planners.
You can only destroy so many good sci-fi shows with poor advertising and bad timeslot placement, Fox! If only Firefly could have pulled off the same feat that Futurama has.
Belligerant and numerous! :-)
Knowing Google's lust for data collection, the Soviet Union is still alive and well inside the psyche of Sergey Brin....
Offtopic, but isn't your User 956 a little inaccurate.
Well, I'd consider that the deal with the NFL is finite, and next time it is up for negotiation, it might move to another network. And then I'd consider the ton of money that The Simpsons has made for the network, and continues to make after almost two decades, and realize that Futurama at least has good potential to be in that ballpark. And then I'd move Futurama to a time slot that wouldn't conflict with football.
Oh, and I'd have done the same with Firefly, for similar reasons. It was from people with an excellent track record, and had a good shot at being one of those shows that grows into a very lucrative long-term franchise (e.g., it could have been Fox's Star Trek).
And for the slot that gets stomped on by football? A couple things come to mind. One would be to develop a skit-based comedy or variety show. Skits each episode would be independent, so that the show could quickly be cut to fit when football goes over, with the cut material usable next week. Or just take the easy way out, and fill any odd times between football's end and the next half-hour boundary with bonus material from the current season of American Idol.
Offtopic, but isn't your User 956 a little inaccurate.
it's a reference to an IBM ad. (which i can't find on Youtube or I'd link it)
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
It did have some pretty good stories now and then. It kind of makes me think of what you'd get if you cross-bred the writers of The Adventures of Pete and Pete with sane people. (When I say the writers of APP were not sane, I mean that in a good way).
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ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!
I entirely approve. If Jesus was really a zombie he'd still be undead today, and a union member. Plus, Zm. Lazarus was there, are you calling him a liar?
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I entirely approve, too. I love to eat my worshippers' brains. Mmmm, brains!
(Oh, and btw, Lazarus was a frickin' n00b)
It is not off-topic Zoidberg anybody what is he? A Crab Person.
One of my better drunk stories is when I barked that back at my friend's dad when he poked his head in to tell us to quiet down and to say good night. Friend's Dad: "Uhh, goodnight boys, keep it down" Me: "WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOOD NIGHT!" I think he's still confused to this day.
Unlike porn, which yada yada rimshot hey-ooh!
It's not really a proper Hypnotoad reference if you don't include the cool sound:
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Does Matt Groening even work on The Simpsons anymore? It's had a "design by committee" feel to it for years.
What's the ugliest part of your body? Some say your nose, some say your toes, but I think it's your mind. -Zappa
He's a crappy Cthulhu.
I hate sports as much as the next dork but seriously, if you were a network executive and you had to choose between a guaranteed ratings grabber like FOOTBALL!! or a moderately successful science fiction cartoon which way would you go?
Ironically, in everyday life, I don't run into hardcore football fans. Do they exist?, or is it all a marketing myth trying to turn everyone into fans by hyping up football. Most folks I know only watch the superbowl 'cause of the commercials (not the game).
"If anything can go wrong, it will." - Murphy
I love the newsmonster.
Morbo: Morbo forgot how to read his teleprompter. He forgot how you say that letter that looks like a man with a hat.
Linda: It's a 't'. It goes 'tuh'.
Morbo: Hello, little man. I WILL DESTROY YOU!
My favorite hypnotoad site: http://r33b.net/
Bookmark it today and go into a catatonic stupor for a few hours at will.
You're entitled to your opinion, insane though you may be.
Speaking of your opinion, any cartoons you do like?
Family Guy, I think, could be a lot better than it is if only the writers would grow up. They really do have some funny stuff, but the problem is every other joke is a sex joke that can only possible entertain prepubescent boys and idiots. Sex jokes are like deep fried foods: in moderation, they're not necessarily bad, but overused, they can ruin the show. If the writers would just quit watering it down with the same crap idiots have been giggling about since junior high, the show would have a much higher quality.
a) 'culture' ne 'race'. For instance to mock the Poles is not racist. Bigoted?
Sure. Racist? No.
b) You clearly do not get Andy Kauffman, which is really what "Man on the Moon"
was about. But that's fine, most people don't, and even those who do don't
necessarily dig all his material.
Were that I say, pancakes?
I heard he was dead and his head was frozen and in a thousand years they'll thaw his head out and either stick it in a jar or clone him a new body. Well, that's what I heard.
Most people who use the word 'racist' don't actually CARE what it means. Its just a word they throw around to make themselves feel a little less inferior. Don't agree with me? You're a racist. Smarter than I am? Atleast I'm not a racist! I don't 'get' a certain brand of humor? Well, why should I - its racist!
I loved Futurama, but I loved Simpsons and Family Guy as well...
Season 13, Simpsons jumped the shark, and turned into pointless, mindless, painfully un-funny crap, and Groening has done interview after interview saying how he thinks the show is better than even now, even though the ratings have dropped.
Family Guy was hilarious originally, but after Fox brought it back, there hasn't been one good episode. It's really a rip-off, by someone who didn't understand why the original was funny to begin with.
Now we're combining the destructive powers of Fox, and Groening, into a show that had already really dropped off at the end of its run, and ceased to be funny for most of the final season.
I can't see how this could possibly turn out good in any way.
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MG's head has already cameoed in at least one role - the Lucy Liu-bot episode comes to mind (will now have to dig-out the DVDs to check).
"It's time to take life by the cans." ~ Bender ("Bendin' in the Wind", ep. 3-13)
Heh, you must be young, otherwise your standard for shitty animation would be a lot lower.
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And for the slot that gets stomped on by football? A couple things come to mind....
I vote they just write the script for football games better so that they will always fit in their allotted timeframe.
Either that or always pad the length of the game, and adjust the amount of time that the reminiscing ex-football players prattle on after the game is over, such that the next scheduled show can always start on time.
If you are not allowed to question your government then the government has answered your question.
Well, I don't think the ratings are a myth. Or the revenues. Or the attendances. Granted a lot of people watch the Superbowl for the commercials, but a lot of people watch all the other NFL games as well. And those college games with 100k+ people in the stadium...
One of my favorites was when Bender had a nightmare and said, "I dreamt that there were ones and zeros everyone. And, I think I saw a two!"
It's ok Bender, there's no such thing as two.
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THANK GOD! THE Wonderness (i.e. Bender) RETURNS!!!
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I was actually thinking of Bones. But there are tons of Fox shows that suck that stay on the air when they can stuff that is good. Malcolm in the Middle is actually pretty entertaining, but you basically have to watch all of it otherwise it just seems retarded.
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Amen - in fact, Futurama's 3D aspect is VERY well used and was quite novel for an animated TV series. Personally, I think Futurama is the finest animated TV show ever, easily better than the Simpsons.
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