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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."
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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
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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Yes I too enjoyed that episode of South Park. Kudos to your original commentary. We could all learn a thing or two from you.
You need to take that up with the manatees.
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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)
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 haven't seen a lot of Family Guy, but I saw it as "joke on the horizon flashing it's lights wildly - joke arrives but you already know what it is - joke stays for an extra agonising minute as the character sings the second verse of the song the initially funny reference was to so that everyone will catch the pop reference". To me it seemed as pointless as "Man In The Moon" which seemed to be about how funny racist jokes are if you pretend it's about a country that doesn't exist - there's something in some brands of US humor I don't get. Simpsons, Futurama, Marx Bros, Chaplin and most of Mel Brooks is the stuff I can see as funny.
in doublevision (tm) where drunk (r).
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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.
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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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.
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! :-)
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By Chaplin, do you mean British comedian Charlie Chaplin? A funny definition of US humour.
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!
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
My favorite hypnotoad site: http://r33b.net/
Bookmark it today and go into a catatonic stupor for a few hours at will.
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.
The Simpsons did it!
... and then they built the supercollider.
And I'm going to be ... high ... as a kite by then.
I'm a... Rocket Man... Rock-it man.
To have Stewie covering Shatner was the Best. Homage. Ever.
... and then they built the supercollider.
It's coming back on Comedy Central, not Fox. Big difference there, and maybe why it won't suck as much as Family Guy. Remember, it's the Futurama writers and cast that wanted the show back and decided to go to Comedy Central (after negotiations failed with Fox). This is not another case of Fox producers trying to "milk out" the show's fans.
The problem is, that was only funny the first time they did it, not the next fifty. I'm convinced that they only made Family Guy series 4+ because they were told to, rather than because they had any ideas.
Similarly, the Simpsons has outstayed its welcome by around a decade. I don't think Futurama should come back, there's a lot to be said for ending a show when it's still good.
Wow. You are completely wrong. Some of the best episodes were in the last season.