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Comedy Central Confirms 26 New Futurama Episodes
e9th was one of several readers to write with an update to the Futurama rumors we discussed earlier this week:
"TVWeek reports that 20th Century Fox Television and Comedy Central have officially confirmed a deal for 26 new episodes of Futurama, due to the strong ratings of its reruns and feature-length specials. Matt Groening is quoted as saying, 'We're thrilled Futurama is coming back. We now have only 25,766 episodes to make before we catch up with Bender and Fry in the year 3000.' According to the press release, the episodes will begin to come out in mid-2010."
Tomorrow, you'll all be making a delivery to Ebola 9, the virus planet.
Too much time has passed.
The professor's probably dead by now, the kids will be all late teenagers, etc.
In Bender's case you can always put another guy in the costume but come on! Where do they expect to find another actress with the eye mutation?
"The morons who cancelled us not only got fired, but also got beaten! Badly!"
The biggest problem plaguing Fox was the constant shuffling of executives in charge of the schedule. Because the new guy in place feared that a succesful show implemented by its predecessor would not give HIM credit, he'd just move it around, keeping prime slots for his own pet projects. Fast forward six months, change execs again, repeat until your schedule is a stinker parade surrounding a few scant barely palatable options. Good shows get lost in the cracks.
"This is executive Alpha, programmed to like things he's seen before."
"Hey hey hey!"
"This is executive Beta, programmed to underestimate the audience."
"It's funny, but how will it go with farmers?"
"And this is executive Gamma, programmed to roll dice to determine the schedule."
*rolls dice* "MORE REALITY SHOWS!"
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Attention deficit disorder is a complicated issue, spanning several major... HEY LET'S GO RIDE BIKES!
This will be a reboot of Futurama with a new cast, and more action (and sex) to excite a younger more modern audience. The Planet Express spaceship's bridge will look like the Apple Store, Leela will be having a secret affair with Bender. It will be shot in realistic shakey-cam. And there will be lots of lens flare...
I just finished watching every episode of that show, and thought I was done. You mean to tell me there's going to be MOAR?
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Does that mean Firefly will be back? *looks wistfully into the distance*
"It's funny, but how will it go with farmers?"
Correct quote: ""This is executive Beta, programmed to underestimate middle America." "It's funny, but will it get them off their tractors?"
Loss of 20 geek points. Please complete three Windows ME to Vista upgrades as penance.
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
Please complete three Windows ME to Vista upgrades as penance.
Can't I just take over boulder duty from Sysyphus instead? Then I'd be done sometime this millenia at least!
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I think it was said best in the words of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force:
Meatwad: Why don't you ask that TV if he'd mind showing me some Futurama? I like me some Futurama.
Master Shake: Well, now we're too damn cheap to receive it, so go the hell over to Carl Central and watch it to your heart's content.
Meatwad: Carl gets Futurama?
Master Shake: He didn't even want it until we started watching it
Oh you're right. I had missed that. Quick, someone mod me down!
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Because they dabble in croakamancy?
GAME SHOWS ARE BACK
Man, Jurassic bark was hilarious. Especially the ending
Good News Everyone!
"...solving the problem once and for all."
"But-"
"ONCE AND FOR ALL!"
But this Rottweiler not only is snarling and frothing at the mouth; it also went to Harvard.
VOICES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!