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Original Futurama Cast Seals Deal With Fox

Svippy writes "As we discussed earlier, 20th Century Fox Television was attempting to recast Futurama. As it turns out, this was just part of a big negotiation ploy, and the original cast have now completed their deals to return with the show's new episodes. For those of you who did not follow the story, a chronology of the events and reactions from the cast members are available at Infosphere and Voice Actors in the News. Series creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen said, 'We are thrilled to have our incredible cast back. The call has already gone out to the animators to put the mouths back on the characters.'"

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  1. Oblig. by JoshuaSpringfield · · Score: 5, Funny

    GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!

  2. That's a load off my toad... by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Although I knew the only real possibilities were the original cast returning or the show not being made.

    Even though we have the proverbial "500 channels", there's still as much a lack of good creative shows as ever, and Futurama fits that bill perfectly. Newt Minow's "vast wasteland" is alive and strong!

    Especially since the #1 show "American Politics" got a whole new set of writers but has still managed to get even dumber than ever... ludicrous plots, inane dialog, stories so far-fetched no one would ever believe them in real life...

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  3. Severely reduced pay all around! by davidwr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fry- Can I come back at severely reduced pay?
    Hermes- Of course! In fact, severely reduced pay all around!

    Let's hope life didn't imitate art. These people are worth it. Heck, I'll even watch the commercials ... in my dreams.

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    1. Re:Severely reduced pay all around! by Norsefire · · Score: 5, Funny

      Heck, I'll even watch the commercials ... in my dreams.

      You're not a true fan, I'll record the commercials and watch them twice.

    2. Re:Severely reduced pay all around! by crazyjimmy · · Score: 5, Funny

      I act out the commercials. In public. Naked.

      :)
      --Jimmy

  4. Hmmmm by __aahurc460 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This show was never all that gre-ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

  5. Re:Matt Groening by JWyner · · Score: 5, Informative

    So ah, if he wants his last name to be pronounced like "Greyning" then why does he spell it so that it looks like it should be pronounced "Growning?" Seriously, by what rule of English grammar does "Groe" sound exactly like "Grey"??.

    From the same english rule that allows for words like Phoenix (unless you pronounce this Fow-nix). Words where oe is pronounced as "ee" are from the "ioticized omicron" spelling in Greek, ÎÎ, which was originally pronounced like "oy", but is often simplified into just an "ee" sound or similar.

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  6. Re:Good news indeed by ivan256 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No offense to the voice actors... They're great, of course...

    But I'd rather have the original writers back. Any word on them?

  7. Re:Historical Reference? by modmans2ndcoming · · Score: 4, Informative

    Good News Everyone

    Phrase from Futurama

    Proper usage includes:

    "Good news everyone. You are all going to the planet sodomy to deliver some KY Jelly"

    After such statements, Dr. Zoidburg may sometimes be heard saying "Hurray!"

  8. Re:Good news indeed by Svippy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes.

    Ken Keeler, Eric Kaplan, David X. Cohen (obviously), Patric M. Verrone, among others are confirmed back. I probably forgot some.

    Just to give you an idea on what these writers did, I am going to highlight one episode for each, respectively; "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", "Jurassic Bark", "The Why of Fry" and "The Sting".

    They already did reveal some of the content for the coming production season at the Comic-Con panel. In case you want to see if they are still on the edge.

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  9. Re:Matt Groening by drsquare · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously, by what rule of English grammar does "Groe" sound exactly like "Grey"??

    What does English grammar have to do with a German name?