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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. 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

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

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

  4. 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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