Tag: Bender
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Futurama Season 11 Lands The Punchline On A Decade-Old Joke About The King Of Space
Spoilers for “Futurama” season 11 episode 9 follow.Back in season 8 of “Futurama“, Leela leaves the Planet Express crew to get a fresh start in life. She’s back by the end of the episode, of course, but she at least gets to enjoy a nice career as a deep-space real estate agent. In fact, she’s so…
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Futurama Season 11 Finds The Show Once Again Pitting Science Against Faith
The newest episode of “Futurama,” called “Rage Against the Vaccine,” is 25 minutes of every Covid-19 anxiety all rolled into a condensed ball. “Rage” opens with a celebration hosted by the head of Bill Nye (himself), finally declaring that Covid-19 has been defeated. Note that “Futurama” takes place in the year 3023. “It’s felt like…
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10 Funniest ‘Futurama’ Episodes, Ranked
Since its debut on Fox in 1999, animated sci-fi sitcom Futurama, by David X. Cohen and The Simpsons and Disenchantment creator Matt Groening, has been adored by fans and critics alike as it followed the adventures of pizza delivery guy Fry, voiced by Billy West, after he is accidentally frozen on New Year’s Eve in…
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The Best ‘Futurama’ Episodes, from ‘The Farnsworth Parabox’ to ‘Roswell That Ends Well’
Good news, everyone! One of animation’s all-time classics is coming back, for a fourth go-around.Since it premiered on Fox in 1999, “Futurama” has established itself as “The Simpsons‘” scrappier, too oftenoverlooked, but just as lovable little sibling. The sci-fi cartoon set in the year 2999 comes from the same creator — Matt Groening, who developed…
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Bender Voice Actor John Dimaggio ‘Didn’t Get More Money’ After Futurama Contract Standoff
“Futurama” has been canceled and revived so many times that by now it seems like the show’s eventual return is almost a given. Yet news of a Hulu continuation of the much-loved Matt Groening show hit a snag earlier this year, when John Dimaggio, who has voiced the profane robot Bender across the show’s seven…