Tag: Billy West
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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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Why Nickelodeon’s ‘Doug’ Is Still Worth Watching
In the early 1990s, Doug was one of the major new cartoons that helped Nickelodeon reinvent itself. The network had only existed for just over a decade, but its focus had been on live-action kids shows like Double Dare or Hey Dude. The other cartoons that premiered on the same day were Rugrats, which was…
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‘Futurama’: Where Did We Leave Off With Fry and His Friends?
It all began in 1999 when a dejected 25-year-old Philip J. Fry (Billy West) happened to stumble into a cryogenic lab which consequently thrust him 1000 years into the future. It made for a unique pilot episode, titled ‘Space Pilot 3000,’ especially when Fry meets his new futuristic friends: a one-eyed cyborg named Leela (Katey…
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Hulu’s ‘Futurama’ Revival Is Stuck in the Present
In the premiere episode of Hulu’s “Futurama’s” revival, Planet Express delivery boy Fry (Billy West) is stunned to discover that he’s been in the century 3000 for 23 years (the fact that he hasn’t aged a day is a question not worth thinking about). Faced with an existential crisis about the years gone by, he…