Tag: David X. Cohen
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Futurama’s Three Greatest Guest Stars, According To The Series’ Co-Creator
Because “Futurama” is set 1,000 years in the future, show creators David X. Cohen and Matt Groening had to invent a sci-fi conceit that would provide an organic reason to include celebrity cameos. Thanks to a special fluid, human heads can be kept alive in jars more or less indefinitely. In the very first episode,…
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Futurama’s Pilot Put Dick Clark In A Confusing Situation
The first episode of David X. Cohen’s and Matt Groening’s animated sci-fi sitcom “Futurama,” called “Space Pilot 3000,” saw the directionless twentysomething Fry (Billy West) wandering into a cryogenics lab, delivering a pizza just minutes before midnight. No one is there. He checks the order slip and sees that the pizza was ordered by “I.C.…
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Futurama’s Hulu Revival Made A Small But Crucial Change To The Show
When Matt Groening’s and David X. Cohen’s “Futurama” debuted in 1999, it aired on Fox and fit neatly into the traditional network TV 30-minute time slot. Most half-hour TV shows were typically only about 22 minutes of actual programming, allowing for two extended commercial breaks roughly at the 10-minute mark and the 20-minute mark. Because…
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How Family Guy Paved The Way For Futurama’s Many Revivals
Matt Groening’s and David X. Cohen’s animated sci-fi comedy series “Futurama” debuted on March 28, 1999. Only a few months earlier, on January 31, Seth McFarlane’s animated sitcom “Family Guy” also premiered. They were both primetime animated sitcoms on the same network, and both were part of a wave of “Simpsons”-adjacent shows that tangled the…
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Two Fan-Favorite Futurama Characters Came Close To Getting Their Own Spin-Off
“Futurama” is a show that has had several different lives throughout its existence, which now extends for close to 25 years. One thing the beloved animated series has never had though? A spin-off. But it wasn’t for a lack of discussing such a thing, and it turns out a spin-off series came close to happening…
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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 Scrapped Futurama Episode That Was Too Sci-Fi For Comedy TV
“Futurama” is an animated comedy, yes, but it’s also a show that takes its science very seriously. As nonsensical and absurd as some storylines can be, the writers’ room on the series also boasted actual scientists to make sure things made theoretical sense. They were so good, “Futurama” often predicted the future. During the “Futurama…
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‘Futurama’ Season 11 Review: The Sci-Fi Comedy Is Back
This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist.As adult animation continues to be a gold mine for streaming services, it only makes sense that they would want to resurrect some of the most popular…
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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…