"Futurama" (1999)TV series 1999-????

Creator:

Matt Groening

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

28 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The future is here!

Plot:

Fry, a pizza guy is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out New Year's Eve 2999.

Plot Keywords:

New York City | Futurama | Hero From The Past | Pneumatic Tube | Invention

Awards:

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 wins & 16 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. May 16	9:00 PM	COMEDY	Birdbot of Ice-Catraz	#3.9
Fri. May 16	9:30 PM	COMEDY	Luck of the Fryish	#3.10

Cast

Billy West	...	Philip J. Fry / ... (72 episodes, 1999-2003)
Katey Sagal	...	Turanga Leela / ... (72 episodes, 1999-2003)
John Di Maggio	...	Bender / ... (72 episodes, 1999-2003)
Tress MacNeille	...	Additional Voices / ... (69 episodes, 1999-2003)
Phil LaMarr	...	Hermes Conrad / ... (65 episodes, 1999-2003)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Additional Voices / ... (65 episodes, 1999-2003)
Lauren Tom	...	Amy Wong / ... (63 episodes, 1999-2003)
David Herman	...	Additional Voices / ... (57 episodes, 1999-2003)
Byrne Offutt	...	Utility Player (44 episodes, 1999-2003)
Frank Welker	...	Nibbler / ... (27 episodes, 1999-2003)

Also Known As:

Aloha Mars! (USA) (working title)
Doomsville (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min (72 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:U (video rating) (one episode) | Ireland:PG (some episodes) | UK:PG (video rating) | UK:12 (video rating) (some episodes) | Ireland:12 (some episodes) | Canada:14+ | USA:TV-14 (some episodes) (original TV rating) | USA:TV-PG (original TV rating) | Australia:G (some episodes) | Argentina:Atp (original rating) | Argentina:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Canada:G (Quebec) (DVD rating) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) (DVD rating) | Finland:K-7 | Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Characters intended for one-time appearances, such as Professor Wernstrom, were brought back because the writers liked them so much.

Goofs:

Continuity: In Season 4 Episode 12 "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" Fry mentions the Star Trek films and attracts negative attention because the show was banned long before then, and apparently saying the show's name is forbidden. However, in Season 1 Episode 1 "Space Pilot 3000" Fry refers to Leonard Nimoy's head as Spock, and in Season 3 Episode 8 "That's Lobstertainment!" at an Oscar awards ceremony a featured film is titled "Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation" and no mention of Star Trek being forbidden is made. Also, in Season 5 Episode 4 "A Taste Of Freedom", Dr. Zoidberg passes by a pink building labeled as the "Klingon" embassy.

Quotes:

Leela: Well, Fry, it looks like you get to hold on to your lower horn.
Bender: As usual. Woooo!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Birth of the Lightsaber (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

You're The Best

Can be watched till the end of time..

Futurama is the second series by Matt Groening. Now when I was watching The Simpsons one idea was that why we can't see this guy more, why he is only behind a widely known TV series while poking some other people. But with Futurama I say he is (OK, was) unleashed.

Futurama deals with moron pizza delivery boy Fry being accidentally frozen and wake up 1000 years after into a whole new world. Strangely this is not the story of the Fry's adaptation, because he is not. He is still the same stupid guy back in 20th century.. Maybe a little improvement but that's all.. Then we meet Leela, who is the only cyclops alien in the whole galaxy (as far as she knows), orphan, different from others. Last but not least the main cast includes Bending Unit Bender which is a robot. Nice thing about him is that the general idea of a robot is that they are always serving and helping and supporting, but Bender does not. He lies, cheats, steals...

Then the supporting cast has the cute and horny Chinese (or Japanese?) Amy, Fry's great^20 nephew professor Farnsworth with crazy inventions but an unstable mind, doctor Zoidberg that mastered on human medical but not a human itself, Jamaican manager who is a qualified limbo master and denying machine...

I like Futurama because it creates an unexpected, yet tempting future and combines it with cunning references and a strange comedy style. It's range of poking is 'wider'..

Futurama can turn any depressed mood to a happy mood if just the watcher accepts the fact that show does not require a deep concentration for the whole concept, but likes to catch it slowly by using trivial extras and nicely planted sci-fi references.

This show was one of the best. Ever. It's a pity that it was canceled an I pity the fool who canceled it. Such things should continue till the end of time.. Thanks to the makers of DVD, they partially do.

Futurama is mandatory for all sci-fi and comedy lovers, and highly recommended for everyone else.