"Futurama" (1999) TV series 1999-????

Creator:

Matt Groening

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

28 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Drama | 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:

Alien | Delivery Boy | Robot | Doctor | New York City

Awards:

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 wins & 16 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 23	10:00 PM	COMEDY	How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back	#2.14
Mon. Nov. 23	10:30 PM	COMEDY	Mars University	#2.2

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 / ... (70 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 / ... (58 episodes, 1999-2003)
Frank Welker	...	Nibbler / ... (30 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:12 (video rating) (some episodes) | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:TV-14 (some episodes) (original TV rating) | USA:TV-PG (original TV rating) | UK:U (video rating) (one episode) | Australia:G (some episodes) | Canada:14+ | Ireland:12 (some episodes) | Ireland:PG (some episodes) | Argentina:Atp (original rating) | Argentina:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | 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:

According to Matt Groening, viewers were able to decipher the alien language that is sometimes seen in the background the same night as the pilot episode aired. The only primer for the code in that episode was a sign that read "Drink Slurm". The sign appeared once with the word "Drink" written in the alien code and once in plain English. This resulted in the producers creating a second, more complex alien code to be seen in the background of later episodes.

Goofs:

Continuity: In Season 4 Episode 12 "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" Fry mentions the Star Trek films attracts negative attention because the show was banned long before then, and apparently saying the show's name is forbidden. 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.

Quotes:

Leela: Alright, this is the third hose fight I've broken up today... and the second one using ACTUAL hoses.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror IX (#10.4)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Convoy

Grade A Hilarity

I disagree with those who hate Futurama with a passion. On the contrary, I find the show so completely funny and original. Let me explain what I mean:

The plot of having a crude, broke pizza delivery-kid wander into a cryogenics lab and fall into a freezer shell for a thousand years is so creative...I'll expand further; He befriends a very well voiced "cyclops" mutant named Leela (Katey Sagal), a trash talking robot named Bender, his great, great,great (etc.) nephew Prof. Farnsworth, an alien-crab that sounds remarkably Jewish, Dr. Zoidberg, the list of imaginative characters and plot situations just doesn't stop! The humor is just awesome. I have never sat through Futurama once without laughing until I cried about something. I find it incredible that one could hold such disdain for the comedy. It really is so entertaining. But to each his own, I say.

Fry: Wait you're the only friend I have... Bender: You really want a robot for a friend? Fry: Yeah ever since I was six. Bender: Well, ok but I don't want people thinking we're robosexuals, so if anyone asks, you're my debugger.

Leela: Hey, he stole my ring! Bender: Sorry. Well, that solves the mystery of the missing ring. This calls for a drink.

Farnsworth: Let me show you around. That's my lab table and this is my work-stool. And over there is my intergalactic spaceship. And here's where I keep assorted lengths of wire. Fry: Whoa! A real live spaceship! Farnsworth: I designed it myself, let me show you some of the different lengths of wire I used.

Just a sampling of the amusing lines in the show. Thanks all!