Good news, everyone!
June 22, 2006 4:42 PM   Subscribe

Apparently Futurama is to be revived for (at least) 13 episodes. Of course this is not the first time people have talked about resurrecting the show, but it seems pretty official...
posted by clevershark (69 comments total)
 
Yess!
posted by Ironmouth at 4:44 PM on June 22, 2006


That is good news.
posted by arcticwoman at 4:44 PM on June 22, 2006


Hooray!
posted by boo_radley at 4:46 PM on June 22, 2006


GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!
posted by parallax7d at 4:50 PM on June 22, 2006


Huzzah!
posted by TetrisKid at 4:52 PM on June 22, 2006


<hedonism bot> Let the games begin! </hedonism bot>
posted by Grimgrin at 4:52 PM on June 22, 2006


[adult swim]
posted by ackeber at 4:53 PM on June 22, 2006


Excellent! I always hoped they'd kill The Simpsons to bring back Futurama (even though I still dig the simpsons). Funny stuff.
posted by mrgrimm at 4:58 PM on June 22, 2006


Futurama is overrated. Really, it's no funnier than your average sitcom, and it doesn't really have any new ideas.

Nawww, I'm just kidding, Futurama rocks. I just wanted to say that because Futurama seems to be one of those shows that it's not ok not to like.
posted by gurple at 4:59 PM on June 22, 2006


gurple, I've met plenty of people who hate it. I thought us Futurama fans were just a rabid minority? Or maybe you just hang out with sci-fi nerds, heh heh!
posted by ktoad at 5:03 PM on June 22, 2006


This one's like a summer guy!
posted by unsupervised at 5:03 PM on June 22, 2006


I've been burned before hoping that Futurama's return was imminent, but this sounds as though it's official-like.
posted by grimmelm at 5:03 PM on June 22, 2006


Nerds.
posted by reklaw at 5:07 PM on June 22, 2006


I can't wait for the new episodes to begin so that we can all start complaining about how they don't measure up to the originals!
posted by The Card Cheat at 5:12 PM on June 22, 2006


Thank the gods, I couldn't go on much longer without seeing Scruffy again.
posted by eurasian at 5:13 PM on June 22, 2006


Sweet zombie Jesus that is good news.

i was happy Family Guy came back but i always secretly resented it a little bit for getting the nod, when the much smarter and funnier Futurama was ignored.

[Not that Family Guy is bad. Futurama is just better.]
posted by quin at 5:15 PM on June 22, 2006


So this is for real and not just Billy West jumping the ground? Right now I'm treating this like an announcement of discovered WMDs.
posted by Artw at 5:26 PM on June 22, 2006


Bender found the WMDs!!!
posted by wendell at 5:36 PM on June 22, 2006


[rant]
Even if Futurama doesn't come back in the timeframe noted, I'm glad it's still got a strong and vocal fanbase. I haven't seen many cartoons, let alone sitcoms, that can actually elicit an emotional "awww".

Jurassic Bark, and the Luck of the Fryish demonstrated to - to me anyway - that North American cartoons are more than just cliched oneliners, stupid pop-reference and amnesic stories with plot devices that last less than 5 seconds.

Family Guy is not teh funny. It's never teh funny.
[/rant]

posted by phyrewerx at 5:38 PM on June 22, 2006


'Bout fucking time.
posted by ELF Radio at 5:38 PM on June 22, 2006


Whoops, me and my [em] tags.
posted by phyrewerx at 5:39 PM on June 22, 2006


Apparently Comedy Central is also picking up some NFL and MLB programming. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.
posted by kurumi at 5:48 PM on June 22, 2006


ELF Radio: "'Bout fucking time."

(Now what do you say when someone gives you something?)
posted by rafter at 5:49 PM on June 22, 2006


gurple : "Nawww, I'm just kidding, Futurama rocks."

Pure Bender, right there. Nicely done.
posted by graventy at 5:57 PM on June 22, 2006


Don't you mean pure Flexo?
posted by unsupervised at 5:59 PM on June 22, 2006


*does Zoidberg-style side-scuttling claw-clicking happy dance*
posted by hangashore at 6:00 PM on June 22, 2006


I cannot reasonably contain my excitement.

Of course, the down side is that I can longer brag that I own every episode on DVD... for a while.
posted by Serial Killer Slumber Party at 6:02 PM on June 22, 2006


To shreds you say?
posted by stet at 6:03 PM on June 22, 2006


This time for sure!
posted by moss at 6:03 PM on June 22, 2006


ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD!
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 6:09 PM on June 22, 2006


I'd better get on the kegelcizer to be in my best shape for its return...
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 6:10 PM on June 22, 2006


It's like double soup Tuesday.
posted by zinc saucier at 6:12 PM on June 22, 2006


Two words for you: "Kick" and "Ass".

I hope we finally find out what happened to Hermes' manwich.
posted by Gamblor at 6:12 PM on June 22, 2006


Sweet zombie Jesus that is good news.

Don't you mean "sweet zombie ____"? (Why does Cartoon Network censor a 11 PM cable show that was originally shown at 7 PM on a network?)
posted by smackfu at 6:18 PM on June 22, 2006


Bite my shiny metal ass!

yay
posted by ninjew at 6:19 PM on June 22, 2006


I trust nothing that comes from the post! on the other hand, the post is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox, so maybe there's something to this.

Kiss my shiny metal ass, murdoch, and bring back futurama!
posted by shmegegge at 6:20 PM on June 22, 2006


Sweet Llama of Ghana! This made my day! Long live Zoidberg!
posted by about_time at 6:20 PM on June 22, 2006


Thanks for reminding me, shmegegge: Suck it, Fox!
posted by Gamblor at 6:22 PM on June 22, 2006


I'm happy! I'm happy!
posted by patricio at 6:24 PM on June 22, 2006


"gurple, I've met plenty of people who hate it. I thought us Futurama fans were just a rabid minority? Or maybe you just hang out with sci-fi nerds, heh heh!"

I support the vocal fans who love the show (like me) and even haters. At least you know where they stand. Unlike those filthy Neutrals...
posted by Effigy2000 at 6:33 PM on June 22, 2006


"gurple, I've met plenty of people who hate it. I thought us Futurama fans were just a rabid minority? Or maybe you just hang out with sci-fi nerds, heh heh!"

I support the vocal fans who love the show (like me) and even haters. At least you know where they stand. Unlike those filthy Neutrals...
posted by Effigy2000 at 6:33 PM on June 22, 2006


"gurple, I've met plenty of people who hate it. I thought us Futurama fans were just a rabid minority? Or maybe you just hang out with sci-fi nerds, heh heh!"

I support the vocal fans who love the show (like me) and even haters. At least you know where they stand. Unlike those filthy Neutrals...
posted by Effigy2000 at 6:33 PM on June 22, 2006


[insert clever Futurama quote]

Hell yeah. :)
posted by Atreides at 6:42 PM on June 22, 2006


I think it's worth mentioning that all those people who "hated" futurama were more likely people who "never saw" futurama. A lot of former haters, myself included, simply never saw it and didn't care one way or the other. But once we started watching it as part of our favorite late night programming block we became hooked. How else do you explain the same 15 episodes running on repeat for 3 years with no one complaining?
posted by shmegegge at 6:48 PM on June 22, 2006


* deliberately doesn't go to wikipedia *

How many episodes were there originally, anyway? I saw a few of them and liked them, but was never a huge fan (or found the time to watch them since).
posted by yhbc at 7:24 PM on June 22, 2006


"Don't you mean pure Flexo?"

*hangs nerdy head in shame, deposits quarter in suicide booth*
posted by graventy at 7:35 PM on June 22, 2006


[not adding anything to conversation]
I'm a 10th level Vice President! I'm really happy.
[/not adding anything to conversation]
posted by grobstein at 7:51 PM on June 22, 2006


Huh. So there were apparently 72Wiki original episodes. Wow.
posted by yhbc at 8:16 PM on June 22, 2006


I support the vocal fans who love the show (like me) and even haters. At least you know where they stand. Unlike those filthy Neutrals...

Tell my mother I said..... hello.
posted by Afroblanco at 8:19 PM on June 22, 2006


Afroblanco writes "Tell my mother I said..... hello."

How very neutral of you!
posted by clevershark at 8:27 PM on June 22, 2006


Cool.

...what? I just like the show. I don't have any quote or anything.

Phht. Losers.
posted by Smedleyman at 9:19 PM on June 22, 2006


ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD!

I don't know ... that show's been going downhill since season 3.
posted by WolfDaddy at 9:28 PM on June 22, 2006


Sweet guinea pig of Winnipeg!

I have a friend who went to a series of costume parties, alternating between Bender and Flexo to see who would pick up on it. He'll be thrilled.
posted by Mayor West at 9:41 PM on June 22, 2006


I hope this doesn't immediately start going downhill like Family Guy did after they brought it back from the void. They were really close to wearing out the whole Fry/Leela thing, so I hope they take it in a new direction.

Not that Family Guy isn't still good... it's just getting closer and closer to complete nonsense as the writers edge slowly toward their eventual psychotic break.

I hope this works out well.
posted by Mitrovarr at 12:43 AM on June 23, 2006


OH! ... YOUR! ... GOD!

This news is better than Robonika, Robonza and Rabadan combined!

I'm going to celebrate with a cheese pizza and large soda from Panucci's and a $50 million dollar can of anchovies.
posted by Davenhill at 1:01 AM on June 23, 2006


Mayor West, have you any photos of your Bender/Flexo mate? That's something I want to see.
posted by flameproof at 6:03 AM on June 23, 2006


Tried to get into it during season 1, didn't click. But earlier this year I watched the whole thing through Netflix and really got into it.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 6:22 AM on June 23, 2006


[this is good]
posted by drezdn at 7:27 AM on June 23, 2006


a series of costume parties

nerd.
posted by sleslie at 7:45 AM on June 23, 2006



posted by sonofsamiam at 8:57 AM on June 23, 2006


This news is better than Robonika, Robonza and Rabadan combined

That would be Robannukah and Robonza. I don't believe Robadan was ever celebrated on Futurama, but I could be wrong.

Yes. I am romosexual for Futurama.
posted by ereshkigal45 at 9:05 AM on June 23, 2006


Ack. That was supposed to be "Robanzaa."
posted by ereshkigal45 at 9:06 AM on June 23, 2006


Hmm.
I enjoyed Futurama for awhile, but it got to the point where I would browse the plot synopses on TiVo and I couldn't tell the episodes apart anymore.
Anyone else have this problem?
posted by Lord Kinbote at 9:40 AM on June 23, 2006


This concept of "wuv" confuses and infuriates us!



Just felt like saying that. Welcome back, Futurama.
posted by jokeefe at 10:48 AM on June 23, 2006


this makes me feel funny in my human horn
posted by shmegegge at 10:49 AM on June 23, 2006


One year later I got beat up at a Neil Diamond concert by a guy named Scrunchy!
posted by 235w103 at 4:03 PM on June 23, 2006


I don't believe Robadan was ever celebrated on Futurama

Robonadan (mentioned in the same episode as the other ones).
posted by Gator at 10:30 AM on June 24, 2006


Er, Robomadan.
posted by Gator at 10:42 AM on June 24, 2006


Freedom, freedom, freedom, OY!
Freedom, freedom, freedom, OY!

(dances)
posted by evilcolonel at 3:47 PM on June 24, 2006


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