Futurama Update from David X. Cohen
Davidxcohen
David X. Cohen here, Executive Producer of Futurama, with an update on the
show.
- Futurama's ridiculously late season premiere will be Sunday, Dec. 9th at 7 PM
(6 PM Central/Mountain) on Fox. The episode is "Roswell that Ends Well", in
which the crew accidentally travels back through time and crash-lands in
Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. It's our first time travel episode, unless you
count Fry freezing his way through a thousand years. The episode turned out
great, I think -- it's definitely one of my favorites so far.
- A one-hour Xmas double-feature is currently scheduled for Sunday, December
23rd from 9 to 10 PM (in the X-Files' usual slot). It will start with a re-run
of our Xmas show from 2 years ago (featuring John Goodman and Conan O'Brien),
then move along to the "banned" Xmas show from last year, that was never shown
because those guardians of good taste at the Fox Network network decided it was
"inappropriate" for broadcast at 7 PM. You can judge for yourself. It
features Coolio as "Kwanzabot".
- Some recent recognition for the show: Futurama won 2 of the 3 Annie Awards it
was nominated for at the annual "Annie" animation awards ceremony in Los
Angeles a couple of weeks ago. These were: Best Writing in an animated TV show
(Ron Weiner, for "The Luck of the Fryrish" , in which Fry looks for his
seven-leaf clover and learns about his brother); and Best Male Voice
Performance (John Dimaggio, as Bender, in "Bendless Love", in which Bender and
his nemesis Flexo vie for the love of Bending robot Angleyne).
The Simpsons won the award for Best Animated TV series, as it has every single
year.
By the way, Futurama also won a primetime Emmy Award this year -- an individual
animation award presented to one of our outstanding storyboard artists, Rodney
Clouden.
- We have finished writing and recording 18 episodes for season 4. In all, 72
episodes of the show have now been produced or are currently in production.
Lots of great ones are in the works. Upcoming guest stars include Coolio,
Sigourney Weaver, Hank Aaron, Al Gore (in his 2nd appearance -- perhaps he'll
become a regular?), and, in an episode that will likely be our season finale in
May, all of the following: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, Walter
Koenig, and Nichelle Nichols (also making her 2nd appearance). Yowza!
Yours,
-David X. Cohen
Ian Boothby
Davidxcohen <david...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Saw that in San Diego and it was very good. The show has been missed.
Ian Boothby
Andrew Hall
my number one "gotta see it" show. It's so much funnier and wittier,
almost like the target audience is smarter. The tiny references and
background jokes mixed with the puns and inside jokes make it worth
watching over and over and over again. So I just wanted to say thank
you to Mr. Cohen and how I'm looking forward to the new season with more
anticipation that ever. Keep up the good work over there!
Andy(atuc.com), can't believe David X. Cohen posted here...what a
wonderful world!
Davidxcohen wrote:
>
> Greetings, Futurama fans of Earth (and Simpsonians as well, if I may impose).
> David X. Cohen here, Executive Producer of Futurama, with an update on the
> show.
>
> < regretfully snipped :( >
>
> Yours,
>
> -David X. Cohen
Jym Dyer
> as my number one "gotta see it" show.
=v= That's because David X. Cohen works on _Futurama_, whereas
_The_Simpsons_ had to make do with David S. Cohen. It's a lot
like the way that Z-rays are superior to X-rays. In fact, five
more better.
HTH, .--.
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The Rack
>in an episode that will likely be our season finale in
>May, all of the following: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, Walter
>Koenig, and Nichelle Nichols (also making her 2nd appearance). Yowza!
"Yowza"? That's what passes for entertainment these days... "yowza"?
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Krusty the Klown Show is now off the air for
retooling.
--
Chadderack
June: Ward, the Beaver blew up the
Dairy Queen, again.
Ward: I'll have a talk with him, dear.
www.snpp.com/episodes/scg.html
Formerly: a cardboard cut-out
Currently: rocking the suburbs
Hopefully: doin' it for the kids
Internet King
The Rack wrote:
> Drunk and full of pie, Davidxcohen wrote:
>
> >in an episode that will likely be our season finale in
> >May, all of the following: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, Walter
> >Koenig, and Nichelle Nichols (also making her 2nd appearance). Yowza!
>
> "Yowza"? That's what passes for entertainment these days... "yowza"?
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen, The Krusty the Klown Show is now off the air for
> retooling.
I would have expected at least a "Wuzzle Wuzzle" or "I'll be in my room."
Sincerely,
Little Girl
zoidy
of the Simpsons, it's weird to find that Futurama is actually easier
to work on than the Simpsons. And I owe it all to Claudia & her dog
Daisy. (That's what Film Roman needs...a dog.)
Over the years, I've only caught a few Futurama eps, but they've
gotten sharper over time. Season 4 is killer. Reminds me of season 3-4
of the Simpsons. But we didn't have 911 back then. Will the public
ever know of all the stuff that's being cut from season 4 because of
that day?
Tupring
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