Futurama (1999– )

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

Creator:

Matt Groening

Stars:

Billy West, John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal

Won 6 Primetime Emmys. Another 7 wins & 26 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Billy West	...	Philip J. Fry (111 episodes, 1999-2012)
Katey Sagal	...	Turanga Leela (111 episodes, 1999-2012)
John DiMaggio	...	Bender (111 episodes, 1999-2012)
Tress MacNeille	...	Linda (109 episodes, 1999-2012)
Phil LaMarr	...	Hermes Conrad (104 episodes, 1999-2012)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Morbo (103 episodes, 1999-2012)
Lauren Tom	...	Amy Wong (102 episodes, 1999-2012)
David Herman	...	Scruffy (94 episodes, 1999-2012)

Storyline

Phillip Fry is a 25-year-old pizza delivery boy whose life is going nowhere. When he accidentally freezes himself on December 31, 1999, he wakes up 1,000 years in the future and has a chance to make a fresh start. He goes to work for the Planet Express Corporation, a futuristic delivery service that transports packages to all five quadrants of the universe. His companions include the delivery ship's captain, Leela, a beautiful one-eyed female alien who kicks some serious butt, and Bender, a robot with very human flaws.

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Plot Keywords:

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

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Taglines:

The future is here!

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Comedy Central [us] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 March 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aloha Mars!

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Curiosity Company, The, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital (seasons 6-)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth is named after the inventor Philo T. Farnsworth, one of the pioneers of television, whose invention was premiered at the 1939 New York World's Fair, along with the Futurama exhibit.

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Goofs

In many episodes the Earth's knowledge of things that have happened in the past is lacking, due to an apparent loss of historical documents throughout time (for example, in Season 1 Episode 2 "The Series Has Landed" it is made clear humans don't know the exact details of the first moon landing, or in Season 5 Episode 2 "Jurassic Bark" it is unclear how a 20th century pizzeria operated,) yet many people from Fry's time period are still alive, such as Richard Nixon or Leonard Nimoy's head. Also, even though characters do not know the details of important events in or before the 20th century, many characters make references to popular songs of the past (William Shatner in Season 4 Episode 12 "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", Kif in Season 3 Episode 5 "Amazon Women In The Mood".)

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Quotes

Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Sweet zombie Jesus!

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Crazy Credits

Occasionally, before the opening credit sequence begins, the show will be "sponsored" by a futuristic sponsor advertisement. For example, "Futurama is brought to you by Glagnar's Human Rinds." The show always begins with a parody of the "Transmitted in SAP" type of show disclaimers when the title "Futurama" appears. For example, "As Seen on TV" or "Present in BC (Brain Control) Where Available".

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Connections

Featured in The Blockbuster Buster: Twilight - Eclipse (2011)
Clip of episode of Big Foot is shown

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Soundtracks

"Tom Sawyer"
by Rush
Episode: {"Anthology Of Interest 2" (2002) (ep. #4.3)}

User Reviews

Futurama - One of God's Gift to Animation.

Looking for the a comedy cartoon with perfectly timed humor and characters that you actually want to meet and/or grope? Then Futurama is for you.

Whether you're looking for Science, Fiction, or Science Fiction, you're in for a treat as Fry, Leela, Bender, the Professor, Amy, Hermes, and to a much lesser extent Dr. Zoidberg travel through time and space to deliver/battle/mate with creatures/aliens/humanoid alien creatures from the past/future.

Let's just say that if I had the choice between living and watching Futurama repeatedly for an eternity in purgatory, you would never see me again.

10/10, 5/5, 1/1, *****/*****