Futurama's Fifth Season Comeback
Wednesday, 2007-11-28; 02:28:00
Chris Baker over at Wired Magazine profiles David X. Cohen and Matt Groening, co-creators of Futurama. (In case you didn't know, Groening is also the creator of The Simpsons.)
Due to high sales of the Futurama DVDs, Fox has green-lighted a fifth season for Futurama, after a long hiatus. It's actually being released on DVD first, and then being syndicated on television. The content on each of the four DVDs is being split up into half-hour episodes for TV, which is kind of strange. And, apparently, the first DVD is available as of yesterday.
Probably the most hilarious part of the whole article:
Hahahaha, an actual episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad. Awesome.
(via Drew Thaler via Twitter)
Due to high sales of the Futurama DVDs, Fox has green-lighted a fifth season for Futurama, after a long hiatus. It's actually being released on DVD first, and then being syndicated on television. The content on each of the four DVDs is being split up into half-hour episodes for TV, which is kind of strange. And, apparently, the first DVD is available as of yesterday.
Probably the most hilarious part of the whole article:
Cohen says that they're giving hardcore fans no excuse to wait for the airing on Comedy Central next year. "We're producing it in HD with 5.1 surround sound, and we're filling up every bit of available space on the disc," he says. There'll be a few minutes of material that won't appear on the TV versions of each episode, an in-depth lecture on the role of mathematics in the show, and a full episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad, the most popular show in the 31st century. It consists of a shot of the titular amphibian, who fixes viewers with his trance-inducing gaze. (Diehards who watch the motionless toad for half an hour will discover hilarious fake commercial breaks and a few other surprises.)
Hahahaha, an actual episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad. Awesome.
(via Drew Thaler via Twitter)
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