One of the more obscure reasons I love Futurama is because they cast Katey Sagal as Leela.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005408/
Married With Children is one of my guiltiest of pleasures. 
(And I like the little connection with her and Groening's The Simpsons when in the excellent 'Homer In Space' episode they did a quick parody of Married With Children - PEGGY: Al! Let's have sex! AL: No, Peg. [FLUSHES TOILET STANDING IN THE LIVING ROOM. HUGE AUDIENCE APPLAUSE AND CHEERS.])
Didn't realize she was her or her was she? That episode where Leela gets married, makes more sense now. 
Never did like MWC though, too much whooping for my taste.
Oh, found the clip on that new-fangled YouTube...
She showed up at some event in Hollywood a few weeks ago and looked amazing and was all over the web. Not a Married with Children fan (hits too close to home) but I love Futurama and welcome anything new that comes out.
Yay, more Futurama - possibly the best animated series ever, imho.
Another two series despite the 4 features showing that a sitcom format doesn't transfer well to longer pieces.
What always amazes me is seeing the Simpsons / Futurama actors doing the voices in the flesh.
Quote: SlagA @ July 3 2009, 9:15 PM BSTAnother two series despite the 4 features showing that a sitcom format doesn't transfer well to longer pieces.
Apparently the features will be split up into episodes and transmitted, so may work better.
I love Zoidberg.
Pervert.
I'm hoping that next years season of episodes helps the show rebound from the sub-par, films. Benders Big Score was passable, but the other three were big letdowns.
Quote: SlagA @ July 3 2009, 9:15 PM BSTYay, more Futurama - possibly the best animated series ever, imho.
Another two series despite the 4 features showing that a sitcom format doesn't transfer well to longer pieces.
What always amazes me is seeing the Simpsons / Futurama actors doing the voices in the flesh.
Here here I rate it above the Simpsons.
I love the whole Bender-Fry-Leela dynamic. And I am unashamed to confess my love for Zoidberg one of the few Jewish characters in animation.
Quote: sootyj @ July 6 2009, 1:46 PM BSTHere here I rate it above the Simpsons.
I love the whole Bender-Fry-Leela dynamic. And I am unashamed to confess my love for Zoidberg one of the few Jewish characters in animation.
It's close with prime Simpsons, but I rate 'Rama as the best animated show ever. Good reasons that you've stated. Zoidberg is great, but Bender is the shows best/funniest character. All the main characters are very strong and work extremely well contributing their own personalities and quirks to the show and there are some great minor ones too (Kif, Zapp Brannigan, Wernstrom, hypnotoad, etc).
Only prime Simpsons and Monkey Dust rival the show in its field. It totally brutalizes the likes of Family Guy, Southpark, American Dad etc.
Shit that's exactly my holy trinity, Prime Simpsons, Monkey Dust and Futurama. You're not me by any chance?
Futurama and Simpsons must be the only 2 comedic cartoons to make you believe the characters were real.
Favourite Futurama moment: The Twighlight Zone parody at the beginning of "A Head in the Polls", plus Fry and Leela's discussion afterwards about the political debate. The Simpsons never produced a moment even half as touching as Fry's dog in the final scene of "Jurrasic Bark", or Bender's convo with God in Godfellas for that matter
Brain slugs party!
I loved all those Twilight zone piss takes and the Beck episode must be the best cameo in any cartoon.