Futurama Update from David X. Cohen

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Cool! I just saw this yesterday and wanted to post it here, but the board seemed to be down for a while. But now it's official. The X-man himself, David X. Cohen posted a message which can be seen in Google newsroups: (scroll to the top to view)  http://groups.google.com/groups? hl=en&threadm=3C03FE77.2CE9E0CE%40compuglobalhypermeganet.com&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26group%3Dalt.tv.simpsons

He talks about the season premeire of Futurama and other new upcoming eps, as well as some new awards the show is nominated for.

Show spoiler

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). BTW, Coolio will be featured as Kwaanzabot in the 'appropriately scheduled' X-mas episode which will be a ONE HOUR 'double feature'.

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Let me just say - cool. Especially on the Xmas episode being an hour long.

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Let me just say- I wanna see it!  I'm calling channel 7. Now.

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Let me know what they say rach...

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It's not an hour long, it's two eps back-to-back... which is still cool.

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sounds cool!!!

but i guess i have to wait at least a year to see it... 

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sounds sweet but I guess Hell will freeze to ice before season 4 will come to TV4 in sweden   

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cool, Futurama season 4 is promising... 

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Kick-fucking-ass. The 9-10 Sunday timeslot sounds pretty good. I would have expected FOX to air it on a thursday at 8:30 with absolutely no promotion at all.

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Maybe hell'll freeze over before it gets aired in Sweden, but I'm positive pigs'll fly before I can see it on TV. 

The episodes sounds cool. And the guest cast is promising (to say the least). Now if only we could get a return of the VPAR (I just loved Stephen Hawkings remarks in AOI I).

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If Fox doesn't make shows readily available to the viewing public, they shouldn't disapprove of sites that stimulate a fanbase. Fl'uh!

/action does a season 4 is a'coming dance.

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Wow!  Two pleasant surprises in one day!  First, Buffy and Spike...well,    .  Now, they're gonna show a double-feature of Xmas eps!  I'm in Heaven! 

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Man, David X. is sexy as hell. I just talked to him on AIM. A few highpoints from the conversation:

-AOI2 will air Jan. 6

-the show hasn't officially been renewed for season 5, but they are reasonably optimistic

-the show will most likely continue to have a crappy timeslot and late season premieres

-"Thanks for the message", "Bye"

-I love David X. Cohen like a father

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FishyJoe=the man

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I left a message for Dave at that Google board. Thanks for that info, Chris! 

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Originally posted by FishyJoe:
-the show hasn't officially been renewed for season 5, but they are reasonably optimistic

We got our future hiatus recommendations in, & it looks as though us Character layout artists will be coming back to work in March for season 5.

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Ok. Here's what you do to annoy C7.
Sydney- 02 9877 7777
Melbourne- 03 9697 7777
Adelaide- 08 8342 7777
Perth- 08 9344 0777
Brisbane- 07 3369 7777
Darwin- 08 8941 5777
Call between 9 and 5 and ask aboot futurama. I have tried, but I called too late, and so I'm gonna try again tomorrow.

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I know, it's hard to heckle a television station when your timezone is 3 hours behind everyone elses... :P

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Originally posted by Sarge:
 We got our future hiatus recommendations in, & it looks as though us Character layout artists will be coming back to work in March for season 5.

That little tidbit of information just saved my day, in fact it saved my entire week.    Thanks Sarge.

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It certainly is good news 

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Yeah it is good news, but I'll keep my Fox Exec Axe nice and sharp just in case. 

 

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correct me if i'm wrong, but the artists coming back to work on season 5 doesn't mean that the show has been picked up for season 5 right?
you are just doing it because they are reasonably sure it will be. right?

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Right.  It's not "absolutely, positively, throw away your unemployment check, time to buy a new boat" final yet.

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So what kind of hours do you do, Sarge? And does it pay enough to support you without any other jobs?

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Originally posted by rach_the_tall:
Ok. Here's what you do to annoy C7.
Sydney- 02 9877 7777
Melbourne- 03 9697 7777
Adelaide- 08 8342 7777
Perth- 08 9344 0777
Brisbane- 07 3369 7777
Darwin- 08 8941 5777
Call between 9 and 5 and ask aboot futurama. I have tried, but I called too late, and so I'm gonna try again tomorrow.

So, what prefix do we people from abroad have to dial to get to Australia? If they receive calls from, say, 30 countries, you'll have (much better) chances.

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The story has been posted at  http://slashdot.org  as well, with interesting comments from people whose minds haven't been corrupted by this message board   

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Originally posted by TheMadCapper:
So what kind of hours do you do, Sarge? And does it pay enough to support you without any other jobs?

The hours depend on the episode. And we don't really know till we're in the thick of it. Sometimes I work extra during the weekends, but not too often. From Mon. thru Fri. I come in around 9:30, & leave around 6:30.
And yes, it pays very well. 

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David X. COhen...is there anything that man doesnt know? 

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Sarge-"Well, Cohen may be a multi-millionaire, but there's one thing he doesn't have."
Randi-"What's that?"
Sarge-".....................a dinosaur!!"

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I'll bet he doesn't know my middle name

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HEY RICKY...I want to be a football hero........

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Ooh, I know your middle name! Pick me, pick me! ::raises hand and waves it around in the air::