FFOR Volume1 Issue1

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WELCOME TO THE FUTURAMA FAN-O-RAMA!
~SPACE PILOT 3000 EDITION~
The unofficial newsletter of the 31st century.

• Note from the Editors:
  Hey, all!  We would like to thank every one of you for graciously joining our
  club!!  Everybody who receives this letter is on our mailing list.  Feel free
  to ask any questions; just write Cayt at invalid@cs.com or Marissa at
  invalid@cape.com. We would like to thank everybody who helped us get this
  started, including the Futurama Chronicles, Katey aka GurlFromTheFuture, and
  everyone who subscribed!  I hope you like our very first newsletter!!
  
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• FG`s page!
  
  Hi! I`m FG! In case you don`t know me (and I doubt that there are too many
  of you who do) I am known as FuturamaGirl and Girl of the 31st Century
  on the fox.com message boards or just by Marissa. I am nothing less than
  a Futurama expert and HUGE fan. Got a Futurama question, I`m the one to ask!
  E-mail me at invalid@cape.com, put the subject Hey FG!
  If your question can`t be answered and makes a good point, I will put it in
  the unanswered questions section. If I can answer you question and like it,
  It will become part of my trivia challenge.
  
  Now that that`s out of the way, I`d like to welcome you all to the first
  edition
  of the Futurama Fan-o-Rama newsletter! With any luck this will get to be
  very popular. (Hey, a girl can dream!) So tell your friends!
  
  Futurama was started as being a dream show for Simpsons creator and Sci-fi
  fan, Matt Groening. That became a reality when Fox decided to take it
  for a test drive season. With great ratings, Futurama is about to
  enter it`s second and first full length season. If you`re reading this, then
  I know for a fact that you can`t wait for the 26th! Let`s just hope that given
  it`s chance, Futurama will take off and might still be on 1,000 years from
  now! (Okay, bad joke. But you get the picture.)
  
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• Cayt's page!!!
  
  Hey, everybody!  I'm Cayt, better known as LoneGungirl on the Futurama
  message board.  I am pleased to announce that this is the first issue of the
  Futurama Fan-o-Rama newsletter!!!!  I am just as happy as all you guys are! 
  
  Anyway, we've got a lot coming up for all of you.  Lots of updates, episode
  guides, trivia, polls, anything having to do with Futurama.  You name it, we
  can have it!!  Feel free to suggest subjects for us.  Or send us articles. 
  You can e-mail me at invalid@cs.com.  Just put in the subject box,
  Suggestions for Cayt!
  
  Also, look for us on the Futurama Chronicles on the main page (at
  futurama.simplenet.com) thanks to Dave of the Futurama Chronicles and the
  main page of There's Something About Futurama (at futurama.onlytoons.com)
  thanks to our very own Futurama Girl!!!
  
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• FG`s trivia quiz!
  
  Good luck to all! You can just try to guess the answers, but if you think
  you`re a trivia master, e-mail me your answers and if you get the most right,
  you will have your name here in the next edition of the Futurama Fan-o-Rama!
  (invalid@cape.com put the subject: FG`s trivia!)
  
  In episode 2, what does the farmer on the moon`s hat say?
  
  According to Fry`s speech, who was the first emperor of Trisoil?
  
  What was the first thing Bender said when he first met Fry?
  
  Fill in the blank: "Better _______ than you have tried!"
  
  Easy question: What is Amy`s last name?
  
  In this part, I`ll put a Futurama question that can`t be answered. It is
  NOT part of my quiz, it`s a goof by the staff of Futurama. If you have one,
  drop me an e-mail!
  
  Unanswerable question: If Bender doesn`t breath air (there are many examples
  of this in Futurama) then why does he always pant when he runs???????
  
  Thanks all! C-ya soon! FG
  
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• Deathmatch!
  
  Hermes Conrad vs. Zapp Brannigan
  The results are in! Five seconds into the
  match Zapp was crying and hiding behind his favorite wicker chair.
  Hermes Conrad wins by a landslide! Thanks for your votes!
  Next week`s deathmatch: Leela vs Pamela Anderson`s head-in-a-jar
  Get your votes in! (invalid@cape.com) Also, feel free to vote on the Futurama
  message board at bbs.foxworld.com!  Just click on Futurama!! 
  
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• Character spotlight:
  
  Name: Phillip J. Fry
  Typical outfit: White t-shirt, red-orange overshirt, blue jeans, black
  sneakers.
  Likes: Anchovies, Sci-fi stuff, any show of the genre "World's Blankiest
  Blank"
  Best friends: Bender, Leela
  First words on the show: "Space, it seems to go on and on forever."
  
  Phillip J. Fry (Or Fry as he prefers to be called) is a pizza delivery boy
  from 20th century New York and is not the brightest crayon in the box.
  He had a cruddy job, he was broke, and had a girlfriend who cheated on him.
  But that all changed on Midnight January 1st, 2000 when he was accidently
  frozen and wakes up 1,000 years later. He now works for Planet Express,
  a delivery company owned by his great, great, etc., etc., nephew, Professor
  Hubert
  Farnsworth. Although he`s kind of lost in the Future, he gets by with Leela's
  help.
  
  Next week: The Bender Unit 22 story.
  
  -Marissa
  
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• Episode 5: "Fear of a Bot Planet"
  
  Rating: TV PG V
  Opening joke: Featuring Gratuitous alien nudity
  Futurama Milestones!:
  Among many other things, we find out in this episode that Bender can
  be used as a popcorn machine.
  Futurama`s first commercial cue.
  For once Leela screwed up instead of Fry when she sneezed.
  Bender actually says a few not so bad things about humans.
  
  Summary: It starts off when Bender gets in an argument with Fry and Leela
  because he
  thinks that they don`t respect robots. Soon after they are called away to
  deliver a package
  to Chapek 9, a world where humans are killed on sight by the robots
  that inhabit the planet. While delivering the package, Bender
  gets kidnaped because it was discovered that he worked
  with humans. While trying to rescue them, Fry and Leela are also
  caught and put on trial by the robots of Chapek 9. Bender must either
  risk death to save them and go back to earth, or kill them and live a
  life of stardom on the robot planet.
  
  Leela: Now remember, you don`t know humans, you don`t work with humans,
  and above all you don`t like humans!
  Bender: I`ll try to keep that in mind.
  
  My notes:
  FG: Okay, I liked this episode! Especially the part with the robot
  porn and the scene in the end with the robot elders. FG`s grade: B+
  Cayt: This is one of my fave episodes, despite the bad publicity given to it
  by the media.  Especially the screwed-up baseball part.  Cayt's grade: A-
  
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• Futurama goes into its second season!!
  
  Season Premiere Preview (Courtesy of the Futurama Chronicles)
  [1ACV10] A Flight to Remember
  
  Premieres Sunday, September 26th!!!
  
  Summary: The crew takes a voyage on the largest space cruise ship ever built,
  the Titanic, where romance blossoms as Captain Zapp Brannigan attempts to
  navigate the ship through a swarm of Icy comets.
  
  A brief summary from David X. Cohen: "Fry, Leela and Bender go on a
  well-deserved space cruise, not knowing that Zapp Brannigan has been made
  honorary captain of the ship for its maiden voyage. He makes the ship go
  through a swarm of comets which he refers to as 'icebergs of the sky.' Then
  the rest of the episode is like The Love Boat, and all our characters have
  romances. It's pretty crazy."
             
  -One of the plots is a love story involving Bender and a robot Countess.
  -Leonardo DiCaprio's head in a jar christens the Titanic.
  -Kif also returns for another appearance.
  -Mayor Poopenmeyer makes another appearance.
  -New characters to be introduced include Amy's parents Leo and Inez Wong,
  Hermes' wife LaBarbara, and a lady named Hattie.
  
  Thank you to the Futurama Chronicles (futurama.simplenet.com) for letting us
  use their summary!
  
  Other Episodes This Season
  
  Fry and the Slurm Factory: This episode was inspired by "Willy Wonka and the
  Chocolate Factory," according to Matt Groening.  The episode reveals the
  mysterious contents of Slurm, the soda that makes you smarter, as Fry finds
  out as he tours the factory.  These contents have not yet been announced, so
  hold your breath.
  
  Mars University: Fry decides to go to Mars University and is roomed with a
  super smart monkey, named Guenter.  Of course, we will witness Fry's
  stupidity (again) in this episode.
  
  Election Year: Richard Nixon's head decides to run for President of Earth. 
  Matt Groening comments; "That's the greatest thing about science fiction.  We
  can still do Nixon jokes."
  
  Oh, Unholy Night: "Christmas has turned into a holiday of fear" in the year
  3000, or so Matt Groening says.  Never turn your back to a chimney on
  Christmas eve, lest the evil robot Santa Claus get you.
  
  Note: The names I have given these episodes aren't necessarily the names they
  will have.  Except for the Christmas episode and the season premiere.   
  
  -Cayt 
  
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• For all you British guys...
  
  I realize that a few of our members are British, so here's a special section
  for you.  I'm sure you've heard a lot about Futurama.  That's great!  Watch
  it all you can!  Futurama starts on September 21st in Great Britain.  Sorry:
  I don't know what channel or what time; all I know is that it starts this
  Tuesday.  So here's a preview of the first episode:
  [1ACV01] Space Pilot 3000:
  Fry is a pizza delivery boy in the 20th century, with practically nothing to
  live for.  His job is a drag, his girlfriend ditched him, and he seems to be
  the target of everyone else's pranks.  He makes a delivery one day to the
  Cryogenics lab in New York City.  As soon as he realizes it's a prank, he
  settles back to feast on the pizza on pop provided by the prank callers, and
  tumbles into a cryogenics tube and is frozen for 1000 years.  He awakens to
  find a completely different New York City...
  Stayed tuned next week for the summary of episode 1ACV02 and the preview of
  1ACV03 in the British Futurama section.  Thanx for watching!
  
  Also, we have a few members from even MORE exotic places.  I'm sorry to tell
  you that I have absolutely NO idea when Futurama is going to show.  But
  you'll probably get it if you get cable.  Thanx again for subscribing!!
  
  -Cayt
  
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• Awesome Futurama Websites! *Links*
  
  The Futurama Chronicles: futurama.sipmlenet.com
  There's Something About Futurama: futurama.onlytoons.com
  The Futurama Message Board: bbs.foxworld.com
  The Official Futurama Website: bbs.fox.com/futurama
  
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• Survey:
  
  This would really help us out, so please fill it out and send it to Cayt
  (Lone) at
  invalid@cs.com or Marissa (FG) at invalid@cape.com. Thanks!!!!
  
  How did you sign up for The Futurama Fan-o-Rama?
  
  a) The Fox.com Message boards
  b) The Futurama Chronicles
  c) There's Something About Futurama
  d) Heard about it from a friend
  e) Other (if you choose this, tell us how you heard about it)
  
  What would you like to see in future editions?
  
  How are we doing? Comments?  E-mail us!!
  
  -From the editors: Marissa and Cayt
  
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