What reminds you of Futurama?

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Ha! Thats great!

There is a local newscaster who name is David Bender.

A fading tradition but...
TOTPD!!!
Yo!

[Reply #241 on:]

In somebody's house I saw an ashtray that looked like an Omicronian ship. It had the same three claw-like legs with the round tray supported above it.

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Whenever I search IMDb and come acros the actor Kano Futurama I can't help snicker a bit.

Who in their right mind call themself Kano Futurama?

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This reminds me of the Fry/Leela relationship:

What'll you do when you get lonely
And nobody's waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long.
You know it's just your foolish pride.

Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.

I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down.

Chorus

Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane.
Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain.

Chorus

Chorus

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Whenever I hear someone tell me "You're _____" I say "No I... Doesn 't!"... From that episode (of Futurama). (forgot) Fry said it.

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My friend is a big nerd so whenever he is stupid I say "Your my most loyal and trusted friend but you've earned my contempt once again."

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I have a seasonal job at my local Toys-r-us and the other day i was straightening the board games when i stumbled across the triaminos and when i saw them all i could think of was Bender in his santa hat.

"But i come bearing Triominos!"

As a result i can not look at that game and keep a straight face.

[Reply #247 on:]

Funny fact; the wanted it to use "Stratego" instead of Triomino.

"But I come bearing Stratego!"

::leaves thread after having messed up another game for Venus::

[Reply #248 on:]

 

Originally posted by Teral:
Funny fact; the wanted it to use "Stratego" instead of Triomino.

"But I come bearing Stratego!"

For some reason, that just doesn't strike me as being as funny.

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Probably because we're used to Triominos.

Anyway, FOX objected and gave them a list of products, where they were allowed to use. Not in the sense they would be paid, but the producer wouldn't sue them.

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Earlier I posted about "Hybernetic Naptosis" and I just saw that episode again and I was wrong.  It's actually "Hybernative Naptosis", a quote from Kif gets Knocked up a Notch.  Which everyone else seems to hate, but I thought it was enjoyable. 

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Originally posted by Teral:
Probably because we're used to Triominos.

Maybe, but I think that it could just be that Triominos are inherently funnier.  I mean, come on.  They're like dominos, but they're triangular.

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Originally posted by Teral:
Funny fact; the wanted it to use "Stratego" instead of Triomino.

"But I come bearing Stratego!"

::leaves thread after having messed up another game for Venus::

stratego      today at work i found a stratego in the legos section and it made me laugh. Then later i saw triominos and i laughed some more. Then i was returning junior scrable to its spot and i saw stratego again and laughed. The end.

*takes a bow*

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Aahh *wipes a tear* brilliant Venus 

There's a new barmaid at my work who is over 6ft tall....she reminds me of the Amazonian women....I'm tempted to use the classic pick up line on her...."I find the most erotic part of a woman....yeah you all know it 

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We're getting closer and closer to the real Bender I say!

 http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20031215/robot.html#

[Reply #255 on:]

Those Sony robots are great.  Not only can they walk and even run, they can do a Japanese fan dance.

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But now they need personalities.

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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy..anyone read that? For some reason when I was reading that book it reminded me of Futurama. Zaphod Beeblebrox = Zapp and that depressed robot is Bender...I dunno why I just thought of Futurama whenever I had to read that book.

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I went to Rio de Janeiro over winter break. While I was there, I saw a restaurant named Alcazaar.

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This is a bit lengthy, but it pertains. Wait for it.

Due to some unusual circumstances, my family spent the last year pretty much without television (and a lot of other basics, but that's a whole long, depressing story not germane to this discussion group); but we did have pretty much the entire series on, uh, tape. Yeah, that's it, videotape. No illegal downloads whatsoever.

Anyway, for most of 2003, our main form of entertainment was our nightly ritual of watching several episodes of Futurama. My older son, who will be four in February, therefore spent a very formative year soaking up Futurama the way most of his peers soak up Sesame Street and Saturday morning cartoons.

So basically, Futurama is his main point of cultural reference. If he could type, his reply to this topic would be one word: Everything.

For months, he referred to all soda as "Slurm." He calls baseball "Blernsball" (a favorite toy is a rubber baseball on a tether -- as close to an actual blernsball as you can get). He spent several weeks referring to various parts of his anatomy as his "human horn" and his "lower horn." He calls chicken nuggets "popplers."

And so on. He also picks up on a lot of the more subtle plot and relationship points and relates them back to real life. He's a Futurama-based life form.

I'm not proud of this, mind you -- I'd rather his cultural education be more eclectic. But it's highly entertaining. And on the whole, Futurama being as thought-provoking as it is, I think it's been good for his cognitive development. We've frequently used it as a platform for teaching him science lessons -- for example, Bender's use of his swag items to offset his momentum; how many 3 year olds do you know who understand the concept of inertia?

Way off topic at this point, I know. Maybe I'll start a new one.

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Originally posted by Hip No Toad:
He's a Futurama-based life form.

I'm not proud of this, mind you -- I'd rather his cultural education be more eclectic. But it's highly entertaining.

Don't feel too bad about it.  My dad pretty much raised me on Monty Python's Flying Circus, and I turned out just fine.

Um, maybe that's a bad example...

Anyway, welcome to PEEL, Hip No Toad.     Enjoy your stay.

[Reply #261 on:]

You're not 9 - 10 years old are you ?

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Don't make me hurt you, Xmpel.   

[Reply #263 on:]

I was asking him and you know it.

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I accedentaly watched the Jamie Kennedy Experience where he referd to the episode as the X-Mas episode

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Originally posted by Xmpel:
I was asking him and you know it.

Yes, and the only response you're likely to get from him is "Huh?"

You and I both know what you're referring to, but he doesn't.  Nor should he be expected to.  Leave the poor guy alone.

This wasn't that funny in the test thread, and it's not funny at all here.

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We had our final english exame last week and there was a multiple choice question about who invented television.
One of the options was Hubert J. Farnsworth... 

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That's just quality [AdAM]!!
I can't remember why but for some reason everyone was hating the number 56 at school, so when someone said it everyone cringed, and I just laughed because it reminded me of 'Insane In The Mainframe' when Roberto say "56! 56! Now that's all I can think about".

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whenever i eat something,i always make the sound that bender makes in hell is other robots!!   

and when i bite something,i make that sound fry makes in fry and the slurm factory!!

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Originally posted by [AdAM]:
We had our final english exame last week and there was a multiple choice question about who invented television.
One of the options was Hubert J. Farnsworth...   

Hehe, that is great indeed 

[Reply #270 on:]

I ticked the right answer but I wrote that I liked Hubert better... 

By the way is the name Farnsworth inspired by the inventor of television, Philo T. Farnsworth?

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My history teacher has a poster that says:

"You're not payed to think! A mindless workeer is a happy worker. Shut up and do your job!"
It has a picture of Fry, Leela, and Bender on it.

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i have seen the dvd of hichhikers. i agree with GWHiZiTSPHiL[what a long and difficld name. and in tintin there is general alcazzar

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My study hall teacher has all these photos of Farnsworth from the Cubs, so I stapled a picture of the professor next to one of them.

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Originally posted by [AdAM]:
I ticked the right answer but I wrote that I liked Hubert better...   

By the way is the name Farnsworth inspired by the inventor of television, Philo T. Farnsworth?

Are you being serious?

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I caught an episode of Iron Chef the other day.  Damn good show, even if there's no Soylent Green! 

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Originally posted by chib:
 Are you being serious?

Sure.

...why do you ask?

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The inventor of television?

[Reply #278 on:]

whenever i hear a joke from the show.  (pretty obvious though)

[Reply #279 on:]

didn't that killer whale that played free willie go belly up recently.

wonder if they called Honest Bender's...hmmm