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Dr. Morberg
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I just watched this one on DVD, (Hooray!). The entire episode is greatness. Fry defending Leela from Sal, Zoidberg's jokes (especially "Gumbercules? I love that guy!" and "You'll never guess where I've been." ), and the holophoner sequence. I think this is the first episode where Fry actually loves Leela.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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I can't really remember. The Professor referred to his "worm infested bowel " but I'm not exactly sure where they were located or if it was directly referred to in the script.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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Welcome to PEEL, Neil McNiel!
For what it's worth, I really don't care for "The Deep South" and we're discussing "Parasites Lost" now anyway. What do you think of it?
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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Again, forgive my savage double-posting, as well as my inability to update this thing on Monday as usual.
Anyway, I'm going to give two choices this week, they are : "The Luck of the Fryrish" and "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings" .
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SlackJawedMoron
Urban Legend
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« Reply #131 on: 03-18-2004 23:23 »
« Last Edit on: 03-18-2004 23:23 »
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Luck of the Fryish was good. Sweet ending, didn't get me teary (all it earned was an awwwww from me), but was good all the same. Very funny too, which is what I ask from this show. Anything else is a bonus. He he... bearded communist guy handing out propaganda. Devil's Hands is my favourite ep of season 4 (I might have appreciated The Sting more if this site and my own infernal curiosity hadn't spoiled the buggary out of it). I love the Robot Devil, and I share the writers enthusiasm for Hedonism Bot (ever since the first mention of his name). Very funny, with the ultimate use of Bender's catchphrase . Loved the music, as well. That last scene... the imagery was predictable, but the accompanying music is the best in the whole series, as far as I'm concerned. I had it in my head for days. In fact, it's there now! And I'm still slighty teary! I'm such a geek! (goes into corner and bawls for a while.) Wouldn't have affected me so much if it weren't the last ep, though, for sure, but that music was the best send off possible. Which doesn't mean I don't hope for a return, of course .
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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That's the way I feel about "Devil's Hands". I think that if it had been any other episode it wouldn't have been so sad, but of course I cried because it was the series finale.
"The Luck of the Fryrish" had a sweet ending. For me, it wasn't a tearjerker, but just an incredibly powerful moment. I loved the music, by the way.
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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for the "Luck of the Fryrish" i think that when the crew goes to Orbiting Meadows and Fry discovers the truth about Yancy and his son is just touching. I'm not ashamed to say i got choked up and goosebumps when that happened.
For TDHAIP i would have to say the ending is the best i've ever seen in a Futurama episode. It was a great finish to a great series AND it left the fans to wonder what happens next.
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Gorky
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Welcome to PEEL! I agree that the ending to TDHAIP is one of the best endings to a Futurama episode ever. I also think that the music in that final scene was terrific.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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Sorry for the double post...
This Week: "X-Mas Story"
What made this one great was its ability to make me laugh, but also be surprisingly touching.
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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"Xmas Story" is the Perfectly Balanced EpisodeTm. It simply contained the right amounts of everything that made Futurama such a god show.
All 7 main characters are present, and all have a pretty balanced amount of screentime and jokes.
You have great jokes, a good plot, spiffy animation, social commentary, emotions, a shippy scene or two, fast-paced action, explosions, the works.
Throw in one of the best songs of the entire run and a fantastic guest voice and voila; a classic is born.
For me no Futurama episode say "perfect" more then "Xmas Story". Sure other episodes are better in some specific area such as emtoions (Fryrish, etc), humor (Amazon Women..., Roswell), etc, but "Xmas Story" have it all.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Teral: It simply contained the right amounts of everything that made Futurama such a god show.
Maybe you meant to say 'good show', but that god comment works too. Also, agree with everything you said.
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Dr. Morberg
Professor
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This one is a really well balanced episode, it has great guest voices, and funny parts that involve the entire group. Santa was hilarious, and he was really brought to uh... life (well I don't know, he is a robot) by John Goodman. Some of the earliest shippyness, zoidberg jabs, and nudity. (Yeah nudity!) Overall an amazing episode.
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Gorky
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This Week: "Roswell That Ends Well"
What can I say? This episode was both well- written and well-directed. The plot was original, and Roswell just seemed like the natural place to take a time-travel episode. One of my favorite episodes.
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EvilLunch
Professor
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Mildred was pretty hot, which gives me twice as much of a case of the willies. "It's not supposed to be sexy but it is!" -John DiMaggio
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Dr. Morberg
Professor
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This episode was amazing, one of the best of season 3. The animation was incredible, the plot was funny and original, it has great lines, especially from Zoidberg, and it was completely deserving of the Emmy.
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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The part when the Prof just abandoned preserving history and flew right into the army base firing rockets, and thorwing gas bladders at President Truman. True Classic episode.
SCREW HISTORY!
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Nasty Pasty
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I recently saw a documentary on the real roswell incident and a newspaper picture very similar to the one in "roswell that ends well". It looked like the same setup of the "alien spacecaft" but of course it wasnt our friend, Bender's ass.
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nerdlinger
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It's so well written and "acted." Leela'a little move with the salt shaker is classic.
I loved how the "Trumanisms" were used, and I really loved Bender's, "That's not a flying saucer, that's my ass."
The microwave incident is so funny because Billy West said he put a can of soup in a microwave years ago and " . . . saw the apocalypse."
One of the best episodes of season three!
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DrJohnZ
Starship Captain
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« Reply #155 on: 04-06-2004 14:24 »
« Last Edit on: 04-06-2004 14:24 »
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Professor: "Our only hope to get back to our own time, is to go back through it, within oh say, exactly 24 hours" Leela: "No problem. The ship's fixed except for the cup-holder and I should have that operational within ten hours." Professor: "You've got eight!" oh and Truman: "Whistlin dixy! I want this sent to Area 51 for study!" General: "But Sir! That's where we're building our fake moon landing set." Truman: "Then we'll have to really land on the moon. Invent NASA and tell them to get off their fannies!" and Truman: "Bush wa. No what's your mission? Are you planning to make some kind of alien human hybrid?" Zoidberg: "Are you coming on to me?" Truman: "Ha! Crackers, I take exception to that!" Zoidberg: "I'm not hearing a no…" and of course Professor: "Start the ship, Leela! Let's just steal the damn radar dish, and get back to our own time." Fry: "But, but, won't that change history?" Professor: "Oooh… A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-my-own-grandpa! Let's get the hell out of here already. Screw history!"
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Nasty Pasty
DOOP Secretary
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I wish people still said "whistlin dixy" today. It make the world a much better place for us all.
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Gorky
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Great idea! I'll try that next time, thanks.
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