From SpongeBob to Mr. Hankey: 11 of the best original songs from cartoons
This week’s question comes from The A.V. Club’s Deputy Managing Editor, Caitlin PenzeyMoog:
Damn it, nerds, stop trying to jam Disenchantment and Futurama into a single shared universe
[Note: This article discusses some extremely minor plot elements from Disenchantment.]
For almost a decade the internet has quietly maintained an obscure Futurama joke
Once in a very long while, strangers on the internet will put aside their differences in the name of an important cause. It’s never something so divisive as humanitarian aid or the restoration of our democracy. That’s the stuff you’re supposed to fight over. No, the collective energy of internet users should be saved…
Hey, let's remember some terrible episodes of otherwise-great shows
Nobody in TV bats a thousand. Well, maybe the British The Office. But, by and large, even the medium’s most vaunted series have a dud episode or two in the mix. Just look at Stranger Things’ second season last year, which paired us up with a bunch of bargain-bin X-Men in one of the most disappointing TV episodes in…
Sticking their noses in other people’s business: 16 TV Cyranos
You know Cyrano de Bergerac even if you don’t know Cyrano De Bergerac. The protagonist of Edmond Rostand’s century-old play—based loosely on the life of an actual French polymath—is a canonical figure, his romantic plight, panache, and prodigious proboscis immortalized in countless stagings, adaptations, and lit-class…
Even Zoidberg is invited to the Futurama reunion at ATX
Almost 10 years after their Comedy Central revival, the cast of Futurama will reunite at the ATX Television Festival. Well, most of the whole cast—as Entertainment Weekly reports, Billy West, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, and David Herman will do a table read, followed by a Q&A, with showrunner David X. Cohen. But…
The voice behind 100s of classic cartoon characters explains his process
Though getting to know the voice behind iconic cartoon characters can be somewhat distracting, it can also reveal some hilarious truths. Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob Squarepants, played both a satanist preacher and an acid-tripping monster during his stint on Mr. Show, for example. And Phil LaMarr, whose head we…
Here’s what’s coming to Netflix in January
Netflix has announced its January 2018 offerings just in time to help you narrow down your New Year’s viewing resolutions.
Futurama is headed to Hulu, jerks
Welcome, friends…to the world of tomorrow! Which is to say, to a crazy, wacky, mixed-up world, the kind of place where reality TV stars are presidents, and you can watch Futurama on Hulu, instead of Netflix.
Good news, everyone: Futurama is coming to Syfy
Earlier this year, fans of hapless delivery boys, cyclopean starship captains, and lovably sociopathic bending units got a nasty shock, when the first six seasons of Futurama—a long-time staple of Netflix’s roster of always-streaming shows—departed the service. (Sure, the episodes from the series’ Comedy Central run…
Futurama is coming back again, for a single, audio-only episode
Good news, everybody: Futurama announced another one of its surprise returns from the grave this week, with Deadline reporting that a 42-minute, audio-only episode of the show will soon be available online. Created in association with the Futurama mobile game, Worlds Of Tomorrow, the radio play was written by Matt…
Adventure Time’s John DiMaggio on how he got his start in voice acting
John DiMaggio has the kind of résumé that would leave most voice actors envious. He’s best known for his voice work on Futurama as Bender, but he also lends his talents to Adventure Time, American Dad!, and Samurai Jack. But, as we all do, he had to start somewhere. At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, he took part in…
Futurama’s John DiMaggio picks his all-time favorite voice actors
John DiMaggio has the kind of résumé that would leave most voice actors envious. He’s best known for his work on Futurama as Bender, but he’s also made appearances on Adventure Time, American Dad! and Samurai Jack. At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, he took part in the I Know That Voice panel. The 2013 documentary is…
The voice behind Futurama’s Bender gets an animated life story
While most voice actors tend to go unrecognized for their talents, forever hidden behind the larger-than-life characters they lend their voice to, John DiMaggio is one of the few exceptions. As the voice of Bender in Futurama; Jake The Dog in Adventure Time; and countless other memorable characters from TV, movies,…
Meet the voices behind your favorite childhood creations
Generation-X kids were pretty well off during their formative years, pop-culture-wise: They could play some Donkey Kong, chat with their friends via AOL, and amuse themselves with great TV like The Ren & Stimpy Show, He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe, and Doug. But none of these elements would have been as…
Same time, different channel: These shows all switched networks midway through
With more than 5.2 million articles, Wikipedia is an invaluable resource, whether you’re throwing a term paper together at the last minute or preparing for old age by brushing up on synopses of Matlock episodes. We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 5,354,589-week series, Wiki Wormhole.
Extra! Extra! Read all about it in these fictional magazines
With more than 5.2 million articles, Wikipedia is an invaluable resource, whether you’re throwing a term paper together at the last minute or learning about the history of America’s most trusted news source. We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 5,349,356-week series, Wiki Wormhole.
“Where are the flying cars?”: Pop culture that accurately depicts the future
This week’s question comes from reader Ben Kennedy:
GIF artists shake up Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off”
If the GIF is the preeminent art form of the 21st century, then the High Quality GIFs subreddit is the virtual salon where the medium’s best and brightest meet to show off their work and compare notes. Recently, 17 members of this Reddit community collaborated on an ambitious project: a four-minute GIF tribute to…
Robot Sumo may be the closest we can get to Futurama’s Ultimate Robot Fighting
Regular human sports are fine, but there’s going to come a time when mankind is just sick of watching beefy athletes catch stuff, throw stuff, and hit stuff. On that day, we’ll be thankful for the people who developed technology as awesome as these Japanese Sumo robots. After all, this kind of thing is just a few…
