August 10, 2003 was a dark day for television. On that depressing eve a group of morons at FOX cancelled Futurama, arguably one of the best and most creative cartoon series ever to be made. Street lore suggests that the show was cancelled because The Simpsons took the piss out of fox too much, and we all know how thin skinned Rupert is. A little joke here and a bit of a dissing there was all it took to get Fry, Leela and Bender the chop.
But rejoice! Yep, its good news everybody! Futurama is coming back with a ‘blam’! Grab your spice weasels and put on your ‘I love Bender’ t-shirts because Comedy Central has commissioned 26 new episodes that are due to air in 2010.
In a recently released statement Fox announced “When we brought back Family Guy several years ago, everyone said that it was a once in a lifetime thing — that canceled series stay cancelled and cannot be revived,” 20th Century Fox TV Chairmen Gary Newman and Dana Walden said in a joint statement. “But Futurama was another series that fans simply demanded we bring back, and we couldn’t have been happier when Matt and David agreed that there were many more stories yet to tell.”
The news was received jubilantly by fans across the globe. In celebrations all across New New York, fans got out their laser guns and various doomsday devices and shot wildly and sporadically into the air. Luckily no aliens were harmed….
Thank the space-pope that Fox have finally come to their senses.
All hail the HYPNOTOAD!
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