Greetings! The title of this post refers to me! The other day I finished watching all 72 episodes of the animated series Futurama, which I own on DVD. It's a nerd-tastic achievement. The show, which ran from 1999-2003, was suddenly dropped by the FOX network in 2003 when the network expressed their dislike for the show, which was often shown sporadically and out of sequential order. Good news is (or at least the rumor is) that Comedy Central bought 13 more episodes which should come out next year. In case you didn't know, the series is created by Matt Groening, of The Simpsons. It's an intelligent, hilarious, and thoughtful look at a group of characters working for a delivery company 1,000 years in the future in New New York City. The main character is Phillip Fry, a pizza delivery boy, who is accidentally cryogenically frozen on New Year's Eve, 1999 and thawed out on New Year's Day, 3000. The show wittingly spoofs countless sci-fi books, movies, and tv shows. Beautifully drawn and colored, it incorporates a lot of computer drawn objects and backdrops. Simpsons is a classic show, but now I definitely like Futurama more. 'Nuff said!
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