# Ask the guy who knows way too much about Futurama **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416 "2004-07-22T21:46:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/41 "2004-07-23T05:41:58Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > What learning disability _doesn’t_ he suffer from? I’ll tell you what disability he doesn’t _not_ suffer from; sexlexia. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/42 "2004-07-23T05:56:12Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Okay, here is an actual sincere question, and not a trivia-type question: did Nibbler’s shadow **really** show up in the FIRST airing of “Space Pilot 3000,” or was it something added after the fact in subsequent reruns? I’ve a tape of episode 1 from when it first aired and the shadow is there. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/43 "2004-07-23T05:56:40Z")
> [@Hail Ants](#): > > How about “When the hell did LaMarche do Brannigan’s voice?!” (on Chia-Earth perhaps?) I know that Maurice has subbed for Zapp on at least one occasion. The line, in an episode which I will not reveal, is “You win again, gravity!” It’s _clearly_ Maurice doing a bad Zapp. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/44 "2004-07-23T22:28:55Z")
Hey! People are answering my questions! i’d be quicker but some of us have jobs that don’t have access to computers. Anyways, to answer the ones that haven’t been answered yet: **kingpengvin** 1. What song does he riff on in Amazon women in the mood? Lola. 2. What does he replace with pert and popular and what does he tell Kiff to do with it? Jergens, and he tells him to squirt it on a homeless man with dry elbows. 3. What attitude does he not need from Kiff? His, “I don’t think that’s wise” attitude. 4. What is the name of his horse? Felicity 5. What three things does Lela say Zap can’t do but Zap is sure Kiff might? Clean the windows, mop the floors, and service her sexually. 6. What book on tape does Zap wish to share with Lee Lemon? Well, he deosn’t reveal the title, but it’s about life in ancient Rome. 7. Who Kills Zap and Kiff? Bender, in Anthology of Interest I. **Catalyst** How does the second alien language work? I admit I’m not sure, but I do know it took those nerds on the internet a month to decode it, as oppossed to half an hour for the first one. What is the other Nibblonian feast called? Feast of a thousand hams. What is the nickname the animators use for the tool they create extras in audiences with? The people hose! How did the staff pay tribute to Coolio for his voice work? He was put on a coin, seen in “Godfellas” In which episodes does a staff member appear? The ones where they go to the internet. FTR, David X. Cohen is the random dide Fry dispatches in the online video game. After which planet does the universe end? Dog doo 7. How many parallel universes are there? Well, originally just the two, regular and cowboy. But then Prof. Farnsworth made Universe B, and then while in Universe B, him and his counterpart made many more, and in turn the Farnsworths in those made more. Of the ones we know about, there is: Universe A Cowboy Universe Universe B (aka Universe 1, aka The Fighting Mongooses) Greek Universe Pirate Universe Leprachaun Universe (faith and begoder!) Hippie Universe Bobblehead Universe Robot Universe Eyeless Universe Really Cold Universe Universe that on Octopus-Like Creature Came Out Of ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/45 "2004-07-23T22:40:06Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Oh, and **Marley23** , the fact that it’s in NJ. And the fact that it exists. That might be my favorite exchange in the whole series. Leela: Who’d have thought that Hell would really exist- and that it would be in New Jersey? Fry: Actually- 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/46 "2004-07-23T23:31:09Z")
What’s Fry’s grandfather’s name? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/47 "2004-07-23T23:33:39Z")
Who invented the head-in-a-jar technology? ---
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/48 "2004-07-23T23:37:59Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Wow…some of these are hard, I guess I can’t answer them all, but I will do my best! > > And once again, I swear I am not looking anything up, if i was doing that, there would be no need to admit I can’t answer some of them. OK, here we go: > > **Arch Trout** > > Damn…first question asked and I don’t know it…ahh…google informed me it was Calculon in the ep. “Bender Should Not be Allowed on TV” I’m 0-1 so far, not good. Although, I probably didn’t know it because that ep. isn’t released on DVD yet, so I haven’t seen it as much as earlier episodes. Oh well, one of my favourite Calculon lines as well. It’s a quality episode “and cut to a reaction shot” Genius. Re: DVD’s All four seasons (which is all episodes, I think in the US they played them out over 5 seasons) are available on DVD and have been for a while. I’ve had every Futurama episode aired for well over 6 months now on DVD. I presumed the US would get them before we did. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/49 "2004-07-23T23:43:07Z")
> [@Arch Trout](#): > > Oh well, one of my favourite Calculon lines as well. It’s a quality episode > “and cut to a reaction shot” > Genius. > > Re: DVD’s > > All four seasons (which is all episodes, I think in the US they played them out over 5 seasons) are available on DVD and have been for a while. > > I’ve had every Futurama episode aired for well over 6 months now on DVD. > > I presumed the US would get them before we did. 😕 Usually not. I know that _Buffy_, _Angel_, and _Farscape_ DVDs were available in the UK years before you could buy them in the states. Something to do with syndication rights in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/50 "2004-07-24T00:00:44Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Usually not. I know that _Buffy_, _Angel_, and _Farscape_ DVDs were available in the UK years before you could buy them in the states. Something to do with syndication rights in the US. Something I did not know. Thanks for the info. So it’s only movies and video games and tv shows etc etc that Americans get first? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/51 "2004-07-24T00:13:59Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > I’ve a tape of episode 1 from when it first aired and the shadow is there. Ah, but I see you live in Australia. How long did it take Futurama to be exported overseas? Was it enough time for the creative folks to have decided on the Nibbler thing and add it in for foreign runs? Basically, is there any information out there that confirms that the Nibbler matter had been decided on from before the making of the pilot? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/52 "2004-07-24T00:24:03Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Basically, is there any information out there that confirms that the Nibbler matter had been decided on from before the making of the pilot? I bet someone can cite interviews. I can’t, although I’ve gotten the impression they had some things planned out years in advance. I can say that I’ve seen reruns of the pilot that do have the shadow, and this: there’s no way it would have been worth the trouble to go back and add the shadow. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/53 "2004-07-24T00:28:16Z")
I just pulled out my tape from the original airing of the pilot and Nibbler’s shadow is very clearly there when Fry falls over. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/54 "2004-07-24T00:54:33Z")
Yeah, the DVD’s arrived in the US much later than in the UK. We don’t even have season 4 yet, not till mid August. **pugluvr** His name is Enis. **Miller** Ron Popeill. Also the inventor of Mr.Microphone and the spray-on toupee. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/55 "2004-07-24T01:37:04Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > **pugluvr** > > His name is Enis. I think you missed a pretty important plot point. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/56 "2004-07-24T01:41:43Z")
> [@START](#): > > I wanna know why they never did something where either the Simpsons go into the future or the Futurama cast goes into the past and they all meet each other…that would have been sweet, and I would have definitely watched that episode. Another _Simpsons_ crossover was when Milhouse met Matt Groening and said, “Hey, would you sign my Bender doll?”. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/57 "2004-07-24T01:50:52Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > His name is Enis. Are you _sure_? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/58 "2004-07-24T01:55:12Z")
Why does Bender say, “I’m going to start my own casino, with blackjack…and hookers. Forget the blackjack.”? And what is the real quote. (Anybody answer this) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/59 "2004-07-24T02:01:23Z")
OK, technically, Fry is his own grandpa, but really, as far as anyone but the planet express crew and the niblonians know, it’s Enis. And, depending on how time travel and paradoxes work in that universe, it’s possible Enis was once Fry’s grandpa, then Fry took over. It’s a very confusing scenario. **RandMcnally** The real quote is either “I’m gonna build my own amusement park…with blackjack, and hookers!” or “I’m gonna build my own lunar lander…with blackjackm and hookers! In fact, forget the lander and the blackjack!” The first quote is after getting thrown out of the lunar park, the second is after fry and leela don’t let him in the lunar lander. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416/60 "2004-07-24T02:09:20Z")
> [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > Another _Simpsons_ crossover was when Milhouse met Matt Groening and said, “Hey, would you sign my Bender doll?”. And in the Futurama episode where NNYC is threatened by a giant ball of garbage from the 20th century, Fry finds a pile of Bart Simpson plush dolls on the surface of the trashsteroid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-knows-way-too-much-about-futurama/256416.md?page=4)