According to Wikipedia, there are indeed 14 more episodes scheduled to air. There will be a holiday episode similar to the Anthology of Interest episodes called “Holiday Val-U-Pak” in December and the other 13 episodes will air in 2011. So, there is definitely more new Futurama on the way.
Loved it. Love all Futurama episodes by and large. I was terrified Lela really would be down there a few episodes. Don’t mind it when something major happens often, either.
You’re about two-three seasons behind on South Park. All their recent episodes seem to revolve around stupid teenager topics like Facebook and Hot Topic and High School Musical. Whether you liked their quasi-right wing message or not, a lot of their new material is ****ing taaaaame.
My favorite quotes from that episode:
[Fry is in his 1990s-themed apartment listening to “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-a-Lot]
Leela: Fry, you can’t spend all your time in the dark listening to classical music.
also, after Fry buys the skeleton of Ted Danson:
Leela: I don’t get it, Fry. Who was Ted Danson, and why did you bid ten thousand dollars for his skeleton?
Fry: I have an idea for a sitcom.
They’ll be running a repeat of all of season 6 this starting at 9pm/8c this weekend, six episodes a day.
Also, the bit about Fry not being vaporized last episode was telegraphed a mile away–it was a literal Chekhov’s gun from the first part of the episode. (And it makes perfect sense–Ndnd had been previously shown to be quite gullible.)
Another great episode, another one that felt like classic Futurama, aside from the predictable “reset button” ending for Fry, that felt like a bit of a cheat, even though I expected it
I also caught the “Angry Norwegian” anchovy tin in the sewer, perhaps Zoidberg’s sense of smell was overwhelmed by (to quote Freakazoid) “Poo Gas” in the sewer
Looks like there were a lot of character callbacks in Bender’s party;
Roberto
Fat-Bot looked to be getting romantic with an Amazonian, perhaps he get Snu Snu?
The Crushinator dancing behind LaBarbra and Barbados Slim
That freaky looking “Hair Robot”
a lot of incidental robots and other characters in the crowd behind Hattie and Lrrrr, BillionareBot, Malfunctioning Eddie, FatBot again, the three-eyed Zebraoid
on the balcony where Bender’s dancing, there’s Lisa the waterwheel-bot from Obsoletely Fabulous, the “why are you talking to my penis” alien, the female Cygnoid pizza resturant owner
the Robot Devil is on the dance floor when Bender yanks the power
When Bender tells the guests to get out, we can see Robot 1-X, the Hyperchicken, Kwanzaabot, one of the liquid aliens, the movie concession stand bot, iZac and the Masked Unit
Basically, Bender threw one heck of a party for a good amount of the incidental/background characters
Oh, also, I think Hedonism Bot is starting to be overused. The reason people loved him was that he’d just show up occasionally and drop a one-liner. We’re seeing too much of him, says I.