# Futurama's Back! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006 "2006-03-19T16:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/21 "2006-03-20T00:56:56Z")
Billy West was complaining a while back about not being able to find enough work because a lot of voice work was going to less qualified but better known celebrities for the advertising appeal (“Starring the voices of Robert Deniro and Fred Savage!” is likely to attract more people than “Starring the voices of Billy West and Maurice LaMarche”). So presumably none of them are too busy to come back. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/22 "2006-03-20T01:08:53Z")
He said some things like that in The Onion. One of the things that really intrigues me about the animation voiceover ‘industry’ is that there are a small number of stars who seem to be everywhere, to the point that even I can recognize them in seconds. Futurama has an all-star voice cast in that regard - Billy West, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr and John DiMaggio. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/23 "2006-03-20T01:17:13Z")
Yes! Yes! Yessssss! There Is A God! ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/24 "2006-03-20T07:01:54Z")
Poop :(. "I’m sorry I gave inaccurate info on the cartoon.I was told on one end that the TV show was a go but DXC enlightened me (with a hammer) that this was not the case.I think there is a Futurama project as in DVD’s but I appearently had bad info.But I do live to give good Futurama news to people.So I must’ve died or something. " [http://www.billywest.com/forum/forum\_posts.asp?TID=2020&PN=1](http://www.billywest.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2020&PN=1) ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/25 "2006-03-20T08:43:09Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/26 "2006-03-20T10:37:15Z")
I was pretty sure he wasn’t exactly a reliable source of information. He seems to be unable to write a comprehensible paragraph. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/27 "2006-03-20T12:48:00Z")
> [@Gozu](#): > > Yes! Yes! Yessssss! > > There Is A God! There is no God. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/28 "2006-03-20T12:57:16Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I was pretty sure he wasn’t exactly a reliable source of information. He seems to be unable to write a comprehensible paragraph. Well he is the voice of Fry, maybe he was researching being an idiot and well he took it too far? ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/29 "2006-03-20T13:25:19Z")
> [@Abbie Normal](#): > > Well he is the voice of Fry, maybe he was researching being an idiot and well he took it too far? But let’s blame it on Zoidberg anyway … ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/30 "2006-03-20T14:04:56Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > There is no God. ☹ Hey, he’s already bringing you Salvation via Futurama DVD’s! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/31 "2006-03-20T14:22:00Z")
This is why I never get my hopes up without confirmation. Says the adult who was a kid when they talked about bringing back the Original Star Trek cast to resume the TV show back around 76-77. They’re have been enough hints from various people involved in Futurama that we will get something new sometime soon. I would bet on a 2 hour direct to DVD movie to guage interest. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/32 "2006-03-20T14:26:59Z")
_mopes off, head hanging low_ ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/33 "2006-03-20T14:33:14Z")
If Adult Swim gets a channel all to itself, then I think it has a bit of a chance to come back.\* Adult Swim has brought back Family Guy, which by itself is a show of force. Previously people have tried letter writing, petitions for other shows and very little has come of it. I want to pit West for causing me this emotional pain, but I won’t because then everyone will know I am a tool that loves Futurama. 🙂 \*Barring some Fox executive with a fist in his ass not wanting to part with the rights or something. I assume Fox owns the rights? Would they be willing to split some costs? Did they with Family Guy when it returned? ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/34 "2006-03-20T15:25:15Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > \*\*Maurice LaMarche \*\* … Lt. Kif Kroker/Morbo/Calculon/Walt/Lrrr/Raoul/Donbot/iHawk/ **Horrible Gelatinous Blob** /Additional Voices (voice) Bolding mine. What voice actor wouldn’t KILL to have ‘Horrible Gelatinous Blob’ on a resume? 😃 And, as a pre-emptive strike: Band name! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/35 "2006-03-20T15:34:52Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > Poop :(. > > "I’m sorry I gave inaccurate info on the cartoon.I was told on one end that the > TV show was a go but DXC enlightened me (with a hammer) that this was > not the case.I think there is a Futurama project as in DVD’s but I appearently > had bad info.But I do live to give good Futurama news to people.So I must’ve > died or something. " > > [http://www.billywest.com/forum/forum\_posts.asp?TID=2020&PN=1](http://www.billywest.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2020&PN=1) > [@](#): > > Futurama’s Back! \< Professor Farnsworth \> Dash it all! We were watching Futurama’s back, when we _should_ have been looking at Futurama’s _front_. Just like in the Great Zucchini Riots of 2172. Oh my, yes. \< /Professor Farnsworth \> ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/36 "2006-03-20T15:40:49Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > Bolding mine. > > What voice actor wouldn’t KILL to have ‘Horrible Gelatinous Blob’ on a resume? 😃 > > And, as a pre-emptive strike: Band name! 2 good and valid points but Maurice LaMarche will always be “The Brain” to me. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/37 "2006-03-20T16:09:03Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > There is no God. ☹ The robot devil is going to get you for that! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/38 "2006-03-20T17:38:27Z")
You got my hopes up, then dashed them. Bite my shiney metal ass. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/39 "2006-03-20T17:42:18Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > You got my hopes up, then dashed them. Tinny Tim: “You got my hopes up and then dashed them quite expertly. Bravo!” ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuramas-back/349006/40 "2006-03-20T17:51:54Z")
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