# Good News, Everyone- Futurama returns in November **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 29, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586 "2007-07-29T14:28:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/21 "2007-07-30T17:44:28Z")
Great Aardvark of Newark! This is good news. Great Turkey of Albuquerque Great Scallop of Puyallup Great Buffalo of Buffalo … ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/22 "2007-07-30T18:00:43Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Great Aardvark of Newark! [/QUOTE] Sweet Ourangoutang of Northwest Waziristan! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/23 "2007-07-30T18:14:58Z")
Sweet Kangaroo of Timbuktu! Sweet Seagull of Senegal! Sweet Kookaburra of Edinburgh! Sweet Mosquito of Quito! Sweet Thomson’s Gazelle of… ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/24 "2007-07-30T18:25:04Z")
Sweet Zombie Jesus! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/25 "2007-07-30T18:28:05Z")
I can’t reach the TV. If only I had invented the _Finglonger_… ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/26 "2007-07-30T18:36:26Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Sweet Thomson’s Gazelle of… [/QUOTE] Cozumel ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/27 "2007-07-30T18:41:43Z")
Or New Rochelle. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/28 "2007-07-30T18:43:54Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat] Cozumel [/QUOTE] Gesundheit. ---
**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 30, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/29 "2007-07-30T21:29:42Z")
Educate me about direct-to-DVD stuff, about which I am completely ignorant. Does this mean that on November 27, my local Blockbuster will have this available for rental? Or does it mean it is available for purchase only at that time? ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/30 "2007-07-30T21:30:36Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] Oh, thank you _so much_ for the threadshitting, **Johnny Hildo**. Would you like to piss in my mashed potatoes now? [/QUOTE] Well, if he’s comparing it to _Green Acres_, that’s a compliment, right? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/31 "2007-07-30T21:31:50Z")
teela brown: > [@](#): > > Does this mean that on November 27, my local Blockbuster will have this available for rental? Or does it mean it is available for purchase only at that time? Once it’s on sale, Blockbuster can buy it and offer it for rental just like anyone else (and in practical terms, they probably have a volume deal with the studio and will have stocks in store before anyone else can buy it, and will make it available for rental on the designated date). Have you ever had to wait past the release date of a movie to see that Blockbuster has made it available for rental? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/32 "2007-07-31T03:55:22Z")
What the heck is _US Acres_? Nobody, that’s who! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/33 "2007-07-31T04:08:50Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] What the heck is _US Acres_? Nobody, that’s who! [/QUOTE] Not sure if I’m being whooshed, but [this is it.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Acres) That other segment on the Garfield Show with the pig Orson and his barnyard friends. It was originally a comic strip. One shot of Bender’s ass has more emotional resonance than anything U.S. Acres has to offer. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/34 "2007-07-31T04:12:21Z")
Ah, well, as the Wiki link says, the strip was called _Orson’s Farm_ outside the U.S. I vaguely remember it and the animates series based on it, and it’s no _Futurama_. It wasn’t even a _Mighty Orbots_. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/35 "2007-07-31T08:05:53Z")
When do we want it? Fry’s dog! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/36 "2007-07-31T17:03:39Z")
[QUOTE=Zoggie] Not sure if I’m being whooshed, but [this is it.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Acres) That other segment on the Garfield Show with the pig Orson and his barnyard friends. It was originally a comic strip. One shot of Bender’s ass has more emotional resonance than anything U.S. Acres has to offer. [/QUOTE] I sort of liked Wade the cowardly duck who always wore an inner tube with a small duck head on it. The small head would mimic Wade’s expressions. Wow, trippy! And the baby chick that wouldn’t come out of his shell, he just walked around with his legs sticking out of broken holes in the shell. But the plots were terrible, and Orson was such a goody-goody you just wanted to puke. ---
**Author:** ![Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acorns.but_not_Bacon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/37 "2007-07-31T19:09:24Z")
The only thing that confused me with all of this were some of the quotes I read, first off on a futurama news website one of the writers or producers said something to the effect of "hopefully this won’t be the only season we’re doing and that there will be more to come after this movie/episode(s) then reading a quote from the actress who is the voice of Amy “We just did sixteen episodes and we just recorded the last four, and that was a big tear-fest.” So I’m wondering whether there wil be anymore futurama seasons after the movie/ep run is over at the end of 08? > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **control-z** > I sort of liked Wade the cowardly duck who always wore an inner tube with a small duck head on it. The small head would mimic Wade’s expressions. Wow, trippy! You know… I don’t think I ever noticed that.. US Acres was cute. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/38 "2007-07-31T19:17:20Z")
[QUOTE=Sam Stone] I wonder if the big success of the Simpsons movie might make one of the suits think, “Y’know, maybe we should release this as a theatrical film…” Then it will go on to make a zillion dollars, there will be many sequels, prime-time specials, and ten more years of the series. A guy can hope, can’t he? [/QUOTE] You really think any of the Fox Execu-Bots would do anything that logical? i doubt it… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/39 "2007-07-31T19:26:54Z")
[QUOTE=MacTech] You really think any of the Fox Execu-Bots would do anything that logical? i doubt it… [/QUOTE] Well, let the dice decide. ---
**Author:** ![Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acorns.but_not_Bacon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-everyone-futurama-returns-in-november/413586/40 "2007-07-31T23:19:37Z")
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