Futurama

Guide Note

Futurama is a cartoon by Simpsons creator Matt Groening about a 20th century man who is cryogenically frozen until the year 2999. After being cancelled by FOX, it was announced that 4 DVD movies will be released and split into episodes to air on Comedy Central.

Fast Facts

1. Networks: FOX, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central
2. Created by: Matt Groening
3. No. of episodes: 76
4. Seasons: 5
5. When to Watch: TV Listings
6. First Aired: March 28, 1999

1. Fry (Billy West): A pizza delivery boy frozen just after midnight on January 1, 2000 only to reawaken on New Year's Eve, 2999. He gets a job at Planet Express a delivery company founded by his nephew Professor Farnsworth.
2. Leela (Katey Sagal): The competent, one-eyed captain of the Planet Express Ship.
3. Bender (John DiMaggio): A foul-mouthed, alcoholic, cigar-smoking, kleptomaniacal, misanthropic, egocentric, ill-tempered, pessimistic robot
4. Professor Farnsworth (Billy West): Fry's older distant nephew who founded Planet Express to fund his mad scientist-esque experiments and inventions.
5. Zoidberg (Billy West): A lobster-like alien from the planet Decapod 10, and is the neurotic and self-conscious staff physician of Planet Express.
6. Amy Wong (Lauren Tom): An incredibly rich, spoiled, blunt-speaking and extremely accident-prone long-term intern at Planet Express.
7. Hermes (Phil LaMarr): The Jamaican accountant of Planet Express.