Category: Futurama
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Leela’s Bean Pizza from Futurama
“A Leela of Her Own” is a very uneven episode of Futurama, which starts and ends on some solid notes but is mostly under-cooked in the middle. It’s kind of like a pizza that doesn’t bake long enough, and then you put beans on it. This blernsball-themed episode riffs on a number of baseball tropes…
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Grandma Mildred’s Sugar Cookies from Futurama
“Roswell that Ends Well” is an Emmy-winning episode of Futurama that began as an idea for an “Anthology of Interest” short. We’re all grateful (all of us) that it was expanded into its own full episode, because the season four premiere is a tour-de-force that features a joke equal parts hilarious and disgusting, as we…
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The Toilet Sandwich from Futurama
“Parasites Lost” might very well be THE textbook flawless Futurama episode. It involves the entire crew in an adventure that explores classic science fiction tropes, managing to balance humor, sci-fi, and human drama in perfect proportion, something that seemed to be in abundance in the show’s third season. It also introduces us to one of…
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Captain Crunch Casserole | Part Two
A few months ago, I decided to tackle a Fry family favorite, Captain Crunch Casserole. Even though it’s fawned over in season seven, it’s not clear what the casserole is made from, other than, of course, Cap’n Crunch cereal. I couldn’t decide between two separate recipes, so I figured that I’d just make ‘em both.…
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Captain Crunch Casserole | Part One
Futurama’s Philip J. Fry is a man out of time, but it’s a credit to the show that, unlike many other fictional time travelers, he finds that he’s much more at home a thousand years into the future and doesn’t spend all of his time trying to return to the year 1999. A world filled…
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Popplers from Futurama
“The Problem with Popplers” is Futurama’s episode that keeps on giving, not just because it’s a season two classic, but because it lays the groundwork for many recurring jokes to follow in subsequent seasons. From giving real life to the overlords from Omicron Persei 8, to featuring the first appearance of the Waterfall family,…