User blog:ARTaylor/20 Years of Futurama

Today is the twentieth anniversary of the premiere of Futurama. The animated series follows a twentieth century slacker who is frozen for one-thousand years and his adventures in the future.

The series was a hit with fans and critics. It won numerous awards and is considered one of the greatest animated series of all time. Unfortunately, the series experienced several cancellations. However, reruns and home video sales proved so successful that it kept being brought back. The series eventually lasted one-hundred forty episodes across seven seasons.

The series spawned a large franchise that included a comic book series, several direct-to-video features which were actually episodes that comprised the show's fifth season, video games, and a crossover with the series' creators other show The Simpsons.

The series featured the voice talents of Billy West as the twentieth century slacker Philip J. Fry, John DiMaggio as alcoholic robot Bender, Phil LaMarr as bureaucrat Hermes Conrad, Maurice LaMarche as alien anchorman Morbo, Frank Welker as the incredibly intelligent pet Nibbler, Kath Soucie as Fry's great-nephew's clone Hubert Farnsworth, Dawnn Lewis as Hermes' wife LeBarbara, Tom Kenny as sleazy businessman Abner Doubledeal, George Takei as himself, Al Gore as himself, Bumper Robinson as Hermes' son Dwight, Nichelle Nichols as herself, Dick Clark as himself, Tara Strong as the child dancer Tanya, Patton Oswalt as an unattractive monster, Adam West as himself, Jonathan Frakes as himself, Katee Sackhoff as alien impersonator Grrrl, Hank Azaria as failed comedian Harold Zoid, and the glorious Hypnotoad as his glorious self.