Futurama

Reviewed by:
Paul Ulane

Futurama will never be as good as its older, more successful and better looking brother The Simpsons, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a great show. Al Gore—“the inventor of the environment and first emperor of the moon”—or at least Al Gore’s head, helps kick off season four, as do the head of Richard Nixon and the body of Spiro Agnew. Then the planet takes on global warming and Bender starts puking, Professor Farnsworth squeezes into a Speedo, and Nibbler keeps nibbling. Keep your ears perked for low-flying one-liners and your eyes peeled for random beatings—the jokes pepper the entire show. At this rate, Futurama is gathering enough steam to look into the future and see a world without Simpsons comparisons.

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