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Futurama
''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company and later revived by Comedy Central, and then Hulu. The series follows Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1,000 years and revived on December 31, 2999. Fry finds work at the interplanetary delivery company Planet Express, working alongside the one-eyed mutant Leela and the robot Bender. The series was envisioned by Groening in the mid-1990s while working on ''The Simpsons''; he brought David X. Cohen aboard to develop storylines and characters to pitch the show to Fox. Following its initial cancellation by Fox, ''Futurama'' began airing reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, which lasted from 2003 to 2007. It was revived in 2007 as four direct-to-video films, the last of which was released in early 2009. Comedy Central entered into an agreement with 20th Century Fox Television to syndicate the existing episodes and air ...
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Planet Express
''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company and later revived by Comedy Central, and then Hulu. The series follows Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1,000 years and revived on December 31, 2999. Fry finds work at the interplanetary delivery company Planet Express, working alongside the one-eyed mutant Leela and the robot Bender. The series was envisioned by Groening in the mid-1990s while working on ''The Simpsons''; he brought David X. Cohen aboard to develop storylines and characters to pitch the show to Fox. Following its initial cancellation by Fox, ''Futurama'' began airing reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, which lasted from 2003 to 2007. It was revived in 2007 as four direct-to-video films, the last of which was released in early 2009. Comedy Central entered into an agreement with 20th Century Fox Television to syndicate the existing episodes and air the ...
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Matt Groening
Matthew Abram Groening ( ; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is best known as the creator of the television series ''The Simpsons'' (1989–present), ''Futurama'' (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2023–present), and ''Disenchantment (TV series), Disenchantment'' (2018–2023), and the comic strip ''Life in Hell'' (1977–2012). ''The Simpsons'' is the List of longest-running scripted American primetime television series, longest-running American primetime television series in history, as well as the List of longest-running American television series, longest-running American animated series and sitcom. Born in Portland, Oregon, Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of ''Life in Hell'' to the avant-garde magazine Wet (magazine), ''Wet'' in 1978. At its peak, it was carried in 250 weekly newspapers and caught the attention of American producer James L. Brooks, who contacted Groening in 1985 about adapting it for animated ...
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Billy West
William Richard Werstine (born 1952), known professionally as Billy West, is an American voice actor, comedian, radio personality, impressionist and musician. His voice roles include Bugs Bunny in the 1996 film ''Space Jam'', the title characters of ''Doug (TV series), Doug'' and ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', and several subsequent projects. He also voiced Disney characters, including Ellyvan the Elephant in ''Jungle Junction'', Bashful in ''The 7D'', and the ''Futurama'' characters Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, and many more. In commercials, he voices the Red M&M's, M&M and formerly voiced Buzz for Honey Nut Cheerios. West also voices other established characters such as Elmer Fudd, Popeye, Shaggy Rogers, Rocket Raccoon, Muttley, and Woody Woodpecker. He was a cast member on ''The Howard Stern Show'', during which time he was noted for his impressions of Larry Fine, Marge Schott, George Takei, and Jackie Martling. Early life William Richard Wer ...
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John DiMaggio
John William DiMaggio ( ; born September 4, 1968) is an American actor. His various voice roles include Bender on ''Futurama'', Jake the Dog on ''Adventure Time'', Marcus Fenix in the ''Gears of War'' series, Dr. Drakken on '' Kim Possible'', Hak Foo in '' Jackie Chan Adventures'', The Scotsman on '' Samurai Jack'', Brother Blood on ''Teen Titans'' and ''Teen Titans Go!'', Shnitzel on '' Chowder'', Fu Dog on '' American Dragon: Jake Long'', Hammerhead and Sandman on '' The Spectacular Spider-Man'', Aquaman on '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', King Zøg on ''Disenchantment'', Jocktopus on ''Fish Hooks'', Wakka and Kimahri in '' Final Fantasy X'', Rath in the '' Ben 10'' franchise, Crosshairs, Leadfoot, Nitro Zeus, Transit and Stratosphere in the ''Transformers'' film franchise, and Gonza in the English version of ''Princess Mononoke''. Early life Born and raised in North Plainfield, New Jersey, DiMaggio graduated from North Plainfield High School in 1986. He is of Ital ...
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Maurice LaMarche
Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian voice actor. Across a career spanning more than four decades he has voiced Chief Quimby on Inspector Gadget, Egon Spengler on ''The Real Ghostbusters'', The Brain on ''Animaniacs'' and its spin-off ''Pinky and the Brain'', Big Bob on ''Hey Arnold!'', ''Alec Baldwin'' in ''Team America: World Police'', Kif Kroker on ''Futurama'' and dozens of other highly recognizable characters in central and minor roles across film, television, and video games. Early life LaMarche was born in 1958 in Toronto, Ontario, on March 30, 1958, to Guy LaMarche and Linda Bourdon. His family moved to Timmins, Ontario shortly after he was born and moved back to Toronto when he was around 4. LaMarche's childhood was filled with his "own little world of cartoons and sixties television". It was in his second year of high school that he learned of the popularity his talent for impressionist (entertainment), mimicry could garner him. This realization came fr ...
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Katey Sagal
Catherine Louise Sagal (born January 19, 1954) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Peggy Bundy on '' Married... with Children'' (1987–1997), Leela on '' Futurama'' (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2023–present), Cate Hennessy on '' 8 Simple Rules'' (2002–2005), Gemma Teller Morrow on the FX series '' Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2014), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2011, and Louise Goldufski-Conner on '' The Conners'' (2018–2025). Early life Sagal was born on January 19, 1954, in Los Angeles to a show business family with five children. Her mother, Sara Zwilling, was a singer (stage name Sara Macon), producer, and television writer who died of heart disease in 1975, and Sagal's father, television director Boris Sagal, was born in the modern-day city of Dnipro, Ukraine, and emigrated from the Soviet Union. Her mother had Amish ancestors. In 1977, Sagal's father married dancer/actress Marge C ...
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Phil LaMarr
Phil LaMarr is an American actor and comedian. He was one of the original featured cast members on the sketch comedy television series '' Mad TV'', where he stayed for five seasons. His voice acting roles in animated series include the Sam B of '' Dead Island'' as well as title character of '' Samurai Jack'', both John Stewart / Green Lantern and Virgil Hawkins / Static in the DC Animated Universe (across the series '' Static Shock'', ''Justice League'', and ''Justice League Unlimited''), Hermes Conrad in ''Futurama'', Bolbi Stroganofsky in '' The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', Carver Descartes in '' The Weekenders'', Ollie Williams and Judge Dignified Q. Blackman in ''Family Guy'', and Wilt in '' Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends''. LaMarr has also provided voices for video game franchises including ''Metal Gear'', '' Jak and Daxter'', '' Darksiders'', ''Final Fantasy'', '' Infamous'', '' Dead Island'', '' Kingdom Hearts'', and ''Mortal Kombat''. He also voiced B ...
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Ken Keeler
Ken Keeler (born December 2, 1961) is an American television producer and writer. He has written for numerous television series, most notably ''The Simpsons'' and '' Futurama''. According to an interview with David X. Cohen, he proved a theorem that appears in the ''Futurama'' episode " The Prisoner of Benda". Education and early career Keeler studied applied mathematics at Harvard University, graduating '' summa cum laude'' in 1983. He then gained a master's degree from Stanford in electrical engineering before returning to Harvard. He earned a PhD in applied mathematics from Harvard in 1990. His doctoral thesis was "Map Representations and Optimal Encoding for Image Segmentation". After earning his doctorate, Keeler joined the Performance Analysis Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Career Keeler soon left Bell Labs to write for David Letterman and subsequently for various sitcoms, including several episodes of '' Wings'', ''The Simpsons'', '' Futurama'', and '' The Criti ...
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Patric Verrone
Patric Miller Verrone (born September 29, 1959) is an American television writer and labor leader. He served as a writer and producer for several animated television shows, most notably ''Futurama''. Schooling and pre-television career Verrone graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1981 where he was an editor of the '' Harvard Lampoon''. He graduated from Boston College Law School in 1984 after serving as editor of the Boston College Law Review. He practiced law in Florida and California before becoming a television writer. Career in television Verrone began his career as a variety show writer, which included a late 1980s job as a monologue writer for ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Shortly after his work on ''The Tonight Show'', Verrone wrote for the popular animated program '' Rugrats'' in 1991. From there, he worked for the entirety of ''The Critics run on television, before moving on to write for '' Muppets Tonight'' (for which he won an Emmy) and ...
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Lauren Tom
Lauren Tom (born August 4, 1961) is an American actress. She began her career on stage, winning an Obie Award, and gained recognition for her role in '' The Joy Luck Club'' (1993). On television, she is known for her roles in the NBC sitcom ''Friends'' (1995–96), the ABC shows '' Grace Under Fire'' (1997–98) and '' Men in Trees'' (2006–08), The CW series ''Supernatural'' (2012–14), and the Disney Channel series '' Andi Mack'' (2017–19). In animation, Tom has voiced Amy Wong in ''Futurama'', Dana Tan on '' Batman Beyond'', Jinx and Gizmo in ''Teen Titans'' and ''Teen Titans Go!'', Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone on ''King of the Hill'', Numbuh 3 in '' Codename: Kids Next Door'', and Mrs. Maybank and Dr. Jamanpour on '' Hamster and Gretel''. Early life Tom was born in the Chicago suburb Highland Park, Illinois, on August 4, 1961, the daughter of Nancy (née Dare) and Chan Tom, Jr. She has a brother, Chip. Her parents were born in Chicago, and their grandparents cam ...
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David Herman
David Herman (born February 20, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. He was an original cast member on ''MADtv'' from 1995 to 1997, and played Michael Bolton in ''Office Space''. He has done voice acting work in hundreds of episodes of ''Bob's Burgers'', ''Brickleberry'', ''Futurama'', ''King of the Hill'', '' OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'', ''Disenchantment'', and ''Father of the Pride''. Early life Herman was born in New York City and raised in Washington Heights, Manhattan. He graduated from the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 1985, then attended the acting program at SUNY Purchase. Career ''MADtv'' Herman was part of the cast of John Leguizamo's short-lived series '' House of Buggin''' in 1995. When Fox canceled the series to replace it with a sketch comedy show, Herman signed on as one of nine original cast members of ''MADtv'' when the series began in 1995. Unlike most of the other featured players, Herman came to the show ...
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20th Television Animation
20th Television Animation (formerly known as Fox Television Animation) is an American animation studio and production company that creates, develops, produces, publishes, and distributes primarily adult animated television series and specials. It is a unit of Disney Television Studios, a subsidiary of Disney Entertainment, which is a division of The Walt Disney Company. History 1999–2019: As a unit of 20th Century Fox Television / 20th Television The studio was established on May 19, 1999. Its first project was the continued production of ''Family Guy'' for its second season, which it took over from the series' previous home at Film Roman for season one, following "production differences". The studio would become the home of future animated series co-created by Seth MacFarlane: ''American Dad!'' and '' The Cleveland Show''. In 2016, Fox Television Animation assumed production of Matt Groening's ''The Simpsons'', once again taking over from Film Roman. Most animated projects ...
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