Futurama - My Favorite Sitcom on TV
Guest post written by my buddy Lavern Small
There is no show on the air tantamount to the awesomeness that is Futurama. While animated comedy shows blister the airwaves will lame pop culture references, topical nonsense and trite political gags, Futurama manages to somehow do all these things without succumbing to the platitudes they engender. With writers who are keen on scientific principles, Futurama is not only high on comedy, it is high on the learning as well. This season Futuarama managed to create new mathematical theorems, explore exciting scientific postulates such as the end of the male chromosome, and kill Hitler, not to mention thoroughly entertain the masses in the span of a single half hour.
The best part about Futurama is the wide swath of characters and the expansive canvas it has to work with. Unlike other animated series which are limited to a single town and the occasional inexplicable celebrity visit, the hijinx are anchored to the realities of that world. Futurama on the other hand has no such limits, as chicken lawyers and alien hypnotoads and Mexican robots and tentacled mutants all vie to contort the universe into unpredictably weird and predictably hilarious scenarios.
Thankfully, you can watch Futurama in high definition with satellite tv when not using your direct tv nfl sunday ticket. While this season has come to an spectacular conclusion, Comedy Central has already signed up for another, the adventures of which should be nothing short of trans-credible.
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