So, ES, and anyone else who's seen it, when did you figure out the twist? I think I'm slow. I didn't get it until 'Lars' and Leela were in the Head Museum at night and he said something about waiting for her all his life.
Exact same time. When they were at the hall of screaming skulls and Lars said "You're the woman I've waited my whole life for." I am also very slow with these things. I was proud of myself that I figured it out at all, because I really am that dumb. I did notice very early on that they had the same voice, but I figured that was just a function of their having the same actor. I mean I never suspected that Bender, Sal, and Mr. Panucci were the same person.
I haven't seen the hypnotoad episode, I don't have the DVD ... yet. It's on my Christmas list.
Well, don't let me get your hopes too high about the Hypnotoad episode. It's basically just a full half hour of Hypnotoad doing his googly eyes at you, with miscellaneous sitcom framing devices interspersed (i.e. cut to an external shot of a futuristic diner, with Seinfeld music playing, cut back to Hyponotaod googling away).
The funny thing is, I picked up that Billy West was voicing Lars, but the voice was different enough for me to me to not even think about him being future Fry, even though I knew there was something strange about him and assumed it had something to do with all the time travel. I loved the way they explained the voice difference away in two words, though..."My larynx!"
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Well, don't let me get your hopes too high about the Hypnotoad episode. It's basically just a full half hour of Hypnotoad doing his googly eyes at you, with miscellaneous sitcom framing devices interspersed (i.e. cut to an external shot of a futuristic diner, with Seinfeld music playing, cut back to Hyponotaod googling away).
"Killing" Hermes in the opening scene was brilliant! And that really was Al Gore voicing himself. Gods, if only he had been so engaging and funny in 2000...
Gore has voiced himself in a couple of Futurama episodes, and he's been consistently hilarious. His daughter was a writer on the show for a couple seasons, which is presumably how they managed to score his time. If you haven't already, definitely check out the global warming episode (Crimes of the Hot, I think?). Al Gore speaking the line "I have ridden the mighty moon worm!" never fails to crack me up.
ETA: That episode is also the source of the global warming cartoon featured in An Inconvenient Truth, now that I think of it.
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I usually don't listen to creator commentary, but Matt Groening and David Cohen crack me up so, yes, I've listened to all the Futurama commentaries. That's not how I know about Kristin Gore, though...I just know that cause I'm cool.
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It looks like the current common wisdom on the tubes is that the whole "we're going to replace the voice talent" thing is a ploy on Fox's part to negotiate their salaries down. At any rate, all four actors are appearing at Comic-Con next weekend to pimp the new season.
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And now we're completely in the clear! We just got this word from 20th Century Fox: "Just wanted you to know that we now have deals with the entire Futurama voice cast to return: John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Billy West, Tress MacNeille and Katey Sagal."
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