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"Meanwhile" is the twenty-sixth and final episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series Futurama, the 140th episode of the series overall and the finale of the second run. The episode was written by Ken Keeler and dir
In this episode, Bender meets his hero, Silicon Red, a folk singer who has been in jail 30 times, during a convict transport, and uses a wireless 3D printer to duplicate his guitar, but the wireless connection between Bender's brain and the 3D printer turns his folk song about an angry space railbot hunting down Bender into reality.
Writer Ken Keeler was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2004 for "Outstanding Music and Lyrics" for the song "I Want My Hands Back" and for an Annie Award for "Music in an Animated Television Production". [4] [7] The episode was ranked number 16 on IGN's list of the top 25 Futurama episodes in 2006. [8]
The Futurama theme was created by Christopher Tyng. The theme is played on the tubular bells but is occasionally remixed for use in specific episodes, including a version by the Beastie Boys used for the episode "Hell Is Other Robots", in which they guest starred as their own heads for both a concert and as part of the Robot Devil's song. [54]
Regarding the latter plot, Gandert felt that while he was "largely waiting for Futurama to return to the pair and what developed during the movies (or the end of the TV show)", he also felt their subplot in the episode was "just so fast and slapdash that it didn’t really work for me." He enjoyed the episode's ending, but noted that "it also ...
Leela, feeling she is at a dead end in her career, is hired to be the new captain of the Nimbus, bringing Fry and Bender along, and takes the crew to a planet inhabited by balloon-like people who greet others by groping them. Leela learns that the "peace talks" are actually a way to siphon their air, which makes her uncomfortable.
Janis Joplin's "Kozmic Blues" plays at the end of Loki Season 2 Episode 2.The song debuted in 1969, right as Joplin left her group Big Brother and the Holding Company.
"The Late Philip J. Fry" was written by Lewis Morton and directed by Peter Avanzino.The table reading for this episode took place on October 21, 2009. [2] From June 16 to June 23, as part of its "Countdown to Futurama" event, Comedy Central Insider, Comedy Central's news outlet, released various preview materials for the episode, including a storyboard of the time machine and character designs ...