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The introductory tagline joke ("As Seen At The 1939 World's Fair") is a reference to the "Futurama" exhibit, part of the General Motors Pavilion at that fair.It showed the highway of the future (circa 1960), and gave the name to the series.
Philip J. Fry (voiced by Billy West), primarily known by his surname Fry, is the main protagonist of the series.He is a 20th-century pizza delivery boy in New York City who, after getting dumped by his girlfriend and being stuck in a dead-end job, is cryogenically frozen on December 31, 1999, waking up 1000 years later just before the year 3000.
When the Zapp Brannigan role was originally cast, the creators chose Saturday Night Live alumnus and semi-frequent Simpsons voice actor Phil Hartman. When Hartman was murdered by his wife in 1998, however, the role was given to Billy West (who was already cast as Phillip Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, and others). [ 1 ]
Zapp Brannigan's return was also a last minute addition, as each draft neglected to explain how he regains his full body. [11] Groening suggested the last minute tag-on. [11] In the original airing, the episode begins with Bender's voice announcing that people will forget the series was ever cancelled "by idiots" and later revived "by bigger ...
Futurama ' s common opening sequence and opening caption are present in the film as in all its episodes, though unlike the first film the opening sequence is not extended for a cast list. The opening subtitle reads "The proud result of prison labor" and the opening cartoon consists of a short black-and-white cartoon after the normal sequence.
Having had enough of his physical, mental, and sexual abuse, Kif reports Zapp Brannigan who is canceled by the DOOP Federation and forced to undergo emotional training under Dr. Kind who puts him and two other abusive captains (a robot who's been canceled because of indecent exposure and a surly, female human captain who hurls food and insults ...
"Brannigan, Begin Again" is the second episode in the second season of the American animated television series Futurama, and the 15th episode of the series overall. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 28, 1999.
The episode title itself is a spoof of Iron Butterfly's 1968 song "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (originally titled "In the Garden of Eden"). The episode makes references to the typical 1950s B-Movie serials with Zapp Brannigan's dreams. [2] Zapp and Leela are in an Adam and Eve type planet and take on the roles while on the planet. [2]