Saturday Morning Fun Pit
- Episode aired Jul 17, 2013
- TV-14
- 22m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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President Nixon is watching his favorite TV shows, which spoof three actual cartoon series using Futurama characters.President Nixon is watching his favorite TV shows, which spoof three actual cartoon series using Futurama characters.President Nixon is watching his favorite TV shows, which spoof three actual cartoon series using Futurama characters.
Billy West
- Philip J. Fry
- (voice)
- …
Katey Sagal
- Turanga Leela
- (voice)
- …
John DiMaggio
- Bender
- (voice)
- …
Tress MacNeille
- Rose Mary
- (voice)
- …
Maurice LaMarche
- Kif Kroker
- (voice)
- …
Lauren Tom
- Amy Wong
- (voice)
- …
Phil LaMarr
- Hermes Conrad
- (voice)
- …
David Herman
- Scruffy
- (voice)
- …
Kath Soucie
- Cubert Farnsworth
- (voice)
- …
Larry Bird
- Larry Bird
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the second time, along with the pilot episode, where the Professor shows off his drawer of various lengths of wire.
- GoofsThe "Bendy Boo" segment contains intentional animation errors in keeping with the errors commonly found in the original Scooby-Doo series that it is a parody of. One such intentional error: When the Harlem Globetrotters clone Larry Bird, they set the cloning machine to on. However, as the clones are being generated and exit the machine, the machine is set to off.
- Quotes
Nixon's Head: I'll have to re-edit the program. Rosemary, do we have any type of machinery to edit the tape?
Rose Mary: [off-screen] Oh, you know we do.
[Rosemary's arm comes out to press the button that activates the control panel]
Nixon's Head: [Agnew places Nixon down as he starts editing the program] Time for Dickie to get tricky.
- ConnectionsReferences Sea Hunt (1958)
- SoundtracksYummy Yummy Yummy
Written by Arthur Resnick (uncredited) and Joey Levine (uncredited)
Performed by Ohio Express
Featured review
Futurama stays down in the pits
Ugh. This final season of Futurama (hopefully this is the final season) is easily the worst of the lot. An episode like Saturday Morning Fun Pit, done right, could be brilliant. As it is, it looks like another long-running sitcom running out of ideas, similar to another animated series created by Matt Groening. The idea is that modified versions of Futurama characters can be used to tell three short stories, not unlike Naturama. This time they spoof old cartoons. That might seem like a good idea- Futurama has had some respect for the cartoons that came before it, as clips of the classics have appeared in the title sequence.
First off, the concept of the episode is a bit inexplicable- Nixon and the once-again revived Agnew watch Saturday morning cartoons, which for some reason feature the Planet Express crew. How did this happen? How did our heroes end up in cartoons? This is something that at best should have been an Anthology of Interest episode, but for some reason the writers never saw fit to make an Anthology of Interest III. And why is it Nixon watching the cartoons? Is it just supposed to be funny that Nixon would watch cartoons?
The best segment is the Scooby-Doo parody, probably. There are some funny moments in the beginning of the segment, but Leela's remark that the laugh track doesn't correspond to anything funny, a stab at Scooby-Doo, is big talk from a cartoon that hasn't been funny in some time. Most jokes fall flat- Bendee Boo saying "Ri'm ran ralcoholic!" is supposed to be funny because it's said in a funny voice, and the villain saying he's mentally ill is supposed to be funny for some reason.
The other segments depend on the viewer being familiar with The Smurfs and GI Joe, which I imagine are too old for a good number of Futurama fans to remember. Someone points out how much they repeat the word purple, and that's supposed to be funny. The GI Joe cracks its one joke about cartoon censorship and keeps repeating it. Every act of this episode overstays its welcome, and coming to the end is a relief.
First off, the concept of the episode is a bit inexplicable- Nixon and the once-again revived Agnew watch Saturday morning cartoons, which for some reason feature the Planet Express crew. How did this happen? How did our heroes end up in cartoons? This is something that at best should have been an Anthology of Interest episode, but for some reason the writers never saw fit to make an Anthology of Interest III. And why is it Nixon watching the cartoons? Is it just supposed to be funny that Nixon would watch cartoons?
The best segment is the Scooby-Doo parody, probably. There are some funny moments in the beginning of the segment, but Leela's remark that the laugh track doesn't correspond to anything funny, a stab at Scooby-Doo, is big talk from a cartoon that hasn't been funny in some time. Most jokes fall flat- Bendee Boo saying "Ri'm ran ralcoholic!" is supposed to be funny because it's said in a funny voice, and the villain saying he's mentally ill is supposed to be funny for some reason.
The other segments depend on the viewer being familiar with The Smurfs and GI Joe, which I imagine are too old for a good number of Futurama fans to remember. Someone points out how much they repeat the word purple, and that's supposed to be funny. The GI Joe cracks its one joke about cartoon censorship and keeps repeating it. Every act of this episode overstays its welcome, and coming to the end is a relief.
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- gizmomogwai
- Dec 29, 2013
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- Runtime22 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD
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