Futurama: Evolution under Attack

A cameo by the FSM. High-class FUTURAMA is not, but I can never restain myself from laughing: President Nixon's Head awarding Bender the highest award for swindling -- "THE DIRTY DOUBLE CROSS!"

"Wozniak Nerd Academy!"

Read my lips, No new taxonomies!

On reading that I had to go back and check the signs: "FAKE SCIENCE IS REAL SCIENCE!"

while i agree that AS saved Futurama, and grew it, it was not Comedy Central that took them away, as far as I know. They lost that contract well before CC got the show and additional episodes were ordered.

Futurama is one of the best animated shows ever made, and ya shouldn't miss it...

Good news, everyone!

It's still wrong to watch Futurama on anything but Adult Swim.

Reed A. Cartwright said: It's still wrong to watch Futurama on anything but Adult Swim.

Clearly, someone on the writing staff is pretty familiar with the anti-evolution shtick.

The episode was replete with an creationist orangutan arguing gap theory, and a cameo by an incredulous Flying Spaghetti Monster arguing that there was no way that he evolved from a simpler, ground based, plate of rigatoni,and an impassioned speech by a Sarah Palin type who declares "I don't understand evolution and I want to protect my children from understanding it. Down with the thinkers!!"

Freakin' hilarious.

stevaroni said: Clearly, someone on the writing staff is pretty familiar with the anti-evolution shtick.

Dale Husband said: Don't you like South Park?

Squidbillies! Now there's quality entertainment!

Unfortunately, for those of us who are not USAnians, all we get is a black box saying "Sorry, Videos are not currently available in your country."

rossum

rossum said: Unfortunately, for those of us who are not USAnians, all we get is a black box saying "Sorry, Videos are not currently available in your country." rossum

The reason that the new Futurama episodes aren't good has nothing to do with the brand name 'Comedy Central' or 'Adult Swim'. There is a completely noticeable difference in the writing now. Comedy Central seems to be pumping their "Drawn Together" / "Ugly Americans" hack writers into the veins of a once great show. Those two shows were horrible, and made all jokes both overly explained, and overly predictable. I really want to like the new episodes, but I just don't.

Good night sweet prince.

Show of hands: how many initially read the title as "Futuyma: Evolution under attack"? Or am I overly sensitive to the names of evolutionary biologists?

I thought it was excellent, except for the lame, compromise ending.

Show of hands: how many initially read the title as “Futuyma: Evolution under attack”? Or am I overly sensitive to the names of evolutionary biologists?

I can't get it in my country do you know a solution.

I can’t get it in my country do you know a solution.

*arrr matey*

....pirate bay....

rossum said: Unfortunately, for those of us who are not USAnians, all we get is a black box saying "Sorry, Videos are not currently available in your country." rossum

Dale Husband said: YouTube has become notorious for censoring videos under the bogus guise of copyright infringement.

Japanther said: The reason that the new Futurama episodes aren't good has nothing to do with the brand name 'Comedy Central' or 'Adult Swim'. There is a completely noticeable difference in the writing now. Comedy Central seems to be pumping their "Drawn Together" / "Ugly Americans" hack writers into the veins of a once great show. Those two shows were horrible, and made all jokes both overly explained, and overly predictable. I really want to like the new episodes, but I just don't. Good night sweet prince.

Ah, the sight of the Flying Spaghetti Monster warmed my heart!

My favorite part of the episode was Farnsworth summing up the debate and the picture of the fossil he'd discovered riding a dinosaur with "I don't want to live on this planet anymore."

Dale Husband said: Don't you like South Park? I'd rather have South Park on Adult Swim and Futurama on Comedy Central.

Dale Husband replied to comment from rossum | August 14, 2010 9:42 PM | Reply | Edit rossum said: Unfortunately, for those of us who are not USAnians, all we get is a black box saying “Sorry, Videos are not currently available in your country.” rossum YouTube has become notorious for censoring videos under the bogus guise of copyright infringement. If anyone makes a copyright claim about a video that is made, it is often pulled without allowing the maker of the video to defend himself. That’s not a logical legal standard at all, but tyranny.

John Harshman said: Show of hands: how many initially read the title as "Futuyma: Evolution under attack"? Or am I overly sensitive to the names of evolutionary biologists?

stevaroni said: Clearly, someone on the writing staff is pretty familiar with the anti-evolution shtick. The episode was replete with an creationist orangutan arguing gap theory, and a cameo by an incredulous Flying Spaghetti Monster arguing that there was no way that he evolved from a simpler, ground based, plate of rigatoni,and an impassioned speech by a Sarah Palin type who declares "I don't understand evolution and I want to protect my children from understanding it. Down with the thinkers!!" Freakin' hilarious.

Maybe it was written somewhere on this blog but i missed the actual title of this episode or episode number so i can watch out for it. I missed it on the first run, but maybe tivo can catch it on the re-runs.

Marschal Fazio said: Maybe it was written somewhere on this blog but i missed the actual title of this episode or episode number so i can watch out for it. I missed it on the first run, but maybe tivo can catch it on the re-runs.

Marschal Fazio said: I missed it on the first run, but maybe tivo can catch it on the re-runs.

That show sucked hard six or seven years ago and apparently it sucks even harder now.

Really, that was the most unfunny and unclever take on anti-evolutionists that I've seen in quite a while.

Registered User said: Really, that was the most unfunny and unclever take on anti-evolutionists that I've seen in quite a while.

Really? You boycotted watching a great show because of what network it's on? So you're willing to let it die another death just because it's not on the now-horrible Adult Swim? AS was great back in the day, but don't f*ck up a great show by boycotting it being on a now better network.

Evolution is as real as the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Great imagination.

henry said: Evolution is as real as the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Great imagination.

stevaroni said:

henry said: Evolution is as real as the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Great imagination.

Yawn... So, Henry, same question as last time. Ya bring any actual evidence this time or did you just drop in again to whine?

henry said:

stevaroni said:

henry said: Evolution is as real as the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Great imagination.

Yawn... So, Henry, same question as last time. Ya bring any actual evidence this time or did you just drop in again to whine?

I have a question for you. When do you think science will extend man's lifespan to 1000 years, surpassing the 900 + years described in Genesis?

You let henry slip a lie past you. Those ages are not "described" in Genesis - they are only given, or claimed, or noted. No details whatsoever are mentioned. No cause is given. There is never the slightest attempt at describing what a man was like who lived twice, thrice, four times a human lifespan. Enormous age was considered an unalloyed blessing, proof of the favour of God.

The Greeks were wiser. Their story was of Gerontius, who requested eternal life of the gods, and was granted it. But he had asked for life, not youth, and so he got older, and older, and older, and older, in pain, infirmity and misery, and could not die.

Fundies today try to pretend that the reasons for the lifespans claimed for the patriarchs in Genesis are any but the most probable one - that those stories about legendary figures claimed those ages simply to emphasise how much greater the heroes were than the humans of their own day. Most likely nobody ever took it literally, before the fundies themselves.

Dave Luckett said: The Greeks were wiser. Their story was of Gerontius, who requested eternal life of the gods, and was granted it. But he had asked for life, not youth, and so he got older, and older, and older, and older, in pain, infirmity and misery, and could not die.

Nick (Matzke) said: Squidbillies! Now there's quality entertainment!

Dave Luckett said: You let henry slip a lie past you. Those ages are not "described" in Genesis - they are only given, or claimed, or noted. No details whatsoever are mentioned. No cause is given. There is never the slightest attempt at describing what a man was like who lived twice, thrice, four times a human lifespan. Enormous age was considered an unalloyed blessing, proof of the favour of God. The Greeks were wiser. Their story was of Gerontius, who requested eternal life of the gods, and was granted it. But he had asked for life, not youth, and so he got older, and older, and older, and older, in pain, infirmity and misery, and could not die. Fundies today try to pretend that the reasons for the lifespans claimed for the patriarchs in Genesis are any but the most probable one - that those stories about legendary figures claimed those ages simply to emphasise how much greater the heroes were than the humans of their own day. Most likely nobody ever took it literally, before the fundies themselves.

What happened to the Flying Lasagna Monster?
No common descent from the Great Pasta Monster ?

henry said: According to my calculations, for 1556 years, 6 men were noted living past 900 years prior to the Flood. Noah was the only one who lived past 900 years after the Flood. Noah's son Shem lived 600 years, but the lifespans rapidly decreased. After two centuries, the lifespans were reduced to 200 years. According to Genesis, the environment was radically changed so that it was no longer possible to live 900 + years. Maybe, if scientists can reproduce that same environment, we can have very long lifespans again.

henry said: According to Genesis, the environment was radically changed so that it was no longer possible to live 900 + years. Maybe, if scientists can reproduce that same environment, we can have very long lifespans again.

henry said: According to Genesis, the environment was radically changed so that it was no longer possible to live 900 + years. Maybe, if scientists can reproduce that same environment, we can have very long lifespans again.