Talking Futurama - Raging Bender
Added 2019-12-13 08:01:00 +0000 UTCIt's highbrow meets lowbrow on this week's episode, as the PhD-carrying Futurama writers send up boxing, wrestling, the UFC, and BattleBots! When a movie theater scuffle lands Bender in the Ultimate Robot Fighting League, he rises to the top as a face, but finds himself at a crossroads when his new status as a heel puts him in matches that aren't fixed in his favor. Can Bender maintain his dignity and survive a fight against Destructor? And will Leela finally defeat her master and send him to Boy Hell? Lean back, relax, and press "1" if you're ready for another great podcast!
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Fan with a Ph.D. here, I could better explain Aleph-naught. But does anyone really care when there are MST3k references to talk about Edit: Man I completely forgot about the movie Go . Thats another movie that has the feeling of "1999" like the The Matrix
Micah
2020-01-07 21:28:01 +0000 UTCDamn, this 10 episode chunk of Talking Futurama went by really quick! It was a blast and I look forward to eventually revisiting the show down the line, but I'm also excited to see whatever series comes next for the Friday slot of podcasts
Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag
2019-12-17 23:00:09 +0000 UTCHey guys, I knew I could count on you both for the wrestling info. As far as Bob's reference to people changing characters, few can top Glenn Jacobs. You may have already gone over him on some past episode, but I hope it's alright if I cover it here. Glenn got his first big break in WWF performing as Issac Yankem, DDS, an evil dentist with then good guy Bret "The Hitman" Hart. After their issue ended, Glenn was repackaged as Diesel, assuming the role from another wrestler (Kevin Nash) in a bit of meta-commentary that proved to be a huge flop. Luckily, his next role proved extremely popular; he became Kane, The Undertaker's brother, rival, and occasional ally. Glenn would perform as Kane for the next 20 years (and that could be its own separate post), but appears to have retired to assume another character: Glenn Jacobs, mayor of Knox County, TN. Bringing the story full circle, he appeared as himself on a recent WWE television show as part of a storyline.
Bill Nielsen
2019-12-17 18:46:32 +0000 UTCQuick reminder: Beck also has a body.
Bennett Billard
2019-12-16 11:18:51 +0000 UTC
