what about Moe with a lolly? I mean, it's so out of character. ain't that worth nothing?

I don't think it's a sudden hatred for the Lobstertainment ep. Correct me if I'm wrong - I don't have the DVDs near - but I think in the commentary for that ep. they discuss how it is consistently called one of the worst episodes by fans. I think their consensus also is that golden-age cinema satire with few sci-fi…

Yup, so if the professor is 171 or so, then the futurama characters DO seem to age as time passes. Although - huh, Cubert is about the same age he was 10 years ago and he'd be the one to watch. So I submit that in the Futurama universe: (1) time does pass (we've gone from 3000 to 3010), (2) they don't age, and (3) the…

I noticed that too - small casts and often odd pairings. my thought was that they were sort of gradually reintroducing the characters to us. or maybe its a sort of writing exercise for themselves. The old episodes most often consisted of the Fry/Leela/Bender trio which hasn't been represented much this season, not…