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"Futurama" Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection

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"Futurama" Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection DVD

Fox Home Entertainment
CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Go back to the future with the Planet Express crew for a special delivery of Fox Home Entertainment’s "Futurama" Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection on August 23, 2005. Featuring Matt Groening’s four favorite episodes from his "Jetsons"-meets-"Simpsons" satire of pop culture, science-fiction and life, the "Futurama" Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection is a must-have for any fan of Matt Groening and the hilarious, twisted worlds he creates.

Set in New New York a thousand years from now, "Futurama" depicts no future you’ve ever imagined. The "Futurama" Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection showcases four hand-picked episodes, including the Emmy Award-winning "Roswell That Ends Well."

Disc Content
All four "Futurama" Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection episodes are compiled on one disc, presented in 1.33:1 aspect ratio. The DVD collection features a special two-minute introduction to the set as well as thirty-second introductions to each episode from Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Claudia Katz, Rich Moore, John DiMaggio (as himself, Bender and others) and Billy West (as himself, Kip, Professor and others.) The set includes an Animatic for “Hell is Other Robots” with commentary.

The following is the breakdown of episodes:

Season 1: "Hell is Other Robots"
Bender puts his sinful lifestyle behind him when he joins the Temple of Robotology. But after returning to his old ways, he is banished to Robot Hell where, in a musical extravaganza, he faces the Robot Devil and endures tortures unimaginable to man.

Season 2: "Anthology of Interest I"
The Professor’s "What-If" machine simulates Bender, Leela and Fry’s wishes: Bender turns into a giant robot; Leela impulsively murders her friends; Vice President Al Gore, Stephen Hawking, Gary Gygax and Nichelle Nichols come to the rescue when Fry inadvertently opens a rip in the space-time continuum.

Season 3: "Roswell That Ends Well"
In this Emmy-winning episode, the Planet Express ship travels through time to Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 and Fry becomes his own progeny.

Season 4: "The Sting"
A killer bee sting sends Leela on a long, strange trip.

Additional Bonus Features

Two-minute introduction to the "Futurama" Monster Maniac Fun Collection by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Claudia Katz, Rich Moore, John DiMaggio (as himself, Bender and others) and Billy West (as himself, Kip, Professor and others.)

Introductions on all episodes by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Claudia Katz, Rich Moore, John DiMaggio (as himself, Bender and others), and Billy West (as himself, Kip, Professor and others.)

Animatic feature for "Hell is Other Robots" with commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Claudia Katz, Rich Moore, John DiMaggio (as himself, Bender and others) and Billy West (as himself, Kip, Professor and others.)

The suggested retail price is $14.98 U.S. and $16.98 Canada.

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