Another Lousy Millennium: A Futurama Fan Podcast

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Episode 87: Bender's Game Part 3 Apr 02, 2019

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No, that's a hobo and a rabbit. But they're making a hobbit! Listen in as Luke and Gabe discuss Futurama Season 6 Episode 11: Bender's Game Part 3.

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On this show:

Luke and Gabe discuss the various themes of Cornwood: Dungeons and Dragons, Fantasy, Lord of the Rings.
Luke talks about how Nibbler's comment about stuff to do at his parents house rings true in real life.
More exposition happens in the episode. Luke and Gabe do exposition on the exposition.
Luke and Gabe discuss the wanton violence in Cornwood. Gabe misses that tree guy.
Gabe does an excellent impression of the swamp hag.

Episode 86: Bender's Game Part 2 Mar 25, 2019

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There is no [dark matter] shortage, you moronic ass-brain! Listen in as Luke and Gabe discuss Futurama Season 6 Episode 10: Bender's Game Part 2.

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On this show:

Gabe and Luke discuss how much exposition goes on during this part of Benders Game, and the movie as a whole
Luke talks a bit about lipstick dog chemistry
Gabe and Luke discuss "Hammer Therapy" as a metaphor for the cultural gap between perception and reality for mental health
Luke does an OK impression of Dr. Perceptron. Gabe does excellent impressions of Mom, Morbo, and rampaging killbots.
Gabe and Luke discuss the finally, revealed, definitive location of Planet Express as revealed by Momcorp's locator device

Episode 85: Bender's Game Part 1 Mar 18, 2019

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Why don't you come a little closer so my boot can hear you? Listen in as Luke and Gabe discuss Futurama Season 6 Episode 9: Bender's Game Part 1.

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On this show:

Gabe and Luke both have collective amnesia about the B-plot of Leela and her shock collar.
Luke hypothesizes that when Leela is angry, she begins to be capricious like Fry.
Luke disagrees about how rapid unplanned disassembly happens with erector set spaceships. Gabe remembers smashing things as children.
Gabe brings up how Cubert's character has changed significantly.
Gabe and Luke discuss how they are shocked and not shocked that Zoidberg narc'd out the crew about the demolition derby.

Episode 84: The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 4 Mar 12, 2019

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It's a duel, silly. There are no rules. Actually, there are scores of rules. All laid out with minute particularity here in the Code Duello. Listen in as Luke and Gabe discuss Futurama Season 6 Episode 8: The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 4.

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On this show:

Gabe explains how this episode differs from the romantic comedy formula
Luke rants for 5 minutes about how awesome the dual scene is between Calculon and Bender, and how upset he was that Hulu cut part of it out
Luke and Gabe discuss how Bender is going way overboard for a completely petulant reason … and it feels very authentic.
Gabe and Luke discuss the purpose of the league of robots.
Gabe and Luke debate who is most likely to be Bender's first-born son's mother.

Episode 83: The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 3 Mar 05, 2019

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Leela, you must try the tentacle. It's like my soul is wearing a velour body glove! Listen in as Luke and Gabe discuss Futurama Season 6 Episode 7: The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 3.

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On this show:

Luke and Gabe discuss the strategic position of Zapp's command post … and lose all podcast listeners that like AppleBees
Luke comes up with a theory for the cause of soup prohibition
Gabe and Luke discuss how Bender and Fry are talking past each other and how it represents toxicity in their relationship
Luke and Gabe come to a consensus about their differences between tv episode format vs movie format for the Futurama movies in season 6.
Luke criticizes Gabe for only seeing The Breakfast Club one time, Gabe muses about how it lost him a trivia game.

Episode 82: The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 2 Feb 26, 2019

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Less invasions, more equations! Listen in as Luke and Gabe discuss Futurama Season 6 Episode 6: The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 2.

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On this show:

Luke and Gabe discuss the root of the Pocket Pal robot joke
Luke comments on how Bender will try to kill himself at the drop of a hat.
Gabe discusses how the different narratives do and do not connect with each other and the main theme.
Gabe lists on his exhaustive list of robots in the League of Robots. Luke contributes two or three additional names.
Luke talks about "Lock-out, Tag-out" procedures and how the Nimbus is apparently missing them resulting in early death.

Episode 81: The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 1 Feb 19, 2019

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Well, what are you supposed to do when the whole universe is about to end? Listen in as Luke and Gabe discuss Futurama Season 6 Episode 5: The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 1.

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On this show:

Luke and Gabe discuss the potential consequences of Leela knowing where Bender's 'off' switch is.
Luke comments on which bucket has Zoidberg's saltwater vs freshwater stomach, Gabe hypothesizes where the animals are coming from.
Luke and Gabe discuss on Fry's capriciousness and how that may contribute to his relationship decisions.
Luke comments on how the Deathball match between Professor Farnsworth and Professor Wernstrom is a huge allegory for academia.
Gabe rants about how Colleen's building construction in NYc is impractical. Luke responds for talking for 5 minutes about the absurd NYC renting market.

Episode 80: Bender's Big Score Part 4 Feb 11, 2019

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Troops, you are now equipped with the finest weapons magical elves can build. Listen in as Luke and Gabe discuss Futurama Season 6 Episode 4: Bender's Big Score Part 4.

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On this show:

Luke and Gabe discuss the parallel timelines of Fry and Lars.
Gabe and Luke selectively discuss the amazing Christmas manufacturing song.
Gabe discusses how odd it is that Bender is actually the hero.
Gabe discusses how odd the funeral was and how Lars was treated.
Gabe discusses which quote from Bender he thinks to himself whenever he feels like he deserves something.

Episode 79: Bender's Big Score Part 3 Feb 04, 2019

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Listen in as Luke and Gabe use a halloween mask stapled to a log to draw a crowd, and discuss Futurama Season 6 Episode 3: Bender's Big Score Part 3.

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On this show:

Luke and Gabe discuss how much they love Mr. Panucci … for different reasons.
Gabe discusses how he missed every Terminator reference in the show
Luke discusses what movie Bender's gun reminds him most of.
Luke and Gabe debate Bender's behavior in the context of (31st Century) Fry's absurd attempts to derail Leela's wedding.
Gabe and Luke discuss what they did and did not like about the musical number in this episode.

Episode 78: Bender's Big Score Part 2 Jan 28, 2019

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Don't listen to this podcast until you've locked the absinthe and ether away! Listen in as Luke, Gabe discuss Futurama Season 6 Episode 2: Bender's Big Score Part 2.

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On this show:

Luke and Gabe discuss how effective Bender was at stealing and whether or not it could be optimized for value.
Gabe and Luke discuss the many callbacks this episode makes as it is retconning the original Futurama timeline.
Luke talks about the math of quantum entanglement and how the Futurama writers leveraged that to describe time travel.
Luke and Gabe debate Bender's journey to kill fry vs Fry's journey into becoming Lars.
Gabe and Luke continue to hone in their impression of hedonismbot.

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