Summary/TL;DR

I owe the Thriller Bark arc an apology. In the past I felt about this arc the way I think most fans treat this arc. The only things people really care about from this arc in terms of general discussion are Brook's backstory, Nothing Happened, and maybe sometimes Usopp's fight. Going through the arc again I feel like this arc is significantly better than it gets credit for, and we get some great moments for some underutilized and underappreciated Straw Hats. I feel like Moria being a lame fight is what really knocks this arc down for the community, which I get, but I think there was a lot more good in this arc than bad even with that.
Thriller Bark Saga
I've been reading the manga up to date weekly since the Zou arc started, but with the increased quality of the recent anime I've decided that I want to go through and watch all of the anime before becoming a weekly viewer. And when I say all of the anime, I mean everything. All the movies, all the fillers, all the specials. If it's on MyAnimeList, I'm putting in my best effort to find and watch it. This is not my first experience with the show as a whole, so none of these are a first experience with the story as a whole. But I do think watching it animated (and watching it knowing the context of certain things) has led to some new opinions over the course of this. I've done one of these for each saga so far, which you can find here:

• East Blue and Alabasta Sagas
• Skypiea Saga
• Water 7 Saga

Onto the new stuff:

Anime Arcs

Ice Hunter Arc
Don Accino
For a filler arc I thought this arc was pretty nice. I enjoy these filler arcs where we get to see a bit of the new crew dynamic for a new Straw Hat joining, and this arc had a lot of Franky action with him showing off the upgrades of the Thousand Sunny and what he brings to the crew. As somebody caught up with the story I think it was fine, but it's probably not one I would advise to somebody just watching for the first time.
I really enjoyed the Robin storyline with the little girl and their bond over the course of the arc. That did a lot of the heavy lifting as far as storytelling on the Straw Hat side. And the Phoenix Pirates were pretty likable, even if there's a much more prominent character who probably has a thing or two to say about being a phoenix. I like when these filler arcs incorporate something from the upcoming story as one of the foundations of the arc, in this arc it was the fact that the Phoenix Pirates' vice captain sacrificed himself to save the captain and his crew. He believed the captain could be King of the Pirates, which is obviously alluding to Zoro's sacrifice at the end of Thriller Bark. A nice addition for those who are in the know about what's coming next.
The final fight between Luffy and Don Accino was honestly really good for a filler arc, I was surprised. Usually in filler arcs when it's all said and done the villain goes blasting off like Team Rocket once things get serious, but Accino actually put Luffy in a bind and had a pretty cool devil fruit. Made the arc end on a strong note and puts it on the higher end of One Piece filler.
Chopperman
Merch God
Not much to say about this one since it was only one episode. I liked it, funny story to have Chopper face off against Usopp and defeat him via cuteness. Chopper is the Merch God for a reason, and I can do nothing but pay my respects.
Thriller Bark Arc
The best Straw Hat recruitment by a long shot
I didn't go into this arc expecting to enjoy it as much as I did. Like I've said, I've read the whole story, so it's not like I didn't know what was in the arc. But seeing it all play out, I came away from Thriller Bark with a deeper appreciation for it. And like I said in the title, I actually ended up enjoying this arc even more than Alabasta (which is probably equivalent to blasphemy for some people). The build up of Brook's story and the slow build up of Franky and Robin learning Brook's story, to finding out why Brook cares about the afro, to finding out that the crew met Laboon and that's who he's waiting to meet, it was just so good. I feel like Brook is a little underappreciated by the fanbase just because Brook hasn't really had many storylines since joining the crew. Besides Whole Cake Island he hasn't really had a lot to do. Somebody has to be the least favorite crewmate, and in the community it's pretty soundly Franky and Brook for that reason.
This arc to me was like the arc of under appreciated Straw Hats shining. I loved the Chopper and Hogback storyline, it felt like Chopper was really growing up. I know a bunch of people find Hogback annoying (and he is), but I just loved seeing a genuinely angry Chopper with a villain getting under his skin. And having it be one he held in such high regard made the point a lot stronger. Also finding Oars' weakness to ice and his weak arm, Chopper pulled a lot of weight this arc. Usopp vs Perona, just a great fight all around for Usopp. Him turning into Sogeking again to pull through, the 10 ton hammer, it was all great. And I loved how much Franky cared about Brook and helping him throughout the arc. Not really a Straw Hat duo you think of as a fan, but it was nice to see here. And then there are the more popular Straw Hats of course, I loved the Ryuma fight and Zoro earning his respect. Nami took a bit of a back seat in this arc but I liked the stuff with her and Lola. Luffy always pulls through of course. Robin teaming up with Chopper and Franky for most of the arc was again, a nice duo you don't usually see combat wise. Sanji... let's pretend this arc never happened.
I think the main thing that probably kills this arc's reputation is that the Moria fight just ends up being kinda lame. The ramifications of the fight are intense (and I liked that the end of it was basically building up to the timeskip with the crew acknowledging they were ill equipped to protect Luffy), but Moria himself just did not pull his own weight. He spent most of the arc just running around and teasing Luffy, and then when he finally does fight he overdoses on shadows and Luffy headbutts him a few times. There's no iconic "Luffy vs arc villain" moment here, and I think that's what usually pulls the whole arc together and determines how people feel about it overall since that's the arc villain's presence. I really liked what Moria represented as far as having his crew die unable to protect them in the New World, but you can really feel how nobody inside or outside of the story respects Moria. And that sort of determines the emotions of the entire arc imo. Kuma obviously stole the show from him in the end, and Nothing Happened is a moment that needs no discussion for it's impact on the community as a whole. I think if Moria had a genuine fight with Luffy people would feel a lot differently about this arc, but then again if Moria genuinely fought Luffy instead of defeating himself he'd almost certainly kick his ass. So I get it.
The moment where Luffy gets to tell Brook that Laboon is alive and they met him, that's one of the most emotional moments in the entire story. Just hearing Brook be so glad to be alive, I think that's the best moment of the arc (no disrespect to Zoro). While Alabasta clears this arc in terms of the combat and the villains, I think moments like that and the character moments are what have me saying this arc is slightly (slightly) better than Alabasta.
Spa Island Arc
Content.
This arc is a little weird because the Spa Island section and the Brook episode are like two completely different storylines. And the Brook episode does a lot of carrying for this arc that boosts it higher. So I'll talk about both. The Spa Island stuff was just really weird, and the villain was quite possibly the most incompetent villain I've come across in this entire watch through so far. He's going way to the bottom of the list. I did like the storyline of the dad off doing his research and making both daughters believe in him, it was a cute but short storyline. Foxy shows up again because that man is the king of fillers, I haven't seen a character this dominant in filler arcs since Tenten. And we got to see Nami and Robin in bathing suits, so it can't be all bad.
That brings us to Episode 384; this is genuinely the best filler episode in the entire series so far. If you haven't watched it, you really should. This is the type of filler that I really enjoy from One Piece, where it's a new member joining the crew and we get to see more of the crew dynamic than we would ever see in the manga. Brook, having spent 50 years alone, is eager to please everybody on the ship by doing tasks for them because he's terrified of being kicked off the ship for being a burden. He doesn't want to lose his friends again. Of course this isn't how Luffy or anybody on the crew thinks of friendship, but you can't blame a guy who hasn't had human interaction for the majority of the last 50 years. I just really loved everything about this storyline. Considering this arc was 3 episodes but includes this one, I have to rank the arc much higher than the Spa Island portion warrants. This episode was just that good.

Movies

One Piece Episode of Alabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates
Robin finds the Going Merry
This movie is definitely a recap and not a substitute or summary in any way for the original story. On top of some of the changes made to make the story move quickly, there's honestly just so much context missing from the original story. For example, they show Bon Clay's ability and how he can transform into people (including Cobra) because that's pretty critical to the arc. But the X mark that is created because of that really doesn't play any role in the story. They spoil that the X mark is under the bandages at the beginning of the movie, and Vivi never has to prove that there's a catch when Bon Clay tries to trick her. Obviously the most important part of the X mark is the end of the arc, and that's there of course, but the context of why it was a key moment is gone.
Speaking of gone, they completely skip over Ace and Smoker even being part of the arc. Ace isn't part of the arc as much as Smoker obviously, but that's back to the context of the movie. The whole Mr. Prince thing, Smoker realizing Luffy is one of the good ones, all that stuff is gone in the movie. This is a purely Straw Hats and Vivi movie. That being said, if you just want to see high res versions of some classic One Piece fights, it does a decent job of that. The fights are much shorter than they were in the original, but you get some snapshots of the key moments. If you come into this movie with the mindset that it's just a fun way of breezing through some old moments, I think it's fine. If somebody is trying to use it to avoid watching Alabasta for the 30 some odd hours it would take to get through, I think they'd be doing themselves a disservice.
One scene I did really enjoy from this special that doesn't exist in the original story is how Robin ended up on the Merry. I wish this was a scene from the actual manga, it would have been so good! Robin is stumbling around looking for places to go after Luffy saved her, and she brings up how she's been saved by people with that D. initial twice (thinking back on Saul saving her). Then she looks up and she's in front of the Going Merry, realizing she found a place to go. This scene doesn't work in Alabasta obviously since it would be a huge spoiler, but I think this scene would be absolutely perfect at Going Merry's funeral. Everybody thinks about their favorite Merry memories and Robin's happens to be when she asked to join the crew. But if they just slid in this moment of her and Merry alone with her realizing she had a place to go, I think it adds even more to the scene. It shows Robin actually taking that first step to be vulnerable and join them and not just her being Mrs. Cool when she was on the ship. And it's nice that the first crewmate she thinks of other than Luffy would end up being Merry. Very nice scene.
One Piece Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in Winter, Miracle Sakura
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I had absolutely no expectations for this movie whatsoever (well... minus the obvious one). The last Chopper movie is still the worst movie in One Piece imo, so I thought that a new Chopper movie would just be shoving merchandising down your throat. But this movie was so good. It's a rewrite Drum Island as if Chopper was the 8th crewmate instead of the 6th. Which is weird, but it really worked in this movie. Robin kinda takes the role of Vivi in this arc (hanging out with Usopp), and Zoro and Franky hang around. It touched on all the important story beats, and the redo of the Hiruluk flashback was great too. This movie did was Episode of Alabasta couldn't do, which is keep the raw emotion of the original story mostly intact. Even Wapol's brother, again it's weird as somebody who knows the story. But it worked. Luffy pulling out Gear 2 and having a crazy fight in Drum Island was something I never expected, but it was so good. And unlike the real Drum Island, I like that the entire crew participates in this movie. Where in the real Drum Island a few characters don't really do anything in the arc if they weren't on top of the mountain.
For a retelling of one of the weaker arcs in One Piece, this movie was awesome. Definitely doesn't fit as a replacement (cause it would make no sense), but a nice treat for those who have watched up to this point of the story.

Specials

Episode of Alabasta - Prologue
Straw Hats arriving to Whisky Peak
This special is essentially a slight rewrite of the Whisky Peak arc as a way of opening into Episode of Alabasta. Whisky Peak is a short arc, but they go through it at light speed in this special. I'm not much of a Whisky Peak fan in general, so this isn't really for me. I think it did fine for what it is, but it's definitely something I feel like you should only be watching if you've seen the original. Because this special is essentially written like they met Vivi on Whisky Peak and then went straight to Alabasta (no Robin hopping on the ship, no Little Garden, etc.)

OVAs

Romance Dawn Story

From the makers of pink Nami and blue Nami, meet blonde Nami
We finally get another OVA, this one is for one of Oda's original Romance Dawn stories. The Straw Hats are part of this, so it's not a complete retelling of the original story, but I still thought it was a nice storyline. Silk was a cool character and her bond with the rest of her island really did feel nostalgic of early One Piece with small time pirates terrorizing a small town vs toppling an entire government system. Her storyline kinda made me of Chouchou the dog from Orange Town, which isn't a bad thing at all. Cool, short OVA.

One Piece Arc Rankings

1. Enies Lobby
2. Water 7
3. Post-Enies Lobby
4. Thriller Bark
5. Alabasta
6. Arlong Park
7. Jaya
8. Loguetown
9. Baratie
10. Drum Island
11. G-8
12. Shells Town
13. Foosha Village
14. Skypiea
15. Syrup Village
16. Orange Town
17. Little Garden
18. Rare Animal Island
19. Post-Alabasta
20. Spa Island
21. Ice Hunter
22. Reverse Mountain
23. Long Ring Long Land
24. Foxy's Return
25. Boss Luffy Historical Arc
26. Chopperman
27. Ocean's Dream
28. Goat Island (Alvida's Hideout)
29. Whisky Peak
30. Goat Island Paradise
31. Warship Island
32. Ruluka Island

One Piece Villain Rankings

1. Rob Lucci
2. Crocodile
3. Arlong
4. Enel
5. Spandam
6. Gecko Moria
7. Don Krieg
8. Kuro
9. Bellamy
10. Jonathan (G-8)
11. Smoker
12. Buggy
13. Omatsuri (Baron Omatsuri)
14. Captain Morgan
15. Wapol
16. Don Accino (Ice Hunter)
17. Mr. 3
18. Gasparde (Dead End Adventure)
19. Higuma
20. Alvida
21. Mr. 5
22. Mr. 9 and Miss Wednesday
23. Foxy
24. Saga (Cursed Holy Sword)
25. Noko (Ocean's Dream)
26. Ganzack (Defeat the Pirate Ganzack)
27. Eric (Warship Island)
28. Captain Joke (Ocean's Navel)
29. Gally (Romance Dawn Story)
30. Kibagaeru (Foxy's Return)
31. Minchey (Goat Island)
32. Eldoraggo (One Piece: The Movie)
33. Ratchet (Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle)
34. Bear King (Clockwork Island Adventure)
35. Count Battler (Island of Strange Animals)
36. Wetton (Ruluka Island)
37. Bayan (A Father's Huge, HUGE Dream)
38. Doran (Spa Island)
39. Governor (Last Great Performance)

One Piece Movie Rankings

1. Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in Winter, Miracle Sakura (Movie 9)
2. Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (Movie 6)
3. Dead End Adventure (Movie 4)
4. Episode of Alabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates (Movie 8)
5. One Piece: The Movie (Movie 1)
6. The Cursed Holy Sword (Movie 5)
7. The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle (Movie 7)
8. Clockwork Island Adventure (Movie 2)
9. Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals (Movie 3)

Specials Rankings

1. One Piece: Protect! The Last Great Performance
2. Once Upon the Great Sea! A Father's Huge, HUGE Dream!
3. One Piece Special: Adventure in the Ocean's Navel
4. Episode of Alabasta - Prologue
5. One Piece New Year Special: Special Report - Secret of the Straw Hat Pirates
6. One Piece Special: The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy
7. One Piece: Emergency Planning, A Perfect Strategy for the One Piece

OVA Rankings

1. Romance Dawn Story
2. One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack!

Shorts Rankings

1. Dream Soccer King
2. Jango's Dance Carnival
3. Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King

Openings

1. We Are! (1)
2. Brand New World (6)
3. We Are! (2008 Remix) (10)
4. Bon Voyage (4)
5. We Are! (Straw Hat Version) (7)
6. Crazy Rainbow (7)
7. Jungle P (8)
8. Hikari e (3)
9. Kokoro no Chizu (5)
10. Believe (2)

Endings

1. Shouchi no Suke (4 - crew spotlight)
2. Tsuki no Taiyo (12 - family left behind)
3. Free Will (9 - Robin wakes crew)
4. Glory - Kimi ga Iru Kara (7 - Vivi's past)
5. Eternal Pose (15 - Past arc snapshots)
6. Dear Friends (16 - Merry memories/funeral)
7. Asu wa Kuru Kara (17 - young Robin in flower field)
8. Before Dawn (5 - foot crew race)
9. Memories (1 - Sunset water)
10. Fish (6 - Chopper's adventures)
11. Dreamship (13 - group photo)
12. Run! Run! Run! (2 - Young crew runs)
13. Mirai Koukai (14 - different birds)
14. Adventure World (18 - fan art)
15. Faith (10 - colorful Straw Hats)
16. Shining ray (8 - crew jumps off cliff)
17. Watashi ga Iru Yo (3 - Going Merry life)
18. A to Z (11 - Come back to your friends)

Next Up: Summit War Saga

Can he be saved?

Let The Interviews Begin!

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Michael's tweet and how I managed to find him
When I was informed that the Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow game was closing down, I sought out some interviews with influencers, ambassadors, voice actors & content creators and formatted these in a more structured way.
Selfishly, this is to help push myself in to doing Community Management work and have things to show off in my portfolio, but I thought it would be something the community would appreciate & find interesting.
This interview is with Michael Rosenblum (http://www.michaelrosenblumvo.com/) the voice of many a commercial, and also the voice of Turbo Neptunian and Snowmotron in Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow. It was done via Zoom, and both Michael and I bounced around on a lot of topics, so I have shuffled things a little to make sense in the flow, and have edited/paraphrased some words for easier reading. Please enjoy.

Let The Interviews Begin!

Hello Michael. We have been chatting a bit and I know who you are after finding an old tweet where you mentioned you were voicing Turbo Neptunian, but can you introduce yourself to the Futurama community?
Sure. It’s all kind of surreal. In the game I voiced Turbo Neptunian and Snowmotron. I was never able to acquire Snowmotron when playing the Christmas event.
Nor was I.
It’s such a bummer, but I was able to find videos and see what I sounded like for Snowmotron. One of the biggest compliments of my career came through this though. I saw a video where someone said (I think this was WillBits, but cannot find the exact video/quote) “I think that’s John DiMaggio doing the voice”. I was sitting there going “Woah, someone thinks I sound like John DiMaggio!”
I should start off by saying I am a massive Futurama fan! It is probably my favourite show, I can probably quote it inside and out, and it was pretty much a dream come true to be involved in the Futurama universe, even in a small way.
So, how did the roles come about? Was it something you sought out, or through your agent?
Typically, I would get auditions through my agent. This was an instance of “It’s who you know”. Jam City were doing the Christmas campaign in the game and they had decided they were going to add two brand-new characters to the roster of villains for the game who had never shown up in the show.
For whatever reason, they decided they weren’t going to the original voice cast. I believe the plan was that they were going to advertise, have a casting call but the producers for the game said there was no time. I happened to be friendly with one of the writers of the game & the show, and an executive producer of the show.
He said something to them along the lines of “Well, I know someone who is a huge Futurama fan and is a voice actor, so will get the genre and the vibe of what we are trying to do.” So I sent over my reel and they responded with “Perfect! Let’s do it, let’s bring him in.”
It was surreal, as one day the game writer mentioned he may have job for me, and the next I am recording something for Futurama.
The 12 year old inside of me was going “eee!” , you know.
As Turbo Neptunian and Snowmotron were brand-new characters to the Futurama universe, what kind of direction did you get on the characters?
That’s interesting, because they brought me in to a session with some of the game people, who were not necessarily “Futurama” people and I imagine, if I was there from someone with the show there may have been different direction.
At the same time, I feel that they knew what I was about, as they knew I loved the Futurama universe.
So I went in, with advice from acting teacher I had, who said “Come in with your pockets full”. I kind of had some ideas already.
I was thinking of Elzar, a Neptunian already in the show, who was very over-the-top, so I decided that Turbo Neptunian would have that too and have a kind of “gym bro” steroid-ed up vibe and the game people were happy for me to push that. That one was kind of easier.
What about with Snowmotron?
That one was a bit more difficult. We were considering what to do, as he was sort of “What if Frosty the Snowman had gone evil?”. We played around with it, and then I started doing happy voice lines like the Frosty The Snowman cartoon and then switching it half way through to be evil such as “I’m just here to say THAT I’M GONNA SHOVE A LUMP OF COAL UP YOUR BUTT.” We played around with that a lot.
That’s why I am really bummed that I never got to unlock him, I would have loved to hear everything we recorded.
I think I know the answer to this as you have talked about Snowmotron, but did you play any of the game, or get involved in the community?
Oh my god, so much. I played the second it came out. Going through all the campaigns, unlocking all the characters.
I never spent money on the game, so it was a little slower getting through some of the events & storyline.
I was always looking for new updates and grinding through. I followed it for as long as they were following new content.
I have seen a few videos from the community.
Would you have liked to see the creatives behind it do anything differently?
They put so many characters in to the game, even the Pain Monster with one line. I was always a big fan of the Robot Mafia, a bigger campaign around that would have been great.
I was excited when Morbo showed up. My brother and I have a “Windmills do not work that way!” anniversary actually.
Oh, what’s that?
Many years ago, he posted on my Facebook, the GIF of Morbo saying the line. Now whenever we hit that day, Facebook will throw it back up and we will share it with each other again. Morbo’s great!
Lrr is great too, a lot of Maurice LaMarche’s characters are all good.
Will you be watching the show when it comes back on?
I was devastated the first time it went off the air, and the next time too. It’s funny, heartfelt and utterly ridiculous at the same time, so I’ll be there the night it premieres.
I have had the pleasure of meeting all the voice cast, met Matt Groening, Patric M Verrone and many others. I’ve sat in on a table read too. It’s really a crime that the show ever came off the air as all those involved are fantastic.
Is there anything you want to see in the show, or see more about certain characters?
They seem to have an endless supply of ideas. I loved when they dug deeper in to some of the side characters like in Calculon 2.0. It would be interesting to do that. They did it with Lrrr as well, and explored the characters.
Obviously more Bender!
How do you feel about the game closing down?
I stopped playing when the content stopped coming but checked in every month or so after it stopped and did the Cornwood re-run to get Momon, as I missed her the first time, so it was fun to redo those.
I would have certainly played if we had more. I will be sad to see it go, as that’s my little contribution to the Futurama universe disappear.
Maybe not, do you think we could see Snowmotron or Turbo Neptunian appear in the main show?
I hope. That would be amazing, to see Turbo Neptunian as the bodyguard for the workshop next to Robot Santa in a Christmas episode.
I’d hope that they’d call me, but also know they may just go “Hey Billy West, can you do some lines?” and I would graciously step aside, because it’s Billy West.
It would be wonderful if I did get the call to be in a TV episode, I would have a mix of emotions from crying tears of joy to screaming.
That must be tough with voice acting roles.
It is, as voice actors experience, we get to audition for things that mean a lot to us. I can’t say what it is, but I did do something for Marvel last year. Actually, I don’t even know what it is fully, they wouldn’t tell me!
It was great to be in the room with those people, working on and reading something with their universe, which I really love. It was incredible and great to be a part of it.
Finally, to wrap up, if we want to see/hear more of you, where can we do that? Can you share what you’re working on now?
I have done a ton of commercials, no need to look all those up!
I do a about ten different characters in Final Fantasy XV, and voice Christophe in Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness which was fun.
I have also done a few cartoon pilots which unfortunately never made it to air. These have been with some great creators, and you think it will definitely air but for one reason or another they hit a stumbling block and never see the light of day.
I was producing a podcast Free Candy Van, a sketch comedy podcast (https://twitter.com/freecandyvanvo) and our head writer for that was Eric Martin (https://twitter.com/mrericmartin ) who is involved with Loki. We were friends through something else before and it’s been great to see his career excel.
I know this isn’t usual in interviews, but it’s a two way street so I asked Michael if he had anything else, or any questions to ask me, so the bold below is now Michael’s questions to me.
Michael - I appreciate all that you (the subreddit) did for us fans during the run of the game to see what I should be doing & strategies to employ. I am kind of curious in to how you (personally) got involved in this too?
I think it was mainly that I was posting a lot of memes and content when the game was in it’s lull. I then managed to get in contact with some of the Jam City folks, mostly those working on the Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff game, and made connections from there, and was able to provide some direct feedback.
It’s enabled me to do some things I wouldn’t have thought of before, like interviewing Patric and yourself.
Michael - Were you a fan of the show?
Yes, I remember leaving a family party to watch the very first episode in another room. It seems to be consistently on in my house.
Michael - You’re in the UK, was it as big of a thing here?
Yeah, it was big here too. However, when the Comedy Central series came on, it was a bit more expensive for people to get it on Sky, but I am sure they found other ways to watch.
We chatted a little more and then ended with a great story from Michael, back to bold for me.
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Michael had a great Futurama story to share below
Here’s a story about my obsession with Futurama. They did a few events in LA, at a comic book store called The Meltdown and had some of the crew there.
There was Patric M Verrone, David X Cohen, Peter Avanzino, Maurice LaMarche and I think Matt Groening showed up at the end. They aired three episodes on a projector and ran live commentary whilst it was going on.
In-between the episodes they did trivia, with 30 questions total for prizes. My friend and I were in a two-man team, the writers/crew in another team and some other fan teams too.
We got 29/30 questions right! We tied with the writers! We both got the same question wrong!
What question did you get wrong?
It was “What was the name of Fry’s college’s mascot?”
Flying Mongooses?
No, it’s Whitefish. He talks about flunking out of college and then says “Go Whitefish!”. It’s just that one line. One team of seven players got all 30 right and they got Season 8 DVDs signed by all the crew there. However, we will call this poetic justice, as we got a better prize. For second place we got giant bus station sized posters signed by all the crew who were there, and Peter Avanzino drew Bender & Flexo arguing on there which is so cool. I’ll always be able to say that I tied the Futurama writers at Futurama trivia!
Thanks once again to Michael for speaking about Futurama with me, speaking about voice acting and his role in the Futurama universe!