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A One-Off Futurama Robot Was Originally Pitched As A Main Character
A small robot, the Pocket Pal has a battery torso, pipe-cleaner limbs, Mickey Mouse glove hands, and a TV-shaped head (antennae and all). See "Futurama" creator Matt Groening's sketch of the Pal ...
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Futurama Needed a Fanbase as Passionate as Its Creators to Survive
When Futurama premiered on Fox in March 1999, it did so almost a decade after Matt Groening had broken open the gates of modern mainstream TV animation ... and vice-driven robot Bender (John ...