Futurama: Season 1 - Episode 5. 'Fear Of A Bot Planet' (1999) - TV Episode Review

[caption id="attachment_557" align="alignright" width="307"]Official Score = 3 1/2 Devils Official Score = 3 1/2 Devils[/caption]

When Matt Groening created the Simpsons, he created something truly magical and memorable, (I mean if you consider the fact that, 'The Simpsons' to this date is the longest running cartoon of all time... That really is saying something...)

And the truth is, is even when he created his next show, 'Futurama', I have to admit that I was sad to see that show go when it did, it was absolutely hilarious in just about every facet, and when I found out that it came back on the air, I have to admit that I was pretty excited... I mean this show has continued to make audiences all over the world laugh for years... And this why I am glad to review my favorite episode of this series, Episode 5 of season 1'Fear Of A Bot Planet'!

Written by: Evan Gore (George Of The Jungle) & Directed by: Peter Avanzino (Drawn Together), Carlos Baeza (Ghostbusters), Ashley Lenz (The Simpsons Movie), Chris Sauve (The Iron Giant), Gregg Vanzo (RoboCop 3). Starring: Billy West (Ultimate Spider-Man), Katey Sagal (Sons Of Anarchy), John DiMaggio (Epic), Tress MacNeille (Animaniacs) & Phil LaMarr (Justice League).

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Leela & Fry as they are looking for Bender on the Bot Planet...[/caption]

This is the hilarious story of when Bender (John DiMaggio) is feeling depressed about his work, and during this time, one of the places that the Planet Express crew end up being sent to is a world in which Robots would rather kill a human as opposed to live with them (thus the planet is exclusively inhabited by Robots.)

Well because of this fact, Bender is the one who will have to make the delivery, and like he does, Bender sees an opportunity to exploit the entire planet's population... but before doing so, he sends a distress call to the Ship, which prompts Leela (Katey Sagal) & Fry (Billy West) to make these ridiculous disguises and go down to the planet...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Bender, after he finds Fry & Leela...[/caption]

But with the planet full of Robots that would happily kill them (as a matter of fact, the leadership of the planet made, 'Human Hunting' a planetary bonding experience...) Leela & Fry are going to have to rely on Bender to rescue them before the Robots have the opportunity to destroy them!

I don't want to say to much, but this episode is really hilarious, and although I am aware that I an not saying why... I love this episode, and if you give it a try, then I think you might end up finding out why!

http://youtu.be/bOM0Jwg2CEw