euroweld@feddit.de to Futurama @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoMeanwhile there is a whole generation that doesn't understand this jokefeddit.deimagemessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1781arrow-down166
arrow-up1715arrow-down1imageMeanwhile there is a whole generation that doesn't understand this jokefeddit.deeuroweld@feddit.de to Futurama @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square135fedilink
minus-squaredigger@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up107·8 months agoThis episode aired 23 years ago.
minus-squareShustOne@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up90·8 months agoWe’ve moved into boomer territory when we joke that kids today don’t get a joke older than the actual kids today
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·8 months agoOh fuck me. For a moment I started to think “no. Married with Children was already over 23 years ago” then I quickly realized that holy shit, Futurama is already over 23 years old.
minus-squareOok the Librarian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 months agoAnd the reference is a show that ran until 1997. So a small slice of the audience was too young at the time.
minus-squareAnAngryAlpaca@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoI’m to scared to verify this…
minus-squaredigger@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoA Bicyclops Built for Two aired on March 19, 2000.
minus-squareSpiralvortexisalie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoThe first season of Futurama began airing on March 28, 1999 and concluded on November 14, 1999 after 13 episodes.
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoAnd when did the MWC episode air?
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoWhich one? The final episode aired on June 9, 1997.
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI assumed it was a shot for shot parody of an episode. Guess it could just as easily be of all of them.
This episode aired 23 years ago.
We’ve moved into boomer territory when we joke that kids today don’t get a joke older than the actual kids today
Oh fuck me. For a moment I started to think “no. Married with Children was already over 23 years ago” then I quickly realized that holy shit, Futurama is already over 23 years old.
And the reference is a show that ran until 1997. So a small slice of the audience was too young at the time.
I’m to scared to verify this…
A Bicyclops Built for Two aired on March 19, 2000.
The first season of Futurama began airing on March 28, 1999 and concluded on November 14, 1999 after 13 episodes.
And when did the MWC episode air?
Which one? The final episode aired on June 9, 1997.
I assumed it was a shot for shot parody of an episode. Guess it could just as easily be of all of them.