While we wait for Futurama to return, we take a break and talk about the 1989 Weird Al film UHF.

Obviously, Mike likes it, but what does Ben think? What is a UHF anyway?

Ben demands plot relevancy in his sandwiches. Mike is in his natural element.

It's 2024, so obviously Futurama is talking about the hottest new thing on the internet... NFTs? Yeah, I was as surprised as you were.

Anyway. Somehow that leads to Bender going to Mexico in order to reconnect with his familia, the PlanEx crew plans a daring NFT art heist. But you can't steal an NFT because something something I don't know and honestly don't care.

Meanwhile we're talking about house guests, Caesar salads, and the Monster with 21 Faces. Plus, a discussion about what are we even doing here with new Futurama thanks to some much belated fan email.

Ben nudges the mouse, ever so slightly, to keep the computer awake. Mike learns about a kidnapping.

It's Fry's birthday! And instead of the two hours of staring into the void like he wants, he instead gets a surprise birthday party re-enacting all his childhood trauma. We watch basically everybody die as they compete to survive here in the Quids Game.

We also talk about which celebrity chef we would like to cook us a meal and we cover the wide world of knockoff Dr Peppers.

Ben is not a real doctor, but he is a real worm, he is an actual worm. Mike does his best to avenge Kif.

Fry is behaving strange... he likes his job, he is using soap? Is this even the same Fry? It turns out... no, it is not. It's.................................... uh....................... Frank. That's right.

Meanwhile, we're talking about the various strategies for progression of time in cartoons that last forever (and trust us, Futurama will last forever because we'll have to do this podcast until we are dead), and the things that we wish we loved.

We wish that you love this podcast! Enjoy! Or don't, we're not the boss of you.

Ben guesses what the context is about. Mike bathes in cilantro.

Mike is going to be out of the country for a few weeks! Luckily, we managed to get this week's episode ahead of time. Sure, it may be on an old VHS tape, but everything seems on the up-and-up.

Ben is assigned a mascot. Mike recognizes the Jeopardy! font.

Mike is still off this week so here is us eating some Twinkie wiener sandwiches. That's... it. That's basically all this is.

Ben eats a Twinkie wiener sandwich. Mike eats a Twinkie wiener sandwich.

After a brief hiatus, we're back, baby! And we're talking about how Bender falls in love with a beautiful fembot and the sport of bug fighting. Amy takes a stance on animal rights (as long as those animals are not pigs), and Fry drops his cerveza hat.

Meanwhile, we're talking about bad pickup lines and our favorite cold winter foods.

Ben sleeps under a pile of cats. Mike eats some Beyond Buggalo.

Leela gets a new friend and joins a book club. The boys start their own book club. Somehow all this leads to somebody drowning in a giant wine bottle. How does that make any sense? Listen to the episode and we'll find out together.

Meanwhile, we talk about some superstitions and what beverages we want to drown in and then serve at our own funeral.

The clip of "Make New Friends" comes from Miss Nina on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V8S-gzjaMc

Ben protects a mug. Mike hates a book.

The Professor gives up on his first love (science) to dive headfirst into his first love (fashion). It's sort of like the "Distracted Boyfriend" meme but it's just the Professor looking at fashion. What is the worst that could go wrong here?

Meanwhile, we're talking about what it would cost to sell our toe(?) and also who we would main in a Smash Bros. style Futurama game with every single character.

Don't forget to check out the Climate Town episode "Fast Fashion is Hot Garbage" at the following link. Tell 'em that Back to the Futurama sent you. They will be very confused by this: https://youtu.be/F6R_WTDdx7I?si=BcVZYP38CBXlz5Bb

Ben gets ennui. Mike gets a Slurm Factory F-shirt.

Hello! As I'm sure you are already aware, there is some terrible flooding and damage in the southeastern United States right now due to hurricane Helene. We also happen to have a lot of Back to the Futurama stickers sitting around.

How are those two things related? Well... if you donate $5 or more to any of the charities on this list from bpr.org and send us a screenshot of the receipt, we'll send you one of those stickers and a handwritten note. That's it! Simple as that. Pick your preferred charity off this list and let us know about it and get probably the most expensive sticker of your life — but you can rest easy knowing that the money you spent will go to those in need instead of two dinguses on the internet who talk about a thrice-canceled TV show.

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