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Article: Groening's wit goes back to the future
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 26, 1999
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FUTURAMA Starring the voices of: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John
DiMaggio Created by: Matt Groening On: Fox, Ch. 25 Time: Sunday at
8:30 p.m. Unrated
America loves sitcoms, from "I Love Lucy" to "The Many Loves of
Dobie Gillis" to "Everybody Loves Raymond," not to mention "Joanie
Loves Chachi." We've loved them for the way they edge our lives into
satire and farce and sheer harmlessness. We've loved them enough to
inspire a glut of some 45 half-hour comedies on TV schedules every
week, not including the episodes in endless syndication. We've loved
them enough to wear them out, and to leave our TV landscape littered