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==Biography==
==Biography==
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'''David X. Cohen''' is an exectutive producer and writer for Futurama. Although he was born David Samuel Cohen, he changed his middle initial in order to register with the Writers' Guild. The Guild has a rule that no two members may have the same name, and there was already "some jerk" registered with the name "David S. Cohen". He chose the "X" because it sounded more [[Coinage#Science-Fictiony|science-fictiony]].


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He started as a writer on the Simpsons, and collaborated with [[Matt Groening]] to develop [[Futurama]].
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Although usually not credited, he is responsible for "perfecting" most of the scripts for each episode. He also wrote (and sung) the music for [[Sponsors#Molten Boron|Molten Boron]], and designed one of the robots in the robot strip club.


==Characters Voiced==
==Characters Voiced==
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Although David X. Cohen has not voiced any characters, he has been told that he has a robotic voice. Because of this, he was persuaded to try out for the part of [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]], but claims he couldn't remember how to do his own voice.
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==External Links==
==External Links==
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Revision as of 00:11, 12 March 2006

David X. Cohen

Biography

David X. Cohen is an exectutive producer and writer for Futurama. Although he was born David Samuel Cohen, he changed his middle initial in order to register with the Writers' Guild. The Guild has a rule that no two members may have the same name, and there was already "some jerk" registered with the name "David S. Cohen". He chose the "X" because it sounded more science-fictiony.

He started as a writer on the Simpsons, and collaborated with Matt Groening to develop Futurama.

Although usually not credited, he is responsible for "perfecting" most of the scripts for each episode. He also wrote (and sung) the music for Molten Boron, and designed one of the robots in the robot strip club.

Characters Voiced

Although David X. Cohen has not voiced any characters, he has been told that he has a robotic voice. Because of this, he was persuaded to try out for the part of Bender, but claims he couldn't remember how to do his own voice.

External Links

See David X. Cohen's credits at IMDb