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"'''Saturday Morning Fun Pit'''" is the one hundred and thirty-third episode of ''[[Futurama]]'' and the nineteenth episode of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]].
"'''Saturday Morning Fun Pit'''" is the one hundred and thirty-third episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the nineteenth of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]], the sixth of the [[Broadcast season 10|tenth broadcast season]], and the sixth [[segmented episode]]. It will parody [[1980s]] {{w|Saturday-morning cartoon|Saturday-morning cartoon}} shows, including ''{{w|Scooby-Doo}}'', ''{{w|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series)|G.I. Joe}}'' and ''{{w|List of 1980s Strawberry Shortcake specials|Strawberry Shortcake}}''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23178.msg1336225#msg1336225|title="Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 8)|site=[[PEEL]] |author="Frida Waterfall"|date=2012-09-4|accessdate=2012-09-13}}</ref>
 
The episode will most likely be a [[segmented episode]]. It will parody 1980s Saturday morning cartoon shows, including ''{{w|Scooby-Doo}}'', ''{{w|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series)|G.I. Joe}}'' and ''{{w|List of 1980s Strawberry Shortcake specials|Strawberry Shortcake}}''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23178.msg1336225#msg1336225|title="Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 8)|site=[[PEEL]] |author="Frida Waterfall"|date=2012-09-4|accessdate=2012-09-13}}</ref>


== Production ==
== Production ==
On 2 September, 2012, it was revealed that the ''Scooby-Doo''-esque segment of the episode will guest star [[George Takei]] and [[Larry Bird]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://culturemob.com/bumbershoot-review-day-2-futurama-writers-panel|author=Tom Mohrman|date=2012-09-2|title=Bumbershoot Review Day 2: Futurama Writers Panel|site=CultureMob|accessdate=2012-09-13}}</ref>
On 2 September, [[2012]], it was revealed that the ''Scooby-Doo''-esque segment of the episode would guest-star [[George Takei]] and [[Larry Bird]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://culturemob.com/bumbershoot-review-day-2-futurama-writers-panel|author=Tom Mohrman|date=2012-09-2|title=Bumbershoot Review Day 2: Futurama Writers Panel|site=CultureMob|accessdate=2012-09-13}}</ref>


On 11 December, 2012, with the release of [[Volume 7]] and its commentary for "Naturama", it was revealed that the episode would be directed by [[Crystal Chesney-Thompson]].
On 11 December, with the release of [[Volume 7]] and its commentary for "[[Naturama]]", it was revealed that the episode would be directed by [[Crystal Chesney-Thompson]].


The ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' posts on the 19th and 20th May, 2013, revealed the title of the ''Strawberry Shortcake''-esque segment to be "Purpleberry Pond" and the ''Scooby-Doo''-esque segment to be "Bendy Boo".
The ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' posts from 19 May and 20 May, [[2013]], revealed the title of the ''Strawberry Shortcake''-esque segment to be "Purpleberry Pond"<ref name="19 May"/> and the title of the ''Scooby-Doo''-esque segment to be "Bendy Boo",<ref name="20 May"/> respectively.


By 9 July, the animatic for one of the episode's segments had been released online.<ref name="animatic">{{cite web|url=http://roycamacho.carbonmade.com/projects/4773319|title=FUTURAMA 719 (Purpleberry Pond) Animatic Board :Rufino Roy Camacho II|author=Roy Camacho|accessdate=2013-7-9}}</ref>
By 9 July, the animatic for the ''Strawberry Shortcake'' segment had been released online.<ref name="animatic">{{cite web|url=http://roycamacho.carbonmade.com/projects/4773319|title=FUTURAMA 719 (Purpleberry Pond) Animatic Board :Rufino Roy Camacho II|author=Roy Camacho|accessdate=2013-7-9}}</ref>


=== Image Gallery ===
=== Image Gallery ===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Futurama and Friends Saturday Morning Fun Pit.jpg|Promotional still released by [[Comedy Central]] during ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' [[Countdown to Futurama 2013|2013]].
File:Futurama and Friends Saturday Morning Fun Pit.jpg|[[Promotional picture]] featuring the ''Futurama and Friends'' title card.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/50728068838/countdown-to-futurama-futurama-and-friends|title=Countdown to Futurama: Futurama and Friends Saturday Morning Fun Pit|date=2013-5-18|site=Comedy Central's Tumblr page|accessdate=2013-7-10}}</ref>
File:Futurama Saturday Morning Fun Pit Fry as Lord Loquat.jpg|Fry as "Lord Loquat," in the style of ''Strawberry Shortcake''.
File:Futurama Saturday Morning Fun Pit Fry as Lord Loquat.jpg|Fry as "Lord Loquat", in the style of ''Strawberry Shortcake''.<ref name="19 May">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/50819258504/countdown-to-futurama-fry-as-lord-loquat-and|title=Countdown to Futurama: Fry as Lord Loquat and Leela as Princess Purpleberry|date=2013-5-19|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Central's Tumblr page]|accessdate=2013-7-10}}</ref>
File:Futurama Saturday Morning Fun Pit Leela as Princess Purpleberry.jpg|Leela as "Princess Purpleberry," in the style of ''Strawberry Shortcake''.
File:Futurama Saturday Morning Fun Pit Leela as Princess Purpleberry.jpg|Leela as "Princess Purpleberry", in the style of ''Strawberry Shortcake''.<ref name="19 May"/>
File:Futurama Saturday Morning Fun Pit Larry Bird Clones.jpg|Promotional still revealing [[Larry Bird]] clones.
File:Futurama Saturday Morning Fun Pit Larry Bird Clones.jpg|Promotional picture revealing [[Larry Bird]] clones.<ref name="20 May">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/50921462689/countdown-to-futurama-larry-bird-clones-you-know|title=Countdown to Futurama: Larry Bird Clones|date=2013-5-20|site=Comedy Central's Tumblr page|accessdate=2013-7-10}}</ref>
File:Futurama Saturday Morning Fun Pit Purpleberry Puffs Cereal.jpg|Concept art of Purpleberry Puffs cereal.
File:Futurama Saturday Morning Fun Pit Purpleberry Puffs Cereal.jpg|Concept art of Purpleberry Puffs cereal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/51009514410/countdown-to-futurama-purpleberry-puffs-cereal|title=Countdown to Futurama: Purpleberry Puffs Cereal|date=2013-5-21|site=Comedy Central's Tumblr page|accessdate=2013-7-10}}</ref>
</gallery>
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=== Trivia ===
=== Trivia ===
*This is the first 3-segmented episode of the Comedy Central run to not be a [[broadcast]]-season finale.
*At one point, the episode's production number was planned to be [[7ACV25]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedycentral.com/episodes/1w3i9s/futurama-futurama-live--season-7-ep-special|title=Futurama Live! - Episode - Season 7 - Ep. Special|date=2012-7-11|site=[[Comedy Central]]|accessdate=2013-7-10}}</ref>
*At one point in time, this was planned to be 7ACV25.<ref>http://www.comedycentral.com/episodes/1w3i9s/futurama-futurama-live--season-7-ep-special</ref>
*This is the first segmented episode of the [[second run]] to not be a [[broadcast]]-season finale.


=== Appearances ===
=== Appearances ===

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Saturday Morning Fun Pit
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Amy, Fry, Leela, Bender and Hermes as children.[1]
No.133
Production number7ACV19
Written byPatric M. Verrone
Directed byCrystal Chesney-Thompson
Title captionN/A
First air date17 July, 2013
Broadcast numberS10E06
Special guest(s)George Takei
Larry Bird
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)		Transcript

Pictures

Season 7
  1. The Bots and the Bees
  2. A Farewell to Arms
  3. Decision 3012
  4. The Thief of Baghead
  5. Zapp Dingbat
  6. The Butterjunk Effect
  7. The Six Million Dollar Mon
  8. Fun on a Bun
  9. Free Will Hunting
  10. Near-Death Wish
  11. 31st Century Fox
  12. Viva Mars Vegas
  13. Naturama
  14. Forty Percent Leadbelly
  15. 2-D Blacktop
  16. T.: The Terrestrial
  17. Fry and Leela's Big Fling
  18. The Inhuman Torch
  19. Saturday Morning Fun Pit
  20. Calculon 2.0
  21. Assie Come Home
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  23. Game of Tones
  24. Murder on the Planet Express
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"Saturday Morning Fun Pit" is the one hundred and thirty-third episode of Futurama, the nineteenth of the seventh production season, the sixth of the tenth broadcast season, and the sixth segmented episode. It will parody 1980s Saturday-morning cartoon shows, including Scooby-Doo, G.I. Joe and Strawberry Shortcake.[2]

Production

On 2 September, 2012, it was revealed that the Scooby-Doo-esque segment of the episode would guest-star George Takei and Larry Bird. [3]

On 11 December, with the release of Volume 7 and its commentary for "Naturama", it was revealed that the episode would be directed by Crystal Chesney-Thompson.

The Countdown to Futurama posts from 19 May and 20 May, 2013, revealed the title of the Strawberry Shortcake-esque segment to be "Purpleberry Pond"[4] and the title of the Scooby-Doo-esque segment to be "Bendy Boo",[5] respectively.

By 9 July, the animatic for the Strawberry Shortcake segment had been released online.[6]

Image Gallery

  • Promotional picture featuring the Futurama and Friends title card.[7]

  • Fry as "Lord Loquat", in the style of Strawberry Shortcake.[4]

  • Leela as "Princess Purpleberry", in the style of Strawberry Shortcake.[4]

  • Promotional picture revealing Larry Bird clones.[5]

  • Concept art of Purpleberry Puffs cereal.[8]

Additional Information

Trivia

  • At one point, the episode's production number was planned to be 7ACV25.[9]
  • This is the first segmented episode of the second run to not be a broadcast-season finale.

Appearances

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Places

(In alphabetic order)

References

  1. ^ Comedy Central. Retrieved on 10 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Frida Waterfall" (04 September 2012). "Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 8). (PEEL.) Retrieved on 13 September 2012.
  3. ^ Tom Mohrman (02 September 2012). Bumbershoot Review Day 2: Futurama Writers Panel. (CultureMob.) Retrieved on 13 September 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Countdown to Futurama: Fry as Lord Loquat and Leela as Princess Purpleberry. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 19 May 2013. Retrieved on 10 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b Countdown to Futurama: Larry Bird Clones. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 20 May 2013. Retrieved on 10 July 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Roy Camacho. FUTURAMA 719 (Purpleberry Pond) Animatic Board :Rufino Roy Camacho II. Retrieved on 09 July 2013.
  7. ^ Countdown to Futurama: Futurama and Friends Saturday Morning Fun Pit. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 18 May 2013. Retrieved on 10 July 2013.
  8. ^ Countdown to Futurama: Purpleberry Puffs Cereal. (Comedy Central's Tumblr page.) 21 May 2013. Retrieved on 10 July 2013.
  9. ^ Futurama Live! - Episode - Season 7 - Ep. Special. (Comedy Central.) 11 July 2012. Retrieved on 10 July 2013.
Futurama episodes/films
1ACV
(Season 1)		 "Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots" • "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory"
2ACV
(Season 2)		 "I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "A Clone of My Own" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "Mother's Day" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Anthology of Interest I" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Honking" • "The Cryonic Woman"
3ACV
(Season 3)		 "Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Parasites Lost" • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "The Route of All Evil" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Roswell that Ends Well" • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "The 30% Iron Chef"
4ACV
(Season 4)		 "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Love and Rocket" • "Less than Hero" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "Jurassic Bark" • "Crimes of the Hot" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" • "The Sting" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
5ACV
(Season 5)
Bender's Big Score The Beast with a Billion Backs Bender's Game Into the Wild Green Yonder
Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4
6ACV
(Season 6)		 "Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Möbius Dick" • "Law and Oracle" • "Benderama" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Neutopia" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"
7ACV
(Season 7)		 "The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama" • "Forty Percent Leadbelly" • "2-D Blacktop" • "T.: The Terrestrial" • "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" • "The Inhuman Torch" • "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" • "Game of Tones" • "Murder on the Planet Express" • "Stench and Stenchibility" • "Meanwhile"
8ACV
(Season 8)		 "The Impossible Stream" • "Children of a Lesser Bog" • "How the West Was 1010001" • "Parasites Regained" • "Related to Items You've Viewed" • "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" • "Rage Against the Vaccine" • "Zapp Gets Cancelled" • "The Prince and the Product" • "All the Way Down"
Specials Everybody Loves Hypnotoad: "Amazon Adventure" • "The Lost Adventure" • "Simpsorama"
S01E
(Broadcast season 1)		 "Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots"
S02E
(Broadcast season 2)		 "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory" • "I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "A Clone of My Own" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Mother's Day" • "Anthology of Interest I"
S03E
(Broadcast season 3)		 "The Honking" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Cryonic Woman" • "Parasites Lost" • "Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot"
S04E
(Broadcast season 4)		 "Roswell that Ends Well" • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Love and Rocket" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "The 30% Iron Chef" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"
S05E
(Broadcast season 5)		 "Crimes of the Hot" • "Jurassic Bark" • "The Route of All Evil" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Less than Hero" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "The Sting" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
S06E
(Broadcast season 6)		 "Bender's Big Score Part 1" • "Bender's Big Score Part 2" • "Bender's Big Score Part 3" • "Bender's Big Score Part 4" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 1" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 2" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 3" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 4" • "Bender's Game Part 1" • "Bender's Game Part 2" • "Bender's Game Part 3" • "Bender's Game Part 4" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 1" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 2" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 3" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 4"
S07E
(Broadcast season 7)		 "Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular"
S08E
(Broadcast season 8)		 "Neutopia" • "Benderama" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Law and Oracle" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Möbius Dick" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"
S09E
(Broadcast season 9)		 "The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama"
S10E
(Broadcast season 10)		 "Forty Percent Leadbelly" • "2-D Blacktop" • "T.: The Terrestrial" • "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" • "The Inhuman Torch" • "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" • "Game of Tones" • "Murder on the Planet Express" • "Stench and Stenchibility" • "Meanwhile"
S11E
(Broadcast Season 11)		 "The Impossible Stream" • "Children of a Lesser Bog" • "How the West Was 1010001" • "Parasites Regained" • "Related to Items You've Viewed" • "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" • "Rage Against the Vaccine" • "Zapp Gets Cancelled" • "The Prince and the Product" • "All the Way Down"
Specials Everybody Loves Hypnotoad: "Amazon Adventure" • "The Lost Adventure" • "Simpsorama"
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