Nov 27th, 2007 | Geek survey

Futurama Is Back! Coolest geek factor element about Futurama

Matt Groening has never seen an episode of Star Trek

David X. Cohen studied physics at Harvard and got a master's in computer science from UC Berkeley

Cohen became fascinated by the "freeze framers" — obsessive fans who videotaped episodes so they could pause them and look for gags that lasted only a split second.

Cohen and Groening sketched out their vision of the year 3000. Robots should have their own soap operas. There'll be smart sausage. Medicine will be much more advanced, so slapstick humor can include amputations. A quote credited to Cohen: "Reality should not stand in the way of comedy"

Cohen assembled the geekiest writing staff television had ever seen: one MA in math, one MA in computer science, one MA in philosophy, one PhD in chemistry, one PhD in applied math, and some normals to balance things out

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