Just heard terrible news!

Jan 31, 20007 posts by 4 posters
7 posts
DarthArada

Hey guys, there's supposedly a new show which'll be taking Futurama's timeslot at 7:00. That means it's overhypped trash, and is a pure, total rip-off of the Simpsons!

DancerDarthArada

On 31 Jan 2000 17:28:25 GMT, [email] (DarthArada) wrote:

Futurama has been renewed for next year and there are no current plans for FOX to preempt Futurama this season. If its for next season - that's fine, I hope to see Futurama in a better time slot anyway.

Brad

Futurama has been renewed for next year and there are no current plans for FOX to preempt Futurama this season. If its for next season - that's fine, I hope to see Futurama in a better time slot anyway.>>

Look up reviews of Family Guy & Malcom In The Middle, and you'll see what the meaning of the post is.

Dancer wrote:

Are you familiar with the concept of facetiousness?

Retsam Teppup

DancerRetsam Teppup

On Tue, 01 Feb 2000 00:26:39 -0500, Retsam Teppup wrote:

Only when its done well...

Brad

DarthArada's message wasn't particularly witty or clever, (or funny, for that matter) but he obviously wasn't serious. He was clearly making reference to this group's knee-jerk reaction to "Malcolm in the Middle."

Retsam Teppup

DaveRetsam Teppup

That's the problem with facetiousness and sarcasm in a written medium.

Unless people include smileys or phony HTML tags or disclaimers, it's very difficult to tell whether someone's being serious or not, unless it's "over the top" sarcasm whish is often more annoying than entertaining anyway.

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