Talking Futurama - Time Keeps on Slippin'

Funny, as a Brit I grew up thinking the Globetrotters _were_ a real team who just had an amazing win record, which led to all the jokes I saw about them. I was well into adulthood before I found out it was all a work... Ditto with your remark on Keeler, there are so many more great episodes to come from him.

Blue Chameleon

And I just got a Facebook ad for the Harlem Globetrotters coming to my city, not a coincidence I think.

Mark Lee Marcheschi

I was a graduate student at IU Bloomington (Russian Studies and Library Science, by the way--I'm extra edumacated), home of Bobby Knight, in the late 90s. And he was infamous on campus for being a thug and bully. At the time he was increasingly on thin ice with the administration for his terrible behavior. I personally felt that he was a pathetic hasbeen who hadn't won a championship or even gotten far in the playoffs for over a decade. He wasn't worth the drama. Finally administration told him he had one last chance and then he'd be fired. Not surprisingly within less than a month I think he assaulted a student (not a player) and was finally canned. What was extra glorious was the very next year the new coach (a person of color no less!) took the Hoosiers all the way to the NCAA Championship and just barely lost. That playoff also was the only time I have ever given the smallest damn about college basketball.

Stephen C. Nedell

I live to give!

Bob Mackey

The episode of the New Scooby Doo Movies with the Harlem Globetrotters is something I saw a lot as a kid, and I actually rewatched it on Halloween night in 2020 with a couple of friends - it is HILARIOUS. While most of those Scooby "movies" are inherently campy and kind of half-assed, this one had some truly bizarre moments - my favourite of which is a bit where one of the culprits they're following walks on their hands as they trail them, and it's pointed out by the gang, but it's never explained and I couldn't stop laughing at the absurdity of it. -- Incidentally, I didn't actually know any REAL information about the Globetrotters until this podcast, so thanks for the infotainment

Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag

I watched the superheroes Globetrotters cartoon as a kid and then someone told me they were real and I was like WHAT??? And then I found out they were just normal human basketball players and I was very disappointed.

Perhaps people brought it up in the Bending in the Wind comment sections, I didn't get the dislike of hoe Bender was a sudden kissass of them since he does it say with Elsar, Calculon, and here. But I agree with that he should of had some line of excitement for them in act 1.

Mark Lee Marcheschi

me too, if it didnt happen literally a minute after bender had just whistled it, it would be perfect. it fits the theme of the ep in such a funny way

Sean Riley

My somewhat reliable memory tells me Adult Swim ran all of the episodes in order, at least in the first few years they had Futurama

Bob Mackey

Was this episode not shown on Adult swim as much? I swear I've seen every episode of the Fox run at least a dozen times but I have barely any memory of this episode.

Matthew Hansen

I was so disconnected from basketball as a kid, I fully thought the Harlem Globetrotters were fictional until I was like 10. I only saw them on Scooby-Doo before this Futurama episode aired and then my parents explained they were real. I also love the detail that Ken Keeler doesn't give a shit about basketball and still came up with this. He's becoming my favorite writer as the podcast goes on.

glowstickjuice

I forgive you

Nick Grayson

I mixed up Thunderball with Supercool

Bob Mackey

You’ll probably correct it later in the episode and I hate being *that* guy but it was THUNDERball on UCB

Nick Grayson

Tugging my collar at the Dimaggio commentary stuff given recent events :D

RWOB

Cool to hear Bob likes Jose on YouTube. Jose's Malcolm in the Middle retrospective was really good.

Daran

The oddest celebrity sighting happened to me when I was studying in Florence Italy. Our school group arrived at a museum for a tour, and the guide told us the previously scheduled tour was late. It was the Harlem Globetrotters in full basketball gear. They join our group of 20 students. It was a fun experience and they were all very nice people.

JJMArtwork

That final Sweet Georgia Brown whistle 1,000% works on me

Shaxbert