‘FUTURAMA’S BILLY WEST TALKS ABOUT SPACE WITH SPACE.COM

I’ll be honest I’ve never heard of Space.com but after looking through it, its actually a pretty cool site. I wouldn’t say I’m the biggest space fanatic in the universe besides my obsession with the Prometheus/Alien/Predator movies but all in all its a rad site. Recently, the editor of Space.com had a chance to talk with Billy West(Futurama) about the upcoming season and one of the most interesting points from the article was comparing his work on the hit Comedy Central show to other jobs he has had in the past:

SPACE.com: How has working on “Futurama” compared to the other shows you’ve been a part of [which include “Ren & Stimpy” and “Doug”]?

West: It was so enjoyable, all the sessions. For the most part, I don’t think I ever had a bad session, or a bad table read. I mean, the laughter just heals everything.

And I’m sort of spoiled. I came from the [Howard] Stern show, and that was like a comedy fountain; it was like you’d go out of there, and your ribs would be hurting from laughing. And it was what we did. We were just playing to each other and having a good time. And “Futurama,” I get the same thrill out of it twice a week, once at the table read and once at the record.

You can check out the rest of the article here as its a really great read. And yes, Space.com now has a new fan!