Each Episode of 'Futurama' Takes at Least a Year to Make - The Atlantic

Woo! New Futurama tonight!

Entertainment - Scott Meslow - Each Episode of 'Futurama' Takes at Least a Year to Make - The Atlantic: It's usually somewhere in the vicinity of a year from the beginning of a Futurama episode to the day when you can see it on TV.

Business - Derek Thompson - 3 Very Simple Reasons Why You Can't Get HBO Go, Exclusively - The Atlantic

I expect that this will change within the decade...

Business - Derek Thompson - 3 Very Simple Reasons Why You Can't Get HBO Go, Exclusively - The Atlantic: HBO has a message for the thousands of fans begging to pay for its online streaming service, HBO Go, exclusively. Thanks, but no thanks. We don't want your money. Even if you'll just pirate our expensive stuff, otherwise.

Magazine - The Escapist - The Atlantic

I was tickled to learn that, after I discovered the joys of reading Wodehouse, that he lived and was buried not ten miles from the house I grew up in on eastern Long Island. Magazine - The Escapist - The Atlantic: Wodehouse’s correspondence, which begins in 1899, before the death of Queen Victoria, and ends in 1975, just before his own death at age 93, conveys both the scope and the narrowness of his life. There need not be any contradiction here: Wodehouse wrote nearly 100 books over eight decades, while simultaneously engaging in one solid marriage, a limited number of friendships, and a private life consisting of reading, writing, and golf.

How 'Jingle Bells' by the Singing Dogs Changed Music Forever - William Weir - Entertainment - The Atlantic

Bark bark bark, bark bark bark, bark arf woof woof, bark!

How 'Jingle Bells' by the Singing Dogs Changed Music Forever - William Weir - Entertainment - The Atlantic: Let's, for a moment, consider "Jingle Bells" as performed by the Singing Dogs.

Making the Grade: Why the Cheapest Maple Syrup Tastes Best - Yoni Appelbaum - Life - The Atlantic

When Sue's parents still lived in Maine, her dad would go out in the woods every year and tap trees for syrup. But they're in Florida now. We ran out of his last batch years ago.

Making the Grade: Why the Cheapest Maple Syrup Tastes Best - Yoni Appelbaum - Life - The Atlantic: The market for maple syrup offers an odd inversion. The thin, pale fluid labeled Fancy or Grade A Light Amber commands the highest prices. It is the white bread of condiments, an inoffensive accompaniment to more flavorful fare. The robust, thick syrup marked Grade B fairly bursts with maple flavor, but sells at a significant discount. So why does the nominally inferior grade offer decidedly superior flavor?

How Celebrities Took Over Cartoon Voice Acting - Scott Meslow - Entertainment - The Atlantic

I always found it strange that the bland-sounding (but oh-so-very-not-bland-looking) Cameron Diaz can be used as a selling point for the Shrek movies.

How Celebrities Took Over Cartoon Voice Acting - Scott Meslow - Entertainment - The Atlantic: But when it comes to movies, recent years have seen big-screen Hollywood voice acting dominated by A-List actors like Bruce Willis, Angelina Jolie, and Robert DeNiro. The latest celebrity-dominated animated film comes now in the Shrek-inspired Puss in Boots, which represents the unholy trinity of Hollywood's recent favorite trends: 3D, prequels, and spinoffs.