David X Cohen, Co-Creator of Futurama
This time, it’s the Emmy-award-winning writer David X Cohen. David started writing on Beavis and Butthead in the early 90s before joining The Simpsons, where he was responsible for many well-known episodes like Lisa the Vegetarian, The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show, and Homer3. Then, in 1999, with Simpsons creator Matt Groening, David co-developed Futurama, which recently dropped its 13th season on Hulu and Disney+. But David’s history is not just in television. He worked in the robotics lab while attending Harvard, studied theoretical computer science, and has a deep history with technology all the way back to the early days of home computers. As you can expect there was a lot for us to talk about. ---- First, Last, Everything is a podcast exploring people’s personal relationships with technology. In each episode, host Jonathan Reed gets to know a guest through three pieces of tech: their first inspiration, their last obsession, and the one that meant everything to them. From some software or a computer to a weird gadget or a first camera. Pretty much anything goes. In addition, each episode features the ‘Something’ segment, a small dive into the past to talk about a piece of technology that you may not have heard of. Weird, ahead of its time, an abject failure or success, whatever it was, it was certainly… something. ---- This episode’s links David on Wikipedia Alan Yuille on Wikipedia Ken Keeler on Wikipedia Homer3 on YouTube George Meyer on Wikipedia Futurama opening on YouTube 'Futurama - Welcome to the World of Tomorrow’ BTS on YouTube Futurama References on The Infosphere: The Speed of Light The Prisoner of Benda and its theorem The Impossible Stream eyePhone Hedonismbot Roberto Enema-bot Acting Unit 0.8 Head Jars Shut Up and Take My Money on Know Your Meme Victor Wembanyama on Wikipedia ‘How Hollywood writers triumphed over AI – and why it matters’ - The Guardian ---- David’s ‘First’ pick: Arcade Games: Playthroughs on YouTube - Berzerk, Space Guerrilla, Battle Zone, Qix, Gorf. David’s ‘Last’ pick: Waymo David’s ‘Everything’ pick: Apple II on Wikipedia Apple II Reference Manual PDF 'Something’: TwitterPeek on Museum of Failure ---- Leave Feedback for the show. Follow us on Mastodon Jonathan Reed First, Last, Everything Follow us on Bluesky Jonathan Reed First, Last, Everything Follow us on Instagram Jonathan Reed ---- Music: Will LaPorte First, Last, Everything is a MacStories podcast. Check out other podcasts from MacStories.
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