Future Futurama

I often wondered what would happen if one of the six major voice actors on The Simpsons died. Would they end the show, or would they get new talent? (Phil Hartman, who was Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure, died and they retired his characters.)

Now we have some idea what would happen. The main voices on Futurama--Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeil--couldn't come to terms with the show and were dismissed.

I think a lot of Leela's appeal came from Sagal, and Billy West is one of the finest voice men in the world--who else can do a spot-on Larry from the Three Stooges? (On the other hand, I'm not that fond of DiMaggio's Bender.)

I'm not sure if it'll be the same show without them. On the other hand, their original Zap Brannigan died--Phil Hartman again--and they replaced him...with Billy West doing Phil Hartman.