{"id":83428,"date":"2022-10-01T03:36:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T03:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/coolio-recorded-futurama-revival-cameo-as-kwanzaa-bot-before-death\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T03:36:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T03:36:15","slug":"coolio-recorded-futurama-revival-cameo-as-kwanzaa-bot-before-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/coolio-recorded-futurama-revival-cameo-as-kwanzaa-bot-before-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Coolio Recorded &#8216;Futurama&#8217; Revival Cameo as Kwanzaa-bot Before Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tCoolio recorded lines for the \u201cFuturama\u201d revival at Hulu just weeks before his death at age 59. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\t\u201cFuturama\u201d executive producer David X. Cohen told TMZ that the rapper reprized his role as Kwanzaa-bot for the revival, even recording some new music as the character. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tFans of the series will recall that Kwanzaa-bot was the counterpart to Robot Santa and the Chanukah Zombie.  Every year he flies around the world distributing a book called \u201cWhat the Hell is Kwanza [sic]?\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tHe originally appeared in the Season 4 episode \u201cA Tale of Two Santas\u201d and again in the Season 7 episode \u201cThe Futurama Holiday Spectacular.\u201d  He also made a cameo in the \u201cFuturama\u201d movie \u201cBender&#8217;s Big Score.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\t\u201cCoolio was one of my favorite guests,\u201d Cohen said.  \u201cHe was always totally upbeat and genuinely enjoyed coming in to record as his character Kwanzaa-bot.\u201d  Cohen also said that the episode in which Coolio appears will be dedicated to him. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tAs previously reported, Coolio collapsed at a friend&#8217;s home in Los Angeles on Sept.  28. Paramedics attempted to revive him but to no avail. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<p>\tThe \u201cFuturama\u201d revival was first ordered at Hulu back in February.  The streaming service gave the series a 20-episode order.  The original cast of the series will return for the revival, though John DiMaggio, who voices Bender, was not attached at first.  He stated on social media that he felt the cast deserved to be paid more for the new episodes, creating the hashtag #Bendergate.  He announced that he had re-joined the series in March. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coolio recorded lines for the \u201cFuturama\u201d revival at Hulu just weeks before his death at age 59. \u201cFuturama\u201d executive producer David X. Cohen told TMZ that the rapper reprized his role as Kwanzaa-bot for the revival, even recording some new music as the character. Fans of the series will recall that Kwanzaa-bot was the counterpart &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/coolio-recorded-futurama-revival-cameo-as-kwanzaa-bot-before-death\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coolio Recorded &#8216;Futurama&#8217; Revival Cameo as Kwanzaa-bot Before Death<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":82328,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/coolio-recorded-new-music-and-dialogue-for-the-futurama-reboot-before-his-death\/","url_meta":{"origin":83428,"position":0},"title":"Coolio recorded new music and dialogue for the Futurama reboot before his death","date":"September 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Left: Coolio (Photo: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images), Right: futurama's Kwanzaabot (Screenshot: Hulu)In addition to his landlordism merits as a rapper, Coolio\u2014who died yesterday, at the age of 59\u2014was also a prolific actor, appearing, either in-character, or as himself, in more than 100 movies and TV shows across a long career. 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