Futurama Interlude

My wife is back from a quick jaunt to Chicago.  She managed to see one concert (Patrice Rushen) but Lionel Richie was still recovering (from dehydration apparently) and that Lionel Richie/Earth-Wind-Fire concert was cancelled (and ultimately rescheduled for late Sept.).  This means she will most likely be going back for that.  It reminds me a bit of The Fixx cancelling on me in NYC.  They may have rescheduled eventually, but by that point I wasn't going south.  Interestingly, they have a new tour (where on some of the dates, they are backed by The Smithereens, not that I think seeing them would really be worth it without the original lead singer).  They do have a Vancouver date.  They are slowing adding shows in New York (though the venues are very small).  They actually come to Rochester, which is pretty close but still further than I want to venture into the States.  I probably would go if they came to Buffalo, but I really wish they would just tour Toronto and/or Montreal.

The reason I bring this up is that I had a few Futurama items that I picked up where the sellers simply wouldn't ship to Canada.  Mostly they were pins that celebrated seasons 11 and 12 (the new ones from when Hulu picked Futurama up and resurrected it).  I overall enjoyed the new material, with a few exceptions (like a particularly terrible COVID-19 themed episode), though I agree it wasn't peak Futurama.

I also got a grey market copy of what was supposed to be Season 13.  When I finally played it, it was Season 12, which I already sourced, so that was extremely disappointing.  It's not like the seller was going to offer up a refund, and I had placed the order several months ago.

I've read on some forums that Season 13 was actually better than Seasons 11 or 12.  It looks like Season 14 will drop in mid Aug.  I guess I'll consider looking for one of those deals where you sign up for Disney+ for 3 months, then cancel, so I can binge both of these Futurama.  Of course, I wish Hulu would get with the program and sell DVDs of their shows, but that is extremely unlikely to happen, sadly.  I don't have any idea if they will renew once again, but hopefully so.