David made an animated cameo in the Futurama episode "I Dated A Robot." (edit) David had two episode ideas for The Simpsons he could never get off the ground, they were, "Homer The Narkalaptic" and an episode which would explore Groundskeeper Willie. (edit) Cohen did an audio commentary for every episode of The Simpsons he wrote. (edit) David conceived the story of The Simpsons episode, "Homerpalooza". (edit) Seasons 7-9 of The Simpsons, David read the stage directions at the table reads. (edit) David's favorite quote from Futurama is "You Watched it, You Can't Un-watch it!" from "Anthology of Interest II." (edit) David's favorite character in Futurama is Zoidberg. (edit) David directed the voices for Futurama: The Game. (edit) David is the head writer for the new Futurama movies. (edit) David is close friends with fellow writers Larry Wilmore and Steve Tompkins. (edit) Every year he was at The Simpsons, David wrote a segment in the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes. (edit) One of David's hobbies is fossil collecting. He has attended many fossil auctions and enjoys searching for them himself. (edit) David's wife, Pattricia De Frank, works at the LA tar pits. (edit) Cohen has many T-shirts with a squid motif on them. This is due to his father's job. (He is a marine biologist.) In The Simpsons episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", in the group of Itchy and Scratchy writers, who were based on The Simpsons staff, you can clearly distinguish David from the others by the squid on his shirt. (edit) His parents were biologists and he originally wanted to become a scientist like them but he was also interested in writing and drawing. (edit) He is credited with 'inventing' the word "cromulent", meaning valid, acceptable. This word was first coined in the Simpsons episode: Lisa the Iconoclast. (edit) He attended the same elementary school as fellow Futurama writer, Lewis Morton. (edit) He is a fan of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, South Park, The PJs and King of the Hill. (edit) His real name is actually David S. Cohen, he changed his name when he joined the Writer's Guild of America and there was already a member named David S. Cohen (The Writer's Guild does not allow members to have the same names). He said he chose to change his middle initial to 'X' because it sounded "sci-fi-ish" and because the 'X' would make him "the David Cohen people would remember". (edit) He has appeared in every Futurama DVD commentary. (edit) He makes a brief cameo appearance, in cartoon form, in the Futurama episode "A Bicyclops Built for Two", along with several other people who worked on the show, which is pointed out during that episode's DVD commentary. (He also appears in animated form in the Simpsons episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"). (edit) David is a long time friend of Simpsons creator, Matt Groening. (edit) When David was in middle school, he wrote a story about evil stomachs. This is where the concept for the Futurama episode "The Day The Earth Stood Stupid" originated from. (edit) David X. Cohen's favorite movie is "Dr. Strangelove". (edit) David created a computer game in the 1980s called "Zoid". He sent the game to a company and got a letter back from them. He realized that they would not take his idea when he saw that the letter began "Dear Mr. Cohan...". The name of Dr. Zoidberg on 'Futurama' was a tribute to this game. (edit) David is a creator of much of the initial idea for 'Futurama', including the character Dr. John Zoidberg. (edit) David wrote for the Harvard Lampoon Magazine. (edit) David wrote the Humor Column for his high school's newspaper. (edit) When David was younger, he liked to play tennis. (edit) David once worked in a Robotics Laboratory in Harvard. (edit) David's favorite school subjects were math and physics. (edit)

David: (On leaving TV and getting into technology.) Once in a while, when I’m fed up with the illogic of the TV business. And also briefly a couple of years ago, when I lived in fear that all of the computer scientists I knew were about to become billionaires in the internet IPO boom, leaving me behind. (edit) David: (On being executive producer for Futurama) It is true that I’d like to take a partial step back. I don’t think I could leave completely, since I love the show so much, but at the same time I don’t think I can take another year of working until midnight night after night. One idea I had is to stay involved in the stage of the process where we work out the stories. That way, I could retain some of the satisfaction that comes from helping plan the evolution of a universe! (edit)