Commentary:My Three Suns

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Commentary for
My Three Suns
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Production number1ACV07
On DVDSeason 1
Disc 2
Additional
Transcript
Participants
Matt Groening
Creator
David X. Cohen
Executive producer
Rich Moore
Supervising director
J. Stewart Burns
Writer
Gregg Vanzo
Supervising director
Billy West
Actor (Fry, etc.)

Topics of Discussion

  • After season one they stopped putting opening clips in front of the Opening Sequence
  • Why David X. Cohen's middle initial is X
  • Fry going to a strange planet and drinking the emperor was one of Matt's first ideas for episodes
  • Bender was meant to be a chef from the begining then they made him lazy then back to a chef
  • Fry has been cut up so many times in the series
  • Episode 7 is the first time they make fun of the catchphrase 'Good News Everyone'
  • Fry and Zoidbergs's faces were a bit wide or small in some scenes
  • The ship seems to land far away from where they are going to
  • They discuss Zoidberg's voice
  • Matt has never watched Star Trek
  • David is never NOT watching Star Trek
  • They researched to see if a planet could orbit three suns
  • They tried to count the number of swear words in the show but lost count
  • They asked Matt why Futurama set in the year 3000 and not in someother year
  • Where the design of Dr. Zoidberg came from

Highlights / Quotes

  • David X. Cohen: So Steward Burns you wrote this episode where does the car wash sequence come from?
  • Matt Groening: Like David said this was one of the first ideas for the shows we thought what if he was a delivery boy and what if he drank the Emperor
  • Billy West: (citing his inspiration for Zoidberg's voice) George Jessel. He had a voice like there was a potato lodged in his throat.
    Matt Groening: How'd you know about George Jessel?
    Billy West: How'd I know about him? I'm practically fifty, Matt!
  • David X. Cohen: I think we've had more physics discussions than any other show.
    Billy West: And a lot of drinking.
    David X. Cohen: That's what happens when you give up on the physics discussions.