Commentary:My Three Suns

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.