Commentary:I Dated a Robot

Production Number: 3ACV15

DVD: Season 3, Disc 3

Topics of Discussion

 * This commentary was recorded while at a party, while drunk.
 * this episode of The Scary Door is like five episodes of The Twilight Zone crammed into one.
 * There was going to be a show within Futurama based on Zapp's life, with Zapp having editorial privileges.
 * They discussed the fact that there's a scientific explanation for reattaching body parts.
 * Pointing out themselves in the internet, noting that Matt Groening got out of it.
 * Cohen was pleased by the robotish lines from Lucy Liu and points out that the Liubot like other robots has square pupils.
 * Cohen was also pleased to record the "you're cute" scene with her in Billy West's absence.
 * Confusion over why the video appears to be set in the 1950s.
 * Had to show that robots dating humans was taboo, and that it wasn't just men that did it.
 * Notes that the ships destroying the planet are the same ones from the pilot episode.
 * They wanted an episode with the Space Pope, but couldn't get around to it.
 * A brief explanation of the napster issues, and that the actual company has one 'p' while they have two in the show.
 * They later remind viewer of the fact that the robots are covered by holograms, rather than robots actually looking like celebrities.
 * They note Lucy Liu recorded other lines for a future episode, but they weren't sure what the episode would be or what she would end up saying, so they recorded generic lines.
 * Lucy Liu apparently joked about animating Futurama in Korea if her acting career didn't work out.
 * The group continued discussing the number of 3D popcorn kernels required after the episode had finished, leaving the viewer watching a blank screen for about 30 seconds.

Highlights / Quotes

 * David X. Cohen: Is that original too, or is that based on something? Eric Kaplan: The story of Eva Braun actually having a fly head? David X. Cohen: No, the design of Hitler. Eric Kaplan: That's designed on that dictator, Hitler.
 * David X. Cohen: When in doubt put in a crazy sound effect. Beats good writing.

Goofs

 * The commentators note the error of the extra alternate universes in The Farnsworth Parabox, fans have ignored this goof claiming that they didn't exist until the episode in question.
 * The popcorn scene is said to be the biggest mistake of the series.
 * No glass in the window of the projector and the popcorn shouldn't come out of the bag like that or filled the entire theatre.

Commentators

 * Matt Groening
 * Executive Producer
 * David X. Cohen
 * Executive Producer
 * Rich Moore
 * Supervising Director
 * Eric Kaplan
 * Writer
 * Peter Avanzino
 * Guest Director
 * Scott Vanzo
 * Director of Computer Graphics