Commentary:Roswell that Ends Well (standard commentary)

Topics of Discussion

 * This episode won an (Outstanding Animated Program 2002).
 * This episode was considered for use as part of Anthology of Interest II.
 * There is no scientific basis for the time travel. However, they chose a rarely occurring cause.
 * Noted a few potentially disturbing things that were removed from the time tunnel.
 * Making fun of 's lack of seatbelts.
 * J. Stewart Burns found a copy of the actual Roswell newspaper from the crash on the internet and based the one in the episode on it.
 * Noting the distributed brain of Bender.
 * About five minutes of Zoidberg interrogation was cut.
 * Same All Purpose Spray from When Aliens Attack.
 * Enos and the sergeant are based on Gomer Pyle.
 * The similar hair shows that they are related.
 * The pin-up calender's odd switching from Female to Male pin-ups. (also referenced in the secondary commentary)
 * Noting the use of "aks" from Xmas Story.
 * You can have an animation cel made for US$250 - US$300.
 * Maurice LaMarche studied CDs of to get the voice right.
 * They had to make sure that Fry was sure it wasn't his grandma when they had sex.
 * They lost several days deciding if this was too tasteless.
 * Where does Fry's DNA come from? They determined that about one third is from each of his other grandparents and the Y chromosome is unaccounted for.
 * David X. Cohen sets a challenge to find the steady state solution for the amount of DNA Fry gave himself (and provides his email address to send the answer to).
 * Possible that the first time Enos was the grandfather.
 * Noting the various degrees staff has received.