Commentary:Future Stock

Topics of Discussion

 * The Hebrew writing is "Today I am a robot".
 * Tress' first commentary recording, however the commentaries are recorded out of order, so she appears on multiple commentaries before this one.
 * How they combine 3D and 2D.
 * David's ability to recall Futurama trivia.
 * "That Guy"'s name is Steve Castle.
 * 80's style design, suits came from Wall Street.
 * Whether Hattie's legs are wrinkled or she's wearing support hose, apparently it's the latter.
 * At the last recording session, David received a message on his mobile phone's voice mail from an old woman looking to buy some support hose.
 * Billy West arrived late, or possibly early for the next recording.
 * Crowd animation and the "people hose".
 * The ad is based on the first Apple ad, in 1984. With the dialogue being a parody of the original audio.
 * Mom's design changes.
 * Chair gas would have been better than chair fuel.
 * Mom's ship has 3 times the number of windows the Nimbus does, about 3300-3500. The ship wasn't used again.
 * OSX is doing better than MSW on the stock exchange, Macintosh Operating System 10 vs. Microsoft Windows. GORN beating Q, is a reference to Star Trek.
 * Matt calls David during the commentary
 * More high-tech things than usual due to the high quantity of 80s references.
 * The Boneitis was originally more extreme.

Highlights / Quotes

 * Rich Moore [Introducing himself]: And I'm Rich Moore, supervising director for the series. John [cheering]: Yeah! Rich, you suck! Rich Moore: Well, John. That's just plain mean!
 * David X. Cohen: Billy, hurry the Professor is talking and we need your comment on that. Billy West [As Farnsworth]: Shut up! Get out of my chair.