Commentary:Bend Her

Topics of Discussion

 * Michael Rowe was not a big sci-fi fan, so it was hard for him to write an episode of Futurama.
 * Rowe tells the story of how the story for this episode came about; he was pitching stories to David X. Cohen and Ken Keeler, but they were unexcited.  The last story he pitched to them simply said "Bender gets a sex change operation."
 * Cohen joked that they perked up at this suggestion because they heard the word 'sex'.
 * The writers had also wanted to do an episode involving the Olympics, so it was very convenient how everything came together.
 * The writers wanted to do an episode centered on Barbados Slim, but they couldn't think of one.
 * They had to make some changes to the episode due to the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
 * Specifically, Bender had originally claimed he was from Afghanistan when trying to enter the Olympics. This scene was a deleted scene on the DVD.
 * Rowe was originally going to be credited as "Mike Rowe", but his wife convinced him otherwise.
 * Rowe has kids, who he hopes will become Futurama fans when they're older.