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===Topics of Discussion===
 
=== Topics of Discussion ===
*David Herman's great performance as Wernstrom
*David Herman's great performance as Wernstrom
*The young professor has red hair proving he's related to [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*The young professor has red hair proving he's related to [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*Ron Popeil sold them 80,000 dollars to appear on the show
*Ron Popeil sold them 80,000 dollars to appear on the show
*Wernstrom's fish, Cinnamon, is named after David's cat
*Wernstrom's fish, [[Cinnamon]], is named after David's cat
*Secrets include:
*Secrets include:
**The coffee stain is the animation studio's logo
**The coffee stain is the animation studio's logo
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*The ending song is from Dr. Strangelove
*The ending song is from Dr. Strangelove


===Highlights / Quotes===
=== Highlights / Quotes ===
*'''Matt Groeing''': That was the only joke all year with the word symposium in it in all of television
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*'''David X. Cohen''': The fish's name cinnamon after my cat
<poem>'''Lewis Morton''': That, I think, was the only joke used that year with the word "symposia" in it.</poem>
*'''David X. Cohen''': How did we ever get permission for that??
<poem>'''David X. Cohen''': The fish is named Cinnamon after my cat Cinnamon, that I had when I was a young child.</poem>
<poem>'''David X. Cohen''': How did we ever get permission to use that footage?!</poem>
<poem>'''Susie Dietter''' Where'd you get the name 'Ogden'?
'''Lewis Morton''': I don't know.
'''David X. Cohen''': Good answer.</poem>
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[[Category:Commentaries]][[Category:DVD box sets]]

Latest revision as of 11:06, 5 November 2013

Commentary for
A Big Piece of Garbage
A Big Piece of Garbage.jpg
Production number1ACV08
On DVDSeason 1
Disc 2
Additional
Transcript
Participants
Matt Groening
Creator
David X. Cohen
Executive producer
Rich Moore
Supervising director
Lewis Morton
Writer
Susan Dietter
Director
John DiMaggio
Actor (Bender, etc.)

Topics of Discussion

  • David Herman's great performance as Wernstrom
  • The young professor has red hair proving he's related to Fry
  • Ron Popeil sold them 80,000 dollars to appear on the show
  • Wernstrom's fish, Cinnamon, is named after David's cat
  • Secrets include:
    • The coffee stain is the animation studio's logo
  • The episode was nominated for an Emmys but was beaten by King of the Hill
  • The writer can't make a joke about Uranus as its now named Urectum
  • Matt and David wanted to include a documentary in each season
  • The character of Cubert Farnsworth was supposed to first appear in this episode
  • The public still don't know what the really filthy country was
  • The characters of Morbo and Linda
  • That the episode reflects the movie Armageddon
  • The ending song is from Dr. Strangelove

Highlights / Quotes

    Lewis Morton: That, I think, was the only joke used that year with the word "symposia" in it.

    David X. Cohen: The fish is named Cinnamon after my cat Cinnamon, that I had when I was a young child.

    David X. Cohen: How did we ever get permission to use that footage?!

    Susie Dietter Where'd you get the name 'Ogden'?
    Lewis Morton: I don't know.
    David X. Cohen: Good answer.