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|name= Crimes of the Hot
|image= [[File:Crimes of the Hot.jpg|225px]]
|number=4ACV08
|season=4
|disc= 2
|parti A=Matt Groening
|parti A job=Creator
|parti B=David X. Cohen
|parti B job=Executive producer
|parti C=Rich Moore
|parti C job=Supervising director
|parti D=Ron Weiner
|parti D job=Guest writer
|parti E=Ken Keeler
|parti E job=Guest writer
|parti F=David A. Goodman
|parti F job=Guest writer, co-executive producer
|parti G=Peter Avanzino
|parti G job=Director
|parti H=Billy West
|parti H job=Actor ([[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]], misc.)
|parti I=Maurice LaMarche
|parti I job=Actor ([[Morbo]], [[Hedonism Bot]], [[Headless body of Agnew]], misc.)
}}

=== Topics of Discussion ===
*Actual episode writer was unavailable for the commentary, due to work commitments in New York.
*A representative of the ''Environmental Media Awards'' suggested entering this episode for the 2003 ceremony. It secured a nomination but not a win.
*The [[Educational_Films#None_Like_it_Hot.21|Educational Film ''None Like it Hot!'']] is inspired by old Bell Lab videos.
**Ken used to work for Bell Labs
*[[David X. Cohen|David]]'s Dad often asked for him to do a [[global warming]] episode.
*One of the shortest first acts in ''[[Futurama]]'' history.
*Matt requested that there be a reaction to [[Richard Nixon's head|the president]] calling them.
*[[Halley's Comet]] is brown due to the removal of all the ice.
**Discussed the correct pronunciation of "Halley"
*Design of the space suits compared to the ones used at [[Luna Park]].
*There are a lot of jokes in ''[[Futurama]]'' in which someone makes a statement about a grave danger, followed immediately by a joke about it, followed by the end of an act. Usually, Bender is responsible.
*The sweat on characters.
*Maurice read [[Al Gore]]'s character at the table reading, with [[Kristin Gore]] in the room.
*During Gore's presidential campaign he called the ''Futurama'' offices to talk to his daughter Kristin but somehow ended up on the line with a room full of writers.
*The mirror's beam was originally going to destroy an ant planet.
*Needed a personal connection to the staff despite being a global issue.
*To produce the C-3PO-like voice, [[Billy West]] talked into a tea cup.
*The [[Sport-Utility Robot]] resembles early designs for [[Bender]], especially the ears.
**The joke about classifying the Sport-Utility Robot as a light truck was briefly cut from the episode.
**At an anti-war protest Matt attended, there was a sign saying "Draft SUV drivers first".
*Bigger SUVs and guns are being released.
*Billy's imitations, instead of trying to be dead on, plays up the flaws and quirks in the voice.
*The episode has turtles and the Galapagos Islands, but the two are unrelated.
**Galapagos was chosen due to being on the equator and the push needed to come from there to move the [[Earth]] in the right direction. (Note that the Earth is on a tilt and the equator is not always aligned with the [[Sol|Sun]])
*[[Headless body of Agnew|Agnew]] was [[Eric Kaplan]]'s idea. They are aware his ability to make sound is odd.
*[[Hedonism Bot]] was created for the line "let the games begin" and his role in the episode grew backwards from there.
*Bender has fallen down before, but all those times he was slightly on his side.
*The burping in the crowd scene was to be done by members of a group brought in to do extra background noise, but only one woman could burp on command, she had to do so repeatedly to produce the sound.
*Ending is similar to "[[A Big Piece of Garbage]]", the solution isn't permanent and the professor receives a prize.
*This would most likely give the Earth a more elliptical orbit.

=== Highlights / Quotes ===
*'''Ken Keeler''': ...No, I don't remember.<br/>'''David''': Ken, you wrote it.<br/>'''Unknown''': But would you please remember?<br/>'''Maurice''' ''([[Narrator]])'': You wrote it, you can't un-write it!

=== Goofs ===
*David says that Hermes and Farnsworth are sitting around he office naked, but Hermes is clearly wearing a speedo.

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