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===Topics of Discussion=== | ===Topics of Discussion=== | ||
*Hovering technology was supposed to have completely replaced the wheel, but wheels still appear in some episodes. | |||
*Remixed theme music is used, apparently after hearing this they decided never to do it again, but there are a few other cases of different theme music. | |||
* | *[[Mars]]' sky is yellow instead of red to avoid [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] blending in. | ||
** | *The library's sign refers to [[wikipedia:Marilyn vos Savant|Marilyn vos Savant]] who had the highest IQ in the world. | ||
* | *[[J. Stewart Burns]] regularly tries to add chess jokes. | ||
-- | *Ideas were "borrowed" from numerous college movies, such as ''Animal House'', ''The Program'' and ''Revenge of the Nerds''. | ||
**[[Dean Vernon]] was named for [[wikipedia:John Vernon|John Vernon]] who played the Dean in ''Animal House'' | |||
*''The Simpsons'' characters are only to appear as objects, as they are a show in ''Futurama''. | |||
**Interestingly, ''Futurama'' later became a show in some episodes of ''The Simpsons'' but real in other episodes. In the [[Comic_Listing#Simpsons_Crossovers|crossover comics]] however, ''The Simpsons'' retain fictional status and interacted with the crew via [[Mental Realm]]s. | |||
*Early versions of the characters had five fingers to diferentiate from ''The Simpsons'', it looked weird and was changed, through [[Poster Guy]] sometimes retains the extra finger. | |||
*Constant use of Apple Macintosh computers. | |||
*[[Guenter]] was going to be more realistic, but it looked creepy. | |||
*The Professor's eyes had at this point never been [[Downsized!|seen]]. [[Billy West|Billy]] wanted to seen them, Matt said that he shouldn't. | |||
*Billy's high quality voice work. | |||
*Very early on, [[Cubert Farnsworth]] was going to be [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]]'s experiment and Fry's room-mate. | |||
*The diagram "Witten's Dog" was drawn by a physicist at Caltech, it parodies a real style of physics diagram. | |||
**If you look closely it's also a faeces joke. | |||
*Pointing out the urine on the floor of Guenter's parent's cage. Most of the commentators hadn't noticed it before. | |||
*[[Frank Welker]]'s animal sounds. | |||
*Guenter was the name of Stewart's college room-mate. | |||
**His other room-mates are listed on the floor plan. | |||
*Earlier versions had more animals fall from the tree. | |||
*Fry's dancing was originally a random one-off character. | |||
*Planning to bring Guenter back. | |||
===Highlights / Quotes=== | ===Highlights / Quotes=== | ||
*'''Unknown''': There's your phone number, how'd you come up with that<br/>'''Unknown 2''': The Lambda? That was a desperate effort not to have a phone number that went 555-0155. | |||
*''' | ===Goofs=== | ||
* | *This is said to be the first appearance of [[Amy Wong|Amy]][[Leo and Inez Wong|'s parents]], but they were in the previous episode. | ||
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===Related DVD Features=== | ===Related DVD Features=== | ||
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**Actor ([[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], miscellaneous) | **Actor ([[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], miscellaneous) | ||
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| On DVD | Season 1 Disc 3 | ||
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Topics of Discussion
- Hovering technology was supposed to have completely replaced the wheel, but wheels still appear in some episodes.
- Remixed theme music is used, apparently after hearing this they decided never to do it again, but there are a few other cases of different theme music.
- Mars' sky is yellow instead of red to avoid Fry blending in.
- The library's sign refers to Marilyn vos Savant who had the highest IQ in the world.
- J. Stewart Burns regularly tries to add chess jokes.
- Ideas were "borrowed" from numerous college movies, such as Animal House, The Program and Revenge of the Nerds.
- Dean Vernon was named for John Vernon who played the Dean in Animal House
- The Simpsons characters are only to appear as objects, as they are a show in Futurama.
- Interestingly, Futurama later became a show in some episodes of The Simpsons but real in other episodes. In the crossover comics however, The Simpsons retain fictional status and interacted with the crew via Mental Realms.
- Early versions of the characters had five fingers to diferentiate from The Simpsons, it looked weird and was changed, through Poster Guy sometimes retains the extra finger.
- Constant use of Apple Macintosh computers.
- Guenter was going to be more realistic, but it looked creepy.
- The Professor's eyes had at this point never been seen. Billy wanted to seen them, Matt said that he shouldn't.
- Billy's high quality voice work.
- Very early on, Cubert Farnsworth was going to be the Professor's experiment and Fry's room-mate.
- The diagram "Witten's Dog" was drawn by a physicist at Caltech, it parodies a real style of physics diagram.
- If you look closely it's also a faeces joke.
- Pointing out the urine on the floor of Guenter's parent's cage. Most of the commentators hadn't noticed it before.
- Frank Welker's animal sounds.
- Guenter was the name of Stewart's college room-mate.
- His other room-mates are listed on the floor plan.
- Earlier versions had more animals fall from the tree.
- Fry's dancing was originally a random one-off character.
- Planning to bring Guenter back.
Highlights / Quotes
- Unknown: There's your phone number, how'd you come up with that
Unknown 2: The Lambda? That was a desperate effort not to have a phone number that went 555-0155.
Goofs
- This is said to be the first appearance of Amy's parents, but they were in the previous episode.
Commentators
- Matt Groening
- Creator
- David X. Cohen
- Executive Producer
- Rich Moore
- Supervising Director
- J. Stewart Burns
- Writer
- Bret Haaland
- Director
- Gregg Vanzo
- Supervising Director
- Billy West
- Actor (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, miscellaneous)
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