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[[Image:The Day the Earth Stood Stupid.jpg|right|thumb|The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]
|prev ep=Bendless Love
'''Production Number:''' 3ACV07<br/>
|next ep=That's Lobstertainment!
'''DVD:''' Season 1, Disc 2
|name=The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
|image= [[File:The Day the Earth Stood Stupid.jpg|225px]]
|number= 3ACV07
|recorded=13 August, 2002
|season=1
|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=Jeff Westbrook
|parti D job=Writer
|parti E=Brian Sheesley
|parti E job=Guest director
|parti F=John DiMaggio
|parti F job=Actor ([[Bender]], misc.)
|parti G=Billy West
|parti G job=Actor ([[Fry]], [[Zoidberg]], misc.)
|parti H=Tress MacNeille
|parti H job=Actress ([[Linda]], misc.)
}}


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=== Topics of Discussion ===
==Commentary==
===Topics of Discussion===
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*[[List of Planets#Twennis 12|Twennis 12]] has a brilliant explosion.
*[[List of Planets#Twennis 12|Twennis 12]] has a brilliant explosion.
*How Tress likes ham.
*How Tress likes ham.
*The character of the [[Hypnotoad]].
*The character of the [[Hypnotoad]].
**The Hypnotoad is everyones favourite character.
**The Hypnotoad is everyone's favourite character.
**The Hypnotoad is voiced by 'the Angry Machine'.
**The Hypnotoad is voiced by 'the Angry Machine'.
*How the animators drew the invisible dog.
*How the animators drew the invisible dog.
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*If Hertfordshire actually is where Pride and Prejudice is set.
*If Hertfordshire actually is where Pride and Prejudice is set.
*There are many gruesome shots in the show.
*There are many gruesome shots in the show.
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*'''Tress MacNeille:''' That is awesome.
*'''Tress MacNeille:''' That is awesome.
*'''John DiMaggio:''' Ha no pooping.
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*'''Jeff Westbrook:''' Yummy Tummy.
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*'''Billy West:''' If you say Libary instead of Library then you're a Jerk.
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*They mention that the Hypnotoad is voiced by 'the Angry Machine' in [[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television (commentary)]]
*They mention that the Hypnotoad is voiced by 'the Angry Machine' in [[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television (commentary)]]


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**Executive Producer
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*[[David X. Cohen]]
**Executive Producer
*[[Rich Moore]]
**Supervising Director
*[[Jeff Westbrook]]
**Writer
*[[Brian Sheesley]]
**Guest Director
*[[John DiMaggio]]
**Actor ([[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]], miscellaneous)
*[[Billy West]]
**Actor ([[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Dr. John Zoidberg]], miscellaneous)
*[[Tress MacNeille]]
**Actor ([[Linda]], miscellaneous)
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Commentary for
The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
The Day the Earth Stood Stupid.jpg
Production number3ACV07
Recorded date13 August, 2002
On DVDSeason 1
Disc 2
Additional
Transcript
Participants
Matt Groening
Creator
David X. Cohen
Executive producer
Rich Moore
Supervising director
Jeff Westbrook
Writer
Brian Sheesley
Guest director
John DiMaggio
Actor (Bender, misc.)
Billy West
Actor (Fry, Zoidberg, misc.)
Tress MacNeille
Actress (Linda, misc.)

Topics of Discussion

  • Twennis 12 has a brilliant explosion.
  • How Tress likes ham.
  • The character of the Hypnotoad.
    • The Hypnotoad is everyone's favourite character.
    • The Hypnotoad is voiced by 'the Angry Machine'.
  • How the animators drew the invisible dog.
  • Dave Spiegel and Fluffers appear in both episodes written by Patric M. Verrone.
  • The episode has great music.
  • In high school David drew a cartoon about flying stomachs which was the idea for the Flying Brains.
  • Frank Welker's voice
    • How he voices most animals on the show.
    • He voices Nibbler's animal and speaking voice.
  • This is the first time AL1 and AL2 appear in the same shot.
  • They discuss AL2.
    • Jeff actually came up with the idea of AL" and designed it.
  • It is hard to animate tattoos on cartoon characters.
  • If Hertfordshire actually is where Pride and Prejudice is set.
  • There are many gruesome shots in the show.

Highlights / Quotes

  • Tress MacNeille: That is awesome.
  • John DiMaggio: Ha no pooping.
  • David X. Cohen: Tress I know what I'm getting you for Christmas.
    Tress MacNeille: What?
    David X. Cohen: A ham.
  • Tress MacNeille: I can put my legs behind my head.
  • Jeff Westbrook: Yummy Tummy.
  • Billy West: If you say Libary instead of Library then you're a Jerk.

Other Commentary Reference

Futurama episode/film commentaries
1ACV
(Season 1)		 "Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots" (Animatic commentary) • "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory"
2ACV
(Season 2)		 "I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "A Clone of My Own" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "Mother's Day" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Anthology of Interest I" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Honking" • "The Cryonic Woman"
3ACV
(Season 3)		 "Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Parasites Lost" • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "The Route of All Evil" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Roswell that Ends Well" (Directors commentary) • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "The 30% Iron Chef"
4ACV
(Season 4)		 "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Love and Rocket" • "Less than Hero" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "Jurassic Bark" (Writers commentary) • "Crimes of the Hot" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" • "The Sting" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
5ACV
(Season 5)
Bender's Big Score The Beast with a Billion Backs Bender's Game Into the Wild Green Yonder
6ACV
(Season 6)		 "Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Möbius Dick" • "Law and Oracle" • "Benderama" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Neutopia" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"
7ACV
(Season 7)		 "The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" (Animators commentary) • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama" • "Forty Percent Leadbelly" • "2-D Blacktop" • "T.: The Terrestrial" • "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" • "The Inhuman Torch" • "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" • "Game of Tones" (Animators commentary) • "Murder on the Planet Express" • "Stench and Stenchibility" • "Meanwhile"
8ACV
(Season 8)		 "The Impossible Stream" • "Children of a Lesser Bog" • "How the West Was 1010001" • "Parasites Regained" • "Related to Items You've Viewed" • "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" • "Rage Against the Vaccine" • "Zapp Gets Cancelled" • "The Prince and the Product" • "All the Way Down"
S01E
(Broadcast season 1)		 "Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots" (Animatic commentary)
S02E
(Broadcast season 2)		 "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory" • "I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "A Clone of My Own" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Mother's Day" • "Anthology of Interest I"
S03E
(Broadcast season 3)		 "The Honking" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Cryonic Woman" • "Parasites Lost" • "Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot"
S04E
(Broadcast season 4)		 "Roswell that Ends Well" (Directors commentary) • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Love and Rocket" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "The 30% Iron Chef" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"
S05E
(Broadcast season 5)		 "Crimes of the Hot" • "Jurassic Bark" (Writers commentary) • "The Route of All Evil" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Less than Hero" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "The Sting" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
S06E
(Broadcast season 6)		 "Bender's Big Score Part 1" • "Bender's Big Score Part 2" • "Bender's Big Score Part 3" • "Bender's Big Score Part 4" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 1" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 2" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 3" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 4" • "Bender's Game Part 1" • "Bender's Game Part 2" • "Bender's Game Part 3" • "Bender's Game Part 4" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 1" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 2" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 3" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 4"
S07E
(Broadcast season 7)		 "Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular"
S08E
(Broadcast season 8)		 "Neutopia" • "Benderama" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Law and Oracle" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Möbius Dick" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"
S09E
(Broadcast season 9)		 "The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" (Animators commentary) • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama"
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