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===Topics of Discussion=== | ===Topics of Discussion=== | ||
*When [[Conan O'Brien]] left ''[[The Simpsons]]'', [[David X. Cohen|David]] immediatly took his desk and started working there. O'Brien left a note for whoever would take the office informing them among other things that the window was sticky, where the garbage was and which corner of the office to urinate in. | |||
**Animation of heads in jars is harder if, like O'Brien, they stick out of the jar slightly. | |||
* | *Matt says that Bender falling off the cliff and through the ice is one of the best moments in ''[[Futurama]]''. | ||
** | **The skating kids are a homage to ''Peanuts'', and are all dead now. | ||
* | *The snow and rain in ''Futurama'', according to Cohen, is better than any other show, including live action shows. | ||
*The medal Farnsworth won is a bronze. It was decided that a gold would be too far fetched. | |||
*A commentator's mother<!--whom?-->, a teacher, only ever commented on one thing in the series the use of "[[coinage#A|aks]]" | |||
**In early production they considered regular use of updated words such as "aks" and "li-bary". | |||
*The scenes around the Xmas tree were written to be in the lounge, but they decided it would work better in the bigger room in which the [[Smelloscope]] is kept. | |||
*Unlike ''The Simpsons'', female characters are used for slapstick comedy. | |||
*This episode's plot was one of the earliest developed, with the gist of it worked out before the [[Space Pilot 3000|pilot]]'s | |||
*It is increadibly difficult to storyboard movement of characters and the camera in a round room. | |||
*Humans have designed and built robots that serve no purpose or endanger them, such as homeless robots, [[Santa]] and the [[Robot Mafia]]. | |||
**However this can be explained by the robots building themselves | |||
*The [[Store Clerk]] was last seen in [[Fishful of Dollars]]. | |||
===Highlights / Quotes=== | ===Highlights / Quotes=== | ||
*'''Matt Groening''': I'm Matt Groening. I hung around a little bit. | |||
*'''Bill Odenkirk''': It's only marginally more difficult to get a live head to live in a jar, than to animate it. | |||
*''' | *'''Unknown''': I always love doing Bender dancing, it always comes with a really good song. | ||
*'''Unknown''': I | |||
===Goofs=== | |||
*Cohen mistakes Fishful of Dollars for episode 104, whereas it was actually 106 | |||
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===Related DVD Features=== | ===Related DVD Features=== | ||
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| Production number | 2ACV04 | ||
| On DVD | Season 2 Disc 1 | ||
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Topics of Discussion
- When Conan O'Brien left The Simpsons, David immediatly took his desk and started working there. O'Brien left a note for whoever would take the office informing them among other things that the window was sticky, where the garbage was and which corner of the office to urinate in.
- Animation of heads in jars is harder if, like O'Brien, they stick out of the jar slightly.
- Matt says that Bender falling off the cliff and through the ice is one of the best moments in Futurama.
- The skating kids are a homage to Peanuts, and are all dead now.
- The snow and rain in Futurama, according to Cohen, is better than any other show, including live action shows.
- The medal Farnsworth won is a bronze. It was decided that a gold would be too far fetched.
- A commentator's mother, a teacher, only ever commented on one thing in the series the use of "aks"
- In early production they considered regular use of updated words such as "aks" and "li-bary".
- The scenes around the Xmas tree were written to be in the lounge, but they decided it would work better in the bigger room in which the Smelloscope is kept.
- Unlike The Simpsons, female characters are used for slapstick comedy.
- This episode's plot was one of the earliest developed, with the gist of it worked out before the pilot's
- It is increadibly difficult to storyboard movement of characters and the camera in a round room.
- Humans have designed and built robots that serve no purpose or endanger them, such as homeless robots, Santa and the Robot Mafia.
- However this can be explained by the robots building themselves
- The Store Clerk was last seen in Fishful of Dollars.
Highlights / Quotes
- Matt Groening: I'm Matt Groening. I hung around a little bit.
- Bill Odenkirk: It's only marginally more difficult to get a live head to live in a jar, than to animate it.
- Unknown: I always love doing Bender dancing, it always comes with a really good song.
Goofs
- Cohen mistakes Fishful of Dollars for episode 104, whereas it was actually 106
Commentators
- Matt Groening
- Executive Producer
- David X. Cohen
- Writer
- Executive Producer
- Rich Moore
- Supervising Director
- Peter Avanzino
- Director
- Paul Calder
- Editor
- Bill Odenkirk
- Producer
- John DiMaggio
- Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)
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