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<poem>'''GV''': Yeahp.</poem> | <poem>'''GV''': Yeahp.</poem> | ||
<poem>'''MG''': This is the third episode in the series. And this is the series that– had a trouble beginning– with the Fox Network, who felt that the show was too outrageous and too much out of space. This was our attempt, the third episode, to bring the show back to Earth.</poem> | <poem>'''MG''': This is the third episode in the series. And this is the series that– had a trouble beginning– with the Fox Network, who felt that the show was too outrageous and too much out of space. This was our attempt, the third episode, to bring the show back to Earth.</poem> | ||
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<poem>'''DXC''': Bachelor Chow, Matt. One of your earliest ideas for the show, I believe.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''MG''': Well, I think that's a good idea– I always wanted to have Bachelor Chow right now and so– this was– Anyway, the network really– really was freaked out by the show, the suicide booths– and lobster creatures and Bender being so anti-social and so– yeah, this was our show to tone things down. This script was written specifically to their specifications. And their reaction, David?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': "Worst. Episode. Ever."</poem> | |||
<poem>'''MG''': Yeah, they really– they really hated this script, and — sorry, Eric — and this was the point at which, we decided we wanted to the show that we wanted to do. Their notes made no sense anyway, they're completely contradictory. And so– we did what we wanted.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': Every lot of people say that they like this episode, 'cause it is a little more down to Earth than– it made people care a little more and think about the characters and Fry and Bender.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''EH''': Yeah, have to admit, it was one of my favourite episodes. I like that.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''GV?''': I basically had fun drawing Fry's butt.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''RM?''': We all do.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': So, Billy West, you're talking to yourself in this scene as Fry and the professor. Where did these voices come from?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''BW''': Well, you guys showed me the drawings originally, the moncal??? sheet of each character and he was like– you could tell he was dortery??? and ricklidy??? and I even acting him that way, and he's got a little Wizard of Oz in him and little this or that. When you fuss them...</poem> | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': When we are in the studio, you do sort of take on the characteristics — physically — of the voice you're doing.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''BW''': I don't know if that's the way to do things, but I have always thrown myself — like totally — into it.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': Why aren't you answering my questions in the voices of the characters?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''BW''': Can I do it again? [Professor voice] Well, the professor sounds like this. It is all ridicty??? and he has a race of superhumans. [normal] And Fry—</poem> | |||
<poem>'''?''': Too late; too late.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''BW''': Yeah, okay.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': We all know what he sounds like!</poem> | |||
:''[''All My Circuits'' is on TV.]'' | |||
<poem>'''BH''': This is the first episode we get to see Calculon. Yeah, that's pretty exciting.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''EH''': Television history was made.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': That's Maurice LaMarche as Calculon. He is always really funny, whenever he goes into that role.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''BW''': He's one of the greats, though.</poem> | |||
:''[Fry and Bender are sitting in the sofa.]'' | |||
<poem>'''BH?''': I– I had a rather peculiar perspective on this setup, I was trying to get a little bit of depth. And this one worked out a little better.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''BH''': In these early episodes, we are all trying to nail the characters as best as we can. Particularly Leela.</poem> | |||
:''[Shot of Leela.]'' | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': Yeah, I can see she has changed a little bit since that picture.</poem> | |||
:''[Fry is talking.]'' | |||
<poem>'''BW''': That Fry voice is 25-year old me. ''[laughter]'' No, I mean it really-- pretty much what I sounded like, I think, back then.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Hermes''': [episode] We'll bill you for the couch.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': That line, I remember, the stood??? viewer may have noticed that Hermes' lips were not moving at all there. I remember, "this seems kind of quiet", we wanted him to say something, but we had already exhausted our animation budget, so we just said, "yeah, whatever".</poem> | |||
<poem>'''GV''': He was gonna notice.</poem> | |||
:''[Fry and Bender are at the Food-o-Mat.]'' | |||
<poem>'''BH''': This was a very difficult sequence to draw, because of the rotating beverages and the number of Martini glasses and the cutting and the—</poem> | |||
<poem>'''GV''': And it comes in many other shows later on too.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': And you mean, by number of Martini glasses that made it difficult, you mean the number that was on your desk, when you—</poem> | |||
:''[They laugh.]'' | |||
<poem>'''BW?''': There are– are subliminal things you put in a scene like this or am I imaging things?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''?''': Oh, no, no.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''BW?''': This wasn't one of them.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''?''': Too many late hours to have any extra time...</poem> | |||
<poem>'''?''': Clever.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''EH''': It's a good looking cake.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''BW''': I have to say Bender is the greatest character, to me he was like the breakout character, because he was– he could get away with doing all the stuff that you are not supposed to see on TV, because he's a robot. Smoking and drinking, deportoury???.</poem> | |||
:''[Bender is showing Fry his apartment.]'' | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': I'm not gonna go into the formal to this question, but the nerdiest computery viewers might wanna look up Bender's apartment number in the ASCII-chart. That's right, you heard me.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''BH''': This was probably the best shot to describe how small Bender's apartment was-- the aerial downshot.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''MG''': You know, it's really hard in animation to do a confined space, and this– that's really good.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Bender''': [episode; sleep talking] Kill all humans.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': First use of "kill all humans", perhaps?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''EH''': And not the last.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': This conversation always sticks in my mind as one of the most memorable early sequences.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Fry''': [episode] Where is your bathroom?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Bender''': [episode] What-room?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Fry''': [episode] Where's your bathroom?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Bender''': [episode] Bath-what?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Fry''': [episode] Bathroom!</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Bender''': [episode] What-what?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''EH''': Little nuances, little body language. Details.</poem> | |||
:''[Bender is whistling inside that Planet Express building.]'' | |||
<poem>'''?''': On the studio, we called that "snappy whistling".</poem> | |||
<poem>'''?''': Yeah, but how's able to whistle?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''?''': Is there like a whistle-chip in there or somewhere?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''RM?''': This is some of the early drawings of the Planet Express ship, we didn't have any 3D to work off, so we– we faked a lot of this.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''DXC''': You're gonna redo it though, right?</poem> | |||
<poem>'''RM?''': Yes, sir. Gotta sizzle??? will never be—</poem> | |||
<poem>'''MG''': Things I like about this is the story telling is a little more linear than on The Simpsons, and I think we decided to do that early on, because the setting is so fantastic, and– science-fiction-y, that– we really tried to tell a story straight through, and I think it really helped the show's lifespan.</poem> | |||
:''[Close up of Leela.]'' | |||
<poem>'''BH''': Oh, this is a bad drawing. ''[laughter]'' There isn't enough distractions, you know, to keep you away from noticing.</poem> | |||
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Matt Groening: Hello everyone, and welcome back to another audio commentary of Futurama. This is Matt Groening.
Eric Horsted: I am Eric Horsted, writer and co-executive producer.
Billy West: This is Billy West, I do some of the voices on Futurama.
Bret Haaland: I'm Bret Haaland, a director.
Gregg Vanzo: I'm Gregg Vanzo, supervising director.
David X. Cohen: David Cohen, executive producer.
Rich Moore: And Rich Moore, supervising director with Gregg.
GV: Yeahp.
MG: This is the third episode in the series. And this is the series that– had a trouble beginning– with the Fox Network, who felt that the show was too outrageous and too much out of space. This was our attempt, the third episode, to bring the show back to Earth.
- [Fry is pouring some Bachelor Chow.]
DXC: Bachelor Chow, Matt. One of your earliest ideas for the show, I believe.
MG: Well, I think that's a good idea– I always wanted to have Bachelor Chow right now and so– this was– Anyway, the network really– really was freaked out by the show, the suicide booths– and lobster creatures and Bender being so anti-social and so– yeah, this was our show to tone things down. This script was written specifically to their specifications. And their reaction, David?
DXC: "Worst. Episode. Ever."
MG: Yeah, they really– they really hated this script, and — sorry, Eric — and this was the point at which, we decided we wanted to the show that we wanted to do. Their notes made no sense anyway, they're completely contradictory. And so– we did what we wanted.
DXC: Every lot of people say that they like this episode, 'cause it is a little more down to Earth than– it made people care a little more and think about the characters and Fry and Bender.
EH: Yeah, have to admit, it was one of my favourite episodes. I like that.
GV?: I basically had fun drawing Fry's butt.
RM?: We all do.
DXC: So, Billy West, you're talking to yourself in this scene as Fry and the professor. Where did these voices come from?
BW: Well, you guys showed me the drawings originally, the moncal??? sheet of each character and he was like– you could tell he was dortery??? and ricklidy??? and I even acting him that way, and he's got a little Wizard of Oz in him and little this or that. When you fuss them...
DXC: When we are in the studio, you do sort of take on the characteristics — physically — of the voice you're doing.
BW: I don't know if that's the way to do things, but I have always thrown myself — like totally — into it.
DXC: Why aren't you answering my questions in the voices of the characters?
BW: Can I do it again? [Professor voice] Well, the professor sounds like this. It is all ridicty??? and he has a race of superhumans. [normal] And Fry—
?: Too late; too late.
BW: Yeah, okay.
DXC: We all know what he sounds like!
- [All My Circuits is on TV.]
BH: This is the first episode we get to see Calculon. Yeah, that's pretty exciting.
EH: Television history was made.
DXC: That's Maurice LaMarche as Calculon. He is always really funny, whenever he goes into that role.
BW: He's one of the greats, though.
- [Fry and Bender are sitting in the sofa.]
BH?: I– I had a rather peculiar perspective on this setup, I was trying to get a little bit of depth. And this one worked out a little better.
BH: In these early episodes, we are all trying to nail the characters as best as we can. Particularly Leela.
- [Shot of Leela.]
DXC: Yeah, I can see she has changed a little bit since that picture.
- [Fry is talking.]
BW: That Fry voice is 25-year old me. [laughter] No, I mean it really-- pretty much what I sounded like, I think, back then.
Hermes: [episode] We'll bill you for the couch.
DXC: That line, I remember, the stood??? viewer may have noticed that Hermes' lips were not moving at all there. I remember, "this seems kind of quiet", we wanted him to say something, but we had already exhausted our animation budget, so we just said, "yeah, whatever".
GV: He was gonna notice.
- [Fry and Bender are at the Food-o-Mat.]
BH: This was a very difficult sequence to draw, because of the rotating beverages and the number of Martini glasses and the cutting and the—
GV: And it comes in many other shows later on too.
DXC: And you mean, by number of Martini glasses that made it difficult, you mean the number that was on your desk, when you—
- [They laugh.]
BW?: There are– are subliminal things you put in a scene like this or am I imaging things?
?: Oh, no, no.
BW?: This wasn't one of them.
?: Too many late hours to have any extra time...
?: Clever.
EH: It's a good looking cake.
BW: I have to say Bender is the greatest character, to me he was like the breakout character, because he was– he could get away with doing all the stuff that you are not supposed to see on TV, because he's a robot. Smoking and drinking, deportoury???.
- [Bender is showing Fry his apartment.]
DXC: I'm not gonna go into the formal to this question, but the nerdiest computery viewers might wanna look up Bender's apartment number in the ASCII-chart. That's right, you heard me.
BH: This was probably the best shot to describe how small Bender's apartment was-- the aerial downshot.
MG: You know, it's really hard in animation to do a confined space, and this– that's really good.
Bender: [episode; sleep talking] Kill all humans.
DXC: First use of "kill all humans", perhaps?
EH: And not the last.
DXC: This conversation always sticks in my mind as one of the most memorable early sequences.
Fry: [episode] Where is your bathroom?
Bender: [episode] What-room?
Fry: [episode] Where's your bathroom?
Bender: [episode] Bath-what?
Fry: [episode] Bathroom!
Bender: [episode] What-what?
EH: Little nuances, little body language. Details.
- [Bender is whistling inside that Planet Express building.]
?: On the studio, we called that "snappy whistling".
?: Yeah, but how's able to whistle?
?: Is there like a whistle-chip in there or somewhere?
RM?: This is some of the early drawings of the Planet Express ship, we didn't have any 3D to work off, so we– we faked a lot of this.
DXC: You're gonna redo it though, right?
RM?: Yes, sir. Gotta sizzle??? will never be—
MG: Things I like about this is the story telling is a little more linear than on The Simpsons, and I think we decided to do that early on, because the setting is so fantastic, and– science-fiction-y, that– we really tried to tell a story straight through, and I think it really helped the show's lifespan.
- [Close up of Leela.]
BH: Oh, this is a bad drawing. [laughter] There isn't enough distractions, you know, to keep you away from noticing.
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