Commentary:Anthology of Interest II

Topics of Discussion

 * Three part episodes are difficult because they need three stories, each of which tends to run around four minutes over.
 * The Professor always uses the What-If Machine a different way.
 * To appease the censor, the vomit was changed from brown to green.
 * Cut components of I, Meatbag included searching for Bender and Bender learning to masturbate.
 * Raiders of the Lost Arcade was based on idea David had for a feature film based on Space Invaders.
 * Identifying various games.
 * The only episode where they did not in-between the animation (Donkey Kong and Mario have arcade game style animation).
 * The key in Pac-Man is appears in late levels.
 * Lewis and David both went to Cambridge (at different times).
 * Discussing the various arcades nearby and their skill levels.
 * Q*bert says "Do you know where a guy can get a pair of pants around here" backwards.
 * Video game related dreams.
 * The surprising parallels between Futurama and Wizard of OZ and Futurama and Gilligan's Island.
 * Matt actually thought about this while planing the series.
 * Reflections on the floor are hand drawn.

Highlights / Quotes

 * Bret: Milli Smyth insisted that Bender be a blonde man. Unknown: Really? Bret: Blonde men are more disgusting, apparently.
 * Hermes [episode]: ...There's always next year. Unknown: No there isn't.

Goofs

 * David points out that after dancing away from the barstool, human Bender suddenly arrives back at the stool after a cut.

Commentators

 * Matt Groening
 * Executive Producer
 * David X. Cohen
 * Writer (Raiders of the Lost Arcade)
 * Executive Producer
 * Rich Moore
 * Supervising Director
 * Lewis Morton
 * Writer (I, Meatbag)
 * Bret Haaland
 * Director
 * Billy West
 * Actor (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, miscellaneous)
 * John DiMaggio
 * Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)
 * Maurice LaMarche
 * Actor (Narrator, Lrrr, miscellaneous)