Commentary:Hell Is Other Robots

Production Number: 1ACV09 DVD: Season 1, Disc 2 & Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection

Topics of Discussion

 * Only two of the Beastie Boys (Ad-Rock and Mike D.) could record their voices (MCA had schedule conflicts)
 * Who came up with the idea for jacking on
 * The superb animation when Bender is on drugs
 * They knew they couldn't get away with a character taking drugs unless it was a robot
 * That Hermes is so mean to Dr. Zoidberg
 * The Coalsack nebula that's mentioned is a real nebula; it was originally going to be the Van Allen Belt (which is also real) but they didn't know how to animate it
 * The scene when Bender is electrocuted was originally meant to be on the Empire State
 * How cool Fry's afro is
 * There were complaints about the Church of Robotology
 * Bender's pupils were meant to be larger when he found religion
 * They mention Lucy Liu appearing in a future episode
 * A religious person on the crew refused to work on this episode
 * Also they discuss why Bender wears a towel when he is always naked anyway
 * The first musical number appears in this episode
 * John DiMaggio found it diffucult to sing the lower harmony of the song in Bender's voice
 * There was another verse to the Robot Hell song
 * It was hard to animate the robot devil's face
 * The Devil has very girly falsetto screams for such an evil robot

Highlights / Quotes

 * Rich Moore: I'd love to direct anything with 'hell' in the title
 * David X. Cohen: I'm a huge Beastie Boys fan so this was exciting for me
 * John DiMaggio: Bender talking to Fender, me talking to me
 * John DiMaggio: No throat rubbing there
 * David X. Cohen: John DiMaggio and I both from New Jersey
 * David X. Cohen: There was another verse to this, Eric do you know what was cut Eric Kaplan: Seduction by a Nun Machine I think

Commentators

 * Matt Groening
 * Creator
 * David X. Cohen
 * Executive Producer
 * Rich Moore
 * Supervising Director
 * Eric Kaplan
 * Writer
 * Gregg Vanzo
 * Supervising Director
 * John DiMaggio
 * Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)

Second Commentary

 * A second commentary is available with the animatic on the Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection.