Commentary:The Beast with a Billion Backs

Topics of Discussion
(Please note, not finished)


 * Billy West in the voice of the narrator at the beginning, whom he plays.
 * Peter talks about the black and white intro and Steamboat Willie being an inspiration of it.
 * John did the whistling
 * This film starting off where BBS left off
 * Sports programme intro was difficult, but not as difficult as one of the other scenes
 * Problem with getting into another relationship
 * Deleted scene on Fry and Colleen meeting again the next day.
 * Maurice was very busy in this movie
 * Referencing ep 401 - Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch
 * Originally planned to go back to Amphibios 9 to revisit their babies nearly turning them into Kif lookalikes and then coming up with an idea for Kifs parents and what they would be.
 * 3D flies
 * Tress plays a lot of characters
 * A lot of talk about Barb-o-mite, It will be coming soon,John wouldn't want Mites in his hair, pile of dead mites on your head afterwards
 * Bender's Big Score had Everybody Loves Hypno-Toad, Maurice suggests a full episode of All My Circuits
 * 2D tunnel of love - looking at Colleen was used again thanks to the editor
 * 2nd guest, 2nd appearance, Professor Stephen Hawking
 * David thinking maybe his mouth could move but still have robot voice but was more of "In a way how the heads were best remembered by.
 * Gary Gygax passed away not long ago, and was a big influence for what is the next movie, Bender's Game
 * Science place was originally called "Institute for Advanced Studlies" and the scientists had tremendous physiques.
 * Matt and David are fond of the Deathball scene.
 * David first thought the 3D animators had used motion capture to create Fry's subtle hand movements while he is riding the ball.
 * Recommended to listen to the epic in 5.1 surround sound
 * Phil once played Schlomo, but it was Maurice in the final version.
 * Dave Herman as the Coffee Enema bot
 * Dark Matter's secret will be told in DVD 3
 * Professor's steam out of his ass, The Professor's moan is disturbing and funny, almost losing the will to live.
 * The idea was Fry involved in the relationship and it's too much for him and saying that he can't deal with a girlfriend with 5 boyfriends but later becomes spokesman  for the opposite point of view with Yivo, being pope of the religion espousing the relationship with billions of people, which makes the Fry and Colleen story a mini version of the giant story later where he is in the opposite side of the argument.
 * Less butt than BBS
 * Great wide shots, even more helpful in wide screen format
 * The anomaly was a fractal edge and a lot of discussion on it. Looks electrical, not seen at the back.
 * Noticing the bricks as Bender and the Ship fly away from the anomaly
 * "Ow" was a "sock barrel" repetitive joke.
 * List of games in the arcade.
 * Bender's wheels in War is the H-Word.
 * Crotch shot was Eric Kaplan's idea.

Commentators

 * Matt Groening
 * Executive Producer
 * David X. Cohen
 * John DiMaggio
 * Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)
 * Billy West
 * Actor (Fry, The Professor, miscellaneous)
 * Maurice LaMarche
 * Guest Actor (Kif, Calculon, miscellaneous)
 * Claudia Katz
 * Producer of Rough Draft Studios
 * Peter Avanzino
 * Director
 * Michael Rowe
 * Writer
 * Lee Superchinski
 * Producer