Commentary:Bendless Love

Topics of Discussion

 * The 'O' in Swinton O. Scott III is O'Neill.
 * This episode is an attempt to remember Bender's roots.
 * Sound effects.
 * Security camera behaves like a real one, unlike in other shows where they move on their own.
 * Bender's age decided in this episode.
 * John does a lot of voices in this episode.
 * He won an Annie for this episode; Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production, 2001.
 * Eric wrote both Flexo episodes.
 * Swinton's first episode.
 * Design of Angeline.
 * Benefits of a montage.
 * Fry has a bonsai shaped like the Planet Express Ship
 * Bender overcompensates when impersonating Flexo, despite them sounding identical.
 * Magnets don't effect Bender if used on the chin
 * Robots dancing and loosing parts was an idea that was developed early in development.
 * It took two days writing to decide why Bender didn't just lift the unbendable girder.

Highlights / Quotes

 * David X. Cohen: This episode really is a John DiMaggio festival. John: Was this the. Wait, this is the one where that I uh... David: Your throat exploded?

Commentators

 * Matt Groening
 * Executive Producer
 * David X. Cohen
 * Executive Producer
 * Eric Horsted
 * Co-Executive Producer
 * Writer
 * Swinton O. Scott III
 * Director
 * John DiMaggio
 * Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)
 * Billy West
 * Actor (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, miscellaneous)