Commentary:The Honking

Production Number: 2ACV18 DVD: Season 2, Disc 4

Topics of Discussion

 * They says underpants are 20% funnier than underwear
 * Where the line Mumbo perhaps
 * Preacherbot is based on Phil LaMarr's uncle
 * So much work went into the Eastern Europe location
 * Hermes' line about ghosts
 * The joke about binary
 * What the binary phrase says
 * The were-car was cleverly designed
 * If Maurice or Frank did the were-cars howl
 * How Bender can have bloodshot eyes
 * The gangsters have a messed up life
 * They couldn't figure out if it was obvious that Bender was the were-car
 * They mention that the fortune teller returns
 * That with the Fortune Teller for once they wanted bad animation on a character
 * The digital clock was meant to be the same as in the episode Xmas Story
 * The writers have an obsession with Lincoln
 * They can't tell the difference between the 2D and 3D car
 * Fry is focused on the wrong things in this episode
 * The farmer does no damage to Bender
 * Fry has a brilliant scowl
 * Calculon was one of the first robots to be created on the show
 * Why the robot arm is named Calculon
 * The shortest scene they have ever had is in Paris
 * Where you can get a silver potato
 * Characters in TV and movies can outrun cars and never jump to the sides

Highlights / Quotes

 * David X. Cohen: Thats not gibberish either but I'll let you figure it out
 * Matt Groening: So when do you the viewers figure it out whats going on
 * Billy West: And I pay no attention
 * Susan Dietter: Where does someone get a silver potato? Billy West: eBay

Commentators

 * Matt Groening
 * Executive Producer
 * David X. Cohen
 * Executive Producer
 * Rich Moore
 * Supervising Director
 * Ken Keeler
 * Writer
 * Susan Dietter
 * Director
 * John DiMaggio
 * Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)
 * Billy West
 * Actor (Fry, Dr. Zoidberg)