Commentary:The Farnsworth Parabox

Topics of Discussion

 * Maurice commentates even though he does not voice any characters in this episode, he normally would have voiced the Narrator.
 * Episode had not aired at time of commentary recording.
 * Origin of episode plot. Box was originally found in attic, they were going to not open the box until the end.
 * Discussed at length (perhaps over thought) how the boxes connect during development, David notes that there'll be an explanation later and that we should get out pencils and graph paper.
 * Smallest cast list in Futurama history.
 * Difficulty of having two of everyone.
 * They have the same personality as the alternate selves.
 * There was going to be a character called Deluxor, who was a robot brought to Planet Express that was better than Bender and made of either solid gold or exotic wood.
 * They were worried whether this episode was too confusing.
 * Katey Sagal didn't understand the concept when the writers/directors tried to explain it.
 * Audio and visual differences between the establishing shots in the two universes.
 * Zoidberg-1 is blue because one in two million lobsters are blue.
 * The official name of the Narrator is Transition Announcer.
 * The Zoidbergs initially enter universe 25.
 * Some of the boxes don't actually lead to each other, the wires keep the connections open though.
 * The meaning of the number 420, or more accurately 4:20pm, to cannabis users.
 * They didn't notice that Hermes-1 didn't come out of the box ith the other characters until late in the process and had to do an emergency retake.
 * Pulling the boxes through each other is done outside three dimensional space.

Goofs

 * David received a phone call from his assistant.

Commentators

 * Matt Groening
 * Executive Producer
 * David X. Cohen
 * Executive Producer
 * Bill Odenkirk
 * Writer
 * Ron Hughart
 * Director
 * Billy West
 * Actor (Fry(s), Professor Farnsworth(s), Zoidberg(s), miscellaneous)
 * Maurice LaMarche
 * Actor ( Transition Announcer, miscellaneous not in episode)