Commentary:The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz

Topics of Discussion

 * Zoidberg commentates instead of Billy.
 * He constantly points himself out and says what a good actor he is.
 * Identifying the cartoon at the beginning as Koko The Clown.
 * The origin of the story was a idea with Bender crashing a tanker into a planet.
 * First episode directed by James Purdum
 * Fry was going to draw comics more often.
 * Pointing out Phil Hendrie as Free Waterfall Sr. and that the next family member will appear in a season four episode.
 * The family members always die at the end of their appearances.
 * The Captain's Handbook has a pop-up sextant.
 * Sci-Fi generally ignores the fact that spaceships can move in three dimensions not just two.
 * One of the Star Trek movies addresses this.
 * Design of the hat is similar to that of Captain Crunch (US breakfast cereal mascot).
 * The food is very detailed.
 * File photos are always unflattering in cartoons.
 * Hyper-Chicken is a character that was only going to appear once
 * He was more like Foghorn Leghorn in earlier designs.
 * Early episode names included Emperor Benguin.
 * The video game system has antenna and a wire.
 * The episode is very environmental.
 * They wanted to make a point about hunting, but they weren't sure what their point was.
 * These types of episodes need arguments for both sides in the stories.
 * There is an orange line between the black and white of the penguins.
 * They are all hand drawn.
 * Futurama has more gasps per minute than any other show.
 * Bender has six reset modes, others include "wombat", "ravioli" and "children's book author" (this is most likely just a joke and won't come up in future storylines)
 * The Penguin music from Batman could not be obtained.
 * After winning an environmental award the previous year for The Problem with Popplers, they were sent a reminder to enter again and this episode was suggested. They entered it but failed to be nominated.

Highlights / Quotes

 * Matt Groening [after seeing the Fing-Longer invented in reality]: I thought all of season three was a dream.
 * David X. Cohen: John, how come you're so good at playing drunk? John DiMaggio: It's something I, uh... I don't know, it's... You guys got any booze?
 * Leela [episode]: ...with wind-chill it's 20 degrees below absolute zero. David X. Cohen: Take that physicists. A blow to your precious logic.
 * John DiMaggio: Hunting is great when you gotta kill off a lot of animals. Billy West (as Zoidberg): It's even better when you have a thirty-aught-six and a snoot full of vodka.