Commentary:Three Hundred Big Boys

Topics of Discussion

 * Episode had not aired at the time of commentary recording.
 * At the time this was being written, there was a very big story in the news that President George W. Bush was planning a similar $300 tax rebate. But then there was a terrorist attack and everyone forgot about the rebate.
 * One of the cigars' names was going to be a suicide bomber joke (script handed in on 10 September 2001).
 * Episode is similar to The Simpsons' episode 22 Short Films About Springfield, which David co-wrote, but couldn't quite remember the correct name of.
 * The film Nashville also follows a similar style.
 * Increased challenge in the writing and animating process, especially when it needed to be cut down.
 * David is asked in annual interviews what items from Futurama he'd like to exist, his new answer is the flying bicycle, Matt suggests the Fing-Longer.
 * Suicide Booths and whether they could exist already.
 * There was more offensive stuff about the stem cells earlier in the process.
 * The Whale Biologist.
 * Process of making the battle.
 * Leela making a "karate noise" while doing something ordinary also happens in Crimes of the Hot. This was done when they had cut another joke or didn't have one.
 * The security camera transition is from Blue from the "tricolor trilogy" by Kieslowski.
 * The writers often had too much coffee.
 * Only some of the hyperactive Fry talking required electronic speeding up.
 * The vomiting noise had to be duplicated as they couldn't record enough of it.
 * They attempted to get as many side characters in as possible
 * Randy and his lover were to have fought over how to spend the money, accidentally burnt it, then decided that their love was more important.
 * Roseanne Barr's appearance.
 * The correct pronunciation of ambergris was discussed at length during production.
 * Logistics of the tax refund.
 * Cigar originally landed in an awkward position on the silk image of Zapp.
 * Hyper speed Fry music is original by Christopher Tyng.

Related DVD Features

 * A mention of the deleted scene with Bender on the roof talking about his sister.

Commentators

 * Matt Groening
 * Executive Producer
 * David X. Cohen
 * Executive Producer
 * Rich Moore
 * Supervising Director
 * Eric Kaplan
 * Writer
 * Swinton O. Scott III
 * Director
 * Billy West
 * Actor (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Zoidberg, miscellaneous)