Commentary:A Fishful of Dollars

Topics of Discussion

 * The dream Fry has is similar to ones most kids have without the Lightspeed Briefs
 * The Fry action figure comes with a pair of lightspeed briefs
 * The title is a reference to the Clint Eastwood movie A Fistfull of Dollars
 * This episode is the first time Bender shoplifts
 * They considered changing the currency from dollars to something else
 * Billy West and Dave Herman each do lines for one character
 * The introduction of Mom
 * Two of the show's writers hold PhDs in Mathematics
 * This marks the first appearance of Scruffy, although he doesn't work for Planet Express
 * Argument of whether anchovies are nice or bad
 * The anchovies come with the Fry action figure and Mom's oil comes with Bender
 * The future has many animal fights: both squid and apes
 * Richard Nixon's Head was originally meant to help Mom's sons convince Fry he's in the year 2000
 * The Atomic Super men mentioned by the Professor appear in Time Keeps on Slippin'

Highlights / Quotes

 * Matt Groening: So Gregg do you want to talk about this Opening Sequence? (Pauses for answer) I guess not.
 * Patric M. Verrone: He said adverts on bananas which ABC threatened to do!
 * Gregg Vanzo: Fry was meant to buy another robot friend called Deluxor.
 * David X. Cohen: We have the largest number a gasps than any show in TV history.

Commentators

 * Matt Groening
 * Creator
 * David X. Cohen
 * Executive Producer
 * Rich Moore
 * Supervising Director
 * Patric M. Verrone
 * Writer
 * Gregg Vanzo
 * Co-Director
 * Supervising Director
 * John DiMaggio
 * Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)