Commentary:Insane in the Mainframe

Topics of Discussion

 * Some exciting comment is to be made ten minutes in.
 * The first appearance of talking money?
 * Lots of old style jokes through out the episode.
 * Fry's scratch lottery tickets being the way for him to loose money was to be much longer and was based on David's mother having won $100 in tickets, spending the winnings on another $25 in tickets, then $4 then none.
 * Discussing the design of Roberto
 * They didn't include "Oww my side" as it wouldn't be as funny.
 * Each time Bender is X-rayed he looks a little different
 * Dr. Perceptron's sparks are hand drawn.
 * Pointing out robots from previous episodes
 * When planing episodes they use coloured cards with writing, the blue ones, used frequently, have "trial", "run away" and "tour" all of which are used here.
 * That robots are built to be insane, like the mad hatter robot.
 * The Crickets being crazy was David's idea, he apparently was the only one who wanted them.
 * Difficulty of conveying emotion through robots and that a Cyclops is actually harder.
 * Fry's "Battle droid" attack is like one used in The Simpsons which Matt and his sister used when they were kids.
 * They made sure to keep Roberto alive.
 * Talking about what the original closing scene was going to be.

Highlights / Quotes

 * Bill: That's great animation. Unknown: There's not many ways to mess up stabbing.
 * Unknown: I still don't buy that Zoidberg wouldn't eat one of those sandwiches.

Related DVD Features

 * The alternate closing scene discussed is found on the DVD as a deleted scene.

Commentators

 * Matt Groening
 * Executive Producer
 * David X. Cohen
 * Executive Producer
 * Rich Moore
 * Supervising Director
 * Bill Odenkirk
 * Writer
 * Peter Avanzino
 * Director