Commentary:Godfellas

Topics of Discussion

 * There was a scene removed from this episode and "The Honking" with Bender having a dream about being a rock star, which he selects from a drop down menu.
 * Ken Keeler plays the piano music (Chopin's Polonaise in C Minor) attributed to Bender.
 * All nebulas are based on Hubble photos
 * Animatic contains a scene with a prince on an asteroid shooting at Bender
 * Cohen's drawing of Bender with his neck bent was put on display as a "comedy prop" in the animation studio.
 * Censors requested a change from Godweiser to Lordweiser
 * The sherpa's name is Namgyal, the given name of Tenzing Norgay one of the first people to climb Mount Everest.
 * The monastery is based on an actual one in Myanmar.
 * Whether the Galactic Entity was god, and if they could actually say it was god.
 * Hanging a lantern - pointing out something that's unlikely to happen to show that it was intentional.

Highlights / Quotes

 * Matt Groening: We should do an episode with the narrator reading over the credits.
 * Ken Keeler: In the future, limbs will not be as important as they are now.
 * Susan Dietter: [During the closing credits] Can we go home now?