Commentary:Bend Her
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Bend Her | |||
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Production number | 4ACV13 | ||
On DVD | Season 4 Disc 3 | ||
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Topics of Discussion
- Michael Rowe was not a big sci-fi fan, so it was hard for him to write an episode of Futurama.
- Rowe tells the story of how the story for this episode came about; he was pitching stories to David X. Cohen and Ken Keeler, but they were unexcited. The last story he pitched to them simply said "Bender gets a sex change operation."
- Cohen joked that they perked up at this suggestion because they heard the word 'sex'.
- The writers had also wanted to do an episode involving the Olympics, so it was very convenient how everything came together.
- The writers wanted to do an episode centered on Barbados Slim, but they couldn't think of one.
- This episode was the second time Unbendable girders were bended, the first time being in Bendless Love.
- They had to make some changes to the episode due to the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
- Specifically, Bender had originally claimed he was from Afghanistan when trying to enter the Olympics. This scene was a deleted scene on the DVD.
- Originally, Bender was going to be impersonating a woman's voice in Act 1, but the writers soon realized that this would mean three acts of Bender impersonating a woman's voice.
- Rowe was originally going to be credited as "Mike Rowe", but his wife convinced him otherwise.
- Rowe has kids, who he hopes will become Futurama fans when they're older.