Commentary:I Second that Emotion

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Commentary for
I Second that Emotion
Production number	2ACV01
On DVD	Season 2 Disc 1
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Transcript
Participants
Matt Groening Creator David X. Cohen Executive producer Rich Moore Supervising director Patric M. Verrone Writer John DiMaggio Actor (Bender, etc.)

Topics of Discussion

• What the opening cartoon is.
• Explanation of production season versus broadcast season.
  • There were a few episodes from the first production season left over and ended up being aired in the second broadcast season.
• Origin of Bender's line "You killed my father and now you've come back for me!"
• The start of Bender's rivalry with the can opener.
• The veterinarian's name and it's origin.
• The writers all visit the same doctor often because they catch each others colds.
  • While they recorded this commentary Ken Keeler had Pleurisy.
• Bender is a fan of the Harlem Globetrotters.
• Constant hints to buy Season 3 on DVD.
• What occupies Bender's chest cavity.
• When SpellCheck was invented.
• The show won the Black Lung Award for glorifying smoking (ironically, none of the characters with lungs smoke).
• Matt describing the first time he smoked a cigar.
• At this point in the series, Zoidberg was not poor yet, only lonely and a bad doctor.
• The genesis of the episode was Bender feeling somebody else's feelings.
• The models of the characters are more consistent than they were in the first season.
• The PJs reference on the sewer cover and how The PJs reciprocated.
  • Matt establishes that The PJs and Futurama are in the same universe.
• Matt tells a story about a problem he had with a "Let's Go Paris" guide book.
• The first view of the mutants was very complicated because the cell count was much higher than any of the first season episodes.
• Explaining how the sewer systems, Old New York and mutant society share the space under New New York
• The producers wanted secrets to be hidden early on in the series which would be revealed much later on.
  • Everybody starts "dinging" when the first major secret is on screen.
• What the name El Chupanibre is referencing.
• Leela's ripped shirt used to be shown a little too closely.
• John replicates Bender's shriek.
• Bender's arms have a mind of their own, explaining how he put his own arms on in the pilot.
• Patric is astounded that a guitar and five strings made their way down the toilet.
  • David explains "If Bender can get down a toilet, a guitar can get down a toilet."
• Patric is confused about what the title of the episode is referencing.

Highlights / Quotes

• John DiMaggio: Since you have two titles I'm going to say I do more voices than Bender as well.
  David X. Cohen: Well I do like six other things.
• [Establishing shot of Planet Express] David X. Cohen: 3-D.
  [Leela is looking at a photo of Nibbler and herself] Patric M. Verrone: 2-D.
  Rich Moore: 1-D.
• Matt Groening: [El Chupanibre] is a kind of burrito, I believe. Oh, I'm thinking of Chimichanga, yeah.
• [Just before the audio track ends] Patric M. Verrone: And that's all, folks.

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