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*This episode won an Emmy (Outstanding Animated Program 2002). | |||
*This episode was considered for use as part of [[Anthology of Interest II]] | |||
*There is no scientific basis for the time travel, they however chose a rarely occuring cause. | |||
*Noted a few potentially disturbing things that were removed from the time tunnel | |||
*Making fun of ''Star Trek'''s lack of seatbelts | |||
*J. Stewart Burns found a copy of the actual Roswell newspaper from the crash on the internet and based the one in the episode on it | |||
*Noting the distributed brain of Bender | |||
*about five minutes of Zoidberg interigation cut | |||
*same [[All Purpose Spray]] from when aliens attack | |||
*Enos and the srgent are based on ''Gomer Pyle'' | |||
*The similar hair shows that they are related. | |||
*Noting the use of "aks" from ep. 204 | |||
*You can have an animation cel made for US$250 - US$300 | |||
*Maurice LaMarche studied CDs of Truman to get the voice right | |||
*They had to make sure that fry was sure it wasn't his grandama when they had sex. | |||
**They lost several days deciding if this was too tasteless | |||
*Where does Fry's DNA come from? they determined that about one third is from each of his other grandparents and the Y chromosone is unaccounted for. | |||
**Cohen sets a challenge to find the steady state solution for the ammount of DNA Fry gave himself (and provides his email address to send the answer to) | |||
**Possible that the first time Enos was the grandfather. | |||
*Noting the various degrees staff have recieved | |||
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Cohen: What Stewart meant about the Emmy was that we've submitted this for the Emmy award, but we don't even know if we're nominated yet, but we're just assuming, we're pretty much clearing our mantle pieces off. | |||
Burns: You guys get all the chicks though, so.. | |||
West: only if I'm wearing my futurama jacket | |||
DiMaggio: Yeah, exactly. If I put the Bender suit on. | |||
Ever see a guy driving a car on blocks? [Enos] That's where it comes from. | |||
Cohen: Matt, that gesture you just made, that's not going to show up in the DVD commentary | |||
Burns: Who that calendar was made for... | |||
Groening: Well one month is for... | |||
Burns: Crap, it's June. | |||
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*[[Matt Groening]] | *[[Matt Groening]] | ||
**Executive Producer | **Executive Producer | ||
*[[David X. Cohen]] | *[[David X. Cohen]] | ||
**Executive Producer | **Executive Producer | ||
*[[J. Stewart Burns]] | *[[J. Stewart Burns]] | ||
**Writer | **Writer | ||
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===Topics of Discussion=== | ===Topics of Discussion=== | ||
===Highlights / Quotes=== | ===Highlights / Quotes=== | ||
===Goofs=== | |||
This commentary is exceedingly long, which has the effect of causing the DVD, when other audio tracks are used, to produce no audio or video for a few minutes after the episode | |||
==Commentators (Second Group)== | ==Commentators (Second Group)== | ||
*[[Matt Groening]] | *[[Matt Groening]] | ||
Revision as of 03:25, 23 January 2007
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Production Number: 3ACV19
DVD: Season 3, Disc 4 & Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection
Commentary
Topics of Discussion
- This episode won an Emmy (Outstanding Animated Program 2002).
- This episode was considered for use as part of Anthology of Interest II
- There is no scientific basis for the time travel, they however chose a rarely occuring cause.
- Noted a few potentially disturbing things that were removed from the time tunnel
- Making fun of Star Trek's lack of seatbelts
- J. Stewart Burns found a copy of the actual Roswell newspaper from the crash on the internet and based the one in the episode on it
- Noting the distributed brain of Bender
- about five minutes of Zoidberg interigation cut
- same All Purpose Spray from when aliens attack
- Enos and the srgent are based on Gomer Pyle
- The similar hair shows that they are related.
- Noting the use of "aks" from ep. 204
- You can have an animation cel made for US$250 - US$300
- Maurice LaMarche studied CDs of Truman to get the voice right
- They had to make sure that fry was sure it wasn't his grandama when they had sex.
- They lost several days deciding if this was too tasteless
- Where does Fry's DNA come from? they determined that about one third is from each of his other grandparents and the Y chromosone is unaccounted for.
- Cohen sets a challenge to find the steady state solution for the ammount of DNA Fry gave himself (and provides his email address to send the answer to)
- Possible that the first time Enos was the grandfather.
- Noting the various degrees staff have recieved
Highlights / Quotes
Cohen: What Stewart meant about the Emmy was that we've submitted this for the Emmy award, but we don't even know if we're nominated yet, but we're just assuming, we're pretty much clearing our mantle pieces off.
Burns: You guys get all the chicks though, so.. West: only if I'm wearing my futurama jacket DiMaggio: Yeah, exactly. If I put the Bender suit on.
Ever see a guy driving a car on blocks? [Enos] That's where it comes from.
Cohen: Matt, that gesture you just made, that's not going to show up in the DVD commentary
Burns: Who that calendar was made for... Groening: Well one month is for... Burns: Crap, it's June.
Commentators
Note: DVD lists Rich Moore being in this commentary, but he is not.
- Matt Groening
- Executive Producer
- David X. Cohen
- Executive Producer
- J. Stewart Burns
- Writer
- Susan Dietter
- Guest Director
- John DiMaggio
- Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)
- Billy West
- Actor (Fry, The Professor, miscellaneous)
Second Commentary
Topics of Discussion
Highlights / Quotes
Goofs
This commentary is exceedingly long, which has the effect of causing the DVD, when other audio tracks are used, to produce no audio or video for a few minutes after the episode
Commentators (Second Group)
- Matt Groening
- Executive Producer
- David X. Cohen
- Executive Producer
- Rich Moore
- Director
- Supervising Director
- Claudia Katz
- Producer for Rough Draft Studios
- Scott Vanzo
- Director of computer graphics