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'''Production Number:''' 4ACV18<br/>
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'''DVD:''' Season 4, Disc 4
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==Commentary==
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===Topics of Discussion===
===Topics of Discussion===
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry's]] [[Holophonor]] recital is like Ken's when he was younger.
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry's]] [[Holophonor]] recital is like Ken's when he was younger.
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*All the [[Robot|Robots]] on the Devil's Wheel of Robots appear in the show.
*All the [[Robot|Robots]] on the Devil's Wheel of Robots appear in the show.
*The crew tried to fit most of the characters into the last episode.
*The crew tried to fit most of the characters into the last episode.
*The music on Fry's music advert is a referance to musician John Williams.
*The music on Fry's music advert is a reference to musician John Williams.
*They don't know what the public thinks of [[Hedonism Bot]] as the episode hadn't been aired yet.
*They don't know what the public thinks of [[Hedonism Bot]] as the episode hadn't been aired yet.
*Its actually hard for the actors to scream when they aren't using their own voice.
*Its actually hard for the actors to scream when they aren't using their own voice.
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*'''David X. Cohen:''' Look its [[Dan Castellaneta]] as the [[Robot Devil]].
*'''David X. Cohen:''' Look its [[Dan Castellaneta]] as the [[Robot Devil]].
*'''David X. Cohen:''' Every [[robot]] on this wheel appeared in the show and we made sure they weren't robots like Cleaning Bot that appeared for a second.
*'''David X. Cohen:''' Every [[robot]] on this wheel appeared in the show and we made sure they weren't robots like Cleaning Bot that appeared for a second.
*'''Billy West:''' I love Ken's opreas.
*'''Billy West:''' I love Ken's operas.
*'''Bret Haaland:''' Yes thats a real song from erm.
*'''Bret Haaland:''' Yes that's a real song from ERM.
*'''David X. Cohen:''' That grand singing of the word Dork always makes me laugh.
*'''David X. Cohen:''' That grand singing of the word Dork always makes me laugh.
*'''Matt Greoning:''' That joke's great.
*'''Matt Greoning:''' That joke's great.
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*[[Dan Castellaneta]]
*[[Dan Castellaneta]]
**Guest Actor ([[Robot Devil]])
**Guest Actor ([[Robot Devil]])
 
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The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
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Production number4ACV18
On DVDSeason 4
Disc 4
Additional
Transcript

Topics of Discussion

  • Fry's Holophonor recital is like Ken's when he was younger.
  • The Holophonor makes its second appearance.
  • The Crew thought there was a 50/50 chance that this episode would be the last one when they were writing it.
  • The Devil's voice is based on a old actor's voice.
  • All the Robots on the Devil's Wheel of Robots appear in the show.
  • The crew tried to fit most of the characters into the last episode.
  • The music on Fry's music advert is a reference to musician John Williams.
  • They don't know what the public thinks of Hedonism Bot as the episode hadn't been aired yet.
  • Its actually hard for the actors to scream when they aren't using their own voice.
  • Lots of secondary characters appear in the background in this episode.
  • They think its funny that they still make fun of Nixon in the last episode.
  • Katey Sagal had a bad throat whilst recording and not all of her lines were recorded on the day, then they couldn't record the lines she missed as Katey was worked on 8 Simple Rules.
  • Most voice actors seem to have great singing voices.
    • Maurice points out though that when he sang his only singing part as Kif in 3ACV01 he couldn't get notes right for hours.
  • Dr. Zoidberg has money in this episode.

Highlights / Quotes

  • David X. Cohen: Look its Dan Castellaneta as the Robot Devil.
  • David X. Cohen: Every robot on this wheel appeared in the show and we made sure they weren't robots like Cleaning Bot that appeared for a second.
  • Billy West: I love Ken's operas.
  • Bret Haaland: Yes that's a real song from ERM.
  • David X. Cohen: That grand singing of the word Dork always makes me laugh.
  • Matt Greoning: That joke's great.
  • Bret Haaland: Well it said he disappeared but I thought a robot can't do magic.
  • Billy West: (As Zoidberg) I wanted to go out good.

Commentators

Futurama episode/film commentaries
1ACV
(Season 1)		 "Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots" (Animatic commentary) • "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory"
2ACV
(Season 2)		 "I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "A Clone of My Own" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "Mother's Day" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Anthology of Interest I" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Honking" • "The Cryonic Woman"
3ACV
(Season 3)		 "Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Parasites Lost" • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "The Route of All Evil" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Roswell that Ends Well" (Directors commentary) • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "The 30% Iron Chef"
4ACV
(Season 4)		 "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Love and Rocket" • "Less than Hero" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "Jurassic Bark" (Writers commentary) • "Crimes of the Hot" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" • "The Sting" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
5ACV
(Season 5)
Bender's Big Score The Beast with a Billion Backs Bender's Game Into the Wild Green Yonder
6ACV
(Season 6)		 "Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Möbius Dick" • "Law and Oracle" • "Benderama" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Neutopia" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"
7ACV
(Season 7)		 "The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" (Animators commentary) • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama" • "Forty Percent Leadbelly" • "2-D Blacktop" • "T.: The Terrestrial" • "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" • "The Inhuman Torch" • "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" • "Game of Tones" (Animators commentary) • "Murder on the Planet Express" • "Stench and Stenchibility" • "Meanwhile"
8ACV
(Season 8)		 "The Impossible Stream" • "Children of a Lesser Bog" • "How the West Was 1010001" • "Parasites Regained" • "Related to Items You've Viewed" • "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" • "Rage Against the Vaccine" • "Zapp Gets Cancelled" • "The Prince and the Product" • "All the Way Down"
S01E
(Broadcast season 1)		 "Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots" (Animatic commentary)
S02E
(Broadcast season 2)		 "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory" • "I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "A Clone of My Own" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Mother's Day" • "Anthology of Interest I"
S03E
(Broadcast season 3)		 "The Honking" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Cryonic Woman" • "Parasites Lost" • "Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot"
S04E
(Broadcast season 4)		 "Roswell that Ends Well" (Directors commentary) • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Love and Rocket" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "The 30% Iron Chef" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"
S05E
(Broadcast season 5)		 "Crimes of the Hot" • "Jurassic Bark" (Writers commentary) • "The Route of All Evil" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Less than Hero" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "The Sting" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"
S06E
(Broadcast season 6)		 "Bender's Big Score Part 1" • "Bender's Big Score Part 2" • "Bender's Big Score Part 3" • "Bender's Big Score Part 4" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 1" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 2" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 3" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 4" • "Bender's Game Part 1" • "Bender's Game Part 2" • "Bender's Game Part 3" • "Bender's Game Part 4" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 1" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 2" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 3" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 4"
S07E
(Broadcast season 7)		 "Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular"
S08E
(Broadcast season 8)		 "Neutopia" • "Benderama" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Law and Oracle" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Möbius Dick" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"
S09E
(Broadcast season 9)		 "The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" (Animators commentary) • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama"
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