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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.
*The Holophonor makes its second appearance.
*The Holophonor makes its second appearance.
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*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Dr. Zoidberg]] has money in this episode.
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Dr. Zoidberg]] has money in this episode.


===Highlights / Quotes===
=== Highlights / Quotes ===
*'''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.
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Revision as of 02:12, 5 May 2010

Commentary for
The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
The Devils Hands are Idle Playthings.jpg
Production number4ACV18
On DVDSeason 4
Disc 4
Additional
Transcript
Participants
Matt Groening
Creator
David X. Cohen
Executive Producer
Ken Keeler
Writer
Bret Haaland
Director
Billy West
Actor (Fry, misc.)
Maurice LaMarche
Actor (Calculon, misc.)
Dan Castellaneta
Actor (Robot Devil)

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 very bad impression of actor Hans Conried.
  • 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 same day, then they couldn't record the lines she missed as Katey was working 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.