Commentary:The Honking

The Honking

Production Number: 2ACV18
DVD: Season 2, Disc 4

Commentary

Topics of Discussion

• They says underpants are 20% funnier than underwear
• Where the line Mumbo perhaps
• Preacherbot is based on Phil LaMarr's uncle
• So much work went into the Eastern Europe location
• Hermes' line about ghosts
• The joke about binary
• What the binary phrase says
• The were-car was cleverly designed
• If Maurice or Frank did the were-cars howl
• How Bender can have bloodshot eyes
• The gangsters have a messed up life
• They couldn't figure out if it was obvious that Bender was the were-car
• They mention that the fortune teller returns
• That with the Fortune Teller for once they wanted bad animation on a character
• The digital clock was meant to be the same as in the episode Xmas Story
• The writers have an obsession with Lincoln
• They can't tell the difference between the 2D and 3D car
• Fry is focused on the wrong things in this episode
• The farmer does no damage to Bender
• Fry has a brilliant scowl
• Calculon was one of the first robots to be created on the show
• Why the robot arm is named Calculon
• The shortest scene they have ever had is in Paris
• Where you can get a silver potato
• Characters in TV and movies can outrun cars and never jump to the sides

Highlights / Quotes

• David X. Cohen: Thats not gibberish either but I'll let you figure it out
• Matt Groening: So when do you the viewers figure it out whats going on
• Billy West: And I pay no attention
• Susan Dietter: Where does someone get a silver potato?
  Billy West: eBay

Commentators

• Matt Groening
  • Executive Producer
• David X. Cohen
  • Executive Producer
• Rich Moore
  • Supervising Director
• Ken Keeler
  • Writer
• Susan Dietter
  • Director
• John DiMaggio
  • Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)
• Billy West
  • Actor (Fry, Dr. Zoidberg)