Commentary:A Fishful of Dollars

Topics of Discussion

 * The dream Fry has is similar to ones most kids have without the Lightspeed Briefs
 * The Fry action figure comes with a pair of lightspeed briefs
 * The title is a reference to the Clint Eastwood movie A Fistfull of Dollars
 * This episode is the first time Bender shoplifts
 * They considered changing the currency from dollars to something else
 * Billy West and Dave Herman each do lines for one character
 * The introduction of Mom
 * Two of the show's writers hold PhDs in Mathematics
 * This marks the first appearance of Scruffy, although he doesn't work for Planet Express
 * Argument of whether anchovies are nice or bad
 * The anchovies come with the Fry action figure and Mom's oil comes with Bender
 * The future has many animal fights: both squid and apes
 * Richard Nixon's Head was originally meant to help Mom's sons convince Fry he's in the year 2000
 * The Atomic Super men mentioned by the Professor appear in "Time Keeps on Slippin'"