Commentary:A Big Piece of Garbage

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Commentary for
A Big Piece of Garbage
Production number	1ACV08
On DVD	Season 1 Disc 2
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Transcript
Participants
Matt Groening Creator David X. Cohen Executive producer Rich Moore Supervising director Lewis Morton Writer Susan Dietter Director John DiMaggio Actor (Bender, etc.)

Topics of Discussion

• David Herman's great performance as Wernstrom
• The young professor has red hair proving he's related to Fry
• Ron Popeil sold them 80,000 dollars to appear on the show
• Wernstrom's fish, Cinnamon, is named after David's cat
• Secrets include:
  • The coffee stain is the animation studio's logo
• The episode was nominated for an Emmys but was beaten by King of the Hill
• The writer can't make a joke about Uranus as its now named Urectum
• Matt and David wanted to include a documentary in each season
• The character of Cubert Farnsworth was supposed to first appear in this episode
• The public still don't know what the really filthy country was
• The characters of Morbo and Linda
• That the episode reflects the movie Armageddon
• The ending song is from Dr. Strangelove

Highlights / Quotes

Lewis Morton: That, I think, was the only joke used that year with the word "symposia" in it.

David X. Cohen: The fish is named Cinnamon after my cat Cinnamon, that I had when I was a young child.

David X. Cohen: How did we ever get permission to use that footage?!

Susie Dietter Where'd you get the name 'Ogden'?
Lewis Morton: I don't know.
David X. Cohen: Good answer.

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