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|name=Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television | |||
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|number=4ACV06 | |||
|season=4 | |||
|disc=2 | |||
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===Topics of Discussion=== | ===Topics of Discussion=== | ||
*[[Billy West]] and [[John DiMaggio]] | *[[Billy West]] and [[John DiMaggio]] beat box for this episode's [[Opening Sequence]] instead of the traditional theme tune. | ||
*[[All My Circuits#Monique|Monique]] was originally just a demo [[robot]] for the series but was popular enough to be included as a character. | *[[All My Circuits#Monique|Monique]] was originally just a demo [[robot]] for the series but was popular enough to be included as a character. | ||
*[[Louis Morton|Louis]] is one of the few writers to write in all four seasons. Others include [[David X. Cohen|David]] and [[Ken Keeler|Ken]]. | *[[Louis Morton|Louis]] is one of the few writers to write in all four seasons. Others include [[David X. Cohen|David]] and [[Ken Keeler|Ken]]. | ||
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*'''David X. Cohen:''' What was the idea for this episode Louis??<br>'''Louis Morton:''' I don't know.<br>'''David X. Cohen:''' You came in and said "what if [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] was a TV star?". | *'''David X. Cohen:''' What was the idea for this episode Louis??<br>'''Louis Morton:''' I don't know.<br>'''David X. Cohen:''' You came in and said "what if [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] was a TV star?". | ||
*'''Maurice LaMarche:''' (As Calculon) Do you think so really? | *'''Maurice LaMarche:''' (As Calculon) Do you think so really? | ||
*'''Maurice LaMarche:''' Look it's Morbo who sounds like | *'''Maurice LaMarche:''' Look it's Morbo who sounds like Lrrr or Horrible Gelatinous Blob.<br>'''David X. Cohen:''' You have a guilty conscience, because whenever Lrrr, or Morbo...<br>'''Maurice LaMarche:''' I'm going for a running joke here for the people that paid attention to all the commentaries! | ||
*'''Billy West:''' God that guy | *'''Billy West:''' God that guy should do his own movie promos. Come see it again for the eighth time. | ||
*'''Billy West:''' He came in and said this place smells like cheese. | *'''Billy West:''' He came in and said this place smells like cheese. | ||
*'''Maurice LaMarche:''' Look it's Horrible Gelatinous Blob! Who sounds nothing like like Morbo or Lrr! | *'''Maurice LaMarche:''' Look it's Horrible Gelatinous Blob! Who sounds nothing like like Morbo or Lrr! | ||
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*[[Maurice LaMarche]] | *[[Maurice LaMarche]] | ||
**Guest Actor ([[Calculon]], miscellaneous) | **Guest Actor ([[Calculon]], miscellaneous) | ||
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Topics of Discussion
- Billy West and John DiMaggio beat box for this episode's Opening Sequence instead of the traditional theme tune.
- Monique was originally just a demo robot for the series but was popular enough to be included as a character.
- Louis is one of the few writers to write in all four seasons. Others include David and Ken.
- Calculon's voice is a mixture of a large number of actors.
- The noise the Hypnotoad makes is nicknamed Angry Machine.
- The teenage robots now have new beeping zits.
- They couldn't come up with a name for Human Friend so they just called him Human Friend.
- John, Billy and Maurice have had some terrible auditions.
- Once Billy was auditioning for a radio show with a hangover and he threw up all over the recording equipment.
- They finally get to make fun of the network executives in this episode.
- A lot of computers in the show are similar to Apple's Mac computers.
- They wanted to use some more pop-ups saying things like You're watching Futurama the show that doesn't encourage the cool crime of robbery.
- Cubert was supposed to be punched by characters when he became annoying but they thought that punching a twelve year old was tight.
- They use the joke F.A.R.T a lot in this episode.
- Donbot seems to have a child as he is part of F.A.R.T.
- The show produces many toy figures.
- Whenever they see H.G. Blob, they think of the little toy figure of him.
- Calculon isn't actually nice and is extremely greedy yet everyone loves him.
Highlights / Quotes
- David X. Cohen: What was the idea for this episode Louis??
Louis Morton: I don't know.
David X. Cohen: You came in and said "what if Bender was a TV star?". - Maurice LaMarche: (As Calculon) Do you think so really?
- Maurice LaMarche: Look it's Morbo who sounds like Lrrr or Horrible Gelatinous Blob.
David X. Cohen: You have a guilty conscience, because whenever Lrrr, or Morbo...
Maurice LaMarche: I'm going for a running joke here for the people that paid attention to all the commentaries! - Billy West: God that guy should do his own movie promos. Come see it again for the eighth time.
- Billy West: He came in and said this place smells like cheese.
- Maurice LaMarche: Look it's Horrible Gelatinous Blob! Who sounds nothing like like Morbo or Lrr!
Commentators
- Matt Groening
- Executive Producer
- David X. Cohen
- Executive Producer
- Rich Moore
- Supervising Director
- Louis Morton
- Writer
- Brian Sheesley
- Director
- John DiMaggio
- Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)
- Billy West
- Actor (Fry, miscellaneous)
- Maurice LaMarche
- Guest Actor (Calculon, miscellaneous)
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