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|name=Fear of a Bot Planet
|image=[[Image:Fear of a Bot Planet.jpg|225px]]
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|next ep=A Fishful of Dollars
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|prev ep=Love's Labours Lost in Space
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|parti A=Matt Groening
|parti A job=Creator
|parti B=David X. Cohen
|parti B job=Executive producer
|parti C=Rich Moore
|parti C job=Supervising director
|parti D=Gregg Vanzo
|parti D job=Supervising director
|parti E=John DiMaggio
|parti E job=Actor ([[Bender]], etc.)
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===Topics of Discussion===
 
=== Topics of Discussion ===
*How Blernsball name came  from a made up 8th day called Blernsday
*How Blernsball name came  from a made up 8th day called Blernsday
*Other suggested names for the show included ''Doomsville'' an ''Aloha [[Mars]]''
*Other suggested names for the show included ''Doomsville'' and ''Aloha [[Mars]]''
*Some of [[Blernsball]] is actually pinball, some baseball and the rest is anything
*Some of [[Blernsball]] is actually pinball, some baseball and the rest is anything
*Rules have started to be written for [[Blernsball]] as it appears in future episodes
*Rules have started to be written for [[Blernsball]] as it appears in future episodes
*Chapek 9 was named after the man who invented the word robot
*Chapek 9 was named after the man who invented the word robot
*About the inspiration for [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]'s disguses
*About the inspiration for [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]'s disguises
*Reference that the [[Robot]]'s scream is like the one from Bodysnatchers 2
*Reference that the [[Robot]]'s scream is like the one from Bodysnatchers 2
*How the computer is of apple make
*How the computer is of {{w|Apple Inc.|Apple}} make
*The word silence constantly being repeated
*The word silence constantly being repeated


===Highlights / Quotes===
=== Highlights / Quotes ===
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<poem>'''Matt Groening''': Well I didn't think that was going to work, but anyway hi this is Matt Groening.</poem>
<poem>'''Matt Groening''': Well I didn't think that was going to work, but anyway hi this is Matt Groening.</poem>
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<poem>'''David X. Cohen''': That cleaning robot originally appeared in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", but was taken out as it was too long.</poem>
<poem>'''David X. Cohen''': That cleaning robot originally appeared in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", but was taken out as it was too long.</poem>
<poem>'''Unknown''': He's doing the robot.</poem>
<poem>'''Unknown''': He's doing the robot.</poem>
<poem>'''David X. Cohen''': Tetris anyone??</poem>
<poem>'''David X. Cohen''': [[Tetris]] anyone??</poem>
<poem>'''David X. Cohen''': We ought to get money for advertising apple!</poem>
<poem>'''David X. Cohen''': We ought to get money for advertising Apple!</poem>
<poem>'''Rich Moore''': [over the closing credits] It's sad to think that most of these people are dead now.</poem>
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==Commentators==
*[[Matt Groening]]
**Creator
*[[David X. Cohen]]
**Executive Producer
*[[Rich Moore]]
**Supervising Director
*[[Gregg Vanzo]]
**Supervising Director
*[[John DiMaggio]]
**Actor ([[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]], miscellaneous)
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[[Category:Commentaries]]
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Revision as of 11:05, 5 November 2013

Commentary for
Fear of a Bot Planet
Fear of a Bot Planet.jpg
Production number1ACV05
On DVDSeason 1
Disc 2
Additional
Transcript
Participants
Matt Groening
Creator
David X. Cohen
Executive producer
Rich Moore
Supervising director
Gregg Vanzo
Supervising director
John DiMaggio
Actor (Bender, etc.)

Topics of Discussion

  • How Blernsball name came from a made up 8th day called Blernsday
  • Other suggested names for the show included Doomsville and Aloha Mars
  • Some of Blernsball is actually pinball, some baseball and the rest is anything
  • Rules have started to be written for Blernsball as it appears in future episodes
  • Chapek 9 was named after the man who invented the word robot
  • About the inspiration for Fry and Leela's disguises
  • Reference that the Robot's scream is like the one from Bodysnatchers 2
  • How the computer is of Apple make
  • The word silence constantly being repeated

Highlights / Quotes

    Matt Groening: Well I didn't think that was going to work, but anyway hi this is Matt Groening.

    David X. Cohen: Who does these little cartoons??
    Unknown: Actually you guys send them to us.

    David X. Cohen: That cleaning robot originally appeared in "Space Pilot 3000", but was taken out as it was too long.

    Unknown: He's doing the robot.

    David X. Cohen: Tetris anyone??

    David X. Cohen: We ought to get money for advertising Apple!

    Rich Moore: [over the closing credits] It's sad to think that most of these people are dead now.