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{{commentary infobox | {{commentary infobox | ||
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|name=A Pharaoh to Remember | |name=A Pharaoh to Remember | ||
|image= [[ | |image= [[File:A Pharoh to Remember.png|225px]] | ||
|number=3ACV17 | |number=3ACV17 | ||
|season=3 | |season=3 | ||
|disc=3 | |disc=3 | ||
|parti A=Matt Groening | |||
|parti A job=Executive Producer | |||
|parti B=David X. Cohen | |||
|parti B job=Executive Producer | |||
|parti C=Rich Moore | |||
|parti C job=Supervising Director | |||
|parti D=Ron Weiner | |||
|parti D job=Writer | |||
|parti E=John DiMaggio | |||
|parti E job=Acting as [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] | |||
|parti F=Billy West | |||
|parti F job=Acting as [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
===Topics of Discussion=== | |||
=== Topics of Discussion === | |||
*Intending to be serious this time. | *Intending to be serious this time. | ||
*A lot | *A lot of thought was put into the colour of [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]'s speedos to make them sexier. | ||
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and Bender supply commentary for this episode instead of [[Billy West|Billy]] and [[John DiMaggio|John]], though John doesn't do this consistently. | *[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and Bender supply commentary for this episode instead of [[Billy West|Billy]] and [[John DiMaggio|John]], though John doesn't do this consistently. | ||
**Fry thinks his acting sucks. | **Fry thinks his acting sucks. | ||
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*The first idea for the episode was the fake funeral. | *The first idea for the episode was the fake funeral. | ||
**Funerals have seemingly replaced courtroom scenes in ''[[Futurama]]'' as the serious moment with formal procedure. | **Funerals have seemingly replaced courtroom scenes in ''[[Futurama]]'' as the serious moment with formal procedure. | ||
*Chemical composition of Bender. | *[[Bender_Bending_Rodriguez#Composition|Chemical composition]] of Bender. | ||
*High quality of music from [[Christopher Tyng]]. | *High quality of music from [[Christopher Tyng]]. | ||
*The hieroglyphics used are not translatable into readable language. | *The hieroglyphics used are not translatable into readable language. | ||
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**This version keeps the people alive, or at least most of them. | **This version keeps the people alive, or at least most of them. | ||
===Highlights / Quotes=== | === Highlights / Quotes === | ||
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<poem>'''Fry''': I can't watch this. It's unwatchable. I'm so embarrassed of my acting in this. I suck! I shouldn't be on TV this is crazy.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Matt''': We don't need writers, just animate this.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': They cut the bee sting scene out.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''David X. Cohen''': Hey Fry, what do you think of Billy West? | |||
'''Fry''': What do I think of him? I don't know him. | |||
'''David X. Cohen''': He knows you.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': I'm sitting here naked with a tin foil hat.</poem> | |||
}} | |||
===Goofs=== | === Goofs === | ||
*Bender is able to lift massive weights but the ending of [[Bendless Love|one episode]] showed that he couldn't lift, only bend. Bender's explanation is that "Bender is great". | *Bender is able to lift massive weights but the ending of [[Bendless Love|one episode]] showed that he couldn't lift, only bend. Bender's explanation is that "Bender is great". | ||
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| Production number | 3ACV17 | ||
| On DVD | Season 3 Disc 3 | ||
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Topics of Discussion
- Intending to be serious this time.
- A lot of thought was put into the colour of Bender's speedos to make them sexier.
- Fry and Bender supply commentary for this episode instead of Billy and John, though John doesn't do this consistently.
- Fry thinks his acting sucks.
- Ron Weiner tends to have dancing in all his episodes.
- The first idea for the episode was the fake funeral.
- Funerals have seemingly replaced courtroom scenes in Futurama as the serious moment with formal procedure.
- Chemical composition of Bender.
- High quality of music from Christopher Tyng.
- The hieroglyphics used are not translatable into readable language.
- The discussion at the weight loss booth was improvised by Billy and John
- A scene with Fry running from a block sliding down the pyramid was removed.
- Follows Stark Trek tradition of having another planet exactly like an ancient time on Earth.
- Good to focus on a character's need to be remembered, this emotion is rare on TV.
- Bender was possibly too mean.
- The animators usually try to put the women in skimpier outfits than the slave clothes.
- The original version of the explosion burned the entire planet.
- This version keeps the people alive, or at least most of them.
Highlights / Quotes
Fry: I can't watch this. It's unwatchable. I'm so embarrassed of my acting in this. I suck! I shouldn't be on TV this is crazy.
Matt: We don't need writers, just animate this.
Farnsworth: They cut the bee sting scene out.
David X. Cohen: Hey Fry, what do you think of Billy West?
Fry: What do I think of him? I don't know him.
David X. Cohen: He knows you.
Farnsworth: I'm sitting here naked with a tin foil hat.
Goofs
- Bender is able to lift massive weights but the ending of one episode showed that he couldn't lift, only bend. Bender's explanation is that "Bender is great".
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