Commentary:I, Roommate

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Commentary for
I, Roommate
Production number	1ACV03
On DVD	Season 1 Disc 1
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Topics of Discussion

• Fox didn't understand the show, the suicide booths or Dr. Zoidberg.
• Where Billy got the voices for his characters.
• How hard it was to animate the martini glasses that Bender has.
• How hard it was to animate the conveyor belts in that same scene.
• Some of the animation wasn't up to scratch.
• How they make fun of New Jersey and how they were the first to bash it.
• How brilliant Hattie is.
• How the episode resembles the odd couple.
• One of the designers was upset the nice chair was to be destroyed.
• Frames were cut from Amy's fall to make it quicker and more violent.
• Talk about LoBrau beer existing from the 20th Century to the 31st Century when most products went out of business
• The digital technologies used in the show and how it differs from traditional, hand coloured cells.
• Explanation on how and why Bender's neck is bent.
• Matt Groening wonders if anybody understands that owls are the new animal pests.
• New doors in Fry's room (Bender's closet) "come and go."
• Billy talks about how the closing credits are always squished into a 1" x 1" section on the screen.

Highlights / Quotes

• Matt Groening: This show got off to a rough start Fox thought it was too out of space so this brought it back to Earth.
• Unknown: This is when we first see Calculon, a moment in television history.
• David X. Cohen: I'm not gonna go into the full answer of this question, but the nerdiest, computeriest viewers out there might want to look up Bender's apartment number in the ASCII chart.
• David X. Cohen: The New Jersey bashing begins, resuming in episode 9, probably a few other ones here and there. Episode 8 also.
• Matt Groening: Can I admit something? I have never seen the Odd Couple. I really, I haven't.
  David X. Cohen: Oh really, you haven't? Well then we also made up that cigar joke that you're seeing.

Commentators

• Matt Groening
  • Creator / Executive Producer
• David X. Cohen
  • Executive Producer
• Rich Moore
  • Supervising Director
• Gregg Vanzo
  • Supervising Director
• Eric Horsted
  • Writer
• Bret Haaland
  • Director
• Billy West
  • Actor (Fry, Dr. Zoidberg, miscellaneous)

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