Difference between revisions of "Commentary:The Day the Earth Stood Stupid"

	Commentary for
The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
Production number	3ACV07
Recorded date	13 August, 2002
On DVD	Season 1; Disc 2
Additional
	Transcript
	Transcript
Participants
	Matt GroeningCreatorDavid X. CohenExecutive producerRich MooreSupervising directorJeff WestbrookWriterBrian SheesleyGuest directorJohn DiMaggioActor (Bender, misc.)Billy WestActor (Fry, Zoidberg, misc.)Tress MacNeilleActress (Linda, misc.)

Latest revision as of 03:12, 5 May 2010

Topics of Discussion

Twennis 12 has a brilliant explosion.
How Tress likes ham.
The character of the Hypnotoad.
- The Hypnotoad is everyone's favourite character.
- The Hypnotoad is voiced by 'the Angry Machine'.
How the animators drew the invisible dog.
Dave Spiegel and Fluffers appear in both episodes written by Patric M. Verrone.
The episode has great music.
In high school David drew a cartoon about flying stomachs which was the idea for the Flying Brains.
Frank Welker's voice
- How he voices most animals on the show.
- He voices Nibbler's animal and speaking voice.
This is the first time AL1 and AL2 appear in the same shot.
They discuss AL2.
- Jeff actually came up with the idea of AL" and designed it.
It is hard to animate tattoos on cartoon characters.
If Hertfordshire actually is where Pride and Prejudice is set.
There are many gruesome shots in the show.

Highlights / Quotes

Tress MacNeille: That is awesome.
John DiMaggio: Ha no pooping.
David X. Cohen: Tress I know what I'm getting you for Christmas.
Tress MacNeille: What?
David X. Cohen: A ham.
Tress MacNeille: I can put my legs behind my head.
Jeff Westbrook: Yummy Tummy.
Billy West: If you say Libary instead of Library then you're a Jerk.

Other Commentary Reference

They mention that the Hypnotoad is voiced by 'the Angry Machine' in Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television (commentary)

Futurama episode/film commentaries

1ACV
(Season 1)

"Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots" (Animatic commentary) • "A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory"

2ACV
(Season 2)

"I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "A Clone of My Own" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "Mother's Day" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Anthology of Interest I" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Honking" • "The Cryonic Woman"

3ACV
(Season 3)

"Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Parasites Lost" • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "The Route of All Evil" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Roswell that Ends Well" (Directors commentary) • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "The 30% Iron Chef"

4ACV
(Season 4)

"Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Love and Rocket" • "Less than Hero" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "Jurassic Bark" (Writers commentary) • "Crimes of the Hot" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" • "The Sting" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"

5ACV
(Season 5)

6ACV
(Season 6)

"Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Möbius Dick" • "Law and Oracle" • "Benderama" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Neutopia" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"

7ACV
(Season 7)

"The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" (Animators commentary) • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama" • "Forty Percent Leadbelly" • "2-D Blacktop" • "T.: The Terrestrial" • "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" • "The Inhuman Torch" • "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" • "Calculon 2.0" • "Assie Come Home" • "Leela and the Genestalk" • "Game of Tones" (Animators commentary) • "Murder on the Planet Express" • "Stench and Stenchibility" • "Meanwhile"

8ACV
(Season 8)

"The Impossible Stream" • "Children of a Lesser Bog" • "How the West Was 1010001" • "Parasites Regained" • "Related to Items You've Viewed" • "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" • "Rage Against the Vaccine" • "Zapp Gets Cancelled" • "The Prince and the Product" • "All the Way Down"

S01E
(Broadcast season 1)

"Space Pilot 3000" • "The Series Has Landed" • "I, Roommate" • "Love's Labours Lost in Space" • "Fear of a Bot Planet" • "A Fishful of Dollars" • "My Three Suns" • "A Big Piece of Garbage" • "Hell Is Other Robots" (Animatic commentary)

S02E
(Broadcast season 2)

"A Flight to Remember" • "Mars University" • "When Aliens Attack" • "Fry and the Slurm Factory" • "I Second that Emotion" • "Brannigan, Begin Again" • "A Head in the Polls" • "Xmas Story" • "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" • "Put Your Head on My Shoulders" • "The Lesser of Two Evils" • "Raging Bender" • "A Bicyclops Built for Two" • "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back" • "A Clone of My Own" • "The Deep South" • "Bender Gets Made" • "The Problem with Popplers" • "Mother's Day" • "Anthology of Interest I"

S03E
(Broadcast season 3)

"The Honking" • "War Is the H-Word" • "The Cryonic Woman" • "Parasites Lost" • "Amazon Women in the Mood" • "Bendless Love" • "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" • "That's Lobstertainment!" • "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" • "The Luck of the Fryrish" • "The Cyber House Rules" • "Insane in the Mainframe" • "Bendin' in the Wind" • "Time Keeps on Slippin'" • "I Dated a Robot"

S04E
(Broadcast season 4)

"Roswell that Ends Well" (Directors commentary) • "A Tale of Two Santas" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Love and Rocket" • "Leela's Homeworld" • "Where the Buggalo Roam" • "A Pharaoh to Remember" • "Godfellas" • "Future Stock" • "A Leela of Her Own" • "The 30% Iron Chef" • "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"

S05E
(Broadcast season 5)

"Crimes of the Hot" • "Jurassic Bark" (Writers commentary) • "The Route of All Evil" • "A Taste of Freedom" • "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" • "Less than Hero" • "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" • "The Why of Fry" • "The Sting" • "The Farnsworth Parabox" • "Three Hundred Big Boys" • "Spanish Fry" • "Bend Her" • "Obsoletely Fabulous" • "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" • "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings"

S06E
(Broadcast season 6)

"Bender's Big Score Part 1" • "Bender's Big Score Part 2" • "Bender's Big Score Part 3" • "Bender's Big Score Part 4" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 1" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 2" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 3" • "The Beast with a Billion Backs Part 4" • "Bender's Game Part 1" • "Bender's Game Part 2" • "Bender's Game Part 3" • "Bender's Game Part 4" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 1" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 2" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 3" • "Into the Wild Green Yonder Part 4"

S07E
(Broadcast season 7)

"Rebirth" • "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" • "Attack of the Killer App" • "Proposition Infinity" • "The Duh-Vinci Code" • "Lethal Inspection" • "The Late Philip J. Fry" • "That Darn Katz!" • "A Clockwork Origin" • "The Prisoner of Benda" • "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" • "The Mutants Are Revolting" • "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular"

S08E
(Broadcast season 8)

"Neutopia" • "Benderama" • "Ghost in the Machines" • "Law and Oracle" • "The Silence of the Clamps" • "Yo Leela Leela" • "All the Presidents' Heads" • "Möbius Dick" • "Fry Am the Egg Man" • "The Tip of the Zoidberg" • "Cold Warriors" • "Overclockwise" • "Reincarnation"

S09E
(Broadcast season 9)

"The Bots and the Bees" • "A Farewell to Arms" (Animators commentary) • "Decision 3012" • "The Thief of Baghead" • "Zapp Dingbat" • "The Butterjunk Effect" • "The Six Million Dollar Mon" • "Fun on a Bun" • "Free Will Hunting" • "Near-Death Wish" • "31st Century Fox" • "Viva Mars Vegas" • "Naturama"

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+*[[List of Planets#Twennis 12|Twennis 12]] has a brilliant explosion.
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+*How Tress likes ham.
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+*The character of the [[Hypnotoad]].
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+**The Hypnotoad is everyone's favourite character.
-*Attempted to insert secrets into the episode to set up the future episodes and plan to point them out in the commentary.
+**The Hypnotoad is voiced by 'the Angry Machine'.
-**Secrets included the Nibbler shadow, at several other points the group randomly said "Secret!" despite nothing important being on screen.
+*How the animators drew the invisible dog.
-*Simultanious countdown is a stretch.
+*[[Dave Spiegel and Fluffers]] appear in both episodes written by [[Patric M. Verrone]].
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+*The episode has great music.
+*In high school [[David X. Cohen|David]] drew a cartoon about flying stomachs which was the idea for the [[Brain Spawn|Flying Brains]].
+*[[Frank Welker]]'s voice
+**How he voices most animals on the show.
+**He voices [[Nibbler]]'s animal and speaking voice.
+*This is the first time [[Alien Languages|AL1]] and [[Alien Languages|AL2]] appear in the same shot.
+*They discuss [[Alien Languages|AL2]].
+**Jeff actually came up with the idea of AL" and designed it.
+*It is hard to animate tattoos on cartoon characters.
+*If Hertfordshire actually is where Pride and Prejudice is set.
+*There are many gruesome shots in the show.
-===Highlights / Quotes===
+=== Highlights / Quotes ===
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+*'''Tress MacNeille:''' That is awesome.
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+*'''John DiMaggio:''' Ha no pooping.
-*'''David X. Cohen''': That's my parent's home address "405". It's a different street, but that's where the number came from.<br/>[laughter]<br/>'''Matt Groening''': Wow! Everything is of significance.
+*'''David X. Cohen:''' Tress I know what I'm getting you for Christmas.<br>'''Tress MacNeille:''' What?<br>'''David X. Cohen:''' A ham.
-*'''Unknown''': I think this is the first time we see Leela.
+*'''Tress MacNeille:''' I can put my legs behind my head.
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+*'''Jeff Westbrook:''' Yummy Tummy.
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