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Topics of Discussion
- What the opening cartoon is.
- Explanation of production season versus broadcast season.
- There were a few episodes from the first production season left over and ended up being aired in the second broadcast season.
- Origin of Bender's line "You killed my father and now you've come back for me!"
- The start of Bender's rivalry with the can opener.
- The veterinarian's name and it's origin.
- The writers all visit the same doctor often because they catch each others colds.
- Bender is a fan of the Harlem Globetrotters.
- Constant hints to buy Season 3 on DVD.
- What occupies Bender's chest cavity.
- When SpellCheck was invented.
- The show won the Black Lung Award for glorifying smoking (ironically, none of the characters with lungs smoke).
- Matt describing the first time he smoked a cigar.
- At this point in the series, Zoidberg was not poor yet, only lonely and a bad doctor.
- The genesis of the episode was Bender feeling somebody else's feelings.
- The models of the characters are more consistent than they were in the first season.
- The PJs reference on the sewer cover and how The PJs reciprocated.
- Matt establishes that The PJs and Futurama are in the same universe.
- Matt tells a story about a problem he had with a "Let's Go Paris" guide book.
- The first view of the mutants was very complicated because the cell count was much higher than any of the first season episodes.
- Explaining how the sewer systems, Old New York and mutant society share the space under New New York
- The producers wanted secrets to be hidden early on in the series which would be revealed much later on.
- Everybody starts "dinging" when the first major secret is on screen.
- What the name El Chupanibre is referencing.
- Leela's ripped shirt used to be shown a little too closely.
- John replicates Bender's shriek.
- Bender's arms have a mind of their own, explaining how he put his own arms on in the pilot.
- Patric is astounded that a guitar and five strings made their way down the toilet.
- David explains "If Bender can get down a toilet, a guitar can get down a toilet."
- Patric is confused about what the title of the episode is referencing.
Highlights / Quotes
- John DiMaggio: Since you have two titles I'm going to say I do more voices than Bender as well.
David X. Cohen: Well I do like six other things.
- [Establishing shot of Planet Express] David X. Cohen: 3-D.
[Leela is looking at a photo of Nibbler and herself] Patric M. Verrone: 2-D.
Rich Moore: 1-D.
- Matt Groening: [El Chupanibre] is a kind of burrito, I believe. Oh, I'm thinking of Chimichanga, yeah.
- [Just before the audio track ends] Patric M. Verrone: And that's all, folks.