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{{commentary infobox | {{commentary infobox | ||
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|name= Xmas Story | |name= Xmas Story | ||
|image= [[ | |image= [[File:Xmas Story.jpg|225px]] | ||
|number= 2ACV04 | |number= 2ACV04 | ||
|season= 2 | |season= 2 | ||
|disc= 1 | |disc= 1 | ||
|recorded= 2001 | |recorded= 2001 | ||
|parti A=Matt Groening | |||
|parti A job=Executive producer | |||
|parti B=David X. Cohen | |||
|parti B job=Writer, executive producer | |||
|parti C=Rich Moore | |||
|parti C job=Supervising director | |||
|parti D=Peter Avanzino | |||
|parti D job=Director | |||
|parti E=Paul D. Calder | |||
|parti E job=Editor | |||
|parti F=Bill Odenkirk | |||
|parti F job=Producer | |||
|parti G=John DiMaggio | |||
|parti G job=Actor ([[Bender]], etc.) | |||
}} | }} | ||
===Topics of Discussion=== | |||
=== Topics of Discussion === | |||
*When [[Conan O'Brien]] left ''[[The Simpsons]]'', [[David X. Cohen|David]] immediately took his desk and started working there. O'Brien left a note for whoever would take the office informing them among other things that the window was sticky, where the garbage was and which corner of the office to urinate in. | *When [[Conan O'Brien]] left ''[[The Simpsons]]'', [[David X. Cohen|David]] immediately took his desk and started working there. O'Brien left a note for whoever would take the office informing them among other things that the window was sticky, where the garbage was and which corner of the office to urinate in. | ||
**Animation of [[head Jars|heads in jars]] is harder if, like O'Brien, they stick out of the jar slightly. | **Animation of [[head Jars|heads in jars]] is harder if, like O'Brien, they stick out of the jar slightly. | ||
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*It is incredibly difficult to storyboard movement of characters and the camera in a round room. | *It is incredibly difficult to storyboard movement of characters and the camera in a round room. | ||
*Humans have designed and built robots that serve no purpose or endanger them, such as homeless robots, [[Santa]] and the [[Robot Mafia]]. | *Humans have designed and built robots that serve no purpose or endanger them, such as homeless robots, [[Santa]] and the [[Robot Mafia]]. | ||
**However this can be explained by the robots building themselves | **However this can be explained by the robots building themselves. | ||
*The [[Store Clerk]] was last seen in [[A Fishful of Dollars]]. | *The [[Store Clerk]] was last seen in "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]". | ||
*Bongo from ''Life in Hell'' appears | *Bongo from ''Life in Hell'' appears | ||
*[[Frank Welker]] is the parrot, it took a lot of work to make it more and more annoying as the episode progressed. | *[[Frank Welker]] is the parrot, it took a lot of work to make it more and more annoying as the episode progressed. | ||
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**The show was never intended to be aired at 7pm. | **The show was never intended to be aired at 7pm. | ||
**The the clock at the end is set to be the time at which the episode was to air. | **The the clock at the end is set to be the time at which the episode was to air. | ||
* | *The "trash pickup" line was re-written about 10 times. | ||
===Highlights / Quotes=== | === Highlights / Quotes === | ||
*'''Matt Groening''': I'm Matt Groening. I hung around a little bit. | *'''Matt Groening''': I'm Matt Groening. I hung around a little bit. | ||
*'''Bill Odenkirk''': It's only marginally more difficult to get a live head to live in a jar, than to animate it. | *'''Bill Odenkirk''': It's only marginally more difficult to get a live head to live in a jar, than to animate it. | ||
*'''Unknown''': I always love doing Bender dancing, it always comes with a really good song. | *'''Unknown''': I always love doing Bender dancing, it always comes with a really good song. | ||
===Goofs=== | === Goofs === | ||
*Cohen mistakes "A Fishful of Dollars" for episode 104, whereas it was actually 106 | *Cohen mistakes "A Fishful of Dollars" for episode 104, whereas it was actually 106 | ||
*The time on the tower clock sometimes first has six digits, then viewed up close five digits and in the credits it has six digits again. | |||
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Production number | 2ACV04 | ||
Recorded date | 2001 | ||
On DVD | Season 2 Disc 1 | ||
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Topics of Discussion
- When Conan O'Brien left The Simpsons, David immediately took his desk and started working there. O'Brien left a note for whoever would take the office informing them among other things that the window was sticky, where the garbage was and which corner of the office to urinate in.
- Animation of heads in jars is harder if, like O'Brien, they stick out of the jar slightly.
- Matt says that Bender falling off the cliff and through the ice is one of the best moments in Futurama.
- The skating kids are a homage to Peanuts, and are all dead now.
- The snow and rain in Futurama, according to Cohen, is better than any other show, including live action shows.
- The medal Farnsworth won is a bronze. It was decided that a gold would be too far fetched.
- A commentator's mother, a teacher, only ever commented on one thing in the series the use of "aks"
- In early production they considered regular use of updated words such as "aks" and "li-bary".
- The scenes around the Xmas tree were written to be in the lounge, but they decided it would work better in the bigger room in which the Smell-o-scope is kept.
- Unlike The Simpsons, female characters are used for slapstick comedy.
- This episode's plot was one of the earliest developed, with the gist of it worked out before the pilot's
- It is incredibly difficult to storyboard movement of characters and the camera in a round room.
- Humans have designed and built robots that serve no purpose or endanger them, such as homeless robots, Santa and the Robot Mafia.
- However this can be explained by the robots building themselves.
- The Store Clerk was last seen in "A Fishful of Dollars".
- Bongo from Life in Hell appears
- Frank Welker is the parrot, it took a lot of work to make it more and more annoying as the episode progressed.
- Hermes' chair was designed so that his butt would hang out of it.
- Clock tower is based on the film Safety Last, The New Yorker then stole the joke from them.
- Voice of Santa was John Goodman here but later became John DiMaggio
- Episode was controversial, and the network forbid them from airing the subsequent Xmas episode at 7pm.
- The show was never intended to be aired at 7pm.
- The the clock at the end is set to be the time at which the episode was to air.
- The "trash pickup" line was re-written about 10 times.
Highlights / Quotes
- Matt Groening: I'm Matt Groening. I hung around a little bit.
- Bill Odenkirk: It's only marginally more difficult to get a live head to live in a jar, than to animate it.
- Unknown: I always love doing Bender dancing, it always comes with a really good song.
Goofs
- Cohen mistakes "A Fishful of Dollars" for episode 104, whereas it was actually 106
- The time on the tower clock sometimes first has six digits, then viewed up close five digits and in the credits it has six digits again.
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