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|name= Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles | |name= Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles | ||
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===Topics of Discussion=== | ===Topics of Discussion=== | ||
*[[Matt Groening|Matt]] leaves during the introduction to make a phone call and doesn't return. | |||
*The initial idea for the episode was to have [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] live with her [[Turanga Morris and Munda|parents]]. | |||
* | *Only a few of the vehicles needed to be created from scratch | ||
** | *The space station blown up is ''Deep Space Nine'', from the ''Star Trek'' series of the same name. | ||
* | **Leela's book's cover features a alien based on the Gornfrom ''Star Trek'' | ||
*The 2000 election recounts. | |||
*Cut scenes included [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]] selecting soft foods at the salad bar. | |||
*This commentary was recorded a little over a week after the episode premiered. | |||
*Popularity of botulism injections and use as an actual medical treatment. | |||
*Actors needed to adjust their voices for the character variations, the commentators are especially impressed by those of [[Billy West]], due to the sheer number of variations required of him. | |||
*Designing younger versions of characters. | |||
**[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and Leela already had some young versions in earlier episodes. | |||
**[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]'s progression through various species. | |||
**[[Bender]]'s early forms include the antennae ears that were in the early concept art. | |||
*Race inspired by ''Star Wars''' pod racers. | |||
*The (mostly) scientific origins of the oil eating bacteria. | |||
*[[David X. Cohen]] once lost an auction of trilobite fossils to Nicholas Cage. | |||
*[[Pazuzu]] is named for the Assyro-Babylonian god [[Wikipedia:Pazuzu|Pazuzu]], king of the demons of the wind. Although they actually got the name from ''The Exorcist''. | |||
*[[Maurice LaMarche]] is credited despite not acting, Brian Cowan, a producer who happened to be there, confirmed that Maurice won't be paid for the episode. | |||
===Highlights / Quotes=== | ===Highlights / Quotes=== | ||
*'''Jeff Westbrook''': We always like to get the Professor naked, it's one of our favourite visuals.<br/>'''Bret Haaland''': Maybe one of yours. | |||
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**Director | |||
*[[John DiMaggio]] | *[[John DiMaggio]] | ||
**Actor ([[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]], miscellaneous) | **Actor ([[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]], miscellaneous) | ||
*[[Maurice LaMarche]] | |||
**Actor (Not in episode) | |||
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Production number | 4ACV09 | ||
On DVD | Season 4 Disc 2 | ||
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Topics of Discussion
- Matt leaves during the introduction to make a phone call and doesn't return.
- The initial idea for the episode was to have Leela live with her parents.
- Only a few of the vehicles needed to be created from scratch
- The space station blown up is Deep Space Nine, from the Star Trek series of the same name.
- Leela's book's cover features a alien based on the Gornfrom Star Trek
- The 2000 election recounts.
- Cut scenes included Farnsworth selecting soft foods at the salad bar.
- This commentary was recorded a little over a week after the episode premiered.
- Popularity of botulism injections and use as an actual medical treatment.
- Actors needed to adjust their voices for the character variations, the commentators are especially impressed by those of Billy West, due to the sheer number of variations required of him.
- Designing younger versions of characters.
- Race inspired by Star Wars' pod racers.
- The (mostly) scientific origins of the oil eating bacteria.
- David X. Cohen once lost an auction of trilobite fossils to Nicholas Cage.
- Pazuzu is named for the Assyro-Babylonian god Pazuzu, king of the demons of the wind. Although they actually got the name from The Exorcist.
- Maurice LaMarche is credited despite not acting, Brian Cowan, a producer who happened to be there, confirmed that Maurice won't be paid for the episode.
Highlights / Quotes
- Jeff Westbrook: We always like to get the Professor naked, it's one of our favourite visuals.
Bret Haaland: Maybe one of yours.
Commentators
- Matt Groening
- Executive Producer
- David X. Cohen
- Writer
- Executive Producer
- Rich Moore
- Supervising Director
- Jeff Westbrook
- Writer
- Bret Haaland
- Director
- John DiMaggio
- Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)
- Maurice LaMarche
- Actor (Not in episode)
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