Commentary:Hell Is Other Robots
Production Number: 1ACV09
DVD: Season 1, Disc 2 & Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection
Commentary
Topics of Discussion
- Only two of the Beastie Boys could record their voices
- Who came up with the idea for jacking on
- The superb animation when Bender is on drugs
- They knew they couldn't get away with a character taking drugs unless it was a robot
- That Hermes is so mean to Dr. Zoidberg
- The Coalsack nebula that's mentioned is a real nebula; it was originally going to be the Van Allen Belt but they didn't know how to animate it
- The scene when Bender is electrocuted was originally meant to be on the Empire State
- How cool Fry's afro is
- There were complaints about the Church of Robotology
- Bender's pupils were meant to be larger when he became religious
- They mention Lucy Lui appearing in a future episode
- A religious person on the crew refused to work on this episode
- Also they discuss why Bender wears a towel when he is always naked anyway
- The first musical number appears in this episode
- There was another verse to the Hell Song
- It was hard to animate the robot devil's face
- The Devil has very girly screams for such an evil person
Highlights / Quotes
- David X. Cohen: I'm a huge Beastie Boys fan so this was exciting for me
- John DiMaggio: Bender talking to Fender, me talking to me
- John DiMaggio: No throat rubbing there
- David X. Cohen: John DiMaggio and I both from New Jersey
- David X. Cohen: There was another verse to this, Eric do you know what was cut
Eric Kaplan: Seduction by a Nun Machine I think
Commentators
- Matt Groening
- Creator
- David X. Cohen
- Executive Producer
- Rich Moore
- Supervising Director
- Eric Kaplan
- Writer
- Gregg Vanzo
- Supervising Director
- John DiMaggio
- Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)
Second Commentary
- A second commentary is available with the animatic on the Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection.