Commentary:Bendless Love

Commentary for
Bendless Love
Production number	3ACV06
On DVD	Season 3 Disc 1
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Transcript
Participants
Matt Groening Creator David X. Cohen Executive producer Eric Horsted Co-executive producer, writer Swinton O. Scott III Director John DiMaggio Actor (Bender, misc.) Billy West Actor (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, misc.)

Topics of Discussion

• The 'O' in Swinton O. Scott III is O'Neill.
• This episode is an attempt to remember Bender's roots.
• Sound effects.
• Security camera behaves like a real one, unlike in other shows where they move on their own.
• Bender's age decided in this episode.
• John does a lot of voices in this episode.
  • He won an Annie for this episode; Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production, 2001.
• Eric wrote both Flexo episodes.
• Swinton's first episode.
• Design of Angle-ine.
• Benefits of a montage.
• Fry has a bonsai tree shaped like the Planet Express ship.
• The producers wanted 'Clamp clamp ka-bamp!' to become a cereal name.
• Bender overcompensates when impersonating Flexo, despite them sounding identical.
• Magnets don't affect Bender if used on the chin.
• Robots dancing and losing parts was an idea that was developed early in development.
• It took two days writing to decide why Bender didn't just lift the unbendable girder.

Highlights / Quotes

• David X. Cohen: This episode really is a John DiMaggio festival.
  John: Was this the. Wait, this is the one where that I uh...
  David: Your throat exploded?