moved to generalThere was a recent effort by "Ostab Bender" in the futurama newsgroup to revive the capsule writing biz.
As the responds in the group were scarce, I proposed to have a go here. Please try to add where you can and please stay on topic in this thread. Make clear which section you are
adding to, thanks. Here we go:
Bendin' In The Wind Written by Eric Horsted
Directed by Ron Hughart
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Production code: 3ACV13 Original Airdate on FOX: 4/22/2001
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TV Guide synopsis:
Beck (as himself) invites an injured Bender to go on tour with him,
while the gang follows in an old VW bus salvaged by Fry.
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> Title sequence
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Opening theme promotion:
FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS CHANGING THE CHANNEL
Opening theme cartoon:
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> Did You Notice...
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Joe Klemm
The sea serpant body in the waters by NNYC at the beginning?
Utah's name in 3000 is made up of the alien language?
Magnets cost $32 at Fisherman's Worf?
Jym Dyer
... that Fry swiped the headband from the hippie skeleton?
... that Leela wears a camisole? (I had her figured for the
sports bra type.)
... that Fry's microbus went down Lombard Street, just like
the "Lisa Log" did in _The_Simpsons_ this season.
... that they forgot to have rollerskating nuns, Critical Mass
bikers, antique trolleys and cable cars, and other things
that might make you realize it's San Francisco? (The "I
<Heart> Men" button was a nice touch, though.)
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> Voice Credits
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- Starring
- Billy West (Fry, Dr. Zoidberg, Prof. Farnsworth)
- Katey Sagal (Leela)
- John DiMaggio (Bender)
- Tress MacNeille
Guest Starring
- Phil Lamarr (Hermes Conrad)
- David Herman
- Lauren Tom (Amy Wong)
- Special Appearance by
- Beck (himself)
- Also Starring
- Maurice LaMarche
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> Movie (and other) references
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+ Blowin' In the Wind
- Episode Title {JK}
+ Olean Potato Chips
- Bender crapping bricks after eating fat free potato chips. {JK}
+ Moby Dick
- Mobil Dick (with the great while whale with wings spoofing Mobil's
Pagasus) {JK}
+ Patch Adams
- Patch Cord Adams {JK}
+ Deadheads
- Planet Express crew travelling around town to see Bender in
concert. {JK}
+ Battlestar Galactica
- Cylon and Garfunkle {JK}
+ Simon and Garfunkle
- Cylon and Garfunkle
+ Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Fisherman's Worf {JK}
+ "Bullitt" (Movie)
- During the car chase I kept an eye out for the green Volkswagen and
darned if it wasn't there. Here's the link to IMDB.
http://us.imdb.com/Goofs?0062765 {T}
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> Previous episode references
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- Bender's dream to be a folk singer
- [1ACV02]
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> Freeze frame fun
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Titles on the map:
New New York
Sylvania
Penn Republic
Washington A.C.
West Virginia
East West Virginia
eHIO
'Ucky
XORegon
Muontana
User ID: aho
Wy(omega)ing
24-Bit Colorado
Nukevada (with skull and bones next to it)
HighCal
LoCal
At BEND-AID
The poster "GIVE PIECES A CHANCE" and "BROKEN ROBOTS NEED A HAND, NOT A
HANDOUT" with a human hand passing a ripped off robot hand to a robot.
Becktionary cover
WEBSTER's
NEW ABRIDGED
BECTIONARY
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to
WHISKEYLONE
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> Animation, continuity, and other goofs
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> Reviews
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> Comments and other observations
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Joe Klemm
Jefferson Starship was one of many names of a rock band that has been around
from the 1960's to the 1980's. First known as Jefferson Airplane, the band
scored big hits with "White Rabbit" and "Don't You Want Somebody to Love".
Years later, the band changed their name to Jefferson Starship, with the band
then dropping the Jefferson in the 1980's, when they made such hits as "We
Built This City" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now".
The futuristic state name for Nevada is a crack at what happened in the state
during the Cold War. During this time, the deserts of Nevada was the home of
a
few nuclear tests in which nuclear bombs were detonated.
Jym Dyer
"Led Zeppelin" is also the name of a band from that era.
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