Best/Favourite Commentary Lines

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Inspired by Tofu_Lion.

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Thinking off the the top of my head:

"He sounds like a Bee Gee on crack!" - John DiMaggio talking about Roberto in the "Bender's Game" commentary.

That's one that always sticks in my head 

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You can only make this thread if you have heard all the commentary, Danny

My favorite will always be the Gay Guy and the Ghost, and Nobody Cares!

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You can only make this thread if you have heard all the commentary, Danny

What do I look like? A guy who's not lazy?

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Billy's Casey Kasem impersonation on Jurassic Bark is pretty awesome. One of my favorite one-liners is from Rebirth when David X. Cohen's explaining why they're counting the movies as a season and Maurice quips "What, the video game doesn't count?" And of course, my favorite running jokes are John's Tracy Morgan and Maurice explaining the difference between the voices of Lrrr, H.G. Blob and Morbo.

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From The Silence of the Clamps commentary:

Maurice LaMarche: What is on Joey Mousepad's more private of areas? What's that on the front there?
David X. Cohen: Some of us weren't staring there.

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I really liked the whole conversation from Law and Oracle when they said that they wanted to make this episode about Fry and Leela's future son who spoke irregularly.

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Episode: Spanish Fry
Ron Weiner [about Bender]: He's so damn cute.

It's true, too! I never really noticed until Ron pointed it out, though.

One of my favorite cute Bender moments is from The Honking:
Farnsworth: Hmm. (He traces his glass backwards and forwards in front of the picture. The eyes follow the glass.) It has motor eye sensors attached to motion detectors.
Bender: So does my butt, but I don't frame it and put it on the wall! Although... (puts his finger to his mouth and looks upward.)

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From Fry Am the Egg Man-
Billy: Did she (Leela) just say she had a bone in her fruit?
John (Randyish voice): That's pretty popular nowadays!

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Just curious, what forums do the crew go on? They have mentioned visiting them on some commentaries, but I have a feeling PEEL isn't one of them.

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If they want feedback on the episodes, PEEL is probably the best place to go. Either that, or CGEF.

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I've always been under the impression that every message board quote they reference is one of mine. No but I've read a DVD review on Got Futurama/CGEF that said one of their posters' postings was mentioned on a commentary.

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Yeah, I think they read actual fan comments at the end of the commentary for either "The Luck of the Fryrish" or "Jurassic Bark."

In any event, I've always assumed that the producers check PEEL--if only because I fancy us the most articulate and annoying Futurama fans, and a lot of the criticisms mentioned in the commentaries sound like things that we would say.

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and a lot of the criticisms mentioned in the commentaries sound like things that we would say.

That's what I fear...

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Why, though? The writers ought to know that they're opening themselves up to public criticism simply by producing some kind of art in the first place and allowing other people to consume it. And everyone on PEEL cares about the show enough to join a forum dedicated to it, so it's not like we're just flaming for the hell of it; our complaints are born of our genuine love for Futurama.

I know that sometimes our posts can be harsh, and I could see the writers maybe being offended by some of our critiques--but, in the end, I think our hearts are in the right place and in all likelihood the crew gets that.

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Futurama is dumb and all the writers are dumb!

* Unreal sits back and waits to be quoted on a Season 7 commentary

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If not PEEL, they definitely read CGEF reviews. In the commentary for That's Lobstertainment they talk about how low the episode was rated on CGEF and in the commentary for Jurrasic Bark DXC reads reviews from CGEF.

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That's part of the reason that I wish they'd wait until after the episode airs to record the commentary, because I love hearing what they think of the fan reception. TFHS and YLL had their commentaries recorded before the airing, and the reception could've made an interesting topic of discussion.

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I've always been under the impression that every message board quote they reference is one of mine.

I've always been under the impression that every message board quote they reference is actually just one of the reviews on gotfuturama.

They're obviously aware of this place, but Eric Rogers' attitude towards it makes me suggest that none of them have really looked on here more than once, each.

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Eric hated it because Josh and Bend-err started talking about him in a nasty way in the Walking Dead thread.

Yeah, you may not like an episode, but I don't see why you have to attack the writer. Eric Horsted has wrote some awesome episodes. Yo Leela Leela? Utter crap. Eric Horsted? My opinion on him has not changed at all.

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*has written

If a writer consistently seems to be bringing the show down then I think we have every right to "attack" them. The writer is probably the most responsible person for an individual episode's quality. Yes... the entire staff of writers get their hands on the scripts, yes David X. Cohen and Matt Groening have a big say in everything, but ultimately the writer is the person that goes away and decides on the bulk of the story and jokes and if that's not the case, how come Ken Keeler produces pretty consistently stellar stuff?

As much as I hated "The Silence of the Clamps", it's only one episode and I very much enjoyed Eric's segment in "Anthology of Interest I" so I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for now and hope that he produces something wonderful in season 7.

Similarly, if I ever start to feel that an episode isn't directed very well, I'll probably grow to dislike that episode's director.

And Danny, can you honestly say that you'd actually want another episode to be written by Carolyn Premish?

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Well, I wouldn't mind. IAGDL wasn't the best, but I didn't find it that bad...

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The writing wasn't terrible. I mean, I haven't seen it for a while, but that's what I think anyway.

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Hypothetically, let's say that a new writer turns in three episodes and they happen to be your three least-favourite episodes, each one worse than the last.

Would you not begin to dislike the writer working on the show?

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Yes, but three is a different number to one.

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Don't worry, there's no such thing as three...

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IAGDL's plot was the weak point, but the episode overall had some great lines and gags.

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I think the plot had a lot going for it to be honest - in fact, I'd say it had one of season 6's better concepts for a story. The jokes all dried up after act 1.

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No way, one of the best parts was Zapp explaining himself (over and over) towards the end. IAGDL is good unless you're a Leela fan.

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It has some excellent animation too, I particularly enjoy Shrapnel-vision.

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IAGDL is good unless you're a Leela fan.

Which means that it should be good for pretty much everybody!

Seriously, though: Leela is my favorite character and I actually really enjoy "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela." I think it's funny; it has its flaws, but it's certainly not offensively bad or anything.

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Yeah, and at least they changed the ending to make it less rapey towards Leela. The original ending sounded pretty degrading.

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Or... they could have changed the ending entirely, and made it less... well, you know. Shit.

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That's the only part I have beef with- Leela not minding at all having to get Zapped again.

Edit: I forgot what episode, but Maurice doing the intro as Orson Welles was pretty darn funny.

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I agree that did seem off. I got the sense they forced that in to make jokes about Zapp being uncomfortable with other people watching (but one would think Zapp would enjoy the idea of others watching - he's just that weird and has also bragged about his "gettings" on his webpage).

Or... they could have changed the ending entirely, and made it less... well, you know. Shit.

Approved for all audiences!

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Edit: I forgot what episode, but Maurice doing the intro as Orson Welles was pretty darn funny.

Was it not Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences? The episode where he plays Orson within it too?

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It was off the 6B DVD set (unless he did it twice). I think he did the Lrrr/Ndnd intro as Lrrr.

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I agree that did seem off. I got the sense they forced that in to make jokes about Zapp being uncomfortable with other people watching (but one would think Zapp would enjoy the idea of others watching - he's just that weird and has also bragged about his "gettings" on his webpage).

Naw, Zapp is the ultimate combination of bravado, ignorance, and insecurity.  I thought his character's reaction in that scene was spot-on.

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Edit: I forgot what episode, but Maurice doing the intro as Orson Welles was pretty darn funny.

Was it not Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences? The episode where he plays Orson within it too?

Nah, It was Fry am the Egg Man. I remember it quite clearly.

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Or... they could have changed the ending entirely, and made it less... well, you know. Shit.

Yeah, the ending being weak is what really lets an episode down for me as well. It colours my whole perception of the episode, because it's the last part I watch and it tends to stay with me more than the opening.

I really hope that made sense.