al gore

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I heard on tv last night that al gore's daughter is a writer on the show. is that true?

[#1 :]

Yes.

[#2 :]

Yup. Kristen was the writer credited with Leela's Homeworld.

[#3 :]

Interesting. I noticed the name Gore but never put two and two together.

[#4 :]

I never noticed that, are there any other famous connections with the production staff?

[#5 :]

Well, there's Joe and John Dimaggio. 

And I believe that Ken Keeler is decended from the primordial ruling apes.

[#6 :]

Ah! Al Gore, my favourite unelected American President! I shall go now to mumble about the over candidate.

[#7 :]

 I thought al gore was so good in TOI that I assumed he was voiced by an actor until I listened to the commentary. And to have Stephen Hawking actually playing himself...hahahahahaha

Oh yeah... i thought John and Joe Di Maggio *weren't* related

[#8 :]

They aren't, hence the 

[#9 :]

Ooops! (I didn't register the  )

[#10 :]

That would explain how they got Al Gore to do the 2 or 3 episodes he did.

[#11 :]

According to the commentaries, Al Gore was a guest star before Kristen Gore began writing for the show.

[#12 :]

But i do think that he appeared a second time on the show (Crimes of the Hot) for his daughter. b/c i think she wrote that episode...

[#13 :]

he also used the "None Like it Hot!" movie from that episode in a speech he gave on global warming.

[#14 :]

I believe I see two Gores in here.

[#15 :]

 

Originally posted by DrJohnZ:
I believe I see two Gores in here.

So it does. I didn't know there were two writers named Gore. I don't think Evan Gore is related to Al Gore Though. IMDB has next to no information on him and according to this url it certainly isn't a son of Al Gore.

<edit> Link works now. </edit>

[#16 :]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the only episode where Kristen Gore gets the writing cerdit is "Leela's Homeworld".

[#17 :]

 

Originally posted by Nasty Pasty:
But i do think that he appeared a second time on the show (Crimes of the Hot) for his daughter. b/c i think she wrote that episode...

Nope, Aaron Ehasz wrote "Crimes of the Hot". The only episode Kristin Gore is credited for is "Leela's Homeworld".

[#18 :]

Yes, though she is credited on I think all Season 3 and 4 episodes as a Staff Writer, whatever that means.

[#19 :]

I still love that joke in Series one when Bender has a whole stack of money and says:

"Are you familiar with my friend Al Gore" and Al Gore's Head is on the $500 notes  That cracks me up

[#20 :]

Hey, they cant just have old 18th century presidents on the bills. Ya gotta throw a Nixon or a Gore in there to make it interesting.

[#21 :]

I never knew that.