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*Only a few of the vehicles needed to be created from scratch | *Only a few of the vehicles needed to be created from scratch | ||
*The space station blown up is ''Deep Space Nine'', from the ''Star Trek'' series of the same name. | *The space station blown up is ''Deep Space Nine'', from the ''Star Trek'' series of the same name. | ||
**Leela's book's cover features | **Leela's book's cover features an alien based on the Gorn from ''Star Trek'' | ||
*The 2000 election recounts. | *The 2000 election recounts. | ||
*Cut scenes included [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]] selecting soft foods at the salad bar. | *Cut scenes included [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]] selecting soft foods at the salad bar. |
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Commentary for | |||
Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles | |||
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Production number | 4ACV09 | ||
On DVD | Season 4 Disc 2 | ||
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Topics of Discussion
- Matt leaves during the introduction to make a phone call and doesn't return.
- The initial idea for the episode was to have Leela live with her parents.
- Only a few of the vehicles needed to be created from scratch
- The space station blown up is Deep Space Nine, from the Star Trek series of the same name.
- Leela's book's cover features an alien based on the Gorn from Star Trek
- The 2000 election recounts.
- Cut scenes included Farnsworth selecting soft foods at the salad bar.
- This commentary was recorded a little over a week after the episode premiered.
- Popularity of botulism injections and use as an actual medical treatment.
- Actors needed to adjust their voices for the character variations, the commentators are especially impressed by those of Billy West, due to the sheer number of variations required of him.
- Designing younger versions of characters.
- Race inspired by Star Wars' pod racers.
- The (mostly) scientific origins of the oil eating bacteria.
- David X. Cohen once lost an auction of trilobite fossils to Nicholas Cage.
- Pazuzu is named for the Assyro-Babylonian god Pazuzu, king of the demons of the wind. Although they actually got the name from The Exorcist.
- Maurice LaMarche is credited despite not acting, Brian Cowan, a producer who happened to be there, confirmed that Maurice won't be paid for the episode.
Highlights / Quotes
- Jeff Westbrook: We always like to get the Professor naked, it's one of our favourite visuals.
Bret Haaland: Maybe one of yours.
Commentators
- Matt Groening
- Executive Producer
- David X. Cohen
- Writer
- Executive Producer
- Rich Moore
- Supervising Director
- Jeff Westbrook
- Writer
- Bret Haaland
- Director
- John DiMaggio
- Actor (Bender, miscellaneous)
- Maurice LaMarche
- Actor (Not in episode)
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