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Topics of Discussion
- David Herman's great performance as Wernstrom
- The young professor has red hair proving he's related to Fry
- Ron Popeil sold them 80,000 dollars to appear on the show
- Wernstrom's fish, Cinnamon, is named after David's cat
- Secrets include:
- The coffee stain is the animation studio's logo
- The episode was nominated for an Emmys but was beaten by King of the Hill
- The writer can't make a joke about Uranus as its now named Urectum
- Matt and David wanted to include a documentary in each season
- The character of Cubert Farnsworth was supposed to first appear in this episode
- The public still don't know what the really filthy country was
- The characters of Morbo and Linda
- That the episode reflects the movie Armageddon
- The ending song is from Dr. Strangelove
Highlights / Quotes
- Lewis Morton: That, I think, was the only joke used that year with the word "symposia" in it.
- David X. Cohen: The fish is named Cinnamon after my cat Cinnamon, that I had when I was a young child.
- David X. Cohen: How did we ever get permission to use that footage?!
- Susie Dietter: Where'd you get the name 'Ogden'?
Lewis Morton: I don't know.
David X. Cohen: Good answer.