Katz would learn later that Fox was going to offer "Futurama" to another studio that very afternoon. Katz, Vanzo, and Haaland beat their competitors by a matter of minutes. To quote Katz directly ...

Stephen Hawking and Al Gore also played themselves in this Futurama episode, which resulted in some humorous quotes. As Gore says at one point: "If we don't go back and make that event happen ...