I, Roommate (6 Apr. 1999)

When it is discovered that Philip has been living in the Planet Express office, he is forced to move out. Trying to sleep standing up in Bender's closet-sized apartment doesn't work, so ... See full summary »

Directors:

Bret Haaland, Rich Moore,

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator), Matt Groening (developer),

Stars:

Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Billy West	...	Philip J. Fry / Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth / Dr. Zoidberg / Smitty (voice)
Katey Sagal	...	Turanga Leela (voice)
John DiMaggio	...	Bender / Underwater Landlord / URL / Randy / Human Friend (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Hattie / Monique / Tennant with Cell Phone / Commercial Announcer (voice)
Lauren Tom	...	Amy Wong (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Hermes Conrad / Suspiciously Fantastic Apartment Landlord (voice)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Calculon / Priestbot (voice)

Storyline

When it is discovered that Philip has been living in the Planet Express office, he is forced to move out. Trying to sleep standing up in Bender's closet-sized apartment doesn't work, so they go looking for a place both can be comfortable. Unfortunately, Bender is incompatible with the ideal apartment they do find until he has a radical... modification which makes him less than happy.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 April 1999 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Curiosity Company, The, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bender's room number is 00100100. This translates to the decimal number 36 or "$" in ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange). The rooms next to Bender's do not follow a standard binary pattern, however.

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Goofs

When the Planet Express Crew moves the couch out of the house, Hermes says, "We'll bill you for the couch" but his lips don't move.

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Quotes

Bender: Where are you going to stay?
Fry: I don't know. Do refrigerators still come in cardboard boxes?
Bender: Yeah, but the rents are outrageous.

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Connections

Spoofs All My Children (1970)

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Soundtracks

"The Odd Couple Theme"
Written by Neal Hefti
Arranged by Christopher Tyng

User Reviews

Fry finds a new place to live

Since his arrival at Planet Express Fry has been sleeping on the table, spilling food and wasting water amongst other annoying things and now the rest of the staff think it is about time he found a place of his own to live. None of the apartments he looks at are suitable though and eventually Bender suggests that Fry moves in with him; there is one problem though; his apartment is about the size of a typical closet. After a few days Fry can take it no more but as luck would have it some friends of the professors just died horribly and their apartment is now available. Fry and Bender move in and soon the once lovely apartment is a total pigsty. It all seems perfect, there is even a closet for Bender to sleep in; unfortunately there is a problem: Bender's antenna blocks the building's TV reception… he has a choice; leave the building or cut off his antenna.

While this isn't one of my favourite episodes it had plenty of good moments and saw the introduction of robot soap-star Calculon and his popular programme 'All My Circuits'. There were a decent number of laughs and a good twist at the end which I hadn't seen coming the first time I watched it and on repeat viewings it is the type of gag one looks forward to. It was amusing to see Bender's reaction to not drinking alcohol; the more he didn't drink the more he acted like a drunk!