Live Bait Salesman

He appears behind a roadside counter in the background of Futurama's sprawling future, hawking live bait to whoever wanders past. A minor fixture of the show's throwaway world-building, he exists mostly to deliver a quick joke and vanish, embodying the show's habit of treating even the 31st century as full of small, mundane commerce.

Futurama's genius is often in its margins, and a bit part like this one shows the craft behind that: Billy West, already voicing half the main cast, slips into a one-off role and gives it just enough color to land a laugh without breaking the scene's rhythm. It's a tiny performance that rewards attentive viewers.