Man in Commercial #2

A nameless pitchman glimpsed inside one of Futurama's fake commercials, the kind of grinning huckster who exists only to sell something absurd to the citizens of New New York. He is enthusiasm without substance, a walking ad slogan dropped into the show for a few seconds and then gone.

Futurama's throwaway commercial parodies are some of its sharpest gags, and a role this small works precisely because it commits fully to the bit rather than winking at the audience. David Herman's voice work gives the pitch just enough sincerity to land as satire, proof that even a background sketch can carry the show's comic voice.