Space Bee #2

Space Bee #2 is exactly what the name promises: one of a pair of anthropomorphic bee aliens who buzz into a scene, deliver a line or two, and buzz back out. It exists to be a sight gag with a voice attached, playing its brief moment completely straight.

The joke is entirely in the commitment. Phil LaMarr gives this walk-on insect the same clipped, matter-of-fact delivery he'd give a real character, and that deadpan seriousness applied to something as silly as a numbered space bee is the whole bit — Futurama background gags live or die on actors who refuse to wink at the camera.