Fry risks permanent insanity when he attempts to binge-watch every TV show ever made.
WAR
28.2
Wins Above Replacement
“The Impossible Stream” ranks #130 of 137 Futurama episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 70.2 — Solid. The episode packs 47 scored jokes at 2.2 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.5 on impact, with Leela landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Fry: Any TV show that truly cares about its audience, that loves and respects them, should... no... must be canceled every few years. It's simply the right thing to do.
Fry Meta/Self-Referential Absurdist ★ Rewatch Leela: Hey, I may not be a great writer, but at least I filled the allotted air time. To the second. Fade to black.
Leela Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Fry: Well, first, I guess, don't reboot a show if the quality isn't gonna be there.
Fry Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Fry: The writing and the executive producing really went downhill towards the end.
Fry Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Commercial: Everybody loves Honey Bunches of Springs! Except humans. Fatal for humans.
Standout Moments
Leela: Hey, I may not be a great writer, but at least I filled the allotted air time. To the second. Fade to black.
Leela Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Fry: Well, first, I guess, don't reboot a show if the quality isn't gonna be there.
Fry Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Fry: Any TV show that truly cares about its audience, that loves and respects them, should... no... must be canceled every few years. It's simply the right thing to do.
Fry Meta/Self-Referential Absurdist ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 47 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Professor: only to find them suffering from a case of extreme old
Professor: Still grotesquely ugly, but young
Fry: Yay! I'm sharing backwash with friends!
Fry Character Comedy Observational Bender: Nah, I'm just yankin' your ass. We're back, baby!
Bender Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Leela · Professor: Does science know what year it is? - Science knows everything!
Hermes: Good lord! It's the year 3023!
Amy: We call it the present, but spluttever
Amy Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Leela: It's really sad, if you think about it
Leela Deadpan/Understatement Cringe/Discomfort Leela: Oh, right. I forgot to point.
Leela Physical/Slapstick Callback Callback Leela Irony/Sarcasm Misdirection Fry: I eat diapers for breakfast
Fry Callback Absurdist Callback Fry Wordplay/Pun Meta/Self-Referential Hermes: You're not fobbing that girlfriend duty off on me
Hermes Character Comedy Observational Amy: Kif has a single friend. His name is Zapp.
Amy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Narrator: Now, it's a FaceTime call from the devil. The devil part didn't change.
Narrator Observational Deadpan/Understatement Sniri: Reservation confirmed. NFTs worthless.
Sniri Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Stand-up Robot: What is the deal with non-binary robots?
Fry: 13,020? But... But... I'll never make it!
Fry: Drinking two six-packs and barfing in my mom's jewelry box?
Fry Character Comedy Observational Professor: I'm not entirely sure which is the air hose and which is the waste hose. But, live and learn.
Professor: I'm not entirely sure which is the air hose and which is the waste hose. But, live and learn.
Professor Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Commercial: Everybody loves Honey Bunches of Springs! Except humans. Fatal for humans.
Bender: No wonder you find him so attractive.
Bender Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Zoidberg: It's true! He's not responding to any of the sounds or smells I'm making.
Zoidberg: Yum! I mean sad.
Leela: Actually, it's mostly Fry's fault, but it's a little my fault!
Leela: What about Fulu? They'll bring back any old crap!
Leela Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Bender: Pfft. That's a recipe for failure. Let's go punch somebody.
Bender Character Comedy Escalation Hermes: Sweet jerk venison of Turkmenistan!
Hermes Character Comedy Absurdist Calculon: Everything is negotiable.
Calculon Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Calculon: Yes, I do need to expel more coffee.
Commercial: Slurm Zero! None of the flavor, all of the addiction! Whimmy-wham-wham-wozzle!
Hermes: That's exclusively for my one-man business dinners.
Hermes Character Comedy Absurdist Amy: He's streaming at double speed? Why not just slow it down?
Amy Observational Irony/Sarcasm Professor: Any change, even refilling the Dorito bowl, could kill him.
Leela · Bender: Any idiot could be a TV writer. / Many are.
Leela: I love you, Calculon. Let's do it, baby. Bender is great. And fade to black.
Leela Absurdist Character Comedy Assistant · Leela: Was that heart attack part of the script? / No, but leave it in. It's hilarious.
Execubot: We love everything about this show. It's not working at all.
Leela: How does a show get canceled this many times? By this many networks?!
Leela Meta/Self-Referential Escalation ★ Rewatch Calculon: Like the Milwaukee Shakespeare Festival.
Fry: I got out of that thing, like, two days ago. I decided to catch up on my reading.
Fry Misdirection Character Comedy Fry: The writing and the executive producing really went downhill towards the end.
Fry Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch News Anchor: Sobering thoughts from some drug-addled weirdo.
