![]() ![]() ![]() Conversely, we still have some humour in this volume 3 episode, mostly physical humour as Leela as pitcher hits every batter with the ball, and manages to knock the professor down too. In Fear of a Bot Planet, there are several jokes about how blurnsball was more complex than baseball and Fry had trouble following it. On the DVD commentary for this episode, the makers of the show say that blurnsball is basically baseball with the ball on a string, but that view, which is reflected in the episode, loses some of the humour about the game from season 1. Actually, it's not really baseball, it's a futuristic version of baseball called blurnsball (first seen in Fear of a Bot Planet, volume 1). ![]() A Leela of Her Own doesn't exactly strike out, though. It's a baseball episode, like The Simpsons had Homer at the Bat, but whereas The Simpsons episode is a home run, the Futurama one isn't. I agree it's among the weakest, but I gave it a passing grade because I still found it enjoyable (and indeed, the average IMDb score is about the same). At the time of this writing, it is currently the lowest-rated episode of the series here on IMDb. Volume 3 of Futurama has some of the strongest episodes of the series but ironically has more weak links than volumes 1 and 2, and A Leela of Her Own is frequently chosen by fans as their least favourite episode. Overall this is a decent episode with some fun gags it isn't really a classic though. you don't need to understand the game to find Leela repeatedly hitting people in the head hilarious! There were plenty of other fun elements to the episode too I liked the Cygnoids and their terrible pizzas and the black box censorship machine was a good surprise gag. from the current worst player ever! Leela has always been one of my favourite characters so it isn't surprising that I rather enjoyed this episode despite not getting all the baseball jokes. She becomes the first ever professional woman to play the game but as expected she continues to hit every batter in the head and she finds fame as the worst player ever! At an autograph signing she is confronted by another woman who hoped to play professionally but feels Leela's failures have made things harder for women this upsets Leela so she becomes determined to improve. Leela pitches for Planet Express and consistently hits the poor Cygnoids in the head! While this makes her a very poor player it quickly draws a crowd who love her 'bean-balls', including the owner of the New New York Mets who signs her on the spot because she is the kind of novelty act that will draw a crowd. When a Cygnoids family move into the neighbourhood and open a pizzeria the professor isn't impressed to say the least but the others Leela, Fry and Bender decide to give it a try given that the pizzas contain ingredients like asbestos and live bees! Fry offers to help them improve their pizzas and suggests a friendly game of Blernsball between their pizzeria and Planet Express. ![]()
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