When Professor Farnsworth attends the prestigious scientific symposium he fully expects his death clock invention to be a triumph; until his greatest rival Professor Wernstrom comments that Farnsworth had presented that the previous year. Needing something quickly he designs the 'Smelloscope'; a device for smelling astronomical objects. Unfortunately the assembled scientists are unimpressed. Once back at the lab he sets about constructing it only to discover he has already made one! While trying it out Fry discovers a truly foul odour. I turns out that it is a giant ball of 20th Century garbage that got blasted into space and now it is returning on a trajectory that will destroy New New York! This presents the team with an opportunity to show that the professor isn't passed it.
This was a fun episode which introduced some new characters; Wernstrom who was the Professor's student a hundred years before until he is given an A- and vowed revenge; and Morbo the alien news reader with a low opinion of humanity. These are pretty entertaining characters although of the two I find Morbo far more amusing; largely because although he only has a small role it is one that enables everything he says to be funny. The story was entertaining too; giving plenty of opportunities for laughs without seeming silly.
This was a fun episode which introduced some new characters; Wernstrom who was the Professor's student a hundred years before until he is given an A- and vowed revenge; and Morbo the alien news reader with a low opinion of humanity. These are pretty entertaining characters although of the two I find Morbo far more amusing; largely because although he only has a small role it is one that enables everything he says to be funny. The story was entertaining too; giving plenty of opportunities for laughs without seeming silly.
