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It is time for the second 'Anthology of Interest' so the professor has repaired his 'what if' machine and assembled the crew to ask it three more questions. Once again it is Bender, Fry and Leela asking the questions; Bender wants to know what it would be like to be human; Fry wonders what it would be like if life was more like a video game and Leela just wants to know what it would be like to go home. In Bender's story he delights in over indulging on all of life's pleasures that one week later he is so fat that his width matches his height; Fry's section features a battle which spoofs such classic video games as Donkey Kong, Pac Man and Space Invaders and Leela's segment is closely based on 'The Wizard of Oz'; although there is a nice twist to the end.

I thought this 'Anthology of Interest' episode wasn't quite as good as the first but they are pretty close; and I'm sure different viewers will have their own favourites from the two episodes. Here I enjoyed the final section the most; the spoof of 'The Wizard of Oz' was great with lots of laughs which I suspect will work whether you've seen the film or not; although it will obviously be better if you have seen it. Bender's section was second best although many of the jokes might be considered a little too crude by some viewers. Fry's section was the weakest of the three for me but I suspect that might be because I was never really into video games; I suspect people who enjoyed the games being spoofed will enjoy it far more. Over all this was a quality episode and I'm sure everybody will enjoy at least one of the sections if not all three.

I really love this episode. And all the Anthology of Interest episodes. They remind me of the Treehouse Of Horror that The Simpsons have every Halloween. Of course not as frequent or at the same time on each season, this and the rest of the Anthology episodes are quite funny.

In this episode, the crew returns to the machine that lets them see alternate realities. In the first one, we find out what would happen if Bender were human. And the result is hilarious and then heartbreaking. The second one, we see what would happen if like were more like video games, which doesn't end well for anyone. And in the third and final one we see what would happen if Leela found her true home.

Overall, I give this episode a 9 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Amazing.

Feels kind of more annoying than and in your face than other episodes. Especially with the "What if life was like a video game?" segment, the sound effects took away from it, they got on my nerves.

Certainly creative and, I kind of liked the segment with Bender being a human. I liked him partying too hard until, he became super morbidly obese.