Sorry I'm not going to put a lot of effort into this but just check out the plot if "kif gets knocked up" from season 4. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kif_Gets_Knocked_Up_a_Notch

The universe events like getting a delivery job. The character emotions changing the plot unpredictably. The new direction of the episode where the viewer doesn't know what will happen next.

Versus this episode: open episode in planet express building and start with a few jokes and then kif walks in and says what the rest of episode will be about.

Gotta say though, Zapf Brannigan will always be funny. Bless him.