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Christmas, everyone! And welcome to Fandom Shmandom,

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the fandom podcast that covers everything you

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love and more. I'm Sierra Obermark. And I am

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Sam Williams. And today, we have a giant welcome

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shmalkum to Max and Skylar from the hit Bob's

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Burger podcast. Bob's credit. Welcome, welcome,

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welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having us.

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That's the most enthusiastic welcome we've ever

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had. I'm here for it. Fantastic. I will take

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flowers and a trophy, please. You got it. So

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tell us a little bit about your podcast yourselves.

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And then we've got a couple of questions here,

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which I'll get to after you do your own little

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introduction. Sure. As you mentioned, we host

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a podcast called Bob's Credits, where we go episode

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by episode through Bob's Burgers and with an

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emphasis on the incredible end credit sequences.

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But we talk about each episode, too. And we are

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currently in season 11 of it. Yep. And Bob's

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is clearly not ending anytime soon, so I guess

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that's the rest of our lives, potentially. Hopefully.

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Hopefully. Maybe. If they're The Simpsons, what,

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you got another 22 seasons? We will be in the

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grave. Yeah. Yes. My goodness, hopefully not.

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That's incredible. So tell me, when you guys

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read that Jack Black was going to get a whole

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animated credit sequence, did you just freak

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out? We... We, it's funny because we saw that

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it was going to be like an animated credit sequence,

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but then we saw that it was going to be like

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a special thing. Like you had to go seek it out

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to actually see it. And then it was just going

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to be really brief in the end credits. So we

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were excited. We posted about it. And then everyone

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was confused about when they were supposed to

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see it. And then it got political. Yeah, very

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quickly. Which I had no idea about any of the

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drama. And so the sails were flying and I was

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so joyous. And then it became a thing pretty

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fast. That being said, it was fantastic. And

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I love how they animated him. The song was great.

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Did we see him the other day when we were driving?

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We did. Did we? Or maybe that was a TikTok I

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saw of someone just... Like, people just see

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him walking around LA a lot because he takes

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the bus. Oh, yeah. It was like him. It's just

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like he's always got his backpack on and he's

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walking around. Okay, so you assumed that TikTok

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is our lives because we spend too much time on

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there. The universes are falling in on themselves.

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I do fear at some point that I'm going to...

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Look at my phone. Look up. And I'm going to be

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in the exact same place. Wow, this TikTok happened

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right here. And I'm going to look down at my

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phone. And I'm going to be like, my phone's not

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even on. And it's just going to be my eyes. And

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I'm going to be like, what? I think that my phone

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is my eyes. Now what's happening? Yeah, they'd

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like it that way. That sounds like a Black Mirror

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episode. It really does. Yes. Well, they almost

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did that one with a memory circuit that was into

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your eyes that you could filter back onto all

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your different memories. It was with the Jodie

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Foster, Jodie Whittaker episode. Oh, that's right.

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Is that the funeral one? Yeah, that's a really

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good one. Is that the funeral one? It's the cheating

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scandal one where this husband thinks that Jodie

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Whittaker is cheating on him. And so he keeps

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playing his memories back and then he finds her

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memory. Yeah, it was like the first season. Yeah,

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it's very early on in the show. But we're not

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here to talk about Black Mirror, another show

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that has a B in it. Tell us a little bit about,

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number one, how did you two get into Bob's Burgers?

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And then what is your favorite Bob's Burgers

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non -Christmas episode? Who is your favorite

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Bob's Burger character? And if you could work

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anywhere in the Bob's Burger world, where would

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you work? Great question. So I actually was introduced

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to Bob's Burgers in film school. You were required

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to take a TV spec writing class because spec

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scripts, doing an example of an already created

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show, was what you did 10 years ago. And my friend

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was writing a Bob's Burgers spec script. And

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I didn't watch the show, but I was always cast

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as Louise for our table reads. And her premise

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was so funny that I kind of got into it. Forgot

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about it. And then. Well, I had always, like,

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known about Boss Burgers. And I was just kind

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of, like, put it on the back burner. Like, I'll

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watch it eventually. And just, I think it was

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2020. In the height of the pandemic. Yes, exactly.

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And we just needed something kind of feel good

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that we knew we could put on and we had a lot

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of episodes of that we could kind of just like

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melt into. And we found the right thing. We finally

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said we should give Bosberg's a try and we fell

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in love with it and obviously started the podcast

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shortly after and things took off from there.

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And it was just it was just yeah, it was so exciting

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to get into it and see what was so special about

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it. We were blown away by what it was. Yeah.

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And we didn't fall in love immediately. It did.

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But we stuck with it. Yeah. We started from the

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beginning. Of course. Yeah. And I think maybe

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around season three or season four, it really,

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I mean, we just, you love it. You want to be

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part of the family. And then, okay, favorite

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episode. That's non -Christmas. Non -Christmas.

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This is a new realization for me. But I finally

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realized that it is V for Valentine. Oh, my gosh.

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I love that episode. It's such a good episode

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for those of you who may not remember. This is

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when Nat Kinkle and her pink limo is introduced.

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And Tina is distraught because. Jimmy Jr. has

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done something horrible, and all the ladies of

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Bob's Burgers try and cheer her up, and it's

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a perfect episode. It's such a good episode.

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It really is. I'd say my favorite... Can Halloween

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ones count? For some reason, I'm like, the holiday

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ones are their own thing. It does feel that way,

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yes. You can have a favorite holiday episode,

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but you have to have a favorite non -holiday

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episode in some way, shape, or form. Exactly.

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As far as the holiday episodes go, The Haunting

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is one of my all -time favorites. I just think

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it's one that... We have a question on our –

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we have a YouTube podcast called My Favorite

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Episode. And one of the questions, like, to see

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if that episode is a top -tier episode is, is

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this an episode you would recommend to a friend

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who had never seen the show before as, like,

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an introduction? And that one is, like – I feel

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like you can send that to anyone. And it's just

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perfect bobs. Like, every character is exactly

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what that character – supposed to be it's so

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funny it's so entertaining the story's great

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so yeah it's really it's really up there for

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me if i had to do non holiday i have to say the

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new um the more recent one like a candle in the

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gym where they're all on like a family walk oh

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yeah i like that episode it's it's up there i

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have to watch it another like Two or three or

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four times. You just like the Mrs. Doubtfire

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joke. Yeah. But it's a great Mrs. Doubtfire joke.

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And not enough people make Mrs. Doubtfire jokes.

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Yeah, and the fact that it's Bob doing it. It's

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so good. I mean, that would lead into my favorite

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character. Perfect segue. Which is, it's Bob.

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He, like. It bounces around. You always kind

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of like relate to different characters. But man,

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as a man in his 40s now, I have just like I relate

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to Bob so much constantly. And I just love everything

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about him. He is very Bob. This one. You are.

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A little curmudgeon -y at times, but then certain

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things will just light you up like you're a 10

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-year -old all over again. A little monotone,

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even when I'm excited about things. It's true.

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Sometimes I say to Max, I cannot read your face.

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Are you excited? Are you mad? Like, just give

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me a little something else. Okay. I think our

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first favorite character in that first watch,

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the first couple of seasons, was Jean. Yeah.

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And that feels really special because he doesn't

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get enough episodes. He doesn't get enough credit.

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He's an underrated character. So I just had to

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shout that out. But Tina is my girl. Fabulous.

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Fabulous. I'm so glad that the network note was

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make Tina a girl from the pilot. I couldn't imagine

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if it was two boys and Louise. No way. Yeah,

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they nailed it. It's perfection. A lot of people

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commented. We did TikTok about that very topic.

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And a lot of people commented, what? Like, Tina

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is the heart of the show. And I was like, oh,

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that's a really. bold statement but it's true

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she's such a linchpin between her parents and

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her siblings like there's so much that circles

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around you could have tina be part of any central

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theme no matter if it's bob linda louise a fish

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odor episode tina can be present because it's

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like there's that one thanksgiving episode, Turkey

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in a Can, where Tina is in this weird vortex

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of, am I an adult or am I a child? And I think

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they play that really well, where you can have

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her anywhere. So I can see why people are like,

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Tina's the heart of this show. Yep. That's a

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good point. She is the conduit or the glue between

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the siblings and the parents. I love that. Certainly.

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That's awesome. What's up next? Where would you

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work? Like, This might not be the most creative

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answer, but it is the right answer. And it's

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Bob's Burgers. Yeah, I mean, I don't want to

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say Bob's Burgers because it's so obvious. But

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like I just said with how much I love Bob, I

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just want to stand next to him, next to that

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grill. Show me how you work, sir. Just let me

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take it all in. The only other place I would

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say outside of Bob's Burgers is... If I could

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just choose Wonder Wharf as a whole, I think

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it'd be fun to work anywhere. Work under Calvin

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as the general manager of Wonder Wharf? Well,

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I mean, you talk about favorite characters. He

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loves fish odor. He's like... Constantly up.

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You'll see in this episode, I will shout out

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the Fish Odors quite a bit. Calvin Fish Odor,

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who, if nobody knows, if you've ever seen the

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movie Road to El Dorado, which is an animated

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movie with Kenneth Brenna, it's a fabulous late

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90s dream work animated movie that is underrated.

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It's so amazing. He's the main character, Calvin

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Fish Odor's voice actor, and it's trippy to go

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back and listen to that because it's, yeah. That's

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so funny. He's not the blonde one. He's the taller

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brunette who falls in love with Chell, I think

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is her name. Yeah. Anyways, he's fabulous in

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that movie. And it was so weird to, to years

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later, watch the road to Eldorado and be like,

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I felt like Leo in, uh, in, uh, Hollywood movie,

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whatever that movie is called. Once upon a time.

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Anyways. Uh, yeah, I love the fish odors. They're,

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they're also great. Well, we also haven't done

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this for our viewers, so we're going to quickly,

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if you don't mind, do quick hits between Sierra

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and I answering those questions as well. Oh,

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yeah, definitely. Oh, great. Okay, but I have

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to know, how did you two get into Bob's Burgers?

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Sierra, why don't you go first? Mine will take

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a bit of crying. Crying, oh. So, how I got into

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Bob's Burgers was actually through Archer. Oh,

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amazing. I watched Archer, and there's a crossover

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episode where Archer becomes Bob, because it's

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the same H. John Benjamin. John H. Benjamin?

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H. John Benjamin. H. John Benjamin, voice actor.

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Do that every day. Brain, yep, yep. And so I

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watched that, and I was like, oh, you know, I

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have seen things about Bob's Burgers. Maybe I

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should watch it so I understand this episode.

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And then immediately got hooked. Watched the

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first... I can't remember how many seasons were

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out at the time, but watched the first few seasons.

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And then I kind of fell off of it for a while.

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And then my husband and I were looking for, yeah,

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another kind of binge -worthy TV show to have

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on the background. And I went, you know, we should

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try Bob's Burgers. I think you'd like it. And

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then we started watching. And now, yeah, it's

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one of our feel -good shows that we... Put on

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and we'll cycle. We have, you know, about 10

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shows that we'll cycle in and out of and rotate

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around watching. And so that's that's been my

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journey. I love it. It's such a fun show to watch

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with someone to, you know. Oh, yeah. I am. I

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got into Bob's Burgers very similarly through

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Archer. I'd fallen in love with Archer and seen

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that episode. Fascinatingly enough, that. is

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the episode that reveals that they're in New

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Jersey. Oh, okay. That Archer episode is the

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only time where Mallory is like, he's in that

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shop down the shore or whatever from New York.

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Now, did the voice actor situation throw you

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off just like the Fish Odor voice actor and the

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Eldorado voice actor with H. John Benjamin? Yeah,

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certainly. Especially because Archer's a deeper

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resonance than Bob's. He plays Bob's much higher.

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And so... And then when going back to the episode

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after watching Bob's, I probably watched Bob's

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Burgers like 28 times all the way through. Wow.

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It was that sort of show for me. And so to go

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back to watch Archer and then see that and he's

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doing his Archer voice, not the Bob voice. And

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all these fan theories around like all of the

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many explosions that have happened in Archer

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is what kills off Bob in the Archer universe.

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And that's why Linda's. single and able to get

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remarried, et cetera, et cetera, I think is hilarious.

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But I got into Boss Burgers around 2017 when

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I was living in Sacramento. And then we moved

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down to San Francisco and I was just kind of

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watching it all the time routinely. And I struggled

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with the first two seasons, much like with my

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sort of Parks and Rec journey, which is my other

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top show. Those are my top two all -time favorite

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shows. And then season three comes around and

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it changes its tune. It becomes a little gentler.

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less intense in the quandaries that everyone

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is facing. And it starts to morph into this family

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first, gentle family first television show. And

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that's when Lauren Bouchard starts giving the

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note to H. John Benjamin, less mean, constantly.

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And H. John Drenneman is very good at being mean.

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So, apparently, he was quoted at one point, I

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forget where, in saying, like, that was the hardest

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note for me in my entire career. His gentler.

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Oh, I haven't heard that. I mean, I love that

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note. And the animation of his face also matches

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that note as well. He just looks angry in those

00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:25.500
first two seasons. Certainly. So Bob's Burgers

00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:28.779
just kind of became my back pocket show. And

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during COVID, I was watching it quite a bit.

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And I actually wrote an article about it becoming

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sort of a comfort show that was retweeted by

00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:41.220
Lauren Bouchard, who'd read it right before the

00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:43.419
Bob's Burgers movie came out. And he said, this

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is very sweet. And it was sort of this personal

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narrative about a family member who's going through

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psychosis during COVID. And so I wrote about

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what this show meant to me when I would be stressed

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and I would wake up and start watching just to

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help calm myself down or get myself through panics

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attacks or any of that sort of stuff. And so

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then I, in this article, I wrote a whole thing

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about like sibling treatment and, and what the

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show means to me as, as a sibling and, and what

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I can learn from it and what I can do better.

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And, and then I wrote about this episode that

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I was, I was writing a spec script just for fun

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during COVID. And I wrote an episode where Louise

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and Tina had this sibling disagreement that was

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mirrored in the B story between Felix and Calvin.

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And about a year and a bit later is when they

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did the Hamlet episode where that exact situation

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happens where Tina and Louise are having this

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disagreement over who can use the knives. And

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Calvin and Felix are trying to figure out who

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stole. Or did Felix steal this statue given from

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Papa or not? So it's been a very magical show

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for me in that case. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. It's great.

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I think I stumbled across your article a couple

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days ago. Oh, really? Yes, and I haven't read

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it, but the headline was so moving that I put

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it in me and Max's favorite resources doc. So

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it's living in there, I'm pretty sure. If anyone

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is interested in reading it, you can go to meowmeowpowpowlit

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.com. That's again, meowmeowpowpowlit .com. It's

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a literary journal I've been a contributing editor

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to for many years. And that was the last article

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I wrote for them, I think. I can't wait to read

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it. Yeah, I can't either. So that came out right

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when the Bob's Burger movie was coming out, which

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I think is one of the reasons why Twitter was

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active with Bob's Burger stuff. Because they

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were in the middle of promotion. So a fun little

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tidbit there. My second most favorite person

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I've ever been retweeted by. Mark Hamill was

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first. Amazing. That was just a soup that we

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made, though. This was like actual writing that

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I'd done. So, Sierra, what is your favorite Bob's

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Burgers episode, but not Christmas? Oh, gosh.

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This is so difficult for me. As soon as I saw

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this question, I went, I don't know how to answer.

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Because there's a couple that immediately popped

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into my head. One of them is the Valentine's

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episode with Nat and her pink limo. And one of

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them is the Thanksgiving episode where Calvin

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borrows the belchers and Bob just gets drunk

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by himself. I mean... First Thanksgiving episode.

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Yep. Iconic Bob's Burgers. I just realized we're

00:19:51.450 --> 00:19:54.849
three for three holiday episodes. Valentine's,

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Thanksgiving, and Halloween. That's super funny,

00:19:58.450 --> 00:20:00.910
actually. I wonder if that's just because they

00:20:00.910 --> 00:20:04.289
stick out a little bit more because of the theme.

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Yes. That's what I think it is. Yeah, definitely.

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Because there's definitely more that I would

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probably put way up. Actually, now that I'm thinking

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about it, one that I really, really like that

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is not holiday is when Tina's trying to be a

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reporter at school. That was on my list. Wagstaff

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News. Wagstaff News. I love that so much. And

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I think it's really just because Zeke cracks

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me up so much. Is that when she's looking for

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the pooper? Yes, the mad pooper. I did it for

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you, girl. But isn't that also the one that's

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so funny? But isn't that also the one where Gene

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is little Bob? Because that is. Oh, yes. Exactly.

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That's an iconic episode all around. Yeah. Amazing.

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Bob, Lynn. Yeah. It's so good. No. Oh, pocket

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:05.279
-sized Bob. He's good. He's good. No, he's not.

00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:10.039
He's not good. I love that moment. That's a big

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:12.420
TikTok, Bob's Burger. It's like that. Oh, yeah.

00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:14.480
And then the, like, she's autistic. No, she's

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:18.680
not autistic. Like, really live rent -free on

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:21.480
TikTok. Yeah, certainly. Yeah, exactly. Oh, my

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:23.400
gosh. I'm going to make it four for four on holiday.

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Love. Dawn of the Peck is probably my favorite

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non -Christmas episode. I find everything about

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:34.279
that episode extremely fascinating. The A story,

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:38.559
the B story, the run. the mickey being in it

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:41.759
when it's bill hater is just always so funny

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i just love his line reading on when he's like

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hold on to your head so you don't break your

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neck it's just so your neck doesn't break off

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or something like that um i love uh anytime rudy

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is is in regular size rudy is in an episode and

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:03.640
and louise is like You probably won't make it.

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:08.859
I guffaw. And he also has one of the great asthma

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:13.380
lines where he goes, Rudy won asthma class. Yes,

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:19.160
classic Rudy. There's also this amazing, probably

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:22.019
my favorite Andy and Ollie line is when they're

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talking about needing to vomit up their first

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:27.099
Thanksgiving because their parents are divorced.

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I mean, it's brilliant writing. I love that.

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I also love when, when they try and turn off

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the thing and they enter a different egg and

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:38.839
Sarah Silverstein goes, we traveled through time.

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So good. It's a great episode. I love that episode.

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Especially just the end to classic zombie movie

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:50.380
scene where Felix Fischota goes to the window

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:52.819
and is like. Wait, something's out there. And

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:54.900
then Calvin breaks the wishbone and the turkey

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:57.119
flies through the window. And that's where the

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:59.359
episode stops. It's incredible. But if I'm not

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doing a holiday episode, I think it's tied. I

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:04.440
used to when I when I redesigned curriculum at

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:07.339
my old school, I brought in a couple of Bob's

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:10.140
Burger episodes to teach theme because these

00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:13.230
freshmen would come in having. Not read a ton,

00:23:13.250 --> 00:23:16.430
especially right after COVID. Oh. And so we would

00:23:16.430 --> 00:23:19.869
translate from identifying theme in a video to

00:23:19.869 --> 00:23:21.829
identifying theme in a poem, then a short story,

00:23:21.970 --> 00:23:25.109
then a novel. Wow. So you would take their great

00:23:25.109 --> 00:23:27.250
video analytical skills, because they're constantly

00:23:27.250 --> 00:23:30.089
working with video technology, and you try and

00:23:30.089 --> 00:23:31.690
get them to focus on that. So we do time writes

00:23:31.690 --> 00:23:33.690
based off of Bob Burgers. We did three episodes.

00:23:33.910 --> 00:23:35.970
Two of them are my all -time favorite. One of

00:23:35.970 --> 00:23:38.529
them is The Outside Toilet, which is my favorite

00:23:38.529 --> 00:23:42.180
Gene episode. And I'll talk about that. Episode

00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:45.119
a little later why it's my favorite. But I love

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:46.880
that episode where he's taking care of the toilet.

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:52.099
And it's just an E .T. parody. And then I love

00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:57.359
with all of my heart the Edison science fair.

00:23:58.279 --> 00:24:02.420
Topsy. Topsy. With Spice Rack and Spice Eps and

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:07.279
the music that Gene creates. And then at the

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:10.440
very end or in the midst of that, you know, operatic.

00:24:11.230 --> 00:24:14.549
music that's going on bob's like gene wrote this

00:24:14.549 --> 00:24:17.410
and then at the very end gene's like did i put

00:24:17.410 --> 00:24:19.789
enough fart sounds in i forgot to put fart sounds

00:24:19.789 --> 00:24:25.349
in oh my god you do a great gene i appreciate

00:24:25.349 --> 00:24:28.529
it it's so good and the music is like actually

00:24:28.529 --> 00:24:31.710
really good yeah it's great yeah and i i mean

00:24:31.710 --> 00:24:33.990
i love that they put that on their low fry uh

00:24:33.990 --> 00:24:36.710
on their first one there's top season there it's

00:24:36.710 --> 00:24:39.829
just um i love that episode to pieces so good

00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:43.720
Oh, I just, I, sorry. I just remembered another

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:46.359
one of my favorites that I just wanted to mention,

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:50.160
which is the Hawk and Chick episode where they

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:53.839
do, where they do this screening and then they

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:55.859
get the father and the daughter back together.

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And it's the, the Bob and Louise getting back

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:04.359
together, but you were always. You know, you

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:08.200
were always my chick, and you were always my

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:10.640
hawk, and they're doing the narration behind

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:18.359
the movies. So sweet. So sweet. It is. Sierra,

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:20.859
who is your favorite Bob's Burgers character?

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:24.180
Oh, well, that perfectly relates to what I just

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:28.160
was talking about, because I flip -flop between

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:33.680
Bob and Louise. I think Bob is just... so relatable,

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:38.380
as you were saying before. And there's just so

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:41.480
many times when I'm watching and I go, man, you

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:43.839
know, Bob just never really being able to catch

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:46.480
a break or having these really, really odd talents

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:49.880
that he can't use anywhere else is probably the

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:52.900
most real life adulting I've ever seen portrayed.

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:59.329
Because I feel that so much. Yeah, he's an artist

00:25:59.329 --> 00:26:04.089
trapped as a grill cook, you know? It's lovely.

00:26:04.490 --> 00:26:09.150
He owns a restaurant, thank you very much. He's

00:26:09.150 --> 00:26:16.230
a restaurateur. Man, and then Louise, I just,

00:26:16.329 --> 00:26:20.670
I feel she just, the chaotic energy, and I will

00:26:20.670 --> 00:26:23.670
almost always, for a favorite character, pick

00:26:23.670 --> 00:26:28.230
a character with the most sass. And so that very

00:26:28.230 --> 00:26:31.230
much she very much speaks to me. Plus, there

00:26:31.230 --> 00:26:34.950
are so many episodes and I will talk about this

00:26:34.950 --> 00:26:38.109
later. But there are so many episodes where she,

00:26:38.230 --> 00:26:40.730
you know, is doing things very selfishly because

00:26:40.730 --> 00:26:43.410
she's a kid and she wants things a certain way.

00:26:43.509 --> 00:26:46.130
And she knows how to get them because she's way

00:26:46.130 --> 00:26:49.789
too smart. And then she does end up almost always

00:26:49.789 --> 00:26:52.609
doing the right thing in the end. And it's very.

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:56.700
Yeah, it's just very lovely how much she grows

00:26:56.700 --> 00:27:01.960
every episode as well. Yeah, and I think it's

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:04.779
interesting you paired those two together because

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:07.720
their relationship is one of, like, the most

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:12.920
special. It's so sweet. I, too, really admire

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:15.819
Louise. She's, I think, would be hands down my

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:19.099
favorite character through any rewatch. I admire

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:21.980
Louise in the way that I think... Bob admires

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:26.300
Louise, where Bob sees this capable. extremely

00:27:26.300 --> 00:27:28.960
smart, extremely talented, not that worried about

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:32.140
her Louise. And also they have this sort of mutual

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:34.579
respect for one another. And Bob's mutual respect

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:37.220
is for like the future that he sees in her. And

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:39.319
she has this mutual respect for him because he

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:42.079
believes in her so much and is, and doesn't see

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:45.220
this. You know, Linda, Linda and her have a great

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:47.420
relationship, but Linda often is, is sort of

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.640
being the one that's like, you can't do this.

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.759
You can't do this. You can't do this. We got

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:51.680
to move on. We got to move on. And Bob is like,

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:54.259
Hey, he's off versus it's the opposite with Jean.

00:27:54.730 --> 00:27:58.289
Yes. And Bob and Linda and Jean. It's the opposite

00:27:58.289 --> 00:28:01.829
there. But I really love Louise. The Fish Odors,

00:28:01.890 --> 00:28:05.069
I have a blast every time they're there, especially

00:28:05.069 --> 00:28:08.609
as a duo. That moment in Dawn of the Peck where

00:28:08.609 --> 00:28:10.269
they're like, oh, the microphone's still on.

00:28:10.349 --> 00:28:13.170
Oh, no, it happened again. It makes me laugh

00:28:13.170 --> 00:28:16.250
every time. And I'll also say I've grown a big

00:28:16.250 --> 00:28:19.849
respect for Teddy in this year's rewatch. Where

00:28:19.849 --> 00:28:22.829
I just, he's so funny so much. It's incredibly

00:28:22.829 --> 00:28:25.910
annoying, really frustrating at times. That episode

00:28:25.910 --> 00:28:28.670
where Bob is in the car as they drive out to

00:28:28.670 --> 00:28:31.210
drop off this clown head so that Bob can pick

00:28:31.210 --> 00:28:33.829
up a part. He's like my worst nightmare as far

00:28:33.829 --> 00:28:37.210
as the social interaction. Right, right. But

00:28:37.210 --> 00:28:40.470
I do love Teddy, especially how much Teddy hates

00:28:40.470 --> 00:28:42.750
doing patty cake with Bob. One of the hardest

00:28:42.750 --> 00:28:48.069
I've laughed at Bob's Burgers. Ted, you love

00:28:48.069 --> 00:28:50.230
Teddy so much. I love Teddy so much, but you

00:28:50.230 --> 00:28:52.130
go ahead. I do love Teddy. It's so funny. It

00:28:52.130 --> 00:28:54.130
took us a while to love Teddy, and I think that

00:28:54.130 --> 00:28:59.269
makes sense. But I think Teddy has become so

00:28:59.269 --> 00:29:03.930
crucial to the show because he is the one character

00:29:03.930 --> 00:29:08.710
who can kind of carry a - side story or like

00:29:08.710 --> 00:29:11.529
a B story or a C story when the whole family

00:29:11.529 --> 00:29:13.190
is off on an adventure or something like that

00:29:13.190 --> 00:29:15.789
they always call in Teddy you know to do something

00:29:15.789 --> 00:29:19.269
and he's so he's just such a great character

00:29:19.269 --> 00:29:21.769
he's so funny and he's the only one that can

00:29:21.769 --> 00:29:24.910
do that I would lay my life down for Teddy I

00:29:24.910 --> 00:29:27.769
deeply care about him he would probably let you

00:29:27.769 --> 00:29:30.950
yeah would he do it for me would he do that for

00:29:30.950 --> 00:29:33.660
you yeah I don't know. I want him to like me.

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:36.880
Would you be trying to move it on his stool?

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:41.319
True. The thing he sits on, not like. I just

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:43.759
want to be clear. Not fecal matter. We're talking

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:47.079
about the actual red stool. This is a Bob's Burgers.

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:48.940
We got to be clear. Exactly. You never know.

00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:52.160
I got to say, Teddy seems like the type of guy

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:54.579
that would take off your coat to put down on

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:56.779
the ground in order for you to walk across mud.

00:29:58.000 --> 00:30:00.220
I was going to say in order for Bob to walk across

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:06.259
mud. Yeah, that's also true. Bob first. Awesome.

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:10.579
Okay. If you could work anywhere in the Bob's

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:14.460
Burgers world, where would you work? Oh, goodness.

00:30:16.910 --> 00:30:21.589
I had a funny idea, which would just to be to

00:30:21.589 --> 00:30:26.769
work in the fish odor household somewhere. Yes.

00:30:26.910 --> 00:30:29.309
Inga. And just be able to wander the grounds.

00:30:29.670 --> 00:30:32.630
And yeah, exactly. Boopity, boopity, boopity,

00:30:32.710 --> 00:30:35.950
boopity, boopity. She works with the Olive Garden.

00:30:36.109 --> 00:30:38.829
Such a great detail. Or not the Olive Garden.

00:30:39.470 --> 00:30:41.450
Maybe it was the Olive Garden. I think it was

00:30:41.450 --> 00:30:44.559
the Olive Garden. Yeah. Yeah. And he'd probably

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:46.619
forget you work there, so you could have free

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:50.019
run of the house. Yeah, it would be great. And

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:55.319
Felix's treehouse and all the grounds and all

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:59.960
the broken down carnival rides. All yours. I

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:03.460
know. It'd be pretty cush. That's a pretty great

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:05.339
pick, Sierra. It really is. I had not thought

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:10.359
of that as a possibility. Thank you. Okay, so

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:13.099
it's not Bob's Burgers, which would be fun. I

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:16.579
love cooking a lot and baking. I do a lot of

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:18.940
that in my spare time. I'm making eclairs after

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:21.480
we're done with this podcast. What time is it

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:25.640
where you are? Yeah, I know. Oh, okay. Same time.

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:31.920
But this might be a little boring given the fact

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:33.480
that I am a teacher. I would want to work at

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.980
the high school, but I'd want to work at the

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:38.279
middle school, and I'd want to work. in a way

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:41.400
where I was in charge of classroom curriculum,

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:44.279
where I could make it the creative space that

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:48.140
Rudy, Jean, Louise, Tina, where they need this.

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:50.119
Because you can see in episodes where they're

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:54.119
doing like Big Fish, where the kids are down

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:56.559
with the activities. It's just when they're sitting

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:59.940
in these rather rigid old school, sit at your

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:03.319
desks, do math sort of stuff, that things become...

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:08.160
uh that the outlets for jeans adhd for louise's

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:12.279
like constant need for stimulation um play up

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:14.180
and you can see them not engaging with school

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:16.619
but as soon as they're passionate about it they

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:20.039
they um they really get into it so i'd want to

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:21.900
bring in a project -based learning solutions

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:25.200
to that to that school i'd really want that i

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:29.119
love it and You say all these great things and

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:33.160
what is going on is the opposite. And Mr. Frond

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:37.140
is fiddling around helping no one. Helping nobody.

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:39.359
Yeah. He's the most frustrating character for

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:41.359
me because I sit there going, this is unethical.

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:45.200
This is really bad. I believe it. This is the

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:47.380
best practices. You are the opposite side, my

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:50.099
good sir. Exactly. But if I couldn't choose that,

00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:52.519
if I couldn't do Bob's Burgers, I'd want to work

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:54.519
at that jazz club that Felix Fischerter set up

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:57.450
for one evening. Oh, yes. Yeah. Oh, yes. I'd

00:32:57.450 --> 00:32:59.269
want to be their piano player, which would just

00:32:59.269 --> 00:33:04.069
be so much fun. So much fun. And Mickey is there.

00:33:04.349 --> 00:33:07.730
He is, yes. So it's like, it's perfection. He's

00:33:07.730 --> 00:33:10.509
a terrible bartender, but he's there. Yeah, his

00:33:10.509 --> 00:33:15.890
drinks are... Not great. Not great. Yeah. All

00:33:15.890 --> 00:33:18.069
right. Excellent. Well, welcome to the show.

00:33:18.210 --> 00:33:20.549
That's the end of our introduction, folks. We're

00:33:20.549 --> 00:33:23.509
now going to move into the real episode. Woohoo!

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:27.599
And for today's episode, we will be caringly

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:30.940
caroling about Bob's Burgers, the Christmas episodes

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:34.900
edition. Happy holidays, everyone. Happy holidays.

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:39.299
And without further ado. Wait, hold on. There's

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:42.920
some breaking news. Creator Lauren Bouchard finally

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:45.500
answered the question about why the Belchers

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:50.220
eat tacos sideways. The answer will disappoint

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:54.119
you because he says they shouldn't be. I found

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:56.460
that fascinating. He comes in and, you know,

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:58.500
there's been this famous thing on the internet

00:33:58.500 --> 00:34:00.940
why they eat tacos sideways. And Logan Burchard

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:03.269
instantly goes, I had no idea. They shouldn't

00:34:03.269 --> 00:34:05.750
be doing that. It's not cool. Skylar and I had

00:34:05.750 --> 00:34:10.349
like a map in our home that was like Charlie

00:34:10.349 --> 00:34:13.070
Kelly in that Always Sunny meme. Yeah, yeah.

00:34:13.150 --> 00:34:14.630
And we were trying to figure it out. And then

00:34:14.630 --> 00:34:16.510
he comes out here and is just like, it's not

00:34:16.510 --> 00:34:18.809
supposed to be like that. It's an accident. Yeah.

00:34:20.329 --> 00:34:22.590
How many years have we wasted on that, Skylar?

00:34:23.730 --> 00:34:27.010
Wasted. Oh, not wasted. I think the internet

00:34:27.010 --> 00:34:32.010
needed all the information they could get. Yeah.

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:36.260
It was the most unsatisfying answer that we could

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:40.320
have gotten. I thought it was very endearing

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:43.900
that he had no clue it was a thing, though. That

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:46.920
was so endearing. But then again, I find everything

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:50.079
that man does endearing. That's true. That's

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:54.860
very true. Well, now, without further ado, we

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:58.519
will, as Roger Smith says, dive on in. So, an

00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:03.099
explanation of how we're doing this. Our Christmas

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:06.380
episodes. So there are 13 that we're going over

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:08.820
today. There is a 14th, but we're not discussing

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:11.139
the new one. You guys can watch that without

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:14.440
our judgment or opinions. So the way that this

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:18.260
works is if we gave first place to a show, it

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:21.159
would get 13 points. It would get the full 13

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:24.039
because there's 13 episodes. And then vice versa.

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:27.710
So if you were in... Last place, you only earned

00:35:27.710 --> 00:35:30.269
one point. And I could have just made this like

00:35:30.269 --> 00:35:32.429
golf, where the smallest score gets it and made

00:35:32.429 --> 00:35:35.190
this much easier on myself. But instead, I made

00:35:35.190 --> 00:35:38.769
it difficult. So there you go. The episode with

00:35:38.769 --> 00:35:41.610
the most points wins, which to no one's surprise

00:35:41.610 --> 00:35:44.389
was a unanimous decision. But we will be going

00:35:44.389 --> 00:35:48.309
in ascending order, starting with last place.

00:35:48.750 --> 00:35:53.269
So, Sierra, take it away. All right. In last

00:35:53.269 --> 00:35:59.300
place, with... A measly nine points. Season 12,

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:05.019
episode 10, Jean's Christmas Break. Jean breaks

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:08.760
an extremely rare Christmas record from the 70s,

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:11.820
so he and his sisters search for another copy.

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:14.539
Teddy tries to do a neighborhood secret Santa

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:19.000
with Bob and Linda. It's from IMDB description.

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:25.760
So, why I ranked it... In this position. The

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:29.019
saving grace for me in this episode is Louise

00:36:29.019 --> 00:36:31.900
coming up with the idea to save the day and record

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:36.039
their own version of this Christmas record. I

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:39.719
wish that the plot of them trying to find the

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:41.639
record was a little bit more of an adventure

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:44.800
with some more twists and some turns. Kind of

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:47.179
like when Bob is trying to find the love testometer

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:51.420
for Linda. And he keeps having to beat the health

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:53.179
inspectors and find out where they're going.

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:57.539
It's a whole big adventure. Plus the whole weird

00:36:57.539 --> 00:37:03.579
70s hallucination where he goes, it's okay, Gene.

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:08.780
And then Gene just goes, okay. It seems it doesn't

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:11.059
convince me that Gene would turn around on this

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:15.400
because he's very committed to his music. And

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:18.980
if it was something. Again, like another episode

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:21.760
where, you know, Louise has her Coochie Copey

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:25.599
fever dream and then decides to forgive her family.

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:29.940
But that's an entire episode of getting over

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:35.579
this event. Yeah, it doesn't quite convince me

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:37.360
that Gene would turn around this quick, especially

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:39.800
since we know that he's very dramatic. We know

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:42.900
that he loves his music. We also, though, have

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:46.539
never seen him Christmas DJ. Which, they're like,

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:48.840
he does this every year. And I was like, well,

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:51.360
the only time I can quite remember it is when

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:54.639
he's obsessed with Jingle in the Jungle and is

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:56.840
on hold for hours trying to get it to play. A

00:37:56.840 --> 00:38:01.039
Christmas classic, though. More vaga than I imagined.

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:05.420
But definitely my favorite part of the episode,

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:08.679
though, is the sequence of them horribly recording

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:11.880
this album and just really trying and all the

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:16.070
off -key singing. All these random sections of

00:38:16.070 --> 00:38:20.170
songs with the teacup kittens and all these really

00:38:20.170 --> 00:38:22.329
odd things. And you kind of go, I want to hear

00:38:22.329 --> 00:38:25.429
more of these songs. That's what saves the episode

00:38:25.429 --> 00:38:29.710
for me, honestly. Because I am not a fan of the

00:38:29.710 --> 00:38:33.670
Percy McKinselbud character and the whole world.

00:38:34.010 --> 00:38:37.030
It just doesn't hit for me. And it's probably

00:38:37.030 --> 00:38:41.449
why this is the most skippable Christmas episode.

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:47.360
In my opinion. Yeah, I think one saving grace

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:52.219
also that I like in this episode is I have a

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:57.139
little soft spot for when Mort gets Teddy the

00:38:57.139 --> 00:39:00.940
little plaque for Secret Santa. That is the moment

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:05.139
of the episode for me. Yeah. When Teddy, who's

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:07.360
the entire time has been like... Mort sucks.

00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:09.380
I hate Mort. I don't want Mort here. What's Mort

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:11.300
doing? And then he's like, this is the nicest

00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:14.059
thing anyone's ever done for me. Yeah. And not

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:16.480
just in the entire episode. He's always like,

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:20.719
yeah. And Mort's just like the nicest, like laid

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:22.820
back guy. And he's like, here, I just got you

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:26.800
this thing that's going to melt your heart. It's

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:30.960
so sweet. And I like what you were saying, Sierra,

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:36.760
that. You know, the emotional turns didn't feel

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:41.780
earned to you, which makes me a little bit sad.

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:45.900
What did not work for this episode for me. I

00:39:45.900 --> 00:39:48.300
loved the family coming together at the end.

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:54.420
I'm like a pretty like sound sensitive person.

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:58.980
This was just too much for me. I was like, it

00:39:58.980 --> 00:40:01.780
was so loud and uncomfortable for me. I was like,

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:07.440
no, thank you. That was my wife's problem as

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:09.199
well. She's also fairly sound sensitive. And

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:11.500
watching this episode, she was just like, I'm

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:14.579
just uncomfortable the entire watch. Where there's

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:17.079
just all of the stimulation constantly, which

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:19.440
is like Gene's whole thing at the beginning is

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:22.239
that he needs the stimulation. He needs constantly

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:24.239
doing that. And that was me as a kid, certainly.

00:40:24.829 --> 00:40:26.269
And so at the beginning of this episode, I found

00:40:26.269 --> 00:40:29.389
I was like, oh, wow, I relate to this quite a

00:40:29.389 --> 00:40:31.630
bit. And then it feels a little bit like a George

00:40:31.630 --> 00:40:33.909
Lucas film where you're like, I don't know that

00:40:33.909 --> 00:40:35.849
I love all of the different plot points before

00:40:35.849 --> 00:40:38.369
we get to the end, but I liked the end. Yes.

00:40:39.630 --> 00:40:42.030
Exactly. And the thing for this episode that

00:40:42.030 --> 00:40:46.449
why it didn't hit for me is that. Jean episodes

00:40:46.449 --> 00:40:49.849
that slap that are super excellent are ones where

00:40:49.849 --> 00:40:52.670
he grapples with his carelessness, his mindlessness,

00:40:52.829 --> 00:40:56.010
his focus, and he works through it. I'm thinking

00:40:56.010 --> 00:40:58.269
about like the black garlic episode with Kumail

00:40:58.269 --> 00:41:02.010
Nanjiani as the chef where Bob and him sort of

00:41:02.010 --> 00:41:05.889
have a, a, a heart to heart or the, the outside

00:41:05.889 --> 00:41:08.250
toilet episode where he drops the flower sack

00:41:08.250 --> 00:41:09.969
like three times. He doesn't, therefore he'll

00:41:09.969 --> 00:41:11.969
be a terrible parent. And then he takes care

00:41:11.969 --> 00:41:15.699
of this toilet. Really? Like, loyally. And he

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:18.239
has such empathy. Or even most recently, the

00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:21.059
lizard episode that just came out. Which was

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:24.059
an excellent Gene episode. Although I don't always

00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:26.820
love Courtney episodes. But I really loved this

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:30.159
one. And the amount of, you know, emphasis that

00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:32.300
he puts on research for the lizard and all of

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:34.840
that stuff. It's just so sweet and endearing.

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:39.110
This episode, they use his carelessness. as the

00:41:39.110 --> 00:41:41.389
inciting incident and then don't readdress it.

00:41:41.429 --> 00:41:43.690
It becomes an adventure episode. And I just,

00:41:43.710 --> 00:41:48.429
I don't love using his fault as the plot push

00:41:48.429 --> 00:41:51.469
and then never returning back to it. Yeah, because

00:41:51.469 --> 00:41:54.849
if I had, if I could only have one criticism

00:41:54.849 --> 00:41:58.309
of the show, it's that I don't know that they...

00:41:59.010 --> 00:42:01.949
give gene the the plot points that he deserves

00:42:01.949 --> 00:42:04.849
all the time yeah so they've done that before

00:42:04.849 --> 00:42:08.010
where it's like is this really a character arc

00:42:08.010 --> 00:42:11.429
for him it doesn't have to be huge but um i remember

00:42:11.429 --> 00:42:13.909
there's like a plankton episode or something

00:42:13.909 --> 00:42:16.829
and i was like yeah i guess this is an okay gene

00:42:16.829 --> 00:42:21.230
episode but not really anyway yeah when they're

00:42:21.230 --> 00:42:24.230
it's the first um marina episode Where they're

00:42:24.230 --> 00:42:26.590
trying to save that. And it ends up being more

00:42:26.590 --> 00:42:28.670
of like a Tina episode, kind of. Yeah. It's like

00:42:28.670 --> 00:42:30.429
a Halsey episode where you're like, isn't this

00:42:30.429 --> 00:42:34.710
about Jean? Not really. Yes. Yes. Exactly. In

00:42:34.710 --> 00:42:37.349
12th place, with 10 points, which is only one

00:42:37.349 --> 00:42:40.750
more than the previous episode, is Season 15,

00:42:41.050 --> 00:42:46.050
Episode 9. Dog Christmas Day After Afternoon,

00:42:46.090 --> 00:42:49.190
which is my favorite title that anyone's ever

00:42:49.190 --> 00:42:53.110
said ever. No one said that. Said no one. Said

00:42:53.110 --> 00:42:57.010
no one ever. Leave some words for the rest of

00:42:57.010 --> 00:43:02.809
us. Absolutely. IMDb describes this episode as

00:43:02.809 --> 00:43:05.250
the Belcher's family trip to see Christmas lights

00:43:05.250 --> 00:43:09.550
becomes a rescue mission in more ways than one.

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:13.780
So, I am severely disappointed with a lot of

00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:16.380
you. This is by far the worst Christmas episode,

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:19.000
and it has nothing to do with the fact that literally

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:23.380
two days after I watched this Christmas, he's

00:43:23.380 --> 00:43:27.059
alive, my dog's fine, but we had a big chocolate

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:30.760
scare two days later, where our door had been

00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:34.340
broken to our bedroom, and we thought we'd waited

00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:39.199
it, and he walked in and took off a... a whatever

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:42.480
they're called a stocking above our bed and we

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:45.300
got home in time we took him he was fine it all

00:43:45.300 --> 00:43:48.440
ended up being good but it was like these two

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:53.119
this episode is too linked with my actual like

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:57.809
trauma in life Oh, yeah. That's how I feel. When

00:43:57.809 --> 00:43:59.949
I rewatched this episode, I was like, I hate

00:43:59.949 --> 00:44:02.250
this. I hate everything about this. It's so funny

00:44:02.250 --> 00:44:05.190
you say that. It's not funny. I'm with you. I

00:44:05.190 --> 00:44:08.289
understand. It's ironic that you say that because

00:44:08.289 --> 00:44:11.630
we just recorded an episode for our Patreon where

00:44:11.630 --> 00:44:14.170
we do, we call it Not My Favorite Episode, which

00:44:14.170 --> 00:44:16.349
is a play on our My Favorite Episode on YouTube.

00:44:16.610 --> 00:44:19.329
And we wanted to do a Christmas one because it's

00:44:19.329 --> 00:44:21.730
Christmas time. And so we chose this one because

00:44:21.730 --> 00:44:24.849
the first time Skylar and I watched it, last

00:44:24.849 --> 00:44:28.170
year when it was on, we just had – we were –

00:44:28.170 --> 00:44:31.309
the minute Gene feeds that puppy chocolate, we

00:44:31.309 --> 00:44:33.269
both shut down. Yeah. We could not enjoy this

00:44:33.269 --> 00:44:36.809
episode. No. I had a dog die as a kid for getting

00:44:36.809 --> 00:44:39.550
into chocolate. And we were talking about it

00:44:39.550 --> 00:44:42.170
today when we were recording. It was like immediately

00:44:42.170 --> 00:44:44.989
I felt that in my body and I could not enjoy

00:44:44.989 --> 00:44:46.969
anything else about the episode. I'm anxious

00:44:46.969 --> 00:44:50.530
right now. Yeah. Yeah. I will – first of all

00:44:50.530 --> 00:44:53.869
– Sometimes we live in a bubble because we record

00:44:53.869 --> 00:44:58.369
these Patreon episodes and we don't see a broad

00:44:58.369 --> 00:45:00.710
reaction to episodes. So I feel very validated

00:45:00.710 --> 00:45:04.130
right now, I have to say. Absolutely. However,

00:45:04.610 --> 00:45:08.989
I will say great first five minutes of an episode.

00:45:09.110 --> 00:45:11.849
Absolutely. I wish I felt that way the whole

00:45:11.849 --> 00:45:14.570
time. Yes. As I do in those five minutes. It

00:45:14.570 --> 00:45:18.570
reminds me a little bit about. uh season 11's

00:45:18.570 --> 00:45:22.849
opener with uh rubber ball uh where where he's

00:45:22.849 --> 00:45:25.510
bob falls asleep and it's like the first five

00:45:25.510 --> 00:45:29.010
minutes of the episode rock and then the rest

00:45:29.010 --> 00:45:31.769
of the episodes like okay with this one it's

00:45:31.769 --> 00:45:33.489
like the first five episode rocks and then i'm

00:45:33.489 --> 00:45:36.670
like legitimately like unhappy watching it yeah

00:45:36.670 --> 00:45:39.750
you know those two episodes are it's so funny

00:45:39.750 --> 00:45:41.539
to bring those two up because I feel like in

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:43.719
that episode where it loses me is that there

00:45:43.719 --> 00:45:45.760
are no stakes because Bob is dreaming the whole

00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:48.380
time. In this one, the stakes are way too high.

00:45:49.099 --> 00:45:52.420
They're too real. And it's interesting because

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:56.260
I would think the Venn diagram of pet owners

00:45:56.260 --> 00:45:59.420
and Bob's Burger fans are quite almost circular.

00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:03.079
And so it just seems almost out of touch with

00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:08.239
your audience to have Gene make such. An awful

00:46:08.239 --> 00:46:10.579
mistake. Again, giving Jean this moment of carelessness

00:46:10.579 --> 00:46:12.880
that just propels plot and doesn't actually address

00:46:12.880 --> 00:46:15.179
anything. Because it becomes more of a Louise

00:46:15.179 --> 00:46:18.800
episode as it progresses into the dog story.

00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:21.820
And Jean kind of never gets his... Jean's not

00:46:21.820 --> 00:46:25.179
even the one who, like, squeezes... the the turkey

00:46:25.179 --> 00:46:27.239
baster they give that to bob because he's yes

00:46:27.239 --> 00:46:29.780
because he's mr turkey baster so he doesn't even

00:46:29.780 --> 00:46:32.099
really get to undo his harm he just has that

00:46:32.099 --> 00:46:33.860
line right before where they're asking for the

00:46:33.860 --> 00:46:36.219
turkey baster and the hydrogen peroxide from

00:46:36.219 --> 00:46:38.659
that family where bob's like hey we poisoned

00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:40.460
this dog and he's like would you stop telling

00:46:40.460 --> 00:46:43.239
everyone it's gene what the are you talking about

00:46:43.239 --> 00:46:47.559
you have to tell everybody you need this i i

00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:53.639
the fact when He says we're going to need a smaller

00:46:53.639 --> 00:46:56.599
hearse in front of Jean or a smaller coffin.

00:46:56.659 --> 00:46:59.440
And Jean realizes how this evening could end.

00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:03.400
I'm like, what? I need to turn this off. Yeah.

00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:06.840
It's not a funny joke either. I just bummed out

00:47:06.840 --> 00:47:12.079
when Bob says that. Like, what? Honestly, I think

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:15.090
this. Again, proves how kind of traumatic this

00:47:15.090 --> 00:47:17.190
episode is because some of these jokes that you

00:47:17.190 --> 00:47:19.530
guys are saying, I think I blocked them out because

00:47:19.530 --> 00:47:22.250
I straight up do not remember some of these comments

00:47:22.250 --> 00:47:25.670
because I think I legitimately blocked it out.

00:47:25.750 --> 00:47:31.250
All I was so focused on is Louise. One day she'll

00:47:31.250 --> 00:47:35.769
get her puppy. It's really sweet. Yeah. Yes.

00:47:35.769 --> 00:47:40.980
And we get to see her. You know what? I think

00:47:40.980 --> 00:47:43.079
it goes back to what you're talking about in

00:47:43.079 --> 00:47:47.159
the Jean episode. We have this great cathartic

00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:50.199
moment with Louise, but this isn't her episode.

00:47:50.260 --> 00:47:53.800
And it's not like she earned that moment in that

00:47:53.800 --> 00:47:58.059
finale somehow. And what I do like about it is

00:47:58.059 --> 00:48:00.460
she turns into a little nine -year -old girl

00:48:00.460 --> 00:48:03.559
and we don't get to see her like that very often.

00:48:03.599 --> 00:48:06.320
And it is very sweet. You know, it's interesting.

00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:09.739
It's one of the rare instances in Bob's Burgers

00:48:09.739 --> 00:48:13.139
where you have this dichotomy of an unearned

00:48:13.139 --> 00:48:16.059
moment within the episode, and yet a weirdly

00:48:16.059 --> 00:48:18.579
earned moment for the show overall. Because we've

00:48:18.579 --> 00:48:21.219
had a couple of touch points of Louise really

00:48:21.219 --> 00:48:25.019
wanting a dog. What's that, the oils one, where

00:48:25.019 --> 00:48:27.940
she kidnaps the dog under her jacket? Oh, so

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:30.219
cute! And Linda's like, ah, we'll bring it back

00:48:30.219 --> 00:48:31.980
in an hour. And that's another part where we're

00:48:31.980 --> 00:48:38.059
like, wait, hold on, no. Mom! Linda, no! I would

00:48:38.059 --> 00:48:42.659
not like you if you did that to me. And so it's,

00:48:42.679 --> 00:48:44.500
like, weirdly earned right then, but you have

00:48:44.500 --> 00:48:47.500
to, like, grasp onto a history of Bob's Burgers

00:48:47.500 --> 00:48:50.360
in your head in order to kind of have any enjoyment

00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:55.539
of that moment. Yes. So, yeah. I'm glad we all

00:48:55.539 --> 00:49:00.860
agree that I'm feeling things. I'm coming down.

00:49:01.760 --> 00:49:06.219
Yeah, it's a rough one. R -U -F -F? R -U -F -F?

00:49:06.719 --> 00:49:10.440
A rough? Rough. A dog bark? Oh, I thought you

00:49:10.440 --> 00:49:13.980
were doing like Gen Z lingo. I was like, oh God.

00:49:14.699 --> 00:49:18.280
Regional utilitarian formation of formats. No?

00:49:19.659 --> 00:49:22.639
Bad. I'm strictly doing Gen Z lingo from now

00:49:22.639 --> 00:49:26.920
on, by the way. skibbity ohio toilets here we

00:49:26.920 --> 00:49:29.960
go no cap yikes people still say that right bet

00:49:29.960 --> 00:49:32.300
that's not no actually they're pretty much out

00:49:32.300 --> 00:49:34.780
on on it's now all about eight nine because of

00:49:34.780 --> 00:49:38.159
the grinch on tiktok six seven no that's eight

00:49:38.159 --> 00:49:43.519
nine now yeah well yeah as a quick aside have

00:49:43.519 --> 00:49:45.840
you followed the the grinch character at universal

00:49:46.559 --> 00:49:49.340
On TikTok? I heard it's a must follow, but we

00:49:49.340 --> 00:49:52.559
haven't yet. Oh, okay. Max is so into this. I

00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:54.980
love that Grinch in Universal. He's so funny.

00:49:55.059 --> 00:49:57.300
But one of the things that he did is this kid

00:49:57.300 --> 00:50:00.199
comes up and goes, six, seven. And he goes, eight,

00:50:00.280 --> 00:50:04.219
nine. And now it's like a big thing. He, this

00:50:04.219 --> 00:50:08.460
one actor at Universal literally shifted the

00:50:08.460 --> 00:50:12.300
cultural dynamic. For real. 20 -25. Thankfully

00:50:12.300 --> 00:50:18.019
shifted. I will take 8 -9 for over 6 -7 any day.

00:50:19.119 --> 00:50:22.920
The last three weeks of 20 -25, everything has

00:50:22.920 --> 00:50:29.280
changed. Thank God. In 11th place with 10 points,

00:50:29.599 --> 00:50:32.380
Sam made us put it higher than Chocolate Dog

00:50:32.380 --> 00:50:38.250
Rick. Season 3, Episode 9. Bob, rest ye merry

00:50:38.250 --> 00:50:40.849
gentle mannequins. They were tied with 10 points.

00:50:40.969 --> 00:50:44.409
That's why I put that. Oh. Sorry. I should have

00:50:44.409 --> 00:50:47.070
preloaded you. By the way, they're tied, but

00:50:47.070 --> 00:50:49.190
I made it go higher. No, this was the right choice.

00:50:49.369 --> 00:50:53.429
It was the right choice. Synopsis from IMDb is,

00:50:53.630 --> 00:50:57.489
wow, this is a great synopsis. Tis the season

00:50:57.489 --> 00:51:02.340
for strange holiday mannequins. Very early Bob's

00:51:02.340 --> 00:51:06.039
Burgers to have really terrible recap or synopsis.

00:51:06.440 --> 00:51:11.219
Yes. Yeah. You know what? It doesn't deserve

00:51:11.219 --> 00:51:14.699
that much more of a description than that, to

00:51:14.699 --> 00:51:18.760
be honest, if you ask me. It's kind of a meh

00:51:18.760 --> 00:51:24.780
episode. The one thing it has going for it is

00:51:24.780 --> 00:51:27.920
we have early Zach Galifianakis. Yes, precisely.

00:51:28.239 --> 00:51:33.480
His guest character, Chet. And I believe it was

00:51:33.480 --> 00:51:37.039
before he even did Felix. Maybe this is what

00:51:37.039 --> 00:51:39.099
brought him into the world, thankfully, to play

00:51:39.099 --> 00:51:42.679
Felix eventually. But I think what my issue with

00:51:42.679 --> 00:51:45.940
this one is, and I tell Skylar about this on

00:51:45.940 --> 00:51:48.840
our podcast all the time, is Bosberg is both

00:51:48.840 --> 00:51:51.480
the best at introducing a new character and having

00:51:51.480 --> 00:51:56.360
a story focus on them. And then sometimes...

00:51:57.139 --> 00:51:59.699
they're not like they have this character and

00:51:59.699 --> 00:52:02.179
they're the center of the story pretty much and

00:52:02.179 --> 00:52:04.840
i don't get attached to them and i don't love

00:52:04.840 --> 00:52:07.679
them and then the story loses me and the episode

00:52:07.679 --> 00:52:10.420
loses me and that's how i feel about chet i don't

00:52:10.420 --> 00:52:12.699
know how everyone else feels about chet but he's

00:52:12.699 --> 00:52:15.690
not my favorite I think I like Chet from the

00:52:15.690 --> 00:52:18.349
standpoint of his line readings by Zach Galifianakis,

00:52:18.449 --> 00:52:20.650
where it's like, you know, he's like, she did

00:52:20.650 --> 00:52:23.909
modeling in London, Paris, Milan. And I'm like,

00:52:23.989 --> 00:52:27.530
Zach Galifianakis is a god. This is incredible.

00:52:27.750 --> 00:52:30.150
But I'm actually not that into, especially because

00:52:30.150 --> 00:52:31.710
it's still in this weird liminal space where

00:52:31.710 --> 00:52:35.010
Bob's Burgers is like, are we fully family friendly

00:52:35.010 --> 00:52:37.170
or not? Like this episode is, it gets pretty

00:52:37.170 --> 00:52:41.500
risque very quickly. And this episode where they

00:52:41.500 --> 00:52:43.760
turn up at the, thanks to Marshmallow, which

00:52:43.760 --> 00:52:45.840
I noticed for the first time, Marshmallow is

00:52:45.840 --> 00:52:48.400
the one that has seen the mannequin, Nadine,

00:52:48.400 --> 00:52:51.940
and points them out to the sex shop, which is

00:52:51.940 --> 00:52:54.199
great for Marshmallow. But when the kids start

00:52:54.199 --> 00:52:58.280
messing around with sex toys and lube and everything,

00:52:58.420 --> 00:53:01.840
it kind of, I go, hmm, I don't know about this.

00:53:02.059 --> 00:53:05.980
I don't know that I'm comfortable. I just get

00:53:05.980 --> 00:53:09.019
a weird feeling when I think about it, the episode.

00:53:09.099 --> 00:53:12.219
I'm like, I don't really want to put it on. And

00:53:12.219 --> 00:53:17.239
when I see it in my head, I also see like really

00:53:17.239 --> 00:53:21.440
dated animation. And it just makes me feel like,

00:53:21.559 --> 00:53:24.260
oh, this is Bob's Burgers before it became my

00:53:24.260 --> 00:53:27.960
Bob's Burgers. And there will be people who will

00:53:27.960 --> 00:53:30.440
fight me on the Internet about this, that if

00:53:30.440 --> 00:53:34.159
only they could just go back to. Season one through

00:53:34.159 --> 00:53:36.940
three. But I'm not one of those people. Right.

00:53:37.039 --> 00:53:39.739
But they want Bob to have his boner for the for

00:53:39.739 --> 00:53:41.960
the Laffy Taffy man that has gold inside him.

00:53:42.639 --> 00:53:46.360
I we recently did an episode on that. And I was

00:53:46.360 --> 00:53:49.420
like, excuse me, what is happening right now?

00:53:49.699 --> 00:53:52.960
I am uncomfortable. Extremely. And also there's

00:53:52.960 --> 00:53:55.719
gold in that man. There's no way. I gotta tell

00:53:55.719 --> 00:54:00.239
you, there's no way. I mean, Linda gave him a

00:54:00.239 --> 00:54:02.559
lot of pills, I think. That's true. Literally

00:54:02.559 --> 00:54:07.199
drugged her husband. Weird meddling Linda in

00:54:07.199 --> 00:54:10.320
an inappropriate facet. Super strange episode.

00:54:10.860 --> 00:54:12.820
Although I do like Louise in that episode quite

00:54:12.820 --> 00:54:17.099
a bit. Yes. Yeah, I think that episode just makes

00:54:17.099 --> 00:54:20.869
me feel a little strange constantly. Although

00:54:20.869 --> 00:54:24.550
I will say the fact that Bob's mom's maiden name

00:54:24.550 --> 00:54:28.110
was Lombard, which is hearkening back to the

00:54:28.110 --> 00:54:30.150
original show supposed to be set in San Francisco.

00:54:30.429 --> 00:54:33.329
They use San Francisco artists to help set the

00:54:33.329 --> 00:54:36.329
show. Like Ceron Norris, who's this great artist

00:54:36.329 --> 00:54:40.349
up in San Francisco, does a bunch of the background

00:54:40.349 --> 00:54:42.769
art for the pilot episode and stuff like that.

00:54:42.929 --> 00:54:45.690
I do love the fact that we get a little bit of

00:54:45.690 --> 00:54:49.010
a San Francisco shout out. But overall, strange

00:54:49.010 --> 00:54:52.699
episode for me. Yeah, it feels kind of like another

00:54:52.699 --> 00:54:57.380
fever dream episode where, and not the good kind

00:54:57.380 --> 00:55:02.079
like Louise's fever dream, but a, what did I

00:55:02.079 --> 00:55:06.320
just watch? Because it is, you know, in that

00:55:06.320 --> 00:55:09.539
world, not only is it kind of a, is this adult

00:55:09.539 --> 00:55:12.559
or is this family friendly, but it's also kind

00:55:12.559 --> 00:55:17.659
of, is this real life or is this a little fantasy

00:55:17.659 --> 00:55:21.400
-esque? Are you quoting Queen? I mean, where

00:55:21.400 --> 00:55:23.780
are you going with this? Yeah, I know. I realized

00:55:23.780 --> 00:55:27.599
it halfway through my sentence. But I think the

00:55:27.599 --> 00:55:32.300
difficulty that I have is this is not only a

00:55:32.300 --> 00:55:34.860
character who gets introduced and the whole episode

00:55:34.860 --> 00:55:37.639
revolves around him and I don't quite latch on

00:55:37.639 --> 00:55:40.360
to him, but also then he never shows up again.

00:55:40.559 --> 00:55:43.920
And I feel like usually the characters who get

00:55:43.920 --> 00:55:45.960
introduced, you have a whole episode about them.

00:55:46.300 --> 00:55:48.300
And then maybe they don't show up for a while.

00:55:48.760 --> 00:55:52.440
They still will eventually pop back up and we'll

00:55:52.440 --> 00:55:55.539
touch on the fact that they existed again. But

00:55:55.539 --> 00:56:00.519
we never hear about this guy who has this whole

00:56:00.519 --> 00:56:03.139
fantasy of having been a mannequin and falling

00:56:03.139 --> 00:56:06.639
in love with a mannequin and then becoming a

00:56:06.639 --> 00:56:11.840
human somehow living in a storage unit. And then

00:56:11.840 --> 00:56:14.780
the very, very, very end. Oh, yeah, we're just

00:56:14.780 --> 00:56:17.360
probably going to go back to my high rise in

00:56:17.360 --> 00:56:19.800
New York. It was being renovated or something.

00:56:19.980 --> 00:56:21.000
We had to have bathrooms removed. By the way,

00:56:21.000 --> 00:56:22.699
I'm a multi -millionaire, if not a billionaire.

00:56:23.440 --> 00:56:27.400
Yeah. And you just go, wait, wait, what? And

00:56:27.400 --> 00:56:29.559
you can also tell how tight of a budget that

00:56:29.559 --> 00:56:31.460
they are still in season three, because at the

00:56:31.460 --> 00:56:34.280
end of that episode, they don't shift to Bob

00:56:34.280 --> 00:56:36.780
when he says what. They don't animate the last

00:56:36.780 --> 00:56:41.239
line. It's still a still on Chet when H. John

00:56:41.239 --> 00:56:44.800
Drennan goes. What? And that's it. Oh, that's

00:56:44.800 --> 00:56:46.360
so interesting. I'm going to have to go back

00:56:46.360 --> 00:56:49.539
and watch that. Yeah. It's fascinating. The only

00:56:49.539 --> 00:56:54.840
thing I love about this episode is I do like

00:56:54.840 --> 00:56:59.699
the reveals of the Christmas vignettes. Yeah.

00:57:00.320 --> 00:57:04.579
I will say, I'm a big Edith fan. And we get a

00:57:04.579 --> 00:57:09.260
choice, like, two -word line from Edith. Well,

00:57:09.380 --> 00:57:11.019
not two words. I'm an idiot. But it's fine. She

00:57:11.019 --> 00:57:14.110
goes. Burn in hell, Belchers. And I just love

00:57:14.110 --> 00:57:19.150
it. I constantly quote at home when she, there's

00:57:19.150 --> 00:57:23.510
one episode where she just goes, garbage. She's

00:57:23.510 --> 00:57:26.269
so good. Yeah, she's great. Is it Larry Murphy

00:57:26.269 --> 00:57:30.369
who voices her? Yes. So good. I think so. So

00:57:30.369 --> 00:57:35.440
excellent. All right. In 10th place with 18 points,

00:57:35.780 --> 00:57:39.940
Season 10, Episode 10, Have Yourself a Maily

00:57:39.940 --> 00:57:44.579
Linda Christmas. The IMDb synopsis, Linda works

00:57:44.579 --> 00:57:47.619
a temp job at the post office to make extra money

00:57:47.619 --> 00:57:50.619
for the holidays. Bob and Tina get stuck at home

00:57:50.619 --> 00:57:53.780
with Linda's family. Gene and Louise try to find

00:57:53.780 --> 00:57:58.269
the perfect gift for Tina. This, too, has been

00:57:58.269 --> 00:58:01.489
an episode that Max and I have been hard on in

00:58:01.489 --> 00:58:05.429
the past. And now that we have talked about those

00:58:05.429 --> 00:58:10.230
previous three episodes, there's actually a lot

00:58:10.230 --> 00:58:14.849
I like about this. What I do not like about it

00:58:14.849 --> 00:58:18.929
is I do not want to be at the post office on

00:58:18.929 --> 00:58:22.349
Christmas Day. It is stressful to me. I want

00:58:22.349 --> 00:58:25.769
to be at home with hot cocoa. Boy, do I feel

00:58:25.769 --> 00:58:30.829
bad for Bob having to be with those in -laws

00:58:30.829 --> 00:58:34.650
because my personal preference, if I never saw

00:58:34.650 --> 00:58:37.809
Gloria, is that her name? Yeah. Gloria again,

00:58:37.909 --> 00:58:43.969
I would be fine. Absolutely fine. That being

00:58:43.969 --> 00:58:47.949
said, I don't, what do Jean and Louise end up?

00:58:48.170 --> 00:58:52.170
Getting Tina? Because they spy Tina's gift for

00:58:52.170 --> 00:58:54.670
the Belcher children only Christmas thing, they

00:58:54.670 --> 00:58:56.909
realize that their gifts, which is a beret and

00:58:56.909 --> 00:58:59.469
Tina's beret, Jean just takes it out of her drawer

00:58:59.469 --> 00:59:03.929
and Louise grabs one. They go with Linda to drop

00:59:03.929 --> 00:59:05.550
off this package in order to see if they can

00:59:05.550 --> 00:59:08.210
go to the store. And then it takes so long that

00:59:08.210 --> 00:59:11.670
Louise just spends like 20 screen seconds begging

00:59:11.670 --> 00:59:13.869
the boy that they deliver this to just give them

00:59:13.869 --> 00:59:18.250
one of his random presents. But he doesn't, and

00:59:18.250 --> 00:59:23.789
Mike the mailman makes them little origami cranes

00:59:23.789 --> 00:59:30.389
out of mail we missed you notices, and they give

00:59:30.389 --> 00:59:33.429
her those. And then they give her a hug. Oh,

00:59:33.829 --> 00:59:36.190
and she really does like the hug. And she checks

00:59:36.190 --> 00:59:38.929
their pockets as she's hugging them. Oh, look,

00:59:38.989 --> 00:59:42.940
a beret! I do remember liking the hug moment,

00:59:43.039 --> 00:59:46.800
but yeah, I don't want to be running around in

00:59:46.800 --> 00:59:49.920
Christmas traffic. Yeah. We also talk about there's

00:59:49.920 --> 00:59:53.960
Linda has a certain line when it comes to meddling

00:59:53.960 --> 00:59:57.619
that once she crosses that line in an episode,

00:59:57.679 --> 01:00:01.219
it just drives me crazy. And this is one of those

01:00:01.219 --> 01:00:03.440
episodes where it's like, Linda, you got to let

01:00:03.440 --> 01:00:08.349
this one go, please. And she's sacrificing. This

01:00:08.349 --> 01:00:10.510
sounds way too dramatic, but she's sacrificing

01:00:10.510 --> 01:00:14.849
her marriage with Bob for this. Honestly, though,

01:00:15.010 --> 01:00:18.010
I mean, with those in -laws. I like that interpretation

01:00:18.010 --> 01:00:21.369
of it, though. Yeah. I mean, if I explicitly

01:00:21.369 --> 01:00:27.610
said to Max, listen, I will be here alone with

01:00:27.610 --> 01:00:29.869
your parents, but I can't do it the whole evening.

01:00:29.929 --> 01:00:33.469
I really need this from you. And you freaking

01:00:33.469 --> 01:00:40.130
split. I mean, we'd have words. It's true. The

01:00:40.130 --> 01:00:42.530
gauntlet of conversation would be thrown down.

01:00:42.889 --> 01:00:49.530
Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Go for it, Sarah. It's a, I

01:00:49.530 --> 01:00:52.250
feel the exact same way about Linda's meddling.

01:00:52.690 --> 01:00:58.309
I have a threshold for the meddling. And once

01:00:58.309 --> 01:01:01.090
it has reached that, yes, same thing. I become

01:01:01.090 --> 01:01:04.449
very uncomfortable. I don't like it. It's probably

01:01:04.449 --> 01:01:07.829
because those types of people in real life really

01:01:07.829 --> 01:01:11.190
bug me where I just go, you know, this is kind

01:01:11.190 --> 01:01:15.170
of not your business. This is not about you.

01:01:15.650 --> 01:01:19.949
Can we please move on and let people live their

01:01:19.949 --> 01:01:25.130
lives? Okay, thanks. So I, it really does bother

01:01:25.130 --> 01:01:27.429
me. That's honestly, I will say it again later

01:01:27.429 --> 01:01:29.190
because there's another episode where she meddles

01:01:29.190 --> 01:01:33.230
and it bugs the heck out of me. It is probably

01:01:33.230 --> 01:01:35.869
my least favorite part of Bob's Burgers as a

01:01:35.869 --> 01:01:38.610
whole, is when her meddling gets too much. Wow.

01:01:38.869 --> 01:01:42.710
Yeah, so you hated... It just hits a certain

01:01:42.710 --> 01:01:46.570
nerve with me that I can't stand, which is a

01:01:46.570 --> 01:01:49.730
bummer because she's a main character. Right.

01:01:49.789 --> 01:01:52.269
It's also a bummer, which I'm sure we'll get

01:01:52.269 --> 01:01:53.550
into when we get to the episode you're talking

01:01:53.550 --> 01:01:57.510
about, in Christmas episode because I see it

01:01:57.510 --> 01:02:01.880
as Bob is the one who... who puts family second

01:02:01.880 --> 01:02:04.840
during Thanksgiving, and it's all about the meal.

01:02:05.039 --> 01:02:07.820
And Linda is the one who puts family second on

01:02:07.820 --> 01:02:10.099
Christmas, and it's all about the decorations

01:02:10.099 --> 01:02:13.179
and the celebration. And the tree. Yeah. Really,

01:02:13.820 --> 01:02:16.079
they're hammering the tree quite a bit. Yes.

01:02:16.440 --> 01:02:18.179
Especially with this last Christmas episode.

01:02:18.539 --> 01:02:21.440
Oh, yes. Which they introduced her as Phoebe

01:02:21.440 --> 01:02:25.579
Buffay's cousin, essentially. That's exactly

01:02:25.579 --> 01:02:29.159
what I thought of. So, I think... I, too, am

01:02:29.159 --> 01:02:32.380
uncomfortable about the meddlesomeness of her

01:02:32.380 --> 01:02:34.159
and the fact that she's, like, committing a felony

01:02:34.159 --> 01:02:36.780
the entire time she took someone's mail out of

01:02:36.780 --> 01:02:40.619
the post office. I will say, we don't get much

01:02:40.619 --> 01:02:42.940
Mike the Mailman after the first couple of seasons.

01:02:43.039 --> 01:02:45.440
And this is a great Mike the Mailman episode.

01:02:45.519 --> 01:02:47.199
We get to see his partner for the first time,

01:02:47.219 --> 01:02:50.659
I believe. Wow. And we get to see him, like,

01:02:50.679 --> 01:02:53.179
try out cool lines. I think that's my favorite

01:02:53.179 --> 01:02:54.940
motif in the entire thing is he's constantly

01:02:54.940 --> 01:02:57.619
like, did that sound cool? Yeah. Did that sound

01:02:57.619 --> 01:02:59.820
cool? And the fact that he's like, we have male

01:02:59.820 --> 01:03:02.780
to male carrier confidentiality. And she's like,

01:03:02.860 --> 01:03:04.179
great. Then yes, I did. And he's like, that's

01:03:04.179 --> 01:03:08.860
a lie. I just made that up. He's awesome. And

01:03:08.860 --> 01:03:11.619
so I really like him in this episode. Yeah, and

01:03:11.619 --> 01:03:14.800
that's a great point, too, because when they

01:03:14.800 --> 01:03:16.860
cut to him at home, we've never seen him at home,

01:03:16.940 --> 01:03:19.840
it looks like the most lovely evening he's having.

01:03:19.920 --> 01:03:24.360
That place is immaculately decorated. It seems

01:03:24.360 --> 01:03:27.300
so perfect. And Linda's meddling is ruining his

01:03:27.300 --> 01:03:30.599
Christmas tree. It's not cool. Absolutely. Thank

01:03:30.599 --> 01:03:35.739
you. Justice for Mike. I will, however, give

01:03:35.739 --> 01:03:40.320
a lot of credit to Bob for figuring out how to

01:03:40.320 --> 01:03:43.659
get out of the in -law situation by smoothing

01:03:43.659 --> 01:03:47.239
it over. Ingenious. Because I love how he goes,

01:03:47.380 --> 01:03:49.780
oh, yeah, I just, you know, got them to talk

01:03:49.780 --> 01:03:52.380
it out. Really? No, I went in the other room

01:03:52.380 --> 01:03:54.500
and pretended to be from the bank and said she

01:03:54.500 --> 01:03:59.360
had too much money. It's really good. He knows

01:03:59.360 --> 01:04:03.190
them. Another day, another moment enabling. gail

01:04:03.190 --> 01:04:06.429
but that's a whole another podcast that really

01:04:06.429 --> 01:04:09.309
is a completely different i will say i do love

01:04:09.309 --> 01:04:11.769
the moment where tina goes to the bathroom goes

01:04:11.769 --> 01:04:14.690
dad are you in here just to avoid talking to

01:04:14.690 --> 01:04:18.849
them he's like no okay yes and then tina gives

01:04:18.849 --> 01:04:20.789
this really great speech about like you know

01:04:20.789 --> 01:04:22.670
mom always helps them avoid this but why don't

01:04:22.670 --> 01:04:25.570
you help them um actually work it out which is

01:04:25.570 --> 01:04:29.289
an awesome lesson and then Bob's like, okay,

01:04:29.349 --> 01:04:30.769
but if I come out, you're not just going to switch

01:04:30.769 --> 01:04:32.369
with me, right? And she's like, no, I promise.

01:04:32.650 --> 01:04:35.429
And then he comes out and she immediately runs

01:04:35.429 --> 01:04:38.190
in and closes the door. And he's like, you promised.

01:04:38.409 --> 01:04:39.889
And she's like, right, got it. Sorry, got to

01:04:39.889 --> 01:04:43.050
stay strong. So good. That is the best part.

01:04:43.369 --> 01:04:46.489
The epitome of Tina. Great Tina moment. Yeah.

01:04:47.570 --> 01:04:54.860
Amazing. In ninth place with 24 points. Season

01:04:54.860 --> 01:04:59.539
nine, episode 10, Better Off Sled. The description,

01:05:00.199 --> 01:05:04.059
the Belcher kids get into a turf war with teenagers

01:05:04.059 --> 01:05:07.260
who take their usual sledding territory. Bob

01:05:07.260 --> 01:05:10.000
tries to help Linda knit three scarves before

01:05:10.000 --> 01:05:13.940
Christmas. So any episode where Bob can do something

01:05:13.940 --> 01:05:17.659
really well, it just makes me very happy. Absolutely.

01:05:19.039 --> 01:05:20.679
I think it would have been pretty cute if he

01:05:20.679 --> 01:05:23.119
just kept knitting and like sold scarves on the

01:05:23.119 --> 01:05:26.360
side because he's clearly so good at them that

01:05:26.360 --> 01:05:28.780
the kids think that they could be store -bought.

01:05:29.119 --> 01:05:32.260
And he has all these other like little random

01:05:32.260 --> 01:05:35.340
talents that he could totally monetize and yet

01:05:35.340 --> 01:05:39.480
decides not to, which is kind of noble of him

01:05:39.480 --> 01:05:43.119
to really stick with his pursuit and not always

01:05:43.119 --> 01:05:45.159
be driven by money, which he's definitely not.

01:05:45.260 --> 01:05:47.659
Otherwise, he definitely could be making a lot

01:05:47.659 --> 01:05:51.190
more money. Yeah, I don't think their relationship

01:05:51.190 --> 01:05:56.650
would last if he started a scarf Etsy. Linda

01:05:56.650 --> 01:05:59.929
would probably murder him. With his own scarves.

01:06:01.150 --> 01:06:06.590
Yes. He just drowned in his own scarves. I really

01:06:06.590 --> 01:06:08.849
like the competition between them. I think it's

01:06:08.849 --> 01:06:10.610
a great callback to early Bob's Burgers where

01:06:10.610 --> 01:06:15.150
they have Linda's spit. What's it where she flies

01:06:15.150 --> 01:06:18.570
up the napkins? That was fun. She's super good

01:06:18.570 --> 01:06:20.889
and everybody tries to beat her. But in that

01:06:20.889 --> 01:06:23.730
episode, Bob has this great... revelation. It

01:06:23.730 --> 01:06:25.730
was like, why am I rooting so hard against Linda?

01:06:25.909 --> 01:06:28.969
And he has this wonderful, like, the eyes glow

01:06:28.969 --> 01:06:30.929
over and they even have somebody singing in the

01:06:30.929 --> 01:06:35.230
background, Linda! And that's great. And Linda

01:06:35.230 --> 01:06:37.550
doesn't have that at all. She just finds much

01:06:37.550 --> 01:06:39.510
triumph when they're like, yeah, this is a great

01:06:39.510 --> 01:06:41.469
scarf. And Linda's like, it's not from Grandma,

01:06:41.610 --> 01:06:47.030
it's from me! She takes it there, you know? I

01:06:47.030 --> 01:06:49.670
will say, as we're moving through this list,

01:06:49.989 --> 01:06:53.320
this is the first time where I went, Oh. Yeah,

01:06:53.380 --> 01:06:56.840
same. Absolutely. I'm in the same plot. If this

01:06:56.840 --> 01:06:59.699
were playing right now, I would watch it. And

01:06:59.699 --> 01:07:05.000
is her name, is it Rudy's cousin, Mandy? Mandy.

01:07:05.139 --> 01:07:09.460
Mandatory napkin. Yes. Rude. Max has been called

01:07:09.460 --> 01:07:13.679
Maxipad 2 in his life, so. Yeah, I have. But

01:07:13.679 --> 01:07:17.639
her ha -ha is something we quote frequently.

01:07:17.659 --> 01:07:20.199
Yeah, we say it, I'd say it, we have to say that

01:07:20.199 --> 01:07:26.699
at least twice a week. Yeah, sure. I do say it

01:07:26.699 --> 01:07:29.599
quite a bit when I throw stuff to people. Exactly.

01:07:30.340 --> 01:07:33.320
Like, if we ever go bowling, we'll be kicked

01:07:33.320 --> 01:07:38.219
out. We'll just be like, the whole time. I love

01:07:38.219 --> 01:07:41.420
that. I gotta say, we talked a little bit about

01:07:41.420 --> 01:07:44.039
how Louise getting to see her inner nine -year

01:07:44.039 --> 01:07:48.159
-old is so important and really touching as a

01:07:48.159 --> 01:07:50.539
character. And the thing that makes this episode

01:07:50.539 --> 01:07:53.559
so like so impactful for me and a part of me

01:07:53.559 --> 01:07:56.500
that i i like literally i legitimately start

01:07:56.500 --> 01:08:00.079
like tearing up during is right at the end when

01:08:00.079 --> 01:08:01.860
they are finally victorious and they get the

01:08:01.860 --> 01:08:03.960
hill for sledding and she raises her sled above

01:08:03.960 --> 01:08:07.880
her head and she goes let's sled and she it's

01:08:07.880 --> 01:08:11.699
just her inner child pouring out in this way

01:08:11.699 --> 01:08:13.960
that we just very rarely see with Louise. And

01:08:13.960 --> 01:08:17.340
it just makes me go, Oh, I wish I had a childhood.

01:08:19.060 --> 01:08:21.939
Exactly. But that, and that's why we watch Bob's

01:08:21.939 --> 01:08:24.359
burgers. And that's why those elements in these

01:08:24.359 --> 01:08:26.920
Christmas episodes, how much they like hot cocoa,

01:08:27.079 --> 01:08:30.840
how much they unabashedly want presents. It,

01:08:30.920 --> 01:08:34.000
it, it makes you feel like a kid again, whether

01:08:34.000 --> 01:08:38.060
you had that experience or not. Yeah. Yeah. It's

01:08:38.060 --> 01:08:41.220
really sweet. I also, What's Teddy doing in this

01:08:41.220 --> 01:08:42.819
episode? Because I just remember that I love

01:08:42.819 --> 01:08:48.739
it. He and Louise are conspiring to plow the

01:08:48.739 --> 01:08:53.020
hill. So Teddy is in charge of snow plowing the

01:08:53.020 --> 01:08:57.140
streets and is very not great at it, as Bob points

01:08:57.140 --> 01:08:59.420
out, because he's on the news and he's just skidding

01:08:59.420 --> 01:09:02.060
out. Fishtailing a lot there. It's hard, Bob.

01:09:03.619 --> 01:09:06.619
Don't you just... Drive straight. Do you even

01:09:06.619 --> 01:09:09.720
know how to snowplow, Bob? Don't you just drive

01:09:09.720 --> 01:09:17.420
and move the snow? Well, yeah, but... But then

01:09:17.420 --> 01:09:20.840
Louise totally convinces him to plow the hill

01:09:20.840 --> 01:09:24.739
so that there's no snow for the snowball fight.

01:09:25.239 --> 01:09:29.159
And Teddy's just freaking out about it. I'm not

01:09:29.159 --> 01:09:32.979
supposed to be plowing in the park. Getting all

01:09:32.979 --> 01:09:35.859
upset about it and he's calling Louise late at

01:09:35.859 --> 01:09:38.699
night and he's like, I did it, but I was never

01:09:38.699 --> 01:09:44.189
here. I was never here. Because he does it because

01:09:44.189 --> 01:09:47.329
he had a bully, too, that would throw snowballs

01:09:47.329 --> 01:09:49.770
at him. And there's that great flashback of him

01:09:49.770 --> 01:09:51.569
being like, ha ha, that's really funny, whatever

01:09:51.569 --> 01:09:54.229
his bully's name is. That's enough! And it's

01:09:54.229 --> 01:09:56.489
very like, that's enough slices. But it's Teddy

01:09:56.489 --> 01:10:00.909
in his little kid voice. Yeah, it's very sweet.

01:10:01.029 --> 01:10:04.350
See, I love Teddy. He's great. Yeah, the reason

01:10:04.350 --> 01:10:06.930
why I think this is still kind of ranked low,

01:10:07.109 --> 01:10:10.140
at least in my opinion, is that it's... doesn't

01:10:10.140 --> 01:10:12.800
feel like as Christmassy as all the other episodes.

01:10:12.880 --> 01:10:16.319
Like it is, it's more of a winter episode. Yeah,

01:10:16.399 --> 01:10:19.359
totally. It's like, and also because the other

01:10:19.359 --> 01:10:22.720
episodes coming up are so darn great. So I am

01:10:22.720 --> 01:10:26.159
like, that's just kind of why this is sitting

01:10:26.159 --> 01:10:27.800
here, even though it's such a good episode, I

01:10:27.800 --> 01:10:31.600
think. I agree. I, in all honesty, when I think

01:10:31.600 --> 01:10:33.220
of this episode, I think it happens after Christmas

01:10:33.220 --> 01:10:36.140
and I completely forget about the knitting before

01:10:36.140 --> 01:10:39.989
Christmas happens. Right. Exactly. Yeah. It also

01:10:39.989 --> 01:10:44.050
doesn't help that when you go to watch the Christmas

01:10:44.050 --> 01:10:49.329
episode playlist on Hulu, this episode is not

01:10:49.329 --> 01:10:53.189
in that playlist. Hulu, get it together. I know.

01:10:53.770 --> 01:10:56.430
Because that's how I was going, oh, they probably

01:10:56.430 --> 01:10:58.470
have a playlist. It's close to Christmas. They

01:10:58.470 --> 01:11:00.529
almost always have a playlist of all the Christmas

01:11:00.529 --> 01:11:03.010
episodes or the holiday episodes when it's close

01:11:03.010 --> 01:11:05.329
to the holiday. And so I'm watching them all

01:11:05.329 --> 01:11:07.130
and I'm going, oh, yeah, this is great. And then

01:11:07.130 --> 01:11:10.289
I look in the dock and I go, Better Off Sled?

01:11:10.449 --> 01:11:13.529
I don't remember a sledding episode. And I go,

01:11:13.590 --> 01:11:18.189
dang it! All Hulu's fault. Operator, get me the

01:11:18.189 --> 01:11:19.890
number of this intern that put this together.

01:11:20.550 --> 01:11:24.789
Yes. I think Better Off Sled is to Bob's Burgers

01:11:24.789 --> 01:11:28.569
Christmas episodes as Putzgiving is to Bob's

01:11:28.569 --> 01:11:33.149
Burgers Thanksgiving episodes. 100%. 100 % agree.

01:11:33.390 --> 01:11:36.569
Oh, yeah. The Gen Z snapping? Gen Z thing. The

01:11:36.569 --> 01:11:39.300
clapping? Do your kids do this? Yeah. What? Yeah.

01:11:39.659 --> 01:11:43.359
What is what? That's clapping about it. Yeah.

01:11:43.500 --> 01:11:46.859
Yeah. It's the new. If I see this, I'm just thinking

01:11:46.859 --> 01:11:49.979
like world's tiniest violin. Right. That's how

01:11:49.979 --> 01:11:53.619
old we are. Exactly. Yeah. You know, great audio

01:11:53.619 --> 01:11:57.880
content when we're all miming. People love that.

01:11:58.000 --> 01:11:59.000
Either that or I just think of like. You'll never

01:11:59.000 --> 01:12:01.720
know what we were doing. Pincers. Yeah. Crab

01:12:01.720 --> 01:12:04.979
pincing, basically. Harry Potter. Incredible.

01:12:05.079 --> 01:12:11.479
Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. we say that at least twice

01:12:11.479 --> 01:12:16.000
a week too we do say that all the time yeah especially

01:12:16.000 --> 01:12:18.779
because sierra and i uh started potting on a

01:12:18.779 --> 01:12:21.960
harry potter podcast so we know we know yeah

01:12:21.960 --> 01:12:25.600
yes that is one of his best line deliveries of

01:12:25.600 --> 01:12:29.500
the entire series not like that is when you know

01:12:29.500 --> 01:12:33.720
like i i pinpoint Anybody who's shocked at where

01:12:33.720 --> 01:12:36.579
his career went after Harry Potter, I'm like,

01:12:36.619 --> 01:12:39.640
just look at this. Just him on Felix Felicis.

01:12:39.699 --> 01:12:43.300
I'm like, that, it makes the rest of his filmography

01:12:43.300 --> 01:12:46.640
make complete sense. Daniel Radcliffe's drugged

01:12:46.640 --> 01:12:49.260
out spider scene leads directly to horns, which

01:12:49.260 --> 01:12:51.720
leads directly to Merrily We Roll Along, which

01:12:51.720 --> 01:12:56.239
leads directly to a Tony. No, you forgot Swiss

01:12:56.239 --> 01:12:58.779
Army Man. Oh, I did. You're right. I'm sorry.

01:12:58.840 --> 01:13:01.319
The farting corpse. That is Daniel Radcliffe.

01:13:01.680 --> 01:13:03.960
Immediately adds to list. What was the TV show

01:13:03.960 --> 01:13:07.579
he was on for a few seasons? Sierra's got the

01:13:07.579 --> 01:13:10.800
name, I'm sure. Miracle Workers? Miracle Workers,

01:13:10.920 --> 01:13:14.359
yeah. Well done. I never saw it, but it looked

01:13:14.359 --> 01:13:18.840
like it had that vibe to it. The absurdity. Incredible.

01:13:20.239 --> 01:13:25.520
I'm a fan. I'm a fan of him as a human, too.

01:13:25.859 --> 01:13:28.680
I just adore him. We adore him. Did you watch

01:13:28.680 --> 01:13:31.460
the documentary about his stunt double? Yes!

01:13:31.659 --> 01:13:33.939
I haven't seen all of it. Have you listened to

01:13:33.939 --> 01:13:36.920
their podcast? Oh, they have a podcast? So, his

01:13:36.920 --> 01:13:38.720
stunt double started a podcast to talk about

01:13:38.720 --> 01:13:41.039
stunts, and he got Daniel Radcliffe to be his

01:13:41.039 --> 01:13:43.779
partner. It's really interesting. That makes

01:13:43.779 --> 01:13:46.439
me so happy. That's fantastic. They're like best

01:13:46.439 --> 01:13:50.680
friends. I know. All those photos of them. So

01:13:50.680 --> 01:13:55.000
sweet. Plug for them. Not that Daniel Radcliffe

01:13:55.000 --> 01:14:00.369
needs it, but free plug. Let us... Return back

01:14:00.369 --> 01:14:03.850
to Bob's Burgers, where we shall fall upon Sierra's

01:14:03.850 --> 01:14:05.489
least favorite Christmas episode and the rest

01:14:05.489 --> 01:14:09.170
of ours. Good. What? Middleest episode. We'll

01:14:09.170 --> 01:14:12.569
get into it. We'll get there. In eighth place

01:14:12.569 --> 01:14:15.189
with 26 points. I find it very interesting, too,

01:14:15.270 --> 01:14:17.710
that these like four episodes right here are

01:14:17.710 --> 01:14:20.369
all divided by about four points. So we have

01:14:20.369 --> 01:14:24.109
the in ninth, eighth, seventh and sixth. They're

01:14:24.109 --> 01:14:28.260
all like just a couple points apart. In 8th place

01:14:28.260 --> 01:14:31.180
with 26 points, Season 5, Episode 6, Father of

01:14:31.180 --> 01:14:34.140
the Bob. I'll start off with what I feel is the

01:14:34.140 --> 01:14:37.720
good stuff after the IMDB description. At Bob's

01:14:37.720 --> 01:14:41.680
father's Christmas party, Bob and Big Bob rehash

01:14:41.680 --> 01:14:45.039
an old argument and try to outdo each other in

01:14:45.039 --> 01:14:48.279
the kitchen. Meanwhile, the kids compete to find

01:14:48.279 --> 01:14:52.069
the best gift for their dad. So... I have it

01:14:52.069 --> 01:14:53.930
ranked just a little bit above where it happened.

01:14:54.010 --> 01:14:55.729
I have it ranked seventh in my personal list.

01:14:55.729 --> 01:14:58.130
It ends up eighth here, mainly because Sierra's

01:14:58.130 --> 01:15:03.310
a putz. But I will say, I think the reason why

01:15:03.310 --> 01:15:06.449
I love this episode so much is twofold. I think

01:15:06.449 --> 01:15:10.229
it really captures a Christmas feeling where...

01:15:10.779 --> 01:15:13.819
It feels very like awkward family gatherings.

01:15:13.859 --> 01:15:17.199
Like we have driven in the snow 25 minutes. It's

01:15:17.199 --> 01:15:19.699
cold. I don't know that we really want to be

01:15:19.699 --> 01:15:22.319
here, but there's like these sort of old family

01:15:22.319 --> 01:15:24.600
things that we're used to. I know I'm getting

01:15:24.600 --> 01:15:27.340
$5. I want to go and do this thing. Like it's,

01:15:27.340 --> 01:15:30.239
it's, it really captures a Christmassy feel in

01:15:30.239 --> 01:15:32.310
the way that I feel like all the other. episodes

01:15:32.310 --> 01:15:35.289
that we've talked about has not but also i am

01:15:35.289 --> 01:15:39.029
such a sucker for bob's backstory so a little

01:15:39.029 --> 01:15:41.989
bit about me um i wasn't as young as bob was

01:15:41.989 --> 01:15:43.710
when he lost his mom but i lost my mom when she

01:15:43.710 --> 01:15:47.189
was 18 and so i had 18 when i was yes yeah not

01:15:47.189 --> 01:15:50.109
when she was 18 that would be insane um yeah

01:15:50.109 --> 01:15:52.289
when i was 18 years old my mom passed and she'd

01:15:52.289 --> 01:15:54.949
been sick for a long time so i i had this um

01:15:54.949 --> 01:15:57.470
growing up experience of like my dad and i kind

01:15:57.470 --> 01:15:59.470
of running the household and i was running a

01:15:59.470 --> 01:16:01.550
lot of the stuff while trying to nurse my mom

01:16:01.550 --> 01:16:04.670
and stuff and so whenever bob's backstory comes

01:16:04.670 --> 01:16:07.109
up i like feel such affinity with it and i'm

01:16:07.109 --> 01:16:10.329
laser focused in which is rare for me as i have

01:16:10.329 --> 01:16:15.729
adhd so i whenever we get to bob like being like

01:16:15.729 --> 01:16:20.199
hey i you know uh Chive my car burger or I've

01:16:20.199 --> 01:16:22.319
got all these other specials and all of this

01:16:22.319 --> 01:16:25.899
stuff with Big Bob from years past. I am just

01:16:25.899 --> 01:16:28.619
I just love all that stuff so much. And so that's

01:16:28.619 --> 01:16:31.340
why that it was ranked above what Sierra has.

01:16:32.939 --> 01:16:37.939
You know, Lauren Bouchard, I lost my dad when

01:16:37.939 --> 01:16:43.199
I was 11. So, first of all, I'm very sorry about,

01:16:43.279 --> 01:16:48.770
you know, your mom and also. being parentified

01:16:48.770 --> 01:16:54.470
in a sense and um there's people who when they

01:16:54.470 --> 01:16:58.569
lose a parent earlier in life when you see other

01:16:58.569 --> 01:17:01.729
people like you you go oh you're you're one of

01:17:01.729 --> 01:17:05.189
me it's this club and when i learned that lauren

01:17:05.189 --> 01:17:11.029
bouchard lost his mother uh 14 yeah i think i

01:17:11.029 --> 01:17:15.119
was like Oh, that's why this show is so good,

01:17:15.199 --> 01:17:18.939
because it will one of the reasons he comes into

01:17:18.939 --> 01:17:22.920
it. He understands family in a different way

01:17:22.920 --> 01:17:27.500
because of the loss in his life. And I, too,

01:17:27.699 --> 01:17:33.899
love Bob's backstory and and watching him make

01:17:33.899 --> 01:17:36.979
the chive my car burger. I know it really is

01:17:36.979 --> 01:17:42.560
that deep, though, you know. Oh. But that is

01:17:42.560 --> 01:17:46.220
how special Bob's Burgers is. Yeah, absolutely.

01:17:46.279 --> 01:17:50.359
Yeah, I think it's the Bob backstory for me,

01:17:50.420 --> 01:17:56.859
too. Obviously, both of you have such a connection

01:17:56.859 --> 01:18:00.699
to Bob in those terms. But just the relationship

01:18:00.699 --> 01:18:03.140
Bob has with his father, I can really relate

01:18:03.140 --> 01:18:06.199
to because my relationship with my father is

01:18:06.199 --> 01:18:12.409
not the best. I just get it. And it's like, I

01:18:12.409 --> 01:18:17.210
think it's special because it kind of this specific

01:18:17.210 --> 01:18:21.470
episode changes the trajectory of their relationship

01:18:21.470 --> 01:18:24.630
moving forward. Not that they're like best friends

01:18:24.630 --> 01:18:27.390
moving forward by any means. They still butt

01:18:27.390 --> 01:18:30.069
heads. But it is like a special moment where

01:18:30.069 --> 01:18:32.170
they have this conversation, this heart to heart,

01:18:32.250 --> 01:18:35.199
this talk that they haven't. that they they've

01:18:35.199 --> 01:18:37.279
been needing to have for a very long time yeah

01:18:37.279 --> 01:18:39.239
even though it's while they're line dancing it's

01:18:39.239 --> 01:18:41.840
maybe better to have these conversations yeah

01:18:41.840 --> 01:18:46.560
ron swanson's bar yeah right um it's probably

01:18:46.560 --> 01:18:49.319
it's probably the best way to do it but um yeah

01:18:49.319 --> 01:18:53.500
it's just like it it's it makes me enjoy anytime

01:18:53.500 --> 01:18:57.300
um big bob comes on the series moving forward

01:18:57.300 --> 01:19:01.409
because it's not as toxic as it is here and it's

01:19:01.409 --> 01:19:05.069
very cool to see that growth um so i guess that's

01:19:05.069 --> 01:19:09.390
why it it has a place in my heart that being

01:19:09.390 --> 01:19:14.590
said i love what the kids get into down in the

01:19:14.590 --> 01:19:18.529
basement in this episode and bean boy has my

01:19:18.529 --> 01:19:23.189
heart too bean boy has my heart uh when he is

01:19:23.189 --> 01:19:26.319
running One of Tina's best lines is in this where

01:19:26.319 --> 01:19:28.779
she goes, and I can use this rag to wipe the

01:19:28.779 --> 01:19:31.659
floor with you. And I'm just like, what did Sassy

01:19:31.659 --> 01:19:34.220
Tina came out of nowhere? Where has this been?

01:19:34.579 --> 01:19:36.640
Yeah, and also that changed the trajectory of

01:19:36.640 --> 01:19:41.180
her because she's sassy from then on. No, Bean

01:19:41.180 --> 01:19:42.720
Boy running through that restaurant at the very

01:19:42.720 --> 01:19:47.420
end, leaving his little footprints. Just so funny.

01:19:47.579 --> 01:19:53.619
Why is no one trying to catch me? You truly have

01:19:53.619 --> 01:19:56.960
fantastic gene cadence. Yeah. It's because he

01:19:56.960 --> 01:20:00.539
and I were the exact same child. I love that.

01:20:01.180 --> 01:20:09.260
We talk about Gene's ADHD a lot and, like, too

01:20:09.260 --> 01:20:13.340
muchness and how he's misunderstood a lot on

01:20:13.340 --> 01:20:17.340
the podcast. All that to say is I will defend

01:20:17.340 --> 01:20:21.020
my Gene to the death. Yeah. Same. Absolutely.

01:20:21.220 --> 01:20:24.279
So, Sierra, now that you've heard all these wonderful

01:20:24.279 --> 01:20:26.100
things about this episode, what would you like

01:20:26.100 --> 01:20:29.560
to contribute? Oh, gosh. I'm really sorry for

01:20:29.560 --> 01:20:33.460
everybody's personal heartfelt stories for me

01:20:33.460 --> 01:20:37.359
tanking this episode with my vote. Because...

01:20:37.359 --> 01:20:43.779
Grinch, Grinch, Grinch. I do not like this episode

01:20:43.779 --> 01:20:47.380
until they are line dancing. Wow, that's late.

01:20:48.020 --> 01:20:51.590
So... I very much enjoy the conversation that

01:20:51.590 --> 01:20:54.390
they have, the fact that Bob is so lost during

01:20:54.390 --> 01:20:57.390
the line dance and is so confused that his dad

01:20:57.390 --> 01:21:00.869
even knows how to line dance, and just the chaos

01:21:00.869 --> 01:21:03.789
of trying to have a very serious conversation

01:21:03.789 --> 01:21:07.829
while doing something that is not supposed to

01:21:07.829 --> 01:21:10.289
be very chaotic, but Bob is making it chaotic.

01:21:11.170 --> 01:21:15.890
I do enjoy that, and I do like the very end with

01:21:15.890 --> 01:21:21.220
Bean Boy and everything. However, all the way

01:21:21.220 --> 01:21:26.199
up until that moment, I am very, very, very uncomfortable.

01:21:27.500 --> 01:21:31.579
Both because of Big Bob and because of Linda.

01:21:31.739 --> 01:21:39.340
So Big Bob is a, as you were saying, toxic relationship.

01:21:40.119 --> 01:21:45.010
And I've had... those types of people in my life

01:21:45.010 --> 01:21:47.770
who you can only be around them for a short period

01:21:47.770 --> 01:21:51.069
of time before you go, I'm done now. I would

01:21:51.069 --> 01:21:54.569
like to leave. I am out. I will see you later.

01:21:54.670 --> 01:21:57.229
I can handle you in a very small dose. And then

01:21:57.229 --> 01:22:00.369
things just do not go well from here. And so

01:22:00.369 --> 01:22:05.949
having Bob repeatedly draw his boundary with

01:22:05.949 --> 01:22:08.750
Linda of this is where I'm comfortable and I

01:22:08.750 --> 01:22:12.180
am comfortable for 15 minutes. And we see. multiple

01:22:12.180 --> 01:22:15.439
flashback examples of him hitting the 15 minute

01:22:15.439 --> 01:22:17.359
mark and then his dad saying something terrible

01:22:17.359 --> 01:22:21.920
you're a lot fatter at this age than i was at

01:22:21.920 --> 01:22:27.060
yours yes so i have a very hard time both with

01:22:27.060 --> 01:22:30.359
big bob not being able to say a nice thing for

01:22:30.359 --> 01:22:33.640
more than 15 minutes and even those during those

01:22:33.640 --> 01:22:35.600
15 minutes they're like not really talking at

01:22:35.600 --> 01:22:38.739
all and so the fact that he can't say anything

01:22:38.739 --> 01:22:42.979
nice about his son who's The one connection that

01:22:42.979 --> 01:22:47.039
he has to his family and all of that really bothers

01:22:47.039 --> 01:22:52.119
me and gives me a very ick feeling. And then

01:22:52.119 --> 01:22:55.619
Linda with her meddling. And this is where this

01:22:55.619 --> 01:22:57.579
is probably the episode I feel like she crosses

01:22:57.579 --> 01:23:02.220
the line the most because Bob gives very clear

01:23:02.220 --> 01:23:04.840
boundaries. I am comfortable for 15 minutes.

01:23:05.000 --> 01:23:07.539
We are leaving after 15 minutes. I do not want

01:23:07.539 --> 01:23:09.680
to be involved in this. I don't even want to

01:23:09.680 --> 01:23:12.069
be here. I am coming because you have convinced

01:23:12.069 --> 01:23:15.449
me to be here. This is my boundary. And she not

01:23:15.449 --> 01:23:18.869
only ignores his boundary, but then forces him

01:23:18.869 --> 01:23:21.689
into a close encounter situation with his dad,

01:23:21.869 --> 01:23:26.130
forces them to speak, like really puts Bob in

01:23:26.130 --> 01:23:28.710
a very terrible position where Bob is just going,

01:23:28.789 --> 01:23:33.649
I'm not being respected. And that also makes

01:23:33.649 --> 01:23:36.829
me feel very, very uncomfortable. So it isn't

01:23:36.829 --> 01:23:42.510
until we get the dressed as Santa who owns the

01:23:42.510 --> 01:23:44.569
bar. I can't remember his character's name, but

01:23:44.569 --> 01:23:48.130
who is like, okay, you guys need to speak. I

01:23:48.130 --> 01:23:53.689
was going to say Nick Offerman, but it isn't

01:23:53.689 --> 01:23:55.970
until he is the one. I think it's Pete as well.

01:23:56.069 --> 01:23:57.789
Yeah, it is Pete. Is it Pete? Okay, yeah. Yeah,

01:23:57.810 --> 01:24:00.810
I think so. So it isn't until Pete is the one

01:24:00.810 --> 01:24:03.069
to say, you guys need to have a conversation,

01:24:03.350 --> 01:24:07.170
that I'm on board with this. Because Pete is

01:24:07.170 --> 01:24:10.210
coming at this from a... Third party observation.

01:24:10.550 --> 01:24:13.670
He has seen a little bit. He has seen bits and

01:24:13.670 --> 01:24:15.449
pieces of their relationship over the years.

01:24:15.729 --> 01:24:19.010
He knows just enough to know that this needs

01:24:19.010 --> 01:24:22.649
to be fixed, but he's not really meddling in

01:24:22.649 --> 01:24:25.909
the situation. He's just having basically a wake

01:24:25.909 --> 01:24:29.029
up call for Bob of like, this is the moment to

01:24:29.029 --> 01:24:32.430
fix this. And from that moment on, I'm on board

01:24:32.430 --> 01:24:34.829
with the rest of the episode. But up until that

01:24:34.829 --> 01:24:37.829
point, I am just so uncomfortable that. Yeah.

01:24:38.220 --> 01:24:40.640
It actually makes it difficult for me to even

01:24:40.640 --> 01:24:43.100
enjoy what the kids are up to because I'm so

01:24:43.100 --> 01:24:45.300
distracted by what's happening upstairs and the

01:24:45.300 --> 01:24:48.520
fact that if they're down there, that means Bob

01:24:48.520 --> 01:24:52.199
is still stuck in this situation. I mean, it

01:24:52.199 --> 01:24:57.359
is interesting that it elicited, like, personal

01:24:57.359 --> 01:25:01.520
feelings from all four of us. And I hope this

01:25:01.520 --> 01:25:04.939
makes you feel seen. We do have a fan that...

01:25:05.469 --> 01:25:08.970
listens to our podcast, she skips this episode.

01:25:09.069 --> 01:25:11.569
She feels exactly how you do. It just, it reminds

01:25:11.569 --> 01:25:14.750
her too much of her dad. Yeah. Okay. In seventh

01:25:14.750 --> 01:25:18.869
place with 27 points, we have a season four episode

01:25:18.869 --> 01:25:23.229
eight Christmas in the car. IMDB synopsis is

01:25:23.229 --> 01:25:26.189
after spending Christmas Eve out running a candy

01:25:26.189 --> 01:25:29.050
cane truck with their last minute tree. The Belchers

01:25:29.050 --> 01:25:32.010
find that Bob's friend gets caught in the kid

01:25:32.010 --> 01:25:35.130
Santa trap. Who is Bob's friend? We're about

01:25:35.130 --> 01:25:44.050
to find out. First of all, maybe the best Teddy

01:25:44.050 --> 01:25:50.510
episode, segment, side story of all time. It

01:25:50.510 --> 01:25:53.630
might be the best B -story of Bob's Burgers ever.

01:25:54.239 --> 01:25:56.720
I think a lot of people would agree with that.

01:25:56.880 --> 01:26:01.340
Yeah. It's a disco. It's a disco. Oh, it's crisp.

01:26:01.579 --> 01:26:08.279
Must be near the crisper. It's a disco. That's

01:26:08.279 --> 01:26:11.380
a dumb place to keep bowls. That's my favorite

01:26:11.380 --> 01:26:14.520
part. That's a dumb place to keep bowls. Flashback

01:26:14.520 --> 01:26:17.939
immediately. It's just peak right in my humor

01:26:17.939 --> 01:26:21.739
that I love. is is that that whole teddy sequence

01:26:21.739 --> 01:26:25.079
yeah a part of me wonders if this is what won

01:26:25.079 --> 01:26:27.939
me over with teddy and like larry murphy voicing

01:26:27.939 --> 01:26:29.659
him as well it's just like i was like this guy

01:26:29.659 --> 01:26:33.699
is funny yeah this is this is not easy to do

01:26:33.699 --> 01:26:37.300
as a single character in a single scene and he's

01:26:37.300 --> 01:26:41.800
just so funny and honestly it's a very action

01:26:41.800 --> 01:26:45.100
-packed episode and he steals it for me he does

01:26:46.260 --> 01:26:48.359
Even more than like, and the character that they

01:26:48.359 --> 01:26:50.239
have driving the candy cane truck is hilarious.

01:26:50.399 --> 01:26:51.920
Like he comes out and he's like, I'm going to

01:26:51.920 --> 01:26:54.760
bang your butt. And you're like, what? But it's

01:26:54.760 --> 01:26:58.000
still, he's still upstaged. This little man who

01:26:58.000 --> 01:27:00.659
punches Bob in the gut by Teddy. And Teddy's

01:27:00.659 --> 01:27:04.539
intro line to the house, right? Yes. Is anyone

01:27:04.539 --> 01:27:06.819
home? I know there isn't, but I have manners.

01:27:06.859 --> 01:27:10.960
Like, oh my gosh. He's perfection. Yeah, it's

01:27:10.960 --> 01:27:18.729
great. I will. Also say that the sequence of

01:27:18.729 --> 01:27:23.510
Linda killing three Christmas trees before we

01:27:23.510 --> 01:27:27.810
actually get to Christmas Eve. Another just brilliant

01:27:27.810 --> 01:27:31.289
first five minutes of an episode. That's the

01:27:31.289 --> 01:27:33.369
way I want to go out. Dehydrated and covered

01:27:33.369 --> 01:27:37.590
in tinsel. It's a great gene line. So good. Like

01:27:37.590 --> 01:27:46.689
a pride parade. I do love, too, that they really

01:27:46.689 --> 01:27:49.109
hammer the need to get that tree out of there.

01:27:49.170 --> 01:27:50.909
Because I think most people would be like, come

01:27:50.909 --> 01:27:52.409
on, it's one more day. What's it going to do?

01:27:52.430 --> 01:27:54.609
But the fact that Bob's like, it set fire three

01:27:54.609 --> 01:27:57.310
times. We have to get it out of here. It's like,

01:27:57.369 --> 01:28:02.529
oh, okay. There is an emergency. So good. And

01:28:02.529 --> 01:28:06.220
we also get... the dutch baby sequence which

01:28:06.220 --> 01:28:10.840
is iconic oh he's a preemie just like jesus so

01:28:10.840 --> 01:28:15.420
good or even the cop who's amazing right just

01:28:15.420 --> 01:28:17.560
that that lean back in his chair where he puts

01:28:17.560 --> 01:28:20.680
his head back and he goes are you hurt in any

01:28:20.680 --> 01:28:23.920
way was there any damage done to the vehicle

01:28:23.920 --> 01:28:26.539
what a truck driver's It was mean to you, truck

01:28:26.539 --> 01:28:28.800
driver. And then Bob hits that waitress. He's

01:28:28.800 --> 01:28:30.399
like, sorry, it was an accident. This guy wasn't

01:28:30.399 --> 01:28:32.060
listening to me. Well, maybe if he'd hit more

01:28:32.060 --> 01:28:37.119
waitresses. This is probably the Christmas episode

01:28:37.119 --> 01:28:40.260
that I watched the most for a long time because

01:28:40.260 --> 01:28:43.819
it was just so quotable to me. It's quotable.

01:28:43.939 --> 01:28:46.600
I feel like I can quote tons of, like, even Louise

01:28:46.600 --> 01:28:50.520
when she's like, we got Santa! Daddy is Santa!

01:28:50.939 --> 01:28:54.649
It's just like... It's just incredible. So sweet.

01:28:55.550 --> 01:28:59.710
So sweet. Yeah, and then Teddy wants him to read

01:28:59.710 --> 01:29:02.729
the card while the fridge is still on him. Yes.

01:29:03.510 --> 01:29:05.649
No, go ahead, read the card. Read the card and

01:29:05.649 --> 01:29:08.569
then pick up the fridge. It says, it says, Meowie

01:29:08.569 --> 01:29:13.949
Christmas. See, this is why Teddy is the best.

01:29:14.149 --> 01:29:16.369
Yeah. It's making me want to bump this episode

01:29:16.369 --> 01:29:19.909
up in my ranking. I had a lot of trouble with

01:29:19.909 --> 01:29:24.029
these last... seven certainly um we'll get to

01:29:24.029 --> 01:29:26.710
nightmare two two nightmares before christmas

01:29:26.710 --> 01:29:29.029
or something like that but um that one i had

01:29:29.029 --> 01:29:30.930
a lot of trouble with this and that one i had

01:29:30.930 --> 01:29:34.350
it just it was like rolling dice basically like

01:29:34.350 --> 01:29:37.109
where am i gonna put any of this stuff yeah yeah

01:29:37.109 --> 01:29:42.779
it kind of is rolling dice yeah sexy dice Oh,

01:29:42.819 --> 01:29:45.100
sorry. We can't. Is that okay? Yeah, you're fine.

01:29:45.220 --> 01:29:47.760
You're fine on that joke. That's a Bob's Burgers

01:29:47.760 --> 01:29:50.000
reference. It would be easy to explain. We can

01:29:50.000 --> 01:29:54.899
hug on the chair. Zip it before you get us in

01:29:54.899 --> 01:29:58.060
trouble. Linda did it. That's a great scene,

01:29:58.119 --> 01:29:59.939
though. I do love that scene in Bob's Burgers.

01:29:59.960 --> 01:30:03.039
But it's all rated 13 or 14 and up, so I'm fine.

01:30:04.319 --> 01:30:07.399
Quotes from the show were good. Yeah. I also,

01:30:07.460 --> 01:30:11.119
not to continue on the Teddy, but to continue

01:30:11.119 --> 01:30:15.619
with Teddy. uh him being on the phone and having

01:30:15.619 --> 01:30:20.420
to write down the instruction off bugs me so

01:30:20.420 --> 01:30:23.119
much because that's just a level of incompetence

01:30:23.119 --> 01:30:26.020
that i could not handle in real life but then

01:30:26.020 --> 01:30:29.600
he immediately makes up for it with everything

01:30:29.600 --> 01:30:33.119
that happens in the apartment and especially

01:30:33.119 --> 01:30:38.789
the animation of him actually getting stuck in

01:30:38.789 --> 01:30:41.210
the trap. It's Disney. It's Disney -esque in

01:30:41.210 --> 01:30:45.949
how they do it. Yeah. Amazing. And flopping around

01:30:45.949 --> 01:30:50.130
and flailing and his shoes flying off and all

01:30:50.130 --> 01:30:53.890
the dramatic noises. The gator roll. The gator

01:30:53.890 --> 01:30:57.409
roll is so good. He does the alligator death

01:30:57.409 --> 01:30:59.850
roll during that to try and get out of the trap.

01:31:00.250 --> 01:31:03.479
He... And I feel like we don't get that level

01:31:03.479 --> 01:31:05.819
of movement animation until the Bob's Burger

01:31:05.819 --> 01:31:09.039
movie comes out. It's like that moment sticks

01:31:09.039 --> 01:31:12.460
out so much because they take such care in the

01:31:12.460 --> 01:31:15.819
absolute ridiculousness. I will also say, I do

01:31:15.819 --> 01:31:17.600
love, he takes forever on the phone being like,

01:31:17.659 --> 01:31:19.359
hold on, I need a pen. Oh, you know, whatever.

01:31:19.579 --> 01:31:21.460
You never have a pen when you need one. Okay,

01:31:21.560 --> 01:31:24.699
I write O -F -F. And then he gets to the oven

01:31:24.699 --> 01:31:26.560
and he's like, oh, it's off. Why did Bob make

01:31:26.560 --> 01:31:30.739
such a big deal about it? I find it very funny.

01:31:32.180 --> 01:31:35.720
He steals the episode. He does. He absolutely

01:31:35.720 --> 01:31:40.039
does. Oh, man. You're right. We probably should

01:31:40.039 --> 01:31:41.739
have had this higher, but it's okay. It's the

01:31:41.739 --> 01:31:44.859
way the world works. Well, let's talk about the

01:31:44.859 --> 01:31:47.180
other ones because they're going to become our

01:31:47.180 --> 01:31:51.449
favorites, too, you know? Speaking of which,

01:31:51.569 --> 01:31:56.529
in sixth place with 28 points, season 11, episode

01:31:56.529 --> 01:32:02.649
10, Yachty or Nice. IMDB's description, Bob wonders

01:32:02.649 --> 01:32:05.189
if there's a catch to the Belchers being invited

01:32:05.189 --> 01:32:08.270
to cater the Glencrest Yacht Club's holiday boat

01:32:08.270 --> 01:32:11.949
parade. Louise has her eye on the Santa schooner.

01:32:12.109 --> 01:32:18.050
All the kids do. Thank you very much. This is

01:32:18.050 --> 01:32:21.270
one of those. Where I just went with my heart

01:32:21.270 --> 01:32:26.170
on ranking it. There's something that I just

01:32:26.170 --> 01:32:30.949
feel warm and fuzzy when I think about it. First

01:32:30.949 --> 01:32:33.970
of all, we have to talk about Teddy as Santa.

01:32:34.170 --> 01:32:37.390
Him, like, vomiting in his beard is so good.

01:32:37.890 --> 01:32:45.350
And I really like to see Bob do two things in

01:32:45.350 --> 01:32:49.479
this show. I love when he has a win that is attached

01:32:49.479 --> 01:32:52.840
to his self -esteem. So him being invited to

01:32:52.840 --> 01:32:57.220
this and we made the I'm brieing of a white Christmas

01:32:57.220 --> 01:32:59.460
burger and it was delicious. It's really good.

01:32:59.579 --> 01:33:05.199
Yeah. It's so good. Really good. And I love the

01:33:05.199 --> 01:33:08.699
kids and their winter coats. And the other thing

01:33:08.699 --> 01:33:14.859
that I love is when Bob loses it. I love unhinged

01:33:14.859 --> 01:33:20.319
Bob. So you like the dichotomy of Bob's positions.

01:33:20.560 --> 01:33:22.920
You love he's doing super well or he's doing

01:33:22.920 --> 01:33:28.159
real bad. Exactly. Lift him up or smack him down.

01:33:29.880 --> 01:33:35.199
Yeah, that was my first line of why I like this

01:33:35.199 --> 01:33:38.840
episode. Bob gets good recognition and he's also

01:33:38.840 --> 01:33:44.609
obsessed with Jimmy. Exactly. Because Jimmy just

01:33:44.609 --> 01:33:49.069
makes him so insane that he completely cannot

01:33:49.069 --> 01:33:51.430
handle reality. And he's like, well, there has

01:33:51.430 --> 01:33:54.289
to be a reason. Why are we here? Oh, it's not

01:33:54.289 --> 01:33:58.149
going to be Jimmy. It's going to be Trev. A conspiracy

01:33:58.149 --> 01:34:00.930
theory, Bob. Doesn't he bungee cord his pants

01:34:00.930 --> 01:34:05.640
together? Yes, he does. He sure does. Yes. It's

01:34:05.640 --> 01:34:08.100
so funny. I have such a meh reaction to this

01:34:08.100 --> 01:34:11.279
episode. It just, for whatever reason, doesn't

01:34:11.279 --> 01:34:12.979
float the boat to me. I think that's because...

01:34:13.319 --> 01:34:16.340
The Teddy storyline makes me uncomfortable with

01:34:16.340 --> 01:34:18.220
the kids and the vomiting into his beard and

01:34:18.220 --> 01:34:21.199
then stealing presents. And I love – his name's

01:34:21.199 --> 01:34:24.300
Gus, right? Yes. The marine guy. Yeah. I love

01:34:24.300 --> 01:34:28.060
having him there. He's very Seamus -coded to

01:34:28.060 --> 01:34:30.600
me from Family Guy. He's the wood plank dude

01:34:30.600 --> 01:34:33.640
that has wood planks for arms and legs. And so

01:34:33.640 --> 01:34:36.149
I really like seeing Gus. For whatever reason,

01:34:36.170 --> 01:34:38.210
I just feel mad. But then I rewatched this episode

01:34:38.210 --> 01:34:40.189
today and I was like, I forget how funny this

01:34:40.189 --> 01:34:42.789
episode is. I've made a mistake in ranking it

01:34:42.789 --> 01:34:46.270
so low. And one of the reasons was, is I love

01:34:46.270 --> 01:34:49.869
all Linda and Mayer stuff that comes up. Yes.

01:34:50.029 --> 01:34:54.909
The Mayer. The Mayer. It's so good. And the Mayer

01:34:54.909 --> 01:34:57.970
tries one of the burgers. The way that they deliver

01:34:57.970 --> 01:35:01.869
that. So it fell on the ground, but the Mayer

01:35:01.869 --> 01:35:04.310
used the five second rule. And like the dead

01:35:04.310 --> 01:35:07.800
delivery. of this five seconds i'm sorry you're

01:35:07.800 --> 01:35:10.060
outside on a marina that everyone's been walking

01:35:10.060 --> 01:35:12.979
in that five seconds doesn't exist bird poop

01:35:12.979 --> 01:35:16.600
seagull poop you know it's there for sure potential

01:35:16.600 --> 01:35:20.439
uh terrible chemicals to get rid of uh not acne

01:35:20.439 --> 01:35:24.039
my goodness what is it what is the marina thing

01:35:24.039 --> 01:35:27.470
called that gene tries to save Algae. Thank you.

01:35:27.909 --> 01:35:31.510
Algae acne, the same thing, for sure. Yeah, there

01:35:31.510 --> 01:35:34.170
could be dangerous chemicals to get rid of algae.

01:35:34.529 --> 01:35:37.930
Like, it is not a safe place, Mayor. But it's

01:35:37.930 --> 01:35:40.350
like, quickly, Bob, give me some fries. I'm going

01:35:40.350 --> 01:35:42.090
to drop them on the deck to see if he'll eat

01:35:42.090 --> 01:35:45.409
them then. Yeah, I think I ranked this pretty

01:35:45.409 --> 01:35:48.729
low, too, just because I, like you, I probably

01:35:48.729 --> 01:35:51.590
should have watched it before because I... don't

01:35:51.590 --> 01:35:53.529
remember it that well and i was just gonna like

01:35:53.529 --> 01:35:56.829
i gotta put this somewhere but it is a good episode

01:35:56.829 --> 01:35:59.609
it's it's a lot better than i remember and um

01:35:59.609 --> 01:36:02.489
i just love the lights too like i think they

01:36:02.489 --> 01:36:04.810
did such a good job animating those lights and

01:36:04.810 --> 01:36:06.390
if you've ever been to like one of those marina

01:36:06.390 --> 01:36:08.970
shows they're so amazing and they did such a

01:36:08.970 --> 01:36:13.609
good job of animating them and and um like bob's

01:36:13.609 --> 01:36:17.529
like animation when it comes to you know Any

01:36:17.529 --> 01:36:21.409
kind of lights like sunsets and sunrises and

01:36:21.409 --> 01:36:24.529
the Christmas lights. And they're just phenomenal.

01:36:25.090 --> 01:36:27.670
Yeah, it really is. That's a fabulous point.

01:36:27.890 --> 01:36:32.289
Yeah. Plus, we see this is kind of another theme

01:36:32.289 --> 01:36:35.670
of Christmas episodes is Louise is very self

01:36:35.670 --> 01:36:37.930
-centered and then turns it around and decides

01:36:37.930 --> 01:36:41.649
to do the right thing. And we see this a lot

01:36:41.649 --> 01:36:44.350
of times in these episodes where she just ends

01:36:44.350 --> 01:36:48.729
up sacrificing. gets nothing out of it and kind

01:36:48.729 --> 01:36:50.729
of the reward is that she did the right thing

01:36:50.729 --> 01:36:55.189
like in uh the mannequin episode she you know

01:36:55.189 --> 01:36:59.029
gives up her apartment but the money for her

01:36:59.029 --> 01:37:04.250
um christmas presents to be able to buy the mannequin

01:37:04.250 --> 01:37:07.710
and and do the right thing for somebody else

01:37:07.710 --> 01:37:11.409
but here they actually get rewarded for doing

01:37:11.409 --> 01:37:15.390
the right thing by uncle father santa teddy who

01:37:17.090 --> 01:37:19.069
Who knows that they're going to do the right

01:37:19.069 --> 01:37:22.189
thing and put the presents back and has saved

01:37:22.189 --> 01:37:25.449
them presents. And I think that that's really

01:37:25.449 --> 01:37:28.550
sweet because, yeah, usually when Louise does

01:37:28.550 --> 01:37:30.850
decide to do the right thing, she doesn't really

01:37:30.850 --> 01:37:35.270
get an additional reinforcement other than just

01:37:35.270 --> 01:37:36.890
knowing that she did the right thing. So it's

01:37:36.890 --> 01:37:38.810
kind of nice to see her get rewarded every now

01:37:38.810 --> 01:37:43.770
and then for being less self -centered. I got

01:37:43.770 --> 01:37:46.609
to say. Kristen Schaal's line reading of, so,

01:37:46.729 --> 01:37:51.609
Uncle, Father, Santa, Teddy. It does live in

01:37:51.609 --> 01:37:54.689
my head rent -free, and I will say randomly in

01:37:54.689 --> 01:37:56.949
the middle of nowhere, just it'll pop into my

01:37:56.949 --> 01:37:59.729
head and I'll go, Uncle, Father, Santa, Teddy.

01:37:59.909 --> 01:38:07.930
I love it. Top five alert. In fifth place, with

01:38:07.930 --> 01:38:13.850
35 points, Season 6, Episode 5. Nicecapades.

01:38:14.010 --> 01:38:16.649
I did so many nice things I can hardly count.

01:38:17.630 --> 01:38:22.229
Sorry, I couldn't resist. IMDb description. A

01:38:22.229 --> 01:38:25.229
grumpy mall Santa threatens to put Jean, Tina,

01:38:25.350 --> 01:38:28.090
and Louise on the naughty list, inspiring them

01:38:28.090 --> 01:38:31.010
to arrange a musical performance in hopes of

01:38:31.010 --> 01:38:34.890
changing Santa's mind before Christmas. Another

01:38:34.890 --> 01:38:38.329
Louise learning and growing and doing the right

01:38:38.329 --> 01:38:41.659
thing. Because as much as I love... All of her

01:38:41.659 --> 01:38:43.800
shenanigans and what she gets up to and all of

01:38:43.800 --> 01:38:47.060
her snarkiness. It is always very nice when she

01:38:47.060 --> 01:38:50.539
does find her morals. And so when she does admit,

01:38:50.779 --> 01:38:56.600
no, I didn't actually create world peace. Really?

01:38:58.000 --> 01:39:01.479
It's great. Also, we get to see Linda being the

01:39:01.479 --> 01:39:05.109
stage mom that she's clearly born to be. Yes.

01:39:05.250 --> 01:39:08.689
I love her. You see those costumes? I made them

01:39:08.689 --> 01:39:14.630
this morning. And it's not just pickles. Not

01:39:14.630 --> 01:39:20.050
just pickles. I mean, Teddy as the crab, perfection,

01:39:20.369 --> 01:39:22.750
and that costume is perfection. No notes. Yeah.

01:39:22.850 --> 01:39:26.430
My tie of favorite moment of this episode is

01:39:26.430 --> 01:39:30.189
a tie between Bob getting Santa's nephew calendars.

01:39:32.480 --> 01:39:36.300
What is he into? Like, you know, toys? Games?

01:39:36.880 --> 01:39:38.460
Calendars? Did you just say calendars? No one's

01:39:38.460 --> 01:39:43.060
into calendars. And then the shop closes? It's

01:39:43.060 --> 01:39:47.380
not calendars. But if it is, they're really,

01:39:47.439 --> 01:39:51.899
really good ones. Bob. Poor Bob. I just love

01:39:51.899 --> 01:39:53.579
that moment of the shop closing. He's like, no,

01:39:53.600 --> 01:39:55.779
you're closing early. And then the camera pans,

01:39:55.960 --> 01:39:59.130
animates to the right. And it's just... Aw, crap.

01:39:59.289 --> 01:40:01.069
When he looks at the calendar shop, that's still

01:40:01.069 --> 01:40:05.449
open next to him. So good. Yeah. And then tie

01:40:05.449 --> 01:40:08.710
with Teddy as a horseshoe crab and as world peace.

01:40:10.569 --> 01:40:14.449
Teddy is showing up for this episode. You know

01:40:14.449 --> 01:40:17.170
who else is showing up for this episode? I do

01:40:17.170 --> 01:40:19.210
know who is showing up for this episode, Skylar.

01:40:19.289 --> 01:40:21.430
Thank you for looking at me because this is,

01:40:21.489 --> 01:40:26.550
it deserves top five status alone for, oh, bourbon.

01:40:30.059 --> 01:40:35.539
That fish odor song is probably one of my favorite

01:40:35.539 --> 01:40:38.220
Boz Burger songs of all time. Yeah. The Spirits

01:40:38.220 --> 01:40:40.819
of Christmas, especially the full version. One

01:40:40.819 --> 01:40:45.939
Christmas, Max and I were taking our evening

01:40:45.939 --> 01:40:49.539
walk and we were just playing it from one of

01:40:49.539 --> 01:40:51.220
our cell phones, just walking down the street.

01:40:51.260 --> 01:40:56.079
Oh, bourbon. It's so good. And Felix is ice skating.

01:40:56.180 --> 01:41:01.319
I love his costume. Felix, no. It's so good.

01:41:02.060 --> 01:41:05.279
Kevin Kline singing that song, just every time

01:41:05.279 --> 01:41:07.819
I listen to it, it's just, you can hear him having

01:41:07.819 --> 01:41:11.319
an absolute blast singing about it. And it's

01:41:11.319 --> 01:41:14.079
just like thinking about this man who's this,

01:41:14.199 --> 01:41:18.220
he's an Oscar winner and he's a Tony Award winner

01:41:18.220 --> 01:41:22.159
and he's just having fun. Singing for this stupid

01:41:22.159 --> 01:41:25.180
cartoon character on a cartoon, you know, it

01:41:25.180 --> 01:41:29.500
just makes me so happy. I love their crowd work.

01:41:29.680 --> 01:41:32.039
It's my favorite scene of the entire episode

01:41:32.039 --> 01:41:35.380
is when they're like, what does she mean? Oh,

01:41:35.399 --> 01:41:39.180
stretch. Okay, okay. Tell me, where are you from?

01:41:39.640 --> 01:41:44.000
Say someplace cool. Oh, Calvin, you've never

01:41:44.000 --> 01:41:46.899
been good at crowd work. And then they do that

01:41:46.899 --> 01:41:50.340
where Calvin is lying on the ice and Felix jumps

01:41:50.340 --> 01:41:54.060
over him. And he goes, see, look at that. He,

01:41:54.239 --> 01:41:56.920
anyone can make it look easy, but he makes it

01:41:56.920 --> 01:42:02.840
look hard. So good. And it's not that this episode

01:42:02.840 --> 01:42:07.619
needed. These two sideshow people. Yeah. But,

01:42:07.640 --> 01:42:10.479
oh, my God, it made the episode. But also one

01:42:10.479 --> 01:42:14.020
of my favorite lines from Calvin Fishotter is,

01:42:14.140 --> 01:42:16.560
oh, yeah, the rinky dink. I know it. I named

01:42:16.560 --> 01:42:22.000
it after my rink. It's very dinky. He's such

01:42:22.000 --> 01:42:24.340
a good part of Bob's Burgers. Yeah, he really

01:42:24.340 --> 01:42:28.859
is. Yeah. But this episode is strong without

01:42:28.859 --> 01:42:31.100
them in it. That's why it's just a good episode.

01:42:31.340 --> 01:42:35.119
I love that we get Henry Winkler in this episode

01:42:35.119 --> 01:42:38.939
too. Just like you hear that man's voice or see

01:42:38.939 --> 01:42:41.819
him in anything and it's almost like unfair because

01:42:41.819 --> 01:42:46.039
he's so lovable. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, Henry

01:42:46.039 --> 01:42:48.840
Winkler being in it is excellent. The fact that

01:42:48.840 --> 01:42:52.449
Louise gets ushered off. By the elf. And she's

01:42:52.449 --> 01:42:54.630
like, I'm going to go to the back of the line.

01:42:54.869 --> 01:43:00.689
I'll see you in 45 minutes. And I like the, when

01:43:00.689 --> 01:43:03.710
they get back up to the front of the line, it's

01:43:03.710 --> 01:43:09.149
like a cookies and milk bed. I love it. Jean,

01:43:09.270 --> 01:43:11.130
once again, strikes. Suck up the milk with the

01:43:11.130 --> 01:43:18.000
cookies. It's incredible. And yet somehow we're

01:43:18.000 --> 01:43:20.880
moving into even stronger episodes in fourth

01:43:20.880 --> 01:43:25.579
place with 38 points. Season 14, episode 10's

01:43:25.579 --> 01:43:29.439
The Nightmare Two Days Before Christmas, which

01:43:29.439 --> 01:43:32.560
I got to say, I regret having ranked it fifth.

01:43:32.800 --> 01:43:35.579
I wish that I'd ranked it higher. And Max, I

01:43:35.579 --> 01:43:38.399
think you ranked it second, right? Oh, good for

01:43:38.399 --> 01:43:41.939
you, Max. Oh, did I? I think so. I assume I did.

01:43:42.180 --> 01:43:45.220
Yes, I did. I'm kind of jealous that I didn't

01:43:45.220 --> 01:43:47.729
put it that high. even though I love the episodes

01:43:47.729 --> 01:43:50.329
that are coming up because I, I, there's something

01:43:50.329 --> 01:43:53.829
about this episode with the like completely different

01:43:53.829 --> 01:43:56.989
animation for the death bunny scene for Linda's

01:43:56.989 --> 01:44:00.170
hole. Um, arc of trying to get the Christmas

01:44:00.170 --> 01:44:02.590
tree to Louise, trying to make sure that Santa

01:44:02.590 --> 01:44:04.869
knows that they've moved to a lodge, to them

01:44:04.869 --> 01:44:07.390
being in this enormous area that Bob's like,

01:44:07.449 --> 01:44:09.869
I kind of like this kitchen. But even at the

01:44:09.869 --> 01:44:11.369
same time when they're like, we forgot flour,

01:44:11.550 --> 01:44:13.369
does Mr. Fish over have any? And Bob's like,

01:44:13.449 --> 01:44:15.250
well, it's either going to be really old or it's

01:44:15.250 --> 01:44:19.010
cocaine. There's just something about it that

01:44:19.010 --> 01:44:22.710
feels so, and even though they're not home, homey,

01:44:22.729 --> 01:44:27.770
cozy. Yes. Thank you for saying that. That is,

01:44:28.720 --> 01:44:31.079
I don't know why I ranked it so low. I ranked

01:44:31.079 --> 01:44:34.359
it seventh. But when we were having our discussion

01:44:34.359 --> 01:44:36.659
earlier today about why we didn't like the dog

01:44:36.659 --> 01:44:40.590
day after whatever. I was just talking about

01:44:40.590 --> 01:44:42.850
how this makes me feel like home and Christmas

01:44:42.850 --> 01:44:47.689
and the family feels and I'm glad that to hear

01:44:47.689 --> 01:44:49.829
other people say that because I'm like, oh, yeah,

01:44:49.890 --> 01:44:53.409
that is the magic of this episode. And also this

01:44:53.409 --> 01:44:56.409
is and Sierra, I'm sure you love this because

01:44:56.409 --> 01:44:59.090
of where you chose where you'd want to work.

01:44:59.520 --> 01:45:02.220
In the Boss Burgers world. But anytime we get

01:45:02.220 --> 01:45:06.300
to kind of explore a new fish odor owned property,

01:45:06.640 --> 01:45:10.060
it's so funny and entertaining. Yeah. They have

01:45:10.060 --> 01:45:15.560
the weirdest stuff. And I just like, I want to

01:45:15.560 --> 01:45:20.359
go stay at that lodge. With a really great family

01:45:20.359 --> 01:45:23.159
that you love. That too. Yeah, sure. Helpful.

01:45:23.199 --> 01:45:27.270
Very helpful. I really want. to return to this

01:45:27.270 --> 01:45:29.430
location for like an hour long special where

01:45:29.430 --> 01:45:32.829
they do a non -canon murder mystery. Oh my God.

01:45:32.829 --> 01:45:35.750
I need tickets. Can I get tickets to that? Can

01:45:35.750 --> 01:45:39.829
Helen come? Exactly. They came out with Bob's

01:45:39.829 --> 01:45:41.850
burger clue. I have that in my closet, literally

01:45:41.850 --> 01:45:45.109
behind us. And I would just really like to see

01:45:45.109 --> 01:45:47.930
them do a murder mystery where nothing really

01:45:47.930 --> 01:45:51.840
actually impacts the universe, but. We have Louise

01:45:51.840 --> 01:45:56.979
doing something crazy and all this mystery of

01:45:56.979 --> 01:45:58.760
the stuff where we see people actually licking

01:45:58.760 --> 01:46:01.500
pipes, not just Bob brushing the teeth of the

01:46:01.500 --> 01:46:08.199
bear. Yes. It's like the caretaker of the lodge

01:46:08.199 --> 01:46:10.699
is killed somehow in a murder mystery, and all

01:46:10.699 --> 01:46:12.479
of these crazy things that he's supposed to do

01:46:12.479 --> 01:46:15.180
don't happen, and so the lodge starts to fall

01:46:15.180 --> 01:46:17.739
apart and morph. That's the plot that I want

01:46:17.739 --> 01:46:24.180
to see here. Yes. Yes, or becomes haunted. Right.

01:46:24.699 --> 01:46:27.039
I need this to be a video game. I don't even

01:46:27.039 --> 01:46:31.319
play video games. I need to do some LARPing in

01:46:31.319 --> 01:46:34.500
this situation. Yes. Absolutely. Absolutely.

01:46:34.800 --> 01:46:37.039
I'll come as Felix, for sure. I'm the right height

01:46:37.039 --> 01:46:40.739
and size. I love that. Dye my hair blonde, shave

01:46:40.739 --> 01:46:43.100
my beard, and just show up as Zach Galifianakis.

01:46:44.819 --> 01:46:49.579
I just love this episode so much. Something that

01:46:49.579 --> 01:46:52.560
I love the most about it is just that each character

01:46:52.560 --> 01:46:57.560
is very, very much who they are. Bob's complete

01:46:57.560 --> 01:46:59.819
obsession with, oh, yeah, that's a really nice

01:46:59.819 --> 01:47:01.939
kitchen. But at the same time, I desperately

01:47:01.939 --> 01:47:05.880
need to cover this horrifying painting. And he's

01:47:05.880 --> 01:47:08.060
so focused on it that he has like no idea where

01:47:08.060 --> 01:47:12.920
anybody else is. And then Linda being so. laser

01:47:12.920 --> 01:47:16.180
focused on getting that tree and dragging it

01:47:16.180 --> 01:47:18.159
up the hill and then falling back down and then

01:47:18.159 --> 01:47:19.640
dragging it back up the hill and then falling

01:47:19.640 --> 01:47:24.039
back down. And the kids only focused on presents.

01:47:24.140 --> 01:47:27.500
Santa, we need the tree because otherwise where

01:47:27.500 --> 01:47:30.140
is Santa going to put our presents? How is Santa

01:47:30.140 --> 01:47:32.880
going to know that we moved? Oh, look, there's

01:47:32.880 --> 01:47:35.319
a chimney. Well, we got that going for us. And

01:47:35.319 --> 01:47:40.119
so I just love how each of them is just very

01:47:40.119 --> 01:47:45.140
much them. And I also just think this is a tiny

01:47:45.140 --> 01:47:48.079
little thing, but when they're all looking at

01:47:48.079 --> 01:47:50.220
the rooms that they're going to stay in and all

01:47:50.220 --> 01:47:53.279
these kids, all the kids have these amazing glorious

01:47:53.279 --> 01:47:56.359
rooms with these giant beds and all this stuff.

01:47:56.500 --> 01:48:00.500
And then Bob and Linda are looking at clearly

01:48:00.500 --> 01:48:03.399
like a servant's room or like a kid, a kid's

01:48:03.399 --> 01:48:05.819
room or something with these tiny little twin

01:48:05.819 --> 01:48:07.899
beds in it. And they're like, do you guys have

01:48:07.899 --> 01:48:10.699
really big beds? And Tina just goes, uh, No.

01:48:10.699 --> 01:48:14.659
Cake night. Is anybody else's bed the size of

01:48:14.659 --> 01:48:16.739
our living room? No, these beds are tiny. Did

01:48:16.739 --> 01:48:21.619
you say yours was big? Uh, no. I love Tina so

01:48:21.619 --> 01:48:23.840
much. Not very usual for Tina to be that selfish,

01:48:23.920 --> 01:48:26.399
but I kind of love it for her because she really

01:48:26.399 --> 01:48:29.300
takes the brunt of a lot of selflessness back

01:48:29.300 --> 01:48:32.340
home. Yes. It reminds me of the bathroom moment.

01:48:32.840 --> 01:48:36.140
Yeah. What episode were we talking about? Millie,

01:48:36.140 --> 01:48:39.109
Linda Christmas. Yeah, I love that version of

01:48:39.109 --> 01:48:42.390
Tina. Yeah, and I also like that this is a great

01:48:42.390 --> 01:48:46.510
episode where the too muchness of Linda, she

01:48:46.510 --> 01:48:50.529
realizes that she's being too much, finally.

01:48:50.810 --> 01:48:53.090
Yeah. And especially when it comes to Christmas,

01:48:53.170 --> 01:48:56.409
and it's something we've seen. For so many seasons

01:48:56.409 --> 01:48:58.390
leading up to this, we've seen Linda just, like,

01:48:58.430 --> 01:49:01.369
sacrifice this time with her family because she's

01:49:01.369 --> 01:49:03.770
so obsessed with this perfect holiday. Yeah.

01:49:04.130 --> 01:49:06.510
And it all comes to a head here. And I just –

01:49:06.510 --> 01:49:09.949
I love that storyline. And I like that her, like,

01:49:10.090 --> 01:49:13.989
sort of meddlingness, her control isn't harming

01:49:13.989 --> 01:49:16.750
anybody else. It's literally just – like, obviously

01:49:16.750 --> 01:49:18.869
she's missing Christmas with her family, which

01:49:18.869 --> 01:49:22.090
she legitimately – says out loud to the tree

01:49:22.090 --> 01:49:24.609
but also she then realizes it's kind of like

01:49:24.609 --> 01:49:27.409
with these Jean episodes when we have Linda's

01:49:27.409 --> 01:49:29.449
meddlesomeness and we actually deal with it I'm

01:49:29.449 --> 01:49:32.189
really down for those type of episodes and so

01:49:32.189 --> 01:49:34.350
I love the little monologue that she gives the

01:49:34.350 --> 01:49:37.210
tree I like that they animate her with that very

01:49:37.210 --> 01:49:41.100
pink hot cold flesh i think that's such a great

01:49:41.100 --> 01:49:43.939
animation you can feel that i grew up i live

01:49:43.939 --> 01:49:45.939
in california now but i grew up in new hampshire

01:49:45.939 --> 01:49:48.359
where you know you'd be it'd be negative 25 sometimes

01:49:48.359 --> 01:49:52.699
and so i like just can feel that weird ice cold

01:49:52.699 --> 01:49:55.279
hot as she's driving back up in the car with

01:49:55.279 --> 01:49:59.000
bob as they both survived yes and and then on

01:49:59.000 --> 01:50:02.279
top of that the lighting as as night falls is

01:50:02.279 --> 01:50:05.949
so beautiful if i'm remembering it yeah Absolutely.

01:50:06.229 --> 01:50:08.670
And then they make the tree out of the skis,

01:50:08.670 --> 01:50:12.170
which is so sweet. So sweet. And then they put

01:50:12.170 --> 01:50:15.630
the cookies in the oven in the credits. It really

01:50:15.630 --> 01:50:19.649
is like a perfect family Christmas. And you get

01:50:19.649 --> 01:50:23.369
Teddy singing as Santa when he's doing the gluten

01:50:23.369 --> 01:50:28.909
song. Yeah, we are soon going to talk about Teddy.

01:50:29.550 --> 01:50:32.229
In an inflatable Santa, which I am very excited

01:50:32.229 --> 01:50:35.229
about. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Okay. Excellent.

01:50:35.670 --> 01:50:40.470
On the podium. We are on the podium now. In third

01:50:40.470 --> 01:50:45.970
place with 42 points, Season 7, Episode 7, Last

01:50:45.970 --> 01:50:49.920
Gingerbread House on the left. IMDB description,

01:50:50.199 --> 01:50:53.060
Bob gets involved in a gingerbread house competition

01:50:53.060 --> 01:50:56.439
with Mr. Fish Odor and his friends, while Linda,

01:50:56.560 --> 01:50:59.260
Teddy, and the kids spread Christmas cheer through

01:50:59.260 --> 01:51:03.359
caroling. It's to no one's surprise that we all

01:51:03.359 --> 01:51:05.840
like this episode, considering how much fish

01:51:05.840 --> 01:51:09.920
odor is in it. I also feel like we've reached

01:51:09.920 --> 01:51:13.800
almost a different tier. Yes. Of, of Christmas

01:51:13.800 --> 01:51:17.079
episodes where we have now all been, we all consistently

01:51:17.079 --> 01:51:21.039
rank these next three in the top three. It's

01:51:21.039 --> 01:51:23.180
a little, it's a little moved about, but we are

01:51:23.180 --> 01:51:25.140
in a, I feel a completely different tier of like

01:51:25.140 --> 01:51:31.020
primo Christmas episodes. Wait, this is so nerdy,

01:51:31.020 --> 01:51:36.079
but like, that's so exciting. I know. Yeah. That's

01:51:36.079 --> 01:51:39.479
really fun. Except for Mark. Oh, yeah. I was

01:51:39.479 --> 01:51:41.359
just looking at that. Why did I rank that? See,

01:51:41.460 --> 01:51:42.600
this is one of those things where it's like,

01:51:42.659 --> 01:51:45.180
why did I even do that? Did you not rank it?

01:51:45.260 --> 01:51:47.720
Did I make that mistake? No, no, I did. I have

01:51:47.720 --> 01:51:51.899
it at seven, which is wild to me. We did not

01:51:51.899 --> 01:51:53.939
all rank it at the top. You love this episode.

01:51:54.140 --> 01:51:56.500
I know. You love Fish Over. I don't know what

01:51:56.500 --> 01:52:00.439
happened here. Sometimes we panic. Sometimes

01:52:00.439 --> 01:52:04.720
we panic. Sometimes our brains break. No, I love

01:52:04.720 --> 01:52:09.109
this episode. Again, getting to go into the fish

01:52:09.109 --> 01:52:17.369
odors world, the bedpan on Mr. Fish Odor's head,

01:52:17.550 --> 01:52:21.310
which you know he can't stand. This is the worst

01:52:21.310 --> 01:52:23.909
day of his life, and he has to wear this thing.

01:52:24.069 --> 01:52:29.869
It's so funny to me. It's very shameful. I think

01:52:29.869 --> 01:52:32.850
there's something so beautiful in this episode,

01:52:32.930 --> 01:52:37.479
and we don't always see Bob do it. But he stands

01:52:37.479 --> 01:52:42.560
up for the little man in this episode. And the

01:52:42.560 --> 01:52:47.000
impetus, talking about moms and how much we love

01:52:47.000 --> 01:52:50.340
them and miss them, he has this great memory

01:52:50.340 --> 01:52:52.699
of his mom. And he's like, this is what we used

01:52:52.699 --> 01:52:56.739
to do together. And he walks into this episode

01:52:56.739 --> 01:52:59.760
not being able to afford the Christmas he wants

01:52:59.760 --> 01:53:02.140
to give his children. And that's got to be really

01:53:02.140 --> 01:53:06.220
painful. As a parent, it's probably one of the

01:53:06.220 --> 01:53:12.199
reasons we're not having kids. But money. Yes.

01:53:12.520 --> 01:53:14.760
Not Bob's Burger episodes. That make you sad.

01:53:15.159 --> 01:53:20.619
Yeah. But and he says, no, I am not going to

01:53:20.619 --> 01:53:23.680
be used in your game. I am going to win this

01:53:23.680 --> 01:53:27.079
and I am winning this for my children. And I

01:53:27.079 --> 01:53:30.720
love it. Am I making you feel bad for ranking

01:53:30.720 --> 01:53:34.199
it low? No, I already feel bad for it. So thank

01:53:34.199 --> 01:53:37.619
you very much. Again, I do not know what happened.

01:53:38.079 --> 01:53:41.000
One of my favorite – this episode is one of my

01:53:41.000 --> 01:53:44.119
favorite details where you have to like watch

01:53:44.119 --> 01:53:46.500
it multiple times or just see it pointed out

01:53:46.500 --> 01:53:50.140
to you. But Bob's gingerbread house, he makes

01:53:50.140 --> 01:53:53.380
little versions of his family members if you

01:53:53.380 --> 01:53:56.119
look close enough. That's just like – One of

01:53:56.119 --> 01:53:59.279
my favorite all -time Bosberger's details, both

01:53:59.279 --> 01:54:03.500
as a character, like Bob is like, he's not with

01:54:03.500 --> 01:54:05.579
his family, but he's doing this for his family

01:54:05.579 --> 01:54:07.260
and he's thinking of them and he's putting them

01:54:07.260 --> 01:54:10.720
in his little creative piece that he's making.

01:54:11.060 --> 01:54:13.760
But also as the, just like the attention to detail

01:54:13.760 --> 01:54:18.020
for the animators and the creators who decided

01:54:18.020 --> 01:54:20.060
that Bob would do this. And this would be a great

01:54:20.060 --> 01:54:22.100
little detail to have in there without pointing

01:54:22.100 --> 01:54:27.100
it out. Right. Yeah, it's... I... There's so

01:54:27.100 --> 01:54:30.399
much that I... love about this episode. The introduction

01:54:30.399 --> 01:54:32.380
to what's going on and Bob's going to get sacrificed

01:54:32.380 --> 01:54:35.380
and then he walks down and Teddy's like, oh,

01:54:35.420 --> 01:54:37.119
Bob would be great for being sacrificed. He's

01:54:37.119 --> 01:54:40.319
got the body for it, is what Teddy says. And

01:54:40.319 --> 01:54:42.840
even them warming up in the car when Linda's

01:54:42.840 --> 01:54:44.500
like, well, while we wait for your father, let's

01:54:44.500 --> 01:54:48.239
warm up. And then they all follow suit. It makes

01:54:48.239 --> 01:54:51.319
me laugh every time. I refer to anybody who's

01:54:51.319 --> 01:54:55.739
hogging something as a hoggy -oggy. That is,

01:54:55.800 --> 01:54:57.600
I think, the most quoted thing from Bob's burgers

01:54:57.600 --> 01:55:02.899
that I do you're a hoggy oggy um uh when when

01:55:02.899 --> 01:55:05.119
Bob comes back after standing up for himself

01:55:05.119 --> 01:55:07.979
and and being like that would be a great present

01:55:07.979 --> 01:55:10.899
the like cuddling an albino polar bear uh and

01:55:10.899 --> 01:55:13.460
he comes back and he goes uh I forget who who

01:55:13.460 --> 01:55:16.390
he says but he goes Pass me the gumdrops. Okay,

01:55:16.510 --> 01:55:20.609
you don't have to shout. It's a great exit line.

01:55:20.810 --> 01:55:23.909
The bee story, because they don't do a runner

01:55:23.909 --> 01:55:26.329
in this episode, the bee story of the caroling

01:55:26.329 --> 01:55:30.140
and not getting enough hot cocoa or... Apple

01:55:30.140 --> 01:55:32.520
cider and nobody joining them. And they're all

01:55:32.520 --> 01:55:34.800
avoiding this murder house, which that sequence

01:55:34.800 --> 01:55:37.640
of being like, this is a tale unsuitable for

01:55:37.640 --> 01:55:39.239
children. And Luis is like, okay, what is it?

01:55:39.260 --> 01:55:41.119
He's like, okay, I'll tell you. And then he's

01:55:41.119 --> 01:55:43.760
like, what happened to them? Murder. Where are

01:55:43.760 --> 01:55:48.319
his parents now? Florida? No murder. And then

01:55:48.319 --> 01:55:50.579
they get there and he's a super nice guy. And

01:55:50.579 --> 01:55:54.460
then that sequence of the, this murder dude that

01:55:54.460 --> 01:55:58.020
they visit as his house singing in, in Latin.

01:55:58.750 --> 01:56:01.869
With the guns being drawn at the table and everything

01:56:01.869 --> 01:56:04.350
being shot up is one of my all -time favorite

01:56:04.350 --> 01:56:07.029
Bob's Burger sequences. Especially the animation

01:56:07.029 --> 01:56:10.189
of Bob, his eyes looking at the camera over his

01:56:10.189 --> 01:56:13.949
shoulder as he flees away from the gunshots.

01:56:14.050 --> 01:56:18.130
And you've got Felix shooting Calvin's house

01:56:18.130 --> 01:56:21.569
and all. It's just so funny. Everything's great

01:56:21.569 --> 01:56:23.970
about this episode. There's not a single part

01:56:23.970 --> 01:56:26.909
where I'm not entertained. Yes. Or guess what's

01:56:26.909 --> 01:56:29.569
going on. And it doesn't take place on Christmas,

01:56:29.689 --> 01:56:33.829
but the caroling, the light up, necklaces, so

01:56:33.829 --> 01:56:37.329
many mentions of hot cocoa. It really feels Christmassy.

01:56:37.670 --> 01:56:41.430
Oh, sugar plums, Linda says as her necklace goes

01:56:41.430 --> 01:56:46.630
out. Yeah. And I think the last episode or the

01:56:46.630 --> 01:56:50.569
credits happen on Christmas Day. Oh, cute. When

01:56:50.569 --> 01:56:53.289
they're cuddling the albino polar bear. Oh, that's

01:56:53.289 --> 01:56:55.649
right. That is on Christmas Day. Precious. That's

01:56:55.649 --> 01:56:59.520
a good way to end it. You have a nice eye. Sounds

01:56:59.520 --> 01:57:04.680
like a line, Bob. See, this is why we love him.

01:57:04.859 --> 01:57:08.619
Yeah, absolutely. In second place with 45 points,

01:57:08.819 --> 01:57:12.960
Season 8, Episodes 6 and 7, The Bleakening, Part

01:57:12.960 --> 01:57:18.140
1 and Part 2, IMDb Synopsis. Linda wants to add

01:57:18.140 --> 01:57:20.119
some extra cheer to the holidays by throwing

01:57:20.119 --> 01:57:22.920
a holiday party. After her ornaments are stolen,

01:57:23.180 --> 01:57:26.079
Linda interrogates her guests. The children think

01:57:26.079 --> 01:57:29.960
it was the bleakin'. Here's the thing about this

01:57:29.960 --> 01:57:31.880
episode. That was supposed to be you. I'm sorry.

01:57:31.960 --> 01:57:34.899
That's okay. We're pretty much the same person

01:57:34.899 --> 01:57:40.180
at this point. But this will go down in Bob's

01:57:40.180 --> 01:57:43.220
Burgers history as one of the most iconic episodes.

01:57:43.979 --> 01:57:48.899
I believe, I might be wrong, it's their first

01:57:48.899 --> 01:57:51.520
two -parter? Yeah, it is. I think maybe their

01:57:51.520 --> 01:57:56.180
only? Yeah. I think the Worf one is a two -parter.

01:57:56.199 --> 01:57:57.220
Oh, you're right. The Worf one is a two -parter.

01:57:57.340 --> 01:58:00.539
Yeah. But – and when we had one of the script

01:58:00.539 --> 01:58:02.800
supervisors on our podcast, he said, like, this

01:58:02.800 --> 01:58:05.539
was really – he didn't say this was, like, a

01:58:05.539 --> 01:58:07.640
test for a movie, but this was really a test

01:58:07.640 --> 01:58:10.699
for them to see if they could take up this much

01:58:10.699 --> 01:58:17.079
airtime. And they did it with such amazing spectacle.

01:58:17.220 --> 01:58:21.380
You have Linda's Christmas of My Dreams song.

01:58:22.460 --> 01:58:28.359
You have twinkly lights. You have the bleak in

01:58:28.359 --> 01:58:34.859
is coming or whatever it is. Oh, at the opening

01:58:34.859 --> 01:58:38.380
of part two where Tina into it with the metronome

01:58:38.380 --> 01:58:42.279
of her, of her stressed out. Oh my gosh. And

01:58:42.279 --> 01:58:47.619
we have. You know, kind of this lesson that becomes

01:58:47.619 --> 01:58:51.439
timelier every year about acceptance and safe

01:58:51.439 --> 01:58:57.140
spaces. And I honestly think it's one of the

01:58:57.140 --> 01:59:01.340
great episodes of television. Agreed. 100%. If

01:59:01.340 --> 01:59:05.380
this last episode that we all ranked first wasn't

01:59:05.380 --> 01:59:07.979
on this list, I'd be talking about it as the

01:59:07.979 --> 01:59:10.479
best episode of television. This is the second

01:59:10.479 --> 01:59:12.640
best episode of television in my personal opinion.

01:59:14.720 --> 01:59:17.819
The moment of twinkly lights being sung when

01:59:17.819 --> 01:59:22.520
they turn the lights on and Linda's eyes. Light

01:59:22.520 --> 01:59:26.100
up with the reflection. And she gasps. And then

01:59:26.100 --> 01:59:30.939
it expands out to the whole club. Is just a phenomenal

01:59:30.939 --> 01:59:34.600
Christmas moment. I just got chills. I know.

01:59:34.760 --> 01:59:38.140
It's fabulous. I don't remember if we talked

01:59:38.140 --> 01:59:39.920
about Muppets Christmas Carol on the pod or not.

01:59:40.020 --> 01:59:42.460
So I'm going to mention it here. I'm a big Muppets

01:59:42.460 --> 01:59:44.239
Christmas Carol watcher. I watch it every year

01:59:44.239 --> 01:59:49.619
during Christmas Eve. And this feels. The same

01:59:49.619 --> 01:59:52.520
way that at the very end when Michael Caine starts

01:59:52.520 --> 01:59:56.399
singing and we get the love is found feels to

01:59:56.399 --> 02:00:00.560
me. I just absolutely adore the ending of this

02:00:00.560 --> 02:00:03.899
two -parter. Also, we get Bosco, who I love,

02:00:03.960 --> 02:00:06.300
and he just flicks water at all the children

02:00:06.300 --> 02:00:09.579
and he owns too many lamps. And it's just, there's

02:00:09.579 --> 02:00:14.359
an Adam Driver. Kylo Ren is in this as the artist,

02:00:14.500 --> 02:00:18.039
and he sings a song about being nude and opens

02:00:18.039 --> 02:00:20.319
his legs when he says, I clearly have nothing

02:00:20.319 --> 02:00:24.739
to hide. It's just amazing. It's so fantastic.

02:00:24.779 --> 02:00:28.699
I also love the detective angle. I like the darker

02:00:28.699 --> 02:00:32.020
aspects of it. You know, the lore of the Bleak

02:00:32.020 --> 02:00:36.000
Inn. And then we get... Freaking Bob in a bleak

02:00:36.000 --> 02:00:40.479
outfit running around town saving the day. I

02:00:40.479 --> 02:00:42.840
will say one more thing and then zip it. The

02:00:42.840 --> 02:00:47.279
ruler bit. Tina hitting her father. Hilarious.

02:00:47.420 --> 02:00:50.539
Someone hit me with a ruler? That really hurt.

02:00:50.640 --> 02:00:53.739
Oh, okay. No, that was Jean. It really hurt.

02:00:53.840 --> 02:00:59.819
Oh, good. I mean, sorry. Oh, sorry. I gotta say,

02:00:59.960 --> 02:01:03.840
the... The moment where Teddy is inside the inflatable

02:01:03.840 --> 02:01:07.439
Santa and he sings his song as they're descending

02:01:07.439 --> 02:01:10.100
down into the club and they don't know. There's

02:01:10.100 --> 02:01:14.319
this hidden stair doorway and they're in these

02:01:14.319 --> 02:01:17.779
spooky lights. And he goes, there's a grown man

02:01:17.779 --> 02:01:23.399
dressed in disguise. I still laugh every time.

02:01:23.479 --> 02:01:25.579
I know it's coming. I know what the joke is and

02:01:25.579 --> 02:01:28.619
I can't help because he just, the voice acting

02:01:28.619 --> 02:01:32.560
is delivered so well in this minor key as he

02:01:32.560 --> 02:01:36.399
gives a lot of gravitas and suspicion into a

02:01:36.399 --> 02:01:39.520
grown man dressed in disguise. Yeah, this is

02:01:39.520 --> 02:01:42.840
another example of Teddy carrying a story when

02:01:42.840 --> 02:01:44.579
the Belchers are all off on their adventure.

02:01:44.920 --> 02:01:47.239
Like he's, we, every time we're not with them,

02:01:47.260 --> 02:01:49.720
once they're all kind of like on this mission.

02:01:50.000 --> 02:01:53.449
Yeah. We're cutting back to Teddy and he's just

02:01:53.449 --> 02:01:56.970
so entertaining and funny the whole time. And

02:01:56.970 --> 02:02:00.069
all he's doing is sitting in a Santa, an inflatable

02:02:00.069 --> 02:02:02.210
Santa. I say all he's doing like that isn't the

02:02:02.210 --> 02:02:04.710
best thing ever. The craziest thing ever. And

02:02:04.710 --> 02:02:07.449
then when he's so excited because Bob and him

02:02:07.449 --> 02:02:10.350
are like in it together. Couldn't we just go

02:02:10.350 --> 02:02:15.210
inside your house? It's right there. I have something

02:02:15.210 --> 02:02:20.920
to say. Yeah, what is it? So good. That is a

02:02:20.920 --> 02:02:23.960
perfect ending. I just, I remember watching that

02:02:23.960 --> 02:02:25.279
for the first time being like, how are they going

02:02:25.279 --> 02:02:26.739
to top, how are they going to end this episode

02:02:26.739 --> 02:02:29.800
with twinkly lights? And then Bob decides to

02:02:29.800 --> 02:02:32.260
become the bleak end and Bosco's like, ooh, hit

02:02:32.260 --> 02:02:35.279
him with the car. This'll be fun. It's so funny.

02:02:35.579 --> 02:02:38.560
And it's like, ha, wait, that's actually terrible.

02:02:38.699 --> 02:02:42.319
Oh my gosh, but he's with Teddy now. Santa? Bob?

02:02:42.560 --> 02:02:45.159
Teddy? Wait, I've got the perfect place to hide.

02:02:45.300 --> 02:02:47.760
Oh, it's in his house, right? No, no, no. He's

02:02:47.760 --> 02:02:52.640
inside. These two very large men are inside an

02:02:52.640 --> 02:02:56.699
inflatable Santa together. You're right. Like,

02:02:56.699 --> 02:02:59.819
they do, like, you could say that the twinkly

02:02:59.819 --> 02:03:02.579
lights bit is, like, it's very cool, but it's

02:03:02.579 --> 02:03:05.939
also very earnest. We're in, like, ah, but then

02:03:05.939 --> 02:03:08.960
Bob always knows how to make something really

02:03:08.960 --> 02:03:13.050
funny at the end. Yeah. Absolutely. I loved the

02:03:13.050 --> 02:03:17.909
episode. Finally, a song about light bulbs. It's

02:03:17.909 --> 02:03:22.189
a great gene line. I also love when Bob is climbing

02:03:22.189 --> 02:03:24.470
up and Louise is like, by the way, your butt

02:03:24.470 --> 02:03:26.649
crack's not totally out. He's like, I know it.

02:03:26.689 --> 02:03:31.729
I can feel the breeze. So good. It's just so

02:03:31.729 --> 02:03:42.000
good. Hi, Marshmallow. Oh, I thought you were

02:03:42.000 --> 02:03:47.619
just dumb kids. I'm 23. I'm 23. Just like hidden

02:03:47.619 --> 02:03:52.060
marshmallow lore. Which we all need. More hidden

02:03:52.060 --> 02:03:56.659
marshmallow lore. Constantly. Y 'all, are we

02:03:56.659 --> 02:04:01.359
ready? Yeah. So ready. Okay. To no one's surprise,

02:04:01.560 --> 02:04:06.939
in first place with 52 points, season 13, episode

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10, The Plight Before Christmas, Bob and Linda,

02:04:11.359 --> 02:04:15.020
according to IMDb, try to attend all the kids'

02:04:15.159 --> 02:04:20.720
holiday performances at the same time. Aww. Oh

02:04:20.720 --> 02:04:26.939
my god, her gagging when she finds out. jump

02:04:26.939 --> 02:04:29.479
right to that just jump right to that that's

02:04:29.479 --> 02:04:35.520
it this was such a surprise when it first aired

02:04:35.520 --> 02:04:41.880
um i i don't like i had i had gotten to know

02:04:41.880 --> 02:04:45.800
that bobs can be very heartwarming obviously

02:04:45.800 --> 02:04:52.340
but this is one of the most heartwarming episodes

02:04:52.340 --> 02:04:56.479
of television of all time. It's so amazing that

02:04:56.479 --> 02:04:59.760
they were kind of able to surprise me, even though

02:04:59.760 --> 02:05:03.380
the show had done it before, but surprise me

02:05:03.380 --> 02:05:07.180
with how heartwarming it was. But like we talked

02:05:07.180 --> 02:05:13.699
about, they don't make it cheesy. It's so real.

02:05:15.659 --> 02:05:18.640
I don't know. It's like it's such a funny episode,

02:05:18.659 --> 02:05:22.260
too, and has one of my favorite moments on the

02:05:22.260 --> 02:05:25.060
entire show when Bob is running all over town

02:05:25.060 --> 02:05:28.979
trying to find this library. And he says to Linda

02:05:28.979 --> 02:05:31.859
on the phone, he says, I hate the holidays, Linda.

02:05:31.880 --> 02:05:37.460
And she goes, no. No. No, no, Bobby, no. Oh,

02:05:37.500 --> 02:05:41.039
thank you for bringing that up. Yeah, it's just

02:05:41.039 --> 02:05:45.229
I. If we were doing a completely different podcast,

02:05:45.289 --> 02:05:48.289
which was ranking perfect episodes of television,

02:05:48.649 --> 02:05:51.750
this is one of them. This might even be in my

02:05:51.750 --> 02:05:55.350
top five. I don't know. And we watch a ton of

02:05:55.350 --> 02:06:00.430
TV. Yeah. I'm going to kick it to all of you

02:06:00.430 --> 02:06:02.390
because I know we all have so much to say about

02:06:02.390 --> 02:06:05.670
it. Listen to our upcoming podcast, Perfect TV

02:06:05.670 --> 02:06:09.229
Shows, coming out in 2026. We'll be there. I'm

02:06:09.229 --> 02:06:15.180
subscribed. I love it. I, this episode is, is

02:06:15.180 --> 02:06:18.140
hard to describe. I, you know, there's this,

02:06:18.180 --> 02:06:21.359
there's the Midnight Boys on the podcast network,

02:06:21.699 --> 02:06:25.140
The Ringer, which they do a bunch of different

02:06:25.140 --> 02:06:28.119
content, mainly big, big fandom stuff as well.

02:06:28.539 --> 02:06:31.479
And I came across one of their, their TikTok

02:06:31.479 --> 02:06:33.539
clips trying to describe, there's two of them

02:06:33.539 --> 02:06:35.119
who've watched Bob Burgers and they try to describe

02:06:35.119 --> 02:06:36.979
this episode to a guy who hasn't watched it.

02:06:37.119 --> 02:06:39.399
And you're just watching them kind of flounder

02:06:39.399 --> 02:06:42.869
the explanation. And it's, and then I, Was trying

02:06:42.869 --> 02:06:44.770
to do it inside my head myself, being like, how

02:06:44.770 --> 02:06:47.250
do I describe this episode to somebody who's

02:06:47.250 --> 02:06:48.970
never seen it? And I don't think you can. I think

02:06:48.970 --> 02:06:53.069
you have to play the xylophone music and just

02:06:53.069 --> 02:06:56.390
say, the episode is this feeling that's elicited

02:06:56.390 --> 02:06:58.909
in you. It's this mode of music coupled in this

02:06:58.909 --> 02:07:04.130
key with a muted xylophone sound. And they happen

02:07:04.130 --> 02:07:07.130
to elicit the perfect emotional response from

02:07:07.130 --> 02:07:12.329
you in this moment. Because... The synopsis doesn't

02:07:12.329 --> 02:07:14.930
do it justice, right? They try and attend all

02:07:14.930 --> 02:07:18.090
three. But they create authentic stakes here,

02:07:18.149 --> 02:07:21.649
right? Not way too high stakes with the dog.

02:07:21.689 --> 02:07:24.149
Not way too low stakes with the dream sequence.

02:07:24.449 --> 02:07:27.350
We're in a perfect, super relatable family moment

02:07:27.350 --> 02:07:29.909
that they have not yet really created. We need

02:07:29.909 --> 02:07:33.470
to go to all three kids events. And it's done

02:07:33.470 --> 02:07:36.989
with such justice to this struggle of parenting

02:07:36.989 --> 02:07:42.590
and family support. In a way where Linda gets

02:07:42.590 --> 02:07:45.729
caught up in being her theater mom self and she

02:07:45.729 --> 02:07:48.109
can't leave because this other adult is relying

02:07:48.109 --> 02:07:50.010
on her to be in the show. And Tina's saying,

02:07:50.069 --> 02:07:52.470
go, you've seen my thing, go. And Linda's like,

02:07:52.590 --> 02:07:56.510
I'm too responsible for my role here to be able

02:07:56.510 --> 02:07:59.770
to leave in the midst of all this chaos. And

02:07:59.770 --> 02:08:02.710
for Tina to then make this switch with this little

02:08:02.710 --> 02:08:05.689
tiny storyline where this other girl wanted to

02:08:05.689 --> 02:08:08.390
be Tina's part that Tina doesn't really care

02:08:08.390 --> 02:08:12.470
about. Only Linda cares about Tina playing the

02:08:12.470 --> 02:08:15.850
star. That switched to occur. And when you hit

02:08:15.850 --> 02:08:18.770
that moment where Gene's whole band that's been

02:08:18.770 --> 02:08:21.550
struggling to play with the substitute simplifies,

02:08:21.550 --> 02:08:24.329
plays a little bit of music, because Gene knows

02:08:24.329 --> 02:08:26.810
a little bit of music. They start playing this.

02:08:27.289 --> 02:08:30.090
Tina then leaves, but you don't know. And then

02:08:30.090 --> 02:08:32.689
Louise is about to read her joke poem, which

02:08:32.689 --> 02:08:36.720
is so wonderful because this theme of... louise

02:08:36.720 --> 02:08:39.840
constantly taking the sort of selfish the sort

02:08:39.840 --> 02:08:42.340
of self -centered the not so serious the i can't

02:08:42.340 --> 02:08:45.359
be vulnerable her about to read this poop poem

02:08:45.359 --> 02:08:47.539
instead of this actual poem about her family

02:08:47.539 --> 02:08:51.680
is and then the switch where tina comes in giving

02:08:51.680 --> 02:08:54.880
louise that justification and feeling of self

02:08:54.880 --> 02:08:57.460
-satisfaction with her family to be brave and

02:08:57.460 --> 02:09:00.960
read this is just it's a phenomenal whirlwind

02:09:00.960 --> 02:09:03.659
and i I read an article about how this was one

02:09:03.659 --> 02:09:05.380
of Lauren Bouchard's kind of first ventures back

02:09:05.380 --> 02:09:08.239
into being the head writer on an episode. And

02:09:08.239 --> 02:09:12.260
his return to this and taking such great care.

02:09:14.039 --> 02:09:17.460
It's my favorite TV episode of all time, hands

02:09:17.460 --> 02:09:22.319
down. Wow. I also have to point out, I think,

02:09:22.439 --> 02:09:27.359
well, you both said such wonderful things. One

02:09:27.359 --> 02:09:32.180
thing I would add is. you will never ever get

02:09:32.180 --> 02:09:34.420
that feeling of watching it for the first time

02:09:34.420 --> 02:09:39.279
because I was surprised by the reveal that it

02:09:39.279 --> 02:09:42.220
was Tina who showed up for her sister. So that

02:09:42.220 --> 02:09:48.340
was very, very special and plays into why this

02:09:48.340 --> 02:09:52.279
was such a special watch. And then I have to

02:09:52.279 --> 02:09:56.220
just point to Max's point again. This is a funny

02:09:56.220 --> 02:10:01.229
episode. This does not just... rely on earnestness.

02:10:01.229 --> 02:10:05.609
Yeah. Which I think it, I think, yeah, it's wonderful.

02:10:05.810 --> 02:10:09.770
But it's also these, the characters, what we

02:10:09.770 --> 02:10:11.390
see with these characters, what we see happen

02:10:11.390 --> 02:10:14.510
with Louise, what we see happen with Tina, it's

02:10:14.510 --> 02:10:18.329
because of this series and what they've built

02:10:18.329 --> 02:10:23.630
with their fan base. And it's their earned character

02:10:23.630 --> 02:10:28.689
moments. And it's, it makes it all that. all

02:10:28.689 --> 02:10:32.569
that more special. Like it's just, we've earned

02:10:32.569 --> 02:10:36.689
seeing like Louise because Louise have this moment

02:10:36.689 --> 02:10:41.210
because we're so used to Louise being mischievous.

02:10:41.510 --> 02:10:44.630
So then we get to, but we know she has a big

02:10:44.630 --> 02:10:46.590
heart because we've seen it so many times. So

02:10:46.590 --> 02:10:48.829
to get to see her now finally, she actually wrote

02:10:48.829 --> 02:10:52.609
a lovely poem. Yeah. And then we've seen Tina

02:10:52.609 --> 02:10:57.130
time and time again. she is ride or die for her

02:10:57.130 --> 02:10:59.689
siblings she will do anything and everything

02:10:59.689 --> 02:11:02.470
even if it's getting in trouble and so of course

02:11:02.470 --> 02:11:04.350
she's going to be the one that makes it to see

02:11:04.350 --> 02:11:06.989
her to make sure her sister has someone there

02:11:06.989 --> 02:11:10.529
for this moment oh we watch it every christmas

02:11:10.529 --> 02:11:13.250
morning that's that's what we do as well now

02:11:13.250 --> 02:11:15.930
we started that as soon as that came out we started

02:11:15.930 --> 02:11:18.729
doing that as a tradition It's so special. I

02:11:18.729 --> 02:11:20.770
will say, too, it's an interesting juxtaposition

02:11:20.770 --> 02:11:23.890
from what we ranked as lower down the line with

02:11:23.890 --> 02:11:29.890
the afternoon dog after thing. Where we talked

02:11:29.890 --> 02:11:32.590
about, okay, Louise gets this moment. It's earned

02:11:32.590 --> 02:11:35.050
overall, but it's not earned within the episode.

02:11:35.210 --> 02:11:36.750
And here's a moment where it's earned within

02:11:36.750 --> 02:11:40.590
the episode and it's earned overall. Oh, and

02:11:40.590 --> 02:11:45.239
you know what? I think probably all of us. can

02:11:45.239 --> 02:11:49.159
point to a time in our life where we're parentified

02:11:49.159 --> 02:11:53.239
or we're the child that needs to be strong. And

02:11:53.239 --> 02:11:56.439
for Louise at the beginning of the episode to

02:11:56.439 --> 02:12:01.340
go, I'm fine. I don't need anyone at my stuff.

02:12:02.260 --> 02:12:05.260
Everyone needs someone at their stuff. And she

02:12:05.260 --> 02:12:07.739
deserves that. She didn't have to be that strong.

02:12:08.720 --> 02:12:11.359
And maybe she learned that in the end. Yeah.

02:12:11.460 --> 02:12:15.909
Yeah. Yeah. We also get, Tina basically being

02:12:15.909 --> 02:12:20.689
parentified as well because Linda has become

02:12:20.689 --> 02:12:25.729
sucked into this role and can't be a mom in this

02:12:25.729 --> 02:12:29.149
moment because she's being a helpful person.

02:12:29.970 --> 02:12:34.210
And, you know, this other grown woman, don't

02:12:34.210 --> 02:12:42.119
leave me, Linda. And then. Bob, he's tried to

02:12:42.119 --> 02:12:45.020
make it, but now nobody's at Gene's performance

02:12:45.020 --> 02:12:47.300
and he needs to get something of Gene's performance

02:12:47.300 --> 02:12:50.739
on there. And so he's really stuck as well. And

02:12:50.739 --> 02:12:57.579
Tina has to step up and be the parent to witness

02:12:57.579 --> 02:13:01.380
Louise's helpful moment. And also Tina is the

02:13:01.380 --> 02:13:03.760
one who realizes that this is actually probably

02:13:03.760 --> 02:13:08.449
important for Louise. She has written a real

02:13:08.449 --> 02:13:11.609
serious poem and not a joke, as she has previously

02:13:11.609 --> 02:13:14.949
stated. And Tina is the one who has kind of pieced

02:13:14.949 --> 02:13:17.789
this together and then realizes that in order

02:13:17.789 --> 02:13:22.189
for Louise to grow and to feel validated in writing

02:13:22.189 --> 02:13:24.649
something serious, she's going to need a witness

02:13:24.649 --> 02:13:30.569
to it. Yes. So then she sacrifices, I mean, something

02:13:30.569 --> 02:13:34.560
that she doesn't care about at this point. You

02:13:34.560 --> 02:13:36.600
know, she doesn't care about who she is in this

02:13:36.600 --> 02:13:39.800
play. And even though she does technically have

02:13:39.800 --> 02:13:42.699
one of the more important parts, all of her speaking

02:13:42.699 --> 02:13:46.140
lines are over. And so she's doesn't feel responsible

02:13:46.140 --> 02:13:49.039
for being there anymore. And so she's like, well,

02:13:49.180 --> 02:13:50.979
if nobody else is going to go, then I need to

02:13:50.979 --> 02:13:54.720
be there. And I think it's very sweet. And yeah,

02:13:55.300 --> 02:13:58.789
the ending montage of. Jean playing and Louise

02:13:58.789 --> 02:14:01.770
reading her poem, seeing Tina and then reading

02:14:01.770 --> 02:14:05.890
her poem and Bob recording and then Linda appearing

02:14:05.890 --> 02:14:10.050
as well to see the poem. It honestly makes me

02:14:10.050 --> 02:14:14.909
tear up. And I think part of it is just because

02:14:14.909 --> 02:14:18.850
of how heartfelt everything is, but also because

02:14:18.850 --> 02:14:23.250
as a parent, I dread this day where I will miss

02:14:23.250 --> 02:14:26.520
something. Because there's too many things happening

02:14:26.520 --> 02:14:31.060
at once. And I'll have to choose to go to one

02:14:31.060 --> 02:14:35.479
or to go to another. And the fact that all three

02:14:35.479 --> 02:14:38.619
kids get to have a parent there and get to have

02:14:38.619 --> 02:14:42.520
it witnessed and be able to feel special each

02:14:42.520 --> 02:14:46.199
individually is really wonderful. And also how

02:14:46.199 --> 02:14:51.619
much effort Bob really puts in to trying to make

02:14:51.619 --> 02:14:55.189
it. You know, he just, of course, is stuck in

02:14:55.189 --> 02:15:00.649
a nightmare as he often is. Poor Bob. Getting

02:15:00.649 --> 02:15:03.489
boosted up by the guy with the dog to break into

02:15:03.489 --> 02:15:06.590
the library's fenced off area. It's so funny.

02:15:08.039 --> 02:15:11.859
Getting essentially a deaf taxi driver who is

02:15:11.859 --> 02:15:15.199
just driving him to the refinery instead of the

02:15:15.199 --> 02:15:19.439
library. And then not realizing that there's

02:15:19.439 --> 02:15:21.880
a local branch of the library that is opened

02:15:21.880 --> 02:15:24.359
up. There should only be one. There's too many

02:15:24.359 --> 02:15:29.180
libraries. There should only be one. It's good.

02:15:29.920 --> 02:15:32.939
Bob's running through the streets is just amazing.

02:15:33.460 --> 02:15:37.739
I'm running. I hate running. That's it. I hate

02:15:37.739 --> 02:15:42.180
the holidays. No, Bobby. You're right. I hate

02:15:42.180 --> 02:15:46.760
running. No, Bobby, no. I love that moment. And

02:15:46.760 --> 02:15:51.569
then he falls and he skins his knees. The wrap

02:15:51.569 --> 02:15:53.250
-up of this episode does something really cool,

02:15:53.369 --> 02:15:55.390
because they don't do much resolution in Bob's

02:15:55.390 --> 02:15:58.189
Burgers, right? It's pretty much you have the

02:15:58.189 --> 02:15:59.810
final moment, and then we go straight to the

02:15:59.810 --> 02:16:03.289
credits. But they allow the climax to run into

02:16:03.289 --> 02:16:06.170
a bit of resolution before you hit the credits.

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And when Jean goes and shows the video with Bob

02:16:11.050 --> 02:16:14.970
to Miss Merkin in the hospital, it's such...

02:16:15.180 --> 02:16:18.779
a touching moment where it just really hammers

02:16:18.779 --> 02:16:21.500
this. They, they just stretch out the emotional

02:16:21.500 --> 02:16:24.640
resonance in a way that you don't get a lot of

02:16:24.640 --> 02:16:26.600
time with for television. And I really loved

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it. Yeah. And I, and I will end on this note

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for at least what I have to say about this episode.

02:16:34.659 --> 02:16:39.000
I think if I had to show you a picture of what

02:16:39.000 --> 02:16:45.299
love is in a, in a relationship, it is Bob. in

02:16:45.299 --> 02:16:50.159
his underwear, reading. And that's it. I'm trying

02:16:50.159 --> 02:16:54.479
to do something nice here. That's it for me.

02:16:54.719 --> 02:16:57.899
That's it for you. And he's in his underwear

02:16:57.899 --> 02:17:01.000
and Linda is putting hydrogen peroxide on his

02:17:01.000 --> 02:17:05.639
skin knees with her glass of wine as Bob is getting

02:17:05.639 --> 02:17:09.879
to experience reading Louise's poem. I love that

02:17:09.879 --> 02:17:14.950
image so much. Yeah. See? He didn't make a joke.

02:17:15.069 --> 02:17:17.889
It's true. He is more comfortable in his emotions

02:17:17.889 --> 02:17:23.569
than I am. Well, everybody, there is another

02:17:23.569 --> 02:17:26.129
Christmas episode out right now. You can go and

02:17:26.129 --> 02:17:30.030
watch A Stunterful Life at your own leisure.

02:17:30.809 --> 02:17:34.430
It's a fantastic little episode, but please go

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and enjoy it and be thinking of us as you watch.

02:17:37.489 --> 02:17:42.530
And with that, we'll now wrap up. A huge, giant

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thanks. to both of you, Max and Skylar, for being

02:17:45.569 --> 02:17:48.409
here with us today. This was so fun. Thank you

02:17:48.409 --> 02:17:50.989
so much. We had so much fun. Good. This was so

02:17:50.989 --> 02:17:53.969
great. Yay. We really loved having you. It's

02:17:53.969 --> 02:17:56.389
always nice to have people who are complete experts

02:17:56.389 --> 02:17:59.389
in their field on the pod, and you guys are so

02:17:59.389 --> 02:18:03.059
well -researched. Yay. It comes with a job description,

02:18:03.260 --> 02:18:06.979
I think. Yeah. What is the job description? Researching

02:18:06.979 --> 02:18:10.120
Bob. Researching Bob. Bob's Burgers Researchers.

02:18:10.860 --> 02:18:13.440
Yep. Got it. Try putting that on a tax form.

02:18:16.120 --> 02:18:18.420
Incredible. Is there anything you guys would

02:18:18.420 --> 02:18:20.159
like to plug while you're here? You know, social

02:18:20.159 --> 02:18:22.180
media channels, website, podcast. What should

02:18:22.180 --> 02:18:24.559
the people know? How can they find you? We are

02:18:24.559 --> 02:18:29.239
so easy to find. It were just Bob's credits all

02:18:29.239 --> 02:18:32.500
across the board. But we do content. We do too

02:18:32.500 --> 02:18:35.620
much content, don't you think? We're so tired.

02:18:36.620 --> 02:18:40.719
Don't let the tiredness speak to us proud. No,

02:18:40.780 --> 02:18:45.299
we are on TikTok. We're on Instagram. We are

02:18:45.299 --> 02:18:49.100
on YouTube where we... But if you like this kind

02:18:49.100 --> 02:18:52.479
of chatting, deep dives into Bob's Burgers episode,

02:18:52.579 --> 02:18:55.040
check out our podcast, Bob's Credits, wherever

02:18:55.040 --> 02:18:57.600
you listen. To your podcast. And you can watch

02:18:57.600 --> 02:19:01.319
it on YouTube now, too. You can. And we have

02:19:01.319 --> 02:19:05.940
some special things in the works that we can't

02:19:05.940 --> 02:19:08.899
talk about just yet, but we'll as soon as we

02:19:08.899 --> 02:19:11.819
can. Excellent. And you guys have some fabulous

02:19:11.819 --> 02:19:15.159
sweaters that you put out in the world as well.

02:19:15.479 --> 02:19:19.459
We do. We have an au bourbon one. Do you? Oh,

02:19:19.459 --> 02:19:22.540
I knew about the turkey farm one, but not the

02:19:22.540 --> 02:19:25.420
au bourbon one. The au bourbon one is such a

02:19:25.420 --> 02:19:28.639
fun design. It's so cool. It's a French artist

02:19:28.639 --> 02:19:33.799
made it. That's Bob's Credits slash shop. Bob's

02:19:33.799 --> 02:19:36.879
Credits dot com slash shop. That's why we need

02:19:36.879 --> 02:19:40.219
the two of us. Yep. One has the address, one

02:19:40.219 --> 02:19:43.520
has the dot com. Exactly. Yeah, we're like Andy

02:19:43.520 --> 02:19:47.260
and Ollie. Can't get it right unless it's the

02:19:47.260 --> 02:19:49.979
two of us. Excellent. I often feel that way.

02:19:49.979 --> 02:19:52.879
My wife and I form a brain cell together. Yes.

02:19:52.899 --> 02:19:56.319
It happens. Yeah. Fantastic. Well, awesome. Thank

02:19:56.319 --> 02:19:57.840
you guys so much. We'll make sure to put that

02:19:57.840 --> 02:20:00.280
in the podcast notes. Thank you. We appreciate

02:20:00.280 --> 02:20:03.680
it. Today's public service announcement. Christmas

02:20:03.680 --> 02:20:07.079
is a time for beautifully decorated trees doing

02:20:07.079 --> 02:20:10.010
the right thing no matter the sacrifice. Being

02:20:10.010 --> 02:20:12.010
out wandering with your small children after

02:20:12.010 --> 02:20:14.629
midnight into Christmas morning and causing problems

02:20:14.629 --> 02:20:16.569
for everyone around you in a one -mile vicinity.

02:20:18.790 --> 02:20:21.809
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02:20:21.809 --> 02:20:24.129
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Don't forget to tip your candy cane truck drivers,

02:20:50.930 --> 02:20:55.030
bleakins, and Santa. And fare thee well! And

02:20:55.030 --> 02:21:00.170
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays. Fandom Schmandum

02:21:00.170 --> 02:21:02.489
was created by Sam Williams and Sierra Obermark.

02:21:02.649 --> 02:21:05.479
The show is produced by Avelia Lieb. The editor

02:21:05.479 --> 02:21:08.200
is Brittany Fisher. The music is by Jeremiah

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Alves. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The hills

02:21:32.520 --> 02:21:37.469
are alive. With the sound of Sweeney's butchering.

02:21:38.649 --> 02:21:43.809
As he murders the men on all these London hills.

02:21:45.469 --> 02:21:49.370
Tis the season to be jolly and joyous. Fa la

02:21:49.370 --> 02:21:53.209
la. My all -time favorite Christmas movie. Which

02:21:53.209 --> 02:21:56.489
IMDB describes as the Belchers family. Hold on,

02:21:56.489 --> 02:21:58.209
I'm sorry. Yeah, no, go for it. I'm sorry to

02:21:58.209 --> 02:22:01.790
interrupt you again. We just recorded an episode

02:22:01.790 --> 02:22:04.770
about this, and this title is impossible. It

02:22:04.770 --> 02:22:10.309
is, if I remember correctly, Dog Christmas Day

02:22:10.309 --> 02:22:13.430
After Afternoon. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. You're

02:22:13.430 --> 02:22:16.190
so right. It does say that. Or is it Christmas

02:22:16.190 --> 02:22:19.889
Dog Day After? Hold on. I got it. I got it. It's

02:22:19.889 --> 02:22:22.489
a really hard one. It's mean. Yeah. It's mean.

02:22:22.750 --> 02:22:25.690
We did a whole episode today about it. Okay.

02:22:25.790 --> 02:22:30.809
Dog Christmas Day After Afternoon. Okay. Britt,

02:22:30.969 --> 02:22:33.719
I'm sorry. I love you muchly. I'm going to read

02:22:33.719 --> 02:22:36.040
you that line read. Also, I dropped the I'm disappointed

02:22:36.040 --> 02:22:37.639
in us all and then immediately had to read. I'm

02:22:37.639 --> 02:22:39.979
kidding. You'll see. We'll see. We'll all get

02:22:39.979 --> 02:22:41.940
there. I'm not disappointed in anybody, actually.

02:22:42.920 --> 02:22:44.940
The upcoming episodes we're going to talk about

02:22:44.940 --> 02:22:50.940
are so damn good. Max, watch your mouth. Are

02:22:50.940 --> 02:23:00.829
so damn great. Which... Sorry. Which then killed

02:23:00.829 --> 02:23:06.069
Sierra. She's so overwhelmed. Yes. She was put

02:23:06.069 --> 02:23:07.350
to death by her own emotions.