Watch: Bob's Burgers...does FOX have another winner?

New episodes of animation domination resumed yesterday along with a program realignment which was part of the way to introduce a brand new 'toon to the two hour block.  American Dad was bumped.  Not sure for how long, but out of the four, I will miss it the least.  It wasn't bad at all, but it was the one show out of the four show block that I feel indifferent to.With that said, on to today's topic


Bob's Burgers!

 

Fox has been previewing this show with promos during other similar programming for a few months now (if not longer). Me and my wife were in agreement that the previews looked pretty funny so we decided to add it to our DVR.  Every Sunday is a little different for us.  Depending on what other programming is on (such as all the original programming on premium cable networks) sometimes we all the FOX 'toons get DVR'd, sometimes we watch them as they air.

For a little research as to where this show came from, I turned to a little help from the pros:

Badassdigest.com says,

"Benjamin(who voices Bob on the show) started as a comedian in Boston (along with BB‘s Sam Seder he was previously in the comedy troupe Cross Comedy, started and led by David Cross) and first worked with the BB‘s writer Loren Bouchard in 1995 with the highly influential, highly comedy-nerd-pornish Dr. Katz and later on the adorably hysterical Home Movies."

credit:  http://www.badassdigest.com/2011/01/10/tv-review-bobs-burgers 

So right off the bat, we know this show is coming with some good credentials.

Bob is married with three children. He seems pretty indifferent towards his wife, children, and even his own burger joint. You can see the disappointment all over his face. He is has sarcastic tendencies and has a lot to say in a sort of "under his breath" manner, especially when faced with the task of reacting to things his children do and say.  His children are his employees at the moment, and there looks to be plenty of line-drawing between parenting and being the boss-type situations to come in future episodes.. Each of the kids are funny in their own way and all have a unique sense of humor of their own, while the wife seems sort of oblivious and is just sort of interested in getting through the day.

I really enjoyed the writing in the pilot episode. There was a nice blend of comedy.  Some jokes were pretty crude and over the top, but the show never felt the need to rely on those gags to be funny.  I am very interested to see where this show goes in the future, especially if it makes it past a season or two.  I really hope people tune in to support this show, at least give it a chance.

I guess at only one episode in there is not much more to say for the moment, besides the fact that I really dug the show and look forward to making it the latest Sunday evening tradition!