While most people have been using their time this week being productive, I’ve wisely invested about 95% of my time to watch the American animation sitcom, Bob’s Burgers. It started as a casual screening of 2-3 episodes at my friends house, introducing me to what would become my life for the next 6 days.
I’ll briefly set the scene if this is a show you haven’t gotten into yet. The show centers around the day to day life of a family with the most amazing surname, Belcher. Bob and Linda are the parents running a Hamburger restaurant, who have hired their 3 kids Tina, Gene and Louise as their only workers. Each episode is bursting with wacky story lines that are sometimes just plain ridiculous…in a good way of course. Each of the characters have strong personalities that never grow boring, and in my experience, don’t get too annoying either.
I remember the moment I fell in love with this show. My life will never be the same again. It was all Tina. That photo casually floating above all this writing, is Tina. Isn’t she delightful? (rhetorical question) I would easily liken her to Daria in that for starters, she has the second most monotone voice I’ve heard (most, being Daria). She does also posses some Daria traits in the way she looks. Her personality isn’t as negative as Daria though and she can be quite naive. I like to think of them as kindred spirits. She’s such an awkward teenager, and not in the normal way. She’s kind of a creep. I love it! I feel I can relate. In one episode, Lindapendent Women, Tina makes a necklace out of a bloodied, used band-aid she pulled off her crush. So gross and creepy, but yet so great. What a girl.
I know this probably isn’t everybody’s taste, but give Bob a chance. Watch a couple of ep’s and see what you think. It may change your world. Most likely it won’t but it will still give you joy to some level. And joy is a good thing.
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