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[Darkmakaimura]

Strange, I expected to see a thread about this series here (search on here and Google found nothing).

From: http://bit.ly/BobsBurgers_FB

BOB’S BURGERS is a new animated series about a man, his family and a burger joint.

A third-generation restaurateur, BOB (H. Jon Benjamin, FAMILY GUY, “Archer”) runs Bob’s Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob has big ideas about burgers, condiments and sides, but only a few thoughts on customer service and business management. Despite his greasy counters, lousy location and occasionally spotty service, Bob is convinced his burgers speak for themselves.

Even though business is slow, Bob gets to work with his family. His wife, LINDA (John Roberts, “The Christmas Tree,” “Jackie & Debra”), supports Bob’s dream through thick and thin (but truth be told, she’s getting a little sick of the thin). Their eldest daughter, TINA (Dan Mintz, “Important Things with Demetri Martin,” “The Andy Milonakis Show”), is a 13-year-old hopeless romantic with minimal social skills. Middle child GENE (Eugene Mirman, “Flight of the Conchords,” “Aqua Teen Hunger Force”) is an aspiring musician and a prankster who serves up more jokes than burgers. Their youngest, LOUISE (Kristen Schaal, “Flight of the Conchords,” “Modern Family”), is the most enthusiastic about her dad’s business, but an off-balance sense of humor and her elevated energy level make her somewhat of a liability in the kitchen.

Beyond the restaurant is a city rich with character. Next door to Bob’s is It’s Your Funeral Home and Crematorium; down the street is Wonder Wharf, the oceanside amusement pier; and a few blocks away is Wagstaff Middle School, where Bob and Linda’s kids go to school. And across the street is Jimmy Pesto’s Pizzeria, Bob’s Burgers’ main competition and the thorn in Bob’s side.

BOB’S BURGERS is a 20th Century Fox Television production. The series was created by Loren Bouchard (“Home Movies,” “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist”). Bouchard and Jim Dauterive (“King of the Hill”) serve as executive producers and writers. Anthony Chun (“King of the Hill,” “The Goode Family”) directed the pilot.

CREATOR
Loren Bouchard

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS/WRITERS
Loren Bouchard
Jim Dauterive

DIRECTOR
Anthony Chun

VOICE CAST
H. Jon Benjamin as Bob
John Roberts as Linda
Kristen Schaal as Louise
Eugene Mirman as Gene
Dan Mintz as Tina

Looks to be a funny show and a lot better than current Simpsons or Cleveland. Guess we wait and see this weekend.

 

[Big Baybee]

Looks horrible but I'll give it a shot.

 

[weekend_warrior]

Looks horrible but I'll give it a shot.

.

 

[lightless_shado]

So tired of hearing Coach Mcgurk's* voice everywhere. Watched some clips, was not impressed at all. I hope the show does well, but from what I've seen it won't.

*That really is all I know him as. I heard someone watching archer and I was thinking "Why the fuck is Coach Mcguirk talking about guns?" until I saw what was going on.

 

[Ferrio]

The series was created by Loren Bouchard (“Home Movies,” “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist”).

So watching.

 

[Clydefrog]

So tired of hearing Coach Mcgurk's* voice everywhere. Watched some clips, was not impressed at all. I hope the show does well, but from what I've seen it won't.

*That really is all I know him as. I heard someone watching archer and I was thinking "Why the fuck is Coach Mcguirk talking about guns?" until I saw what was going on.

this

 

[NMan]

I'll watch because Loren Bouchard is making it. Home Movies and Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil were great.

 

[B.K.]

Looks to be a funny show and a lot better than current Simpsons or Cleveland.

It wouldn't take much to be better than those two and Family Guy, but I haven't seen anything funny in the clips that have been airing on tv. It looks pretty bad to me. I'll watch the pilot, but I'm not expecting much from it.

 

[ty_hot]

Brazilian fast food:
much better than Mc Donalds
as good as burger king

 

[Mudkips]

Looks horrible but I'll give it a shot.

I agree with this sentiment, except I probably won't give it a shot unless the internets raves about it the day after.

Dear FOX

Get rid of The Cleveland Show and Family Guy, run Bob's Burgers after the Simpsons and before Futurama (you'd have to pay boatloads to Comedy Central now), keep American Dad where it's at, and you'll have a 2 hour block I'd watch every week. Live (instead of DVRd) to boot.

If you somehow manage to resurrect King of the Hill and The Critic, I'd give you money.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I'll watch because Loren Bouchard is making it. Home Movies and Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil were great.

I saw that too and thought to myself "Dr. Katz". Not expecting anything near the level of that, but it's worth a shot or two.

 

[vatstep]

The series was created by Loren Bouchard (“Home Movies,” “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist”).

While this leads me to believe that it could be decent, the commercials I've seen make it look like look fucking insufferable crap. I suppose it'd make sense for them to be loading the ads with the least funny stuff (i.e. the type of stuff most Fox animation viewers would love), though.

 

[notworksafe]

I'll watching anything that has H. Jon Benjamin in it.

Also Bob's Burgers is the name of a burger joint here in Albuquerque. Tortilla Burger...so good!

 

[Tornado Condor]

Will definitely watch.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

All I hear is Archer, and also I believe that voice actor was in some Family Guy and some Aqua Teen...

 

[Tamanon]

Yeah, he was the store owner where Chris worked in Family Guy, the one that always talked about movies.

Screw Bob's Burgers, give me more Archer!

 

[Priz]

It looks ok, but I loved Lucy & Archer, so...

Going to this at SF Sketchfest:
http://www.sfsketchfest.com/performers/index_autoselect.php?performer=bobsburgers.jpg

Talked to Loren before via e-mail on the Lucy site, hope to get him to autograph my Lucy DVD I picked up recently.

 

[Slurmer]

All I hear is Archer, and also I believe that voice actor was in some Family Guy and some Aqua Teen...

and
Venture Brothers
Home Movies
Dr. Katz

 

[friskykillface]

American Dad had to die for Bob's burgers to exist :'(


I'll give it a watch, looks ok from the previews

 

[ConradCervantes]

I hear the extended commercial every day at work, and all I can think is "Why is Archer slumming it at a burger joint?" before realizing it's an entirely different show.

 

[jay]

I hear the extended commercial every day at work, and all I can think is "Why is Archer slumming it at a burger joint?" before realizing it's an entirely different show.

Gamestop? The clips they play there aren't funny at all.

 

[trinest]

All I hear is Archer, and also I believe that voice actor was in some Family Guy and some Aqua Teen...

Pretty much- this show is going to float on the fact the Archer guy is voice acting the main dude in this.

 

[SapientWolf]

The series was created by Loren Bouchard (“Home Movies,” “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist”).

Only reason why I'm giving it a chance.

 

[BertramCooper]

At least it's not another piece of shit from Seth MacFarlane.

 

[Mudkips]

American Dad had to die for Bob's burgers to exist :'(

What.

 

[B.K.]

American Dad had to die for Bob's burgers to exist :'(

No it isn't. They aren't going to cancel America Dad, no matter how Bob's Burgers does. Besides Bob's Burgers probably won't last a month before it's canceled.

 

[Hairtux]

American Dad had to die for Bob's burgers to exist :'(


I'll give it a watch, looks ok from the previews

Uh, no. American Dad isn't gone.

 

[lunarworks]

Doesn't look that great... but it's got H. Jon Benjamin in it.

Every character he plays sounds exactly the same, but he never fails to amuse me.

 

[The Shadow]

I'll watching anything that has H. Jon Benjamin in it.

Also Bob's Burgers is the name of a burger joint here in Albuquerque. Tortilla Burger...so good!

Damn straight!

I haven't been there in ages though. The fries are so good.

 

[The Frankman]

I'll be honest. only reason I 'm watching is because of h. Jon Benjamin and thinking, "I bet you Loren Bouchard is somehow involved."

I was not wrong I see.

 

[Pelydr]

Will watch at first because Eugene Mirman is doing a voice. He is awesome enough for me to give it a chance.

 

[lightless_shado]

Doesn't look that great... but it's got H. Jon Benjamin in it.

Every character he plays sounds exactly the same, but he never fails to amuse me.

Close but no

The talent behind it makes it sound impressive, but then again so did this.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

American Dad had to die for Bob's burgers to exist :'(

No, they're moving the new episodes down to start at 7:30 instead of 8:00 now. Nothing is being canceled.... yet.

 

[Clevinger]

home movies is my favorite cartoon. i'll be watching this

 

[Sanjuro]

I'm really looking forward to the show. The reasoning of this show was to replace the real life home family show void that King of the Hill left.

 

[BertramCooper]

Nothing is being canceled.... yet.

Bummer.

 

[slit]

Ever since Fox announced their spring line up and we found out American Dad was moving to 7:30 I figured it was American Dad's death knell. Hopefully Bob's Burgers falls flat on it's face or Comedy Central picks up American Dad after cancellation as American Dad has been the best show on Sunday night for awhile now.

 

[richiek]

So tired of hearing Coach Mcgurk's* voice everywhere. Watched some clips, was not impressed at all. I hope the show does well, but from what I've seen it won't.

*That really is all I know him as. I heard someone watching archer and I was thinking "Why the fuck is Coach Mcguirk talking about guns?" until I saw what was going on.

He's the guy that plays that convenience store clerk in Family Guy, right?

Anyway, the art style of Bob's Burgers looks horrible. Dunno if I wanna watch it.

 

[Dartastic]

I'll watching anything that has H. Jon Benjamin in it.

Also Bob's Burgers is the name of a burger joint here in Albuquerque. Tortilla Burger...so good!

Ain't no Blake's.

Also, what HAPPENED to Archer? Is it coming back?

 

[trinest]

Ain't no Blake's.

Also, what HAPPENED to Archer? Is it coming back?

starts second season on the 27th or something.

 

[Ezalc]

Brazilian fast food:
much better than Mc Donalds
as good as burger king

Fuck no, Bob's is a shitty ass fast food place. And so is McDonalds and BK.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Hopefully Bob's Burgers falls flat on it's face

Early to judge without seeing it yet?

Anyways, it may or may not be good but it has some good backing to it. It's not another McFarlane show, so it will be a good to see some difference. Right now, it's The Simpsons (which are and have been going seriously downhill) and Seth McFarlane's shows (all of which are decent except Cleveland, imo). Hey, I'm with the folks who wouldn't mind seeing a Futurama come back on FOX...

 

[Hatredcopter]

I heard an ad for this on the radio of all places and I didn't even know what show it was. I just heard Jon's voice and got pumped! Definitely checking this out, and Loren Bouchard is a bonus.

New season of Archer starting later this month too. Can't forget about that.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=418173

Well, so much for the naysayers and GAF anti-hype. Seems a lot of you are liking it after all. It pretty much met my expectations although I felt it could have been a bit better. I'm sure it will improve over time.

 

[Router]

All I hear is Ben from Dr. Katz. Looks ok. I'll give it a go.

 

[Hellsing321]

The fact that more people don't think "Coach McGuirk" when they hear H. Jon Benjamin's voice makes me sad.

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

Watched it.

Was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be, but it was still bad.

Can't really see a future for this show.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

I think if nothing else the animation style kills any chance it may have for success. Being a bad show on top does it no favors either.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Watched it.

Was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be, but it was still bad.

Can't really see a future for this show.

the show sucked imo. I appreciate fox for trying to break away from Seth McFarlin but....I'm sure they could have found a series better than that

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

the show sucked imo.

There are two reasons that seal this shows fate IMO:

First off the concept. A family in a burger joint? WTF? How in the hell is this an interesting concept? Could they of thought of something more boring?

Second is that with few exceptions every popular animated series did something new to get attention. The Simpsons was the first to target adults with then edgy humor. South Park was the dirtiest show on television. Futurama had a very ambitious storyline and production. King of the Hill pioneered very dry humour and a realistic style. Family Guy invented its own type of comedy by just doing a bunch of random shit. While American Dad just rode on Family Guy's rebirth wave as it was simply just to tide people over who were waiting for Family Guy to return. The Cleveland Show is a spin-off and is the worst show ever so it doesn't count.

Case and point is that all these shows gained popularity because they were unique and did something not seen before television. Bob's Burgers doesn't seem to do this. And yes there are plenty of other successful animated shows *looks at Adult Swim*, but I think it's clear that Fox is fishing for something to live up to their mega-animated series.

I appreciate fox for trying to break away from Seth McFarlin but....I'm sure they could have found a series better than that

Exactly, the bar isn't set too high, but that's the world of media. Simply put, tv executive was friends with duder who wanted to do a cartoon show, duder presents his cartoon show, tv producers tell duder to change a million things to make the show more appealing, the show then turns to crap due to millions of changes. For every new quality series that is released there are two dozen shitty ones.