# Bob's Burgers, SERIES PREMIERE (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050 "2011-01-10T01:15:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/1 "2011-01-10T01:15:20Z")
Fox’s latest animated sitcom premieres tonight. Unfortunatly it seems to have displaced American Dad instead of Family Guy. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/2 "2011-01-10T01:36:07Z")
WOW. The previews totally had this show all wrong. I was all ready to pass it by, and I wanted to prove to myself it sucked as much as the previews. \*\* WOW.\*\* We have a winner, and its only been 5 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/3 "2011-01-10T01:37:02Z")
not even Coach McGuirk can save this ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/4 "2011-01-10T01:48:11Z")
Don’t Taste Me Bro! Classic. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/5 "2011-01-10T01:50:46Z")
Not entirely awful, but…not good. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/6 "2011-01-10T01:57:52Z")
Meh. Maybe I’m being too generous. Not as bad as **Sit Down, Shut Up** , but it makes me _look forward_ to **Family Guy** :eek:. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/7 "2011-01-10T01:59:34Z")
Perhaps it can get sold to Adult Swim. Would mesh better there. And I still can’t believe some of the stuff that AS has had. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/8 "2011-01-10T02:07:57Z")
Definitely not on the must watch list. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/9 "2011-01-10T02:14:06Z")
No comment on the show but the commercials for this have been very confusing for me. The actor voicing Bob is the same as the one who does Archer in _Archer_ so every time I’d hear a commercial I’d get excited that Archer was back for season 2 only to be disappointed when it was a Bob’s Burgers commercial (I’m not usually actually looking at the TV and it has been omnipresent on the radio). But that prompted me to check and learn that Archer really is coming back for season 2 soon so I’m happy. But still probably won’t watch Bob’s Burgers. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/10 "2011-01-10T02:22:46Z")
It didn’t suck (except for the animation which was strictly C-/D+), but where are they going with it? It’s not like Fox Sunday night is hurting for animated families with a schlub father in a dead-end job, three wacky misfit kids, and hijinks ensuing. How many plots can you center around a burger joint before you have to jump the shark? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/11 "2011-01-10T02:40:42Z")
I got a few laughs out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/12 "2011-01-10T02:40:42Z")
Good point, Finagle. It’s a little over used by now. I thought the show was OK. There were some good bits and maybe if it gets a little room to grow it will turn into a decent show. If Fox wants all cartoons on Sunday, I’d like to see something after the Simpsons other than three MacFarlane shows. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/13 "2011-01-10T03:01:10Z")
The characters are unlikable and unwatchable. To be fair I tuned out after 10min. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/14 "2011-01-10T03:28:33Z")
At best, some of it was _almost_ funny, but it was careful not to cross the line and make anyone laugh. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/15 "2011-01-10T03:34:04Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > The characters are unlikable and unwatchable. To be fair I tuned out after 10min. Yep. Unwatchable is exactly what I thought too. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/16 "2011-01-10T04:00:43Z")
Absolutely painful to sit through. Won’t tune in for another episode. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/17 "2011-01-10T04:14:52Z")
On the low side of “meh.” A couple of jokes approached amusing (although I can’t remember what they were anymore), but the characters aren’t very sympathetic or interesting, and I think the visual style of the animation is off-putting. Too stylized, and not in a good way. Just not engaging. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/18 "2011-01-10T05:07:05Z")
That was just awful. The writing sucked, the animation sucked, and the voices sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/19 "2011-01-10T05:18:57Z")
Didn’t laugh once. Didn’t smile once. Not a good beginning. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2011, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050/20 "2011-01-10T08:37:32Z")
Glad to see the previews didn’t actually mischaracterize the show and it’s just as bad as it looked. Looks like I didn’t miss anything. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-burgers-series-premiere-open-spoilers/567050.md?page=2)