# Oh God, It's Back! (Baby Bob) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618 "2003-06-13T16:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/1 "2003-06-13T16:52:29Z")
> **[CBS Shows - Popular Primetime, Daytime, Late Night & Classics](https://www.cbs.com/shows/)** > > Watch full episodes and clips of Popular Primetime, Daytime, Late Night and Classic shows on CBS.com. Talk with other fans, catch up with your favorite shows and more. Dear CBS Executives: I hate you. Sincerely, Munch ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/2 "2003-06-13T16:59:09Z")
[Cartman] …Hate…you guys… …Hate…you guys…so much. [/Cartman] ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/3 "2003-06-13T17:02:54Z")
If this doesn’t justify starting a boycott, nothing will! I think we know where the _high_ in a “high-concept” sitcom like this comes from. But who is the evil SOB that blackmailed the CBS brass into bring this turd of a show back? ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/4 "2003-06-13T17:13:36Z")
In terms of television industry related news, a lot of recent article have centered around either the high number of reality shows or how reality shows are killing off the potential of smart programming. And then, a network decides to fill 30 minutes with a talking baby. Good lord, if we didn’t have reality shows, what kind of crap would TV execs come up with? ---
**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/5 "2003-06-13T17:18:26Z")
Hmmmm… Still beats a talking car, especially one containing the spirit of the main character’s dead mother. Don’t think I’ll be watching this one, though… Barry ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/6 "2003-06-13T17:29:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Still beats a talking car, especially one containing the spirit of the main character’s dead mother. **Knight Rider?** ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/7 "2003-06-13T18:01:13Z")
Nope. [My Mother the Car](http://www.tvparty.com/recmothercar.html). ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/8 "2003-06-13T18:22:36Z")
Hey, that’s a great idea. Remake **Knight Rider** , but instead of an AI car, it’s possessed by the ghost of David Hasselhoff’s mother. Think of the posibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/9 "2003-06-13T19:29:46Z")
Adam Arkin! Elliot Gould! How could you? _weeps_ ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/10 "2003-06-13T19:41:22Z")
The whole thing makes even less sense now that those talking baby commercials the show was based on are gone and long forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/11 "2003-06-13T19:54:21Z")
Adam Arkin! Elliot Gould! How could you? _weeps_ ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/12 "2003-06-13T20:12:28Z")
Who the hell said this show is funny? At least with “Look Who’s Talking”, the kids didn’t have the fake mouth movements. That shit just scares me. Someone needs a good bitch-slapping. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/13 "2003-06-13T20:31:29Z")
Proves conclusively that Barbra Streisand does not pay Elliot Gould alimony. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/14 "2003-06-13T22:27:28Z")
Sheesh. Just the commercials for Baby Bob make me wince. I can’t imagine actually sitting through a whole half hour of it. ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-its-back-baby-bob/181618/15 "2003-06-13T22:42:42Z")
I must confess, I was a part of this evil from the start…I used to work at [freeinterenet.com](http://freeinterenet.com) where BB first came to life… “Gooooood Day.”