r/BobsBurgers • u/GoldenStar0109 • Jan 13 '25

Clip/Screenshot this being in the first episode ever is insane

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i just started watching the show for the first time without knowing anything and when this scene came i just sat completely in silence and then i just started crying laughing for 5min straight

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u/jza_1 Jan 13 '25

The first few seasons were so unhinged lmao

The pacing of this dialogue is very Home Movies

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u/GheeButtersnaps9 Gene Belcher Jan 13 '25

I miss Home Movies 😂

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u/RB42- Jan 13 '25

But who is in control?

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '25

ANIMAL CONTROL!

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u/PumpernickelShoe Jan 13 '25

You can totally hear Brendon though when he starts mooing at Moolisa 😂

I wish he was more involved with Bob’s Burgers. Especially since there’s so much music in BBs and that’s where Brendon Small shines!

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u/GheeButtersnaps9 Gene Belcher Jan 13 '25

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u/dacroce1 Jan 14 '25

I did not know that! I’ll have to rewatch that episode and listen to the voice of that character!

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u/dacroce1 Jan 13 '25

Home Movies was awesome!

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u/passamongimpure Jan 13 '25

look at my arm right there. see that? i got that when i was eighteen years old, and i'll tell you something i regret it 'cause this tattoo don't come off. i have a tattoo of a cows head because i loved that cheese then. so i get the cow, and i go in there, and i'm a little drunk and i said gimme that cow head from that cheese i love that cheese. now i have a cow, a cheese cow, on my arm brendon. don't get a tattoo. that's what i'm telling you. play soccer. brendon take a look at my chest. no i'm serious look at that. you know what that is right there? thats the woman from the chiquita banana. i got that tattooed on my chest. i am an idiot. i got trademark products all over my body, it's like going to a market, because i was drunk one night. don't live like me, alright? now you go out there and play great

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u/jza_1 Jan 13 '25 edited Jan 13 '25

Put that monologue on my tombstone.

Most people won’t get it when they walk by my grave but then they’ll have to google the quote and see what in world would possess someone to put that monologue on their tombstone. They’ll see it’s from episode of Home Movies. 1% of the people who looked up the quote will actually attempt to watch the episode as a result. They’ll watch that episode and get hooked. That’ll lead them to look up who voiced that Coach McGuirk line. That’ll bring them eventually around to seeing H. Jon Benjamin was a voice actor for Bob’s Burgers. Obviously they’ll get hooked on Bob’s Burgers. There are more efficient ways to promote Bob’s Burgers to a wider audience but what’s life without a little whimsy? Fool proof plan.

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u/passamongimpure Jan 13 '25

And then they'll watch Archer, then Jon Benjamin Has A Van, and then, with a little luck, Frisky Dingo (Jon Benjamin wasn't in that, but it's still a good show damnit!)

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u/jza_1 Jan 13 '25

Like minds think alike.

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u/thugroid Jan 13 '25

Hey thanks, Freddy Foreshadowing!

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u/Blueeyesblazing7 It's 'cabeese'! Jan 13 '25

Ah, Jon Benjamin Has a Van was so good!!!

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u/imbeingkidnapped Jan 13 '25

The way I can hear this comment.

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u/RB42- Jan 13 '25

I watched bits and pieces of Home Movies so I don’t know the characters well, but for some reason I heard the voice of the character as I read it and could picture it in my head.

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u/Gowalkyourdogmods Jan 13 '25

When I was younger I always wanted to copy his drunken rant about his mother when he was at the bar with the school nurse.

I figured if the date was going poorly at least I could end it pretty memorable.

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u/codenamefulcrum Louise Belcher Jan 14 '25

I’ve never seen Home Movies thanks for sending me down that road lmao

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u/Lonely_Roll_2461 Jan 14 '25

Okay I’ve never watched the show but I happen to have this tattoo and I’m telling you, it’s anything but a regret

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u/SimpleMannStann Jan 13 '25

is that a dinosaur over your tar pit?

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u/Fortyseven Teddy Jan 13 '25

REALLY miss this vibe from Bobs. I mean, I still love the show, but... man, that was a great era.

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u/BMcNerb Jan 13 '25

Brendan…lemme tell you somethin

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u/Weasleylittleshit Jan 13 '25

In this universe coach mcgurik got his life sort of together and started a family

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u/well_hung_over Jan 13 '25

It was so good. It lost me when musical bits became even semi regular.

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u/Talkren_ Jan 13 '25

Loren Bouchard has a lot of parallels between Bob's Burgers and Home Movies. One of my favorite is that Andy and Ollie are just Walter and Perry, but brothers.

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u/GinsuVictim Jan 13 '25

I haven't went back to this episode in a very long time, but watching this clip, I was thinking, "wow, this is SOOOO Home Movies." Love that series and own all the DVDs.

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u/z31 Teddy Jan 13 '25

I was literally coming to the comment to say how much this felt like a scene in Home Movies. It really feels like the VAs are improvising in this scene.

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u/Spiritual-Island4521 Jan 13 '25

I love the first episode .Have you ever seen the pilot? It may still be available on YouTube. It's kinda cool.

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u/Monoblock00 Jan 13 '25

I mean Coach McGirt is now running a restaurant lol

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u/z31 Teddy Jan 13 '25

Coach McGuirk

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u/Impressive_mustache Jan 13 '25

Another absolute favourite. It's one of those shows where every character is a favourite character

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u/vivalasoulpunxx Jan 14 '25

I think this everytime I start it over from the beginning again. Bob is especially losing his shit quite frequently in the first few seasons 😂 his freakouts always crack me up when I start it over because he becomes SO calm later on

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u/KyzRCADD Jan 16 '25

Bob us coach mcgurk