Season 15 Discussion

[Galileo908]

Neighbor: Who's The Moss?

Terrariums

Exterminator: The Bee-Sting Boys

Oh man, Simon is the exact opposite of a Not Nintendo Switch. Well, the Bobs have a lot of stuff that needed money to fix, and not a lot of money for anything else.

"I always thought the Frankensteins were Jewish" got a big laugh out of me. I laughed at the awkwardness of the family driving around Mort's hearse. Classic Louise shouting to everyone to toss their dead relatives into the back for twenty bucks a pop.

Linda had lots of good lines tonight, like how Bob would hate being a banker because he'd be so bad at it, and "what's the deal with dead bodies? They're just sacks of skin without souls, right?"

"They'll think I'm selling it."
"Sell what? Christmas cheer?"

Oh man, Gene! Don't give chocolate to dogs! Especially dark chocolate! The scream I made when he did that. Thankfully, this ain't that kind of show and they weren't gonna kill a puppy, especially on Christmas. And this also isn't the kind of show that was gonna let the kids keep the Christmas puppy.

I did like Louise once again falling in love with a cute puppy. "I'm gonna make a sweater out of you." And THIS time she wasn't letting it go. Of course the puppy's owner was a banker and gave them just enough money for the Game Wish. That's full circle for ya.

[peeayebee]

I'm not crying. YOU'RE crying. Boy, when Louise kept kissing Little Bark Bark, I lost it.

Yeah, I couldn't believe when Gene gave the puppy dark chocolate. Loved his reaction though when Bob told him it was poison. What else was poison? Rainbows? Ice Cream?

Loved the animation when the lights in the yard flashed, the Belchers' shadows moved, too.

I used to play Simon. I guess we got it for our son, but I thought it was a great game. Of course times have changed. And the one in this show was very sad sounding.

I did like that the kids tried to put on happy faces.

I cracked up when Bob said he liked driving the hearse because it was like a boat, then we see it moving all over the road as everyone reacts.

[tennisgurl]

Ouch, that Christmas morning disappointment was brutal, especially with the kids trying to hide it but Bob and Linda knowing how sad the kids were. Thanks to Christmas magic and some dark chocolates though, it all worked out! That was a pretty sad Simon game, it could have at least had some sound effects to make it seem a little less pathetic. 

The animation on the lights were really lovely, with the snow it felt very festive. I loved them driving around in Christmas lights in a hearse, classic Belchers. 

"Someone actually got a puppy for Christmas? I thought that only happened in movies and insurance commercials." 

Little Bark Bark was such a cutie, no wonder the kids fell in love with him immediately.

[DoctorAtomic]

Did anyone else have the opening cut? The show came on with the kids sitting on the bed. 

The whole simple simon bit was killing me because the sound of the game was so dead on. 

Gene, you moron. Feeding the dog chocolate.

I feel like they could have just done the dog story as a single plot. 

 

[DoctorAtomic]

I used to walk around the neighborhood before I moved with my neighbor and our dogs to look at the lights.

[bad things are bad]

4 hours ago, peeayebee said:

Loved the animation when the lights in the yard flashed, the Belchers' shadows moved, too.

That was fantastic!  The animation on this show is spectacular 

I really felt for the kids, not getting what they wanted but loving their parents enough to pretend 💔

[Aryanna]

Lotsa funny lines.

I loved Linda grabbing the phone saying it would take Bob 15 minutes just to figure out the timer. Then Bob sadly accepting it with "I'm old."

[Galileo908]

Season 15, ep 10: Advice Things Are Ad-Nice

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Tina becomes the new advice columnist for the school newspaper; Teddy volunteers to build a float for the Bounty of The Bay Parade.

Airs 12/29/24

[Galileo908]

Neighbor: The Pilate Kid

Pilates For Children

Exterminator: Creature Discomforts

Burger(s) of The Day: The Havarti Boys Burger, The Grape Days A Leek Burger, Carrot Bueller's Day Off Burger, The Raisin on My Parade Burger

It's really sweet how invested Zeke was in Ask An 8th Grader. I had a feeling somebody would confess to being Miss Am I Normal to be popular, and of course it'd be Tammy. And I figured it would lead to an "I am Spartacus" moment. 

"All that vulnerability for nothing? Guess I'm ashamed of my body again."

As much as I appreciated Teddy's plot being mostly in the background (it was a real impressive float!), I REALLY wanted to see just what was going on with the Pioneers initiation. It sounded way better than what we saw in the ep.

There really are a lot of episodes with parades in them, I like how they finally addressed that.

Edited December 30, 2024 by Galileo908

[DoctorAtomic]

Tina's frustration about the cereal was so real - DAMMIT! I'm surprised Bob let her get away with that. Then she said 'damn straight'. 

Louise's bedroom is so cool. I like when the cartoons have growth and let stuff like that stay. 

I'm sure Teddy and Mort are going to talk about the 8th grade advice column too. 

Zeke being so into the column was perfect. 

Frond is always gold. Being so fussy all the time. "Kids give terrible advice."

Linda and Louise made a mistake by writing in as the same person. They should have made it a bunch. It's fair Tina was steamed though. 

The B plot with Teddy could have been trimmed for more school time. Bob being just over both plots was worth the B plot. 

I'm surprised Zeke was fooled. I figured he's sharp enough to clock Tammy wasn't deep enough to write those letters. 

The Spartacus ending was brilliant. Tina was actually good at giving advice too. 

[Galileo908]

11 minutes ago, DoctorAtomic said:

I'm sure Teddy and Mort are going to talk about the 8th grade advice column too. 

Teddy has such a weird grudge against Mort, but he's willing to talk to him over that. 

 

12 minutes ago, DoctorAtomic said:

I'm surprised Zeke was fooled. I figured he's sharp enough to clock Tammy wasn't deep enough to write those letters. 

"So all that vulnerability was nothing? Guess I'm ashamed of my body again."

[DoctorAtomic]

Not about the content of the letters, that Tammy actually wrote them. I guess he got caught up in it all. 

[peeayebee]

On 12/29/2024 at 8:40 PM, DoctorAtomic said:

Linda and Louise made a mistake by writing in as the same person. They should have made it a bunch.

Yeah, I don't know why they did that. Of course it worked for the plot, but it would have made more sense if they had other people respond. Also, it seems like some other (real) student would have felt encouraged to send an email to Ask an Eighth-Grader. 

It was so cool that the whole school appreciated what Tina had written as the advice columnist.

Tammy was really really annoying this ep. Not only with lying about being Miss Am I Normal, but how she behaved at the parade. Ugh. But I loved the "I am Spartacus" scene. 

Gene: We're a real parade-y bunch.

Linda: Stop looking at your Tikky Toks.

Louise: Tammy really puts the ass in ambassador.

Loved the bits with Peter the soup slurper.

Mr. Frond: Peter, stop slurping.
Peter: Huh?

Gene: Peter, just keep slurping your soup.
Peter: Huh?

[tennisgurl]

Their town really does love parades, glad that even the characters are aware of it. Tina actually gave good advice to "Miss Am I Normal" and it was sweet how into it the kids all got and appreciated that kind of honestly, its good advice regardless of if she's a real person or not. If Linda and Tina had just faked being different people, they could have gotten away with it! 

Of course Tammy tried to jump in to make it all about her, even the big I Am Spartacus moment. 

Teddy's float really did look cool, I really want to know what was going on there.