Bob's Burgers: Gene It On
May 10, 2014 8:30 AM - Season 4, Episode 20 - Subscribe
Tina tries out for cheerleading, but Gene is the one who gets on the team, which is advised by a teacher with a flair for the dramatic. Meanwhile, Louise "interprets" for Tina, who suffered a tongue injury during the audition.
The thing that I most wonder is -- do the windows in rotating restaurants really not rotate with the rest of the place?
posted by Etrigan at 8:49 AM on May 10, 2014
posted by Etrigan at 8:49 AM on May 10, 2014
I found the drama obsessed coach a little annoying. The idea behind the character is fantastic, but it didn't work out for me. A lot of his actions felt more like "saying not showing." But that's a small quibble: I still enjoyed the episode.
And in every rotating restaurant I've been in (which, really, doesn't include that many), the windows didn't rotate.
posted by meese at 9:40 AM on May 10, 2014 [1 favorite]
And in every rotating restaurant I've been in (which, really, doesn't include that many), the windows didn't rotate.
posted by meese at 9:40 AM on May 10, 2014 [1 favorite]
Now I will need to revisit the Space Needle restaurant and find out.
posted by jeffamaphone at 10:25 AM on May 10, 2014
posted by jeffamaphone at 10:25 AM on May 10, 2014
I could have sworn the one time I was in a rotating restaurant (top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas -- one of the worst meals of my life) the windows spun along with the whole place. I don't recall seeing window panes go by, I could barely perceive that we were moving since the entire restaurant looked stationary.
posted by mathowie at 10:55 AM on May 10, 2014
posted by mathowie at 10:55 AM on May 10, 2014
I was in a rotating restaurant in Duluth, MI. The windows did not rotate. The floor was basically like a vinyl record with the bar/kitchen being the spindle.
posted by griphus at 11:30 AM on May 10, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 11:30 AM on May 10, 2014 [1 favorite]
I really love Jenny Slate as Tammy, even though I'm not super happy about the character basically being one humiliating fart joke. Slate's timing and tone are spot on, though, and she often makes me laugh the hardest in the episode's she's in.
posted by sarahnade at 5:37 PM on May 10, 2014
posted by sarahnade at 5:37 PM on May 10, 2014
We have a rotating tiki style bar here on St Pete Beach and I can confirm that the windows don't rotate with the rest of the restaurant.
posted by John Kennedy Toole Box at 4:36 AM on May 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by John Kennedy Toole Box at 4:36 AM on May 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
I really like the Tammy character as well and I agree that it felt like she was reduced to a fart joke in this episode, but I think this was the first time it has come up again since the first episode with Tammy. The other episodes I can remember with Tammy (the school TV one, the one where she briefly was the magician's assistant to Jimmy Jr., Tammy's Bat Mitzvah) didn't have any Tammy fart jokes in them at all.
For anyone who might be interested, the people who make the show have a blog called Behind Bob's Burgers where they post tiny previews, full songs, fan art, papercraft print-outs and instructions, etc. Through that blog I found out about this short clip/song: Bob's Burgers Sing About Their New Time Slot.
And there's a guy who's recreating the burgers of the day and posting the results at The Bob's Burger Experiment.
In this episode:
Exterminator: So you think you have ants? Exterminators
Business next door: The Nightlight Zone
Burgers of the day:
Parma Parma Parma Chameleon Burger (with parmesan crisp)
Bleu By You Burger (with locally sourced bleu cheese)
posted by bjrn at 5:09 AM on May 11, 2014 [5 favorites]
For anyone who might be interested, the people who make the show have a blog called Behind Bob's Burgers where they post tiny previews, full songs, fan art, papercraft print-outs and instructions, etc. Through that blog I found out about this short clip/song: Bob's Burgers Sing About Their New Time Slot.
And there's a guy who's recreating the burgers of the day and posting the results at The Bob's Burger Experiment.
In this episode:
Exterminator: So you think you have ants? Exterminators
Business next door: The Nightlight Zone
Burgers of the day:
Parma Parma Parma Chameleon Burger (with parmesan crisp)
Bleu By You Burger (with locally sourced bleu cheese)
posted by bjrn at 5:09 AM on May 11, 2014 [5 favorites]
Frankly, if you're not including the business next door, exterminators, and burgers of the day, you're not fit to be posting the show thread, griphus.
posted by Etrigan at 5:45 AM on May 11, 2014
posted by Etrigan at 5:45 AM on May 11, 2014
The thing that I most wonder is -- do the windows in rotating restaurants really not rotate with the rest of the place?
Nope, it's just the outer ring of the floor that rotates.
It's slightly unbelievable that the vomit would make it all the way around without being cleaned off, though. It usually takes a long time to do the full 360.
posted by Sys Rq at 11:15 AM on May 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
Nope, it's just the outer ring of the floor that rotates.
It's slightly unbelievable that the vomit would make it all the way around without being cleaned off, though. It usually takes a long time to do the full 360.
posted by Sys Rq at 11:15 AM on May 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
It's slightly unbelievable that the vomit would make it all the way around without being cleaned off, though. It usually takes a long time to do the full 360.
Two things:
Louise asked for maximum rotational velocity (I don't care whether that's a thing).
The whole town seems frankly... seedy? Run-down? Tottering on the edge of tipping into seedy and run-down? Anyway, incompetence anywhere in the Bobiverse is believable to me.
posted by Etrigan at 11:30 AM on May 11, 2014
Two things:
Louise asked for maximum rotational velocity (I don't care whether that's a thing).
The whole town seems frankly... seedy? Run-down? Tottering on the edge of tipping into seedy and run-down? Anyway, incompetence anywhere in the Bobiverse is believable to me.
posted by Etrigan at 11:30 AM on May 11, 2014
It usually takes a long time to do the full 360.
The one I went to turned at a degree per second. I counted.
posted by griphus at 11:48 AM on May 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
The one I went to turned at a degree per second. I counted.
posted by griphus at 11:48 AM on May 11, 2014 [1 favorite]
A full rotation in six minutes?
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 3:24 PM on May 11, 2014
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 3:24 PM on May 11, 2014
Yeah! That's how I figured it out. I timed how long it took to do a full rotation and then realized it spun at a degree per second.
In other news, I'm not great at romantic dinners.
posted by griphus at 4:15 PM on May 11, 2014 [4 favorites]
In other news, I'm not great at romantic dinners.
posted by griphus at 4:15 PM on May 11, 2014 [4 favorites]
The whole town seems frankly... seedy? Run-down? Tottering on the edge of tipping into seedy and run-down?
Wow. Not to spoil this week's episode, but I swear I didn't see it before writing that line. That is weird.
posted by Etrigan at 7:28 PM on May 11, 2014
Wow. Not to spoil this week's episode, but I swear I didn't see it before writing that line. That is weird.
posted by Etrigan at 7:28 PM on May 11, 2014
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posted by mathowie at 8:31 AM on May 10, 2014