8.3/10. Really enjoyable episode. I often find that I enjoy Bob's stories the most when he's playing the relative straight man to the insanity going on around him. Him reluctantly helping Critter sell his bike, with the kids in tow as his Greek chorus, and a continuing array of mishaps along the way, is a nice recipe for comedy. The yuppies who want to be bad were hilarious in their square attempts to feel more manly through emulating bikers (Critter's encapsulation of them as "world of numbers but it doesn't add up" was perfect). Plus Bob resolving Critter's feud with the One-eyed Snakes through explaining that kids could be great was a nice little story beat as well. Again, there was a nice story engine to the episode, but one that also provided for a lot of good comedy and even a fun character moment or two.
The B-story with Linda was a lot of fun as well. She's probably my favorite characterization, and her attempts to blend in with the young moms and relive her days of looking after a baby (in keeping with her fascination with her little baby figurines) is just the kind of endearing Lindsanity that I can get behind. Her rapid-fire explanations that Sidecar wasn't actually her child and her thrill that she actually got him to nap capped off the story nicely.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2016-04-21T01:40:40Z
8.3/10. Really enjoyable episode. I often find that I enjoy Bob's stories the most when he's playing the relative straight man to the insanity going on around him. Him reluctantly helping Critter sell his bike, with the kids in tow as his Greek chorus, and a continuing array of mishaps along the way, is a nice recipe for comedy. The yuppies who want to be bad were hilarious in their square attempts to feel more manly through emulating bikers (Critter's encapsulation of them as "world of numbers but it doesn't add up" was perfect). Plus Bob resolving Critter's feud with the One-eyed Snakes through explaining that kids could be great was a nice little story beat as well. Again, there was a nice story engine to the episode, but one that also provided for a lot of good comedy and even a fun character moment or two.
The B-story with Linda was a lot of fun as well. She's probably my favorite characterization, and her attempts to blend in with the young moms and relive her days of looking after a baby (in keeping with her fascination with her little baby figurines) is just the kind of endearing Lindsanity that I can get behind. Her rapid-fire explanations that Sidecar wasn't actually her child and her thrill that she actually got him to nap capped off the story nicely.