[6.4/10] Another episode that’s not bad, but not great. The opening and closing age war bits were pretty solid. The old people jokes were fairly hacky, but Bob & David came up with some pretty amusing wordplay in the bit (“These oldies are not goodies” and “False teeth speak false truths”).
The bit with Lee, the guy who was secretly dating everyone in the same family was a nicely absurd premise for a sketch with a nicely absurd ending. The chocolate-stained NASA photos were a big nothing. (I’m kind of tired of Bob’s brainless dolt character.)
The blowing up the moon series of bits was quite enjoyable, as a parody of random jingoistic ferver tamped down by the most basic of questions. And honestly, apart from the commentary, it was just entertaining seeing Odenkirk do the patriotic country music star routine.
The sketch where Bob plays a boss who rewards everyone in the room for challenging him, except for David, who gets repeatedly fired, had its moments, but stretched the joke a little too far.
My favorite sketch of the episode was Pratt, the guy who advertises like a lawyer, but just wants to offer his free services of hanging out with random people. There’s a specificity to Bob’s afro-topped lonely goofball that makes the bit a winner.
Then, the episode pretty much falls off a cliff with the various skits spoofing 1970s films, with Bob and David as rival streakers. They get the style and tone of those sorts of movies right, but there’s hardly any laughs in the sketches unless you just find seeing people’s butts inherently funny. David’s interstitial bits as the classic film presenter are worth a laugh, but otherwise, these sketches eat up a lot of time to little benefit. That said, the credits sketch with the cast singing “Goin’ on a Holiday” is oddly charming.
Overall, some solid-to-pretty good material for the most part, but a lot of time wasted on the “1970s Streaker” skits that drag the episode down.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2018-07-22T04:55:01Z
[6.4/10] Another episode that’s not bad, but not great. The opening and closing age war bits were pretty solid. The old people jokes were fairly hacky, but Bob & David came up with some pretty amusing wordplay in the bit (“These oldies are not goodies” and “False teeth speak false truths”).
The bit with Lee, the guy who was secretly dating everyone in the same family was a nicely absurd premise for a sketch with a nicely absurd ending. The chocolate-stained NASA photos were a big nothing. (I’m kind of tired of Bob’s brainless dolt character.)
The blowing up the moon series of bits was quite enjoyable, as a parody of random jingoistic ferver tamped down by the most basic of questions. And honestly, apart from the commentary, it was just entertaining seeing Odenkirk do the patriotic country music star routine.
The sketch where Bob plays a boss who rewards everyone in the room for challenging him, except for David, who gets repeatedly fired, had its moments, but stretched the joke a little too far.
My favorite sketch of the episode was Pratt, the guy who advertises like a lawyer, but just wants to offer his free services of hanging out with random people. There’s a specificity to Bob’s afro-topped lonely goofball that makes the bit a winner.
Then, the episode pretty much falls off a cliff with the various skits spoofing 1970s films, with Bob and David as rival streakers. They get the style and tone of those sorts of movies right, but there’s hardly any laughs in the sketches unless you just find seeing people’s butts inherently funny. David’s interstitial bits as the classic film presenter are worth a laugh, but otherwise, these sketches eat up a lot of time to little benefit. That said, the credits sketch with the cast singing “Goin’ on a Holiday” is oddly charming.
Overall, some solid-to-pretty good material for the most part, but a lot of time wasted on the “1970s Streaker” skits that drag the episode down.