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Bob's Burgers (season 3)
The third season of the animated sitcom ''Bob's Burgers'' began airing on Fox in the United States on September 30, 2012, and concluded on May 12, 2013. Production On May 14, 2012, Fox renewed ''Bob's Burgers'' for a third production cycle consisting of 13 episodes. On August 23, 2012, six additional scripts were ordered. The third season consisted of the 13 episodes from the second production cycle that did not air during the second season, and also included episodes from the third cycle. This season featured guest stars such as Thomas Lennon, Jon Hamm, Zach Galifianakis, Jeffrey Tambor, Gary Cole, Bill Hader, and Aziz Ansari. On May 13, 2014, Amazon.com Amazon.com, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential economi ... released the season in a 3-disc-set "Burn-On-Demand" DVD-R. Episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Broadcasting Company
The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by Fox Corporation and headquartered in New York City, with master control operations and additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and the Fox Media Center in Tempe. Launched as a competitor to the Big Three television networks ( ABC, CBS, and NBC) on October 9, 1986, Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network. It was the highest- rated free-to-air network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012 and again in 2020, and was the most-watched American television network in total viewership during the 2007–08 season. Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, but these do not necessarily air the same programming as the U.S. network. Most viewers in Canada have access to at least one U.S.-based Fox affiliate, either ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal
"An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal" is the fifth episode of the third season of the American animated comedy series ''Bob's Burgers''. The episode originally aired on November 18, 2012, on Fox, drawing an audience of 3.94 million viewers. Written by Lizzie and Wendy Molyneux, the episode sees Bob Belcher (H. Jon Benjamin) reluctantly agree to rent out his wife Linda (John Roberts) and their children Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman), and Louise (Kristen Schaal) to the family's landlord Calvin Fischoeder (guest voiced by Kevin Kline), who wants them to pose as his own family to impress a former flame named Shelby (Lindsey Stoddart) at Thanksgiving dinner. As Thanksgiving goes by, Bob, who has also been hired to pose as Fischoeder's cook, begins to feel increasingly ignored by his family and ends up talking to the dinner turkey as his only companion. Rowan Kaiser of ''The A.V. Club'', in a complimentary review of the episode, described influences of American animated sitcom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV By The Numbers
TV by the Numbers was a website devoted to collecting and analyzing television ratings data in the United States that operated from 2007 to 2020. It was a part of Nexstar Media Group's Zap2it television news/listings site. History An Internet and statistical analyst, Robert Seidman had previously worked for IBM and Charles Schwab, and published an online newsletter about the Internet and AOL before founding TV by the Numbers; Bill Gorman had been an AOL executive until 1998, and had read Seidman's column. Friends since the early 1990s when they met near Washington, D.C., both were fond of television, as Gorman loved numbers and Seidman enjoyed statistics relating to it; the subject of television ratings data entered into one of their conversations. Gorman was dismayed at being unable to find other blogs devoted solely to television data, and after a Google search confirmed this, he and Seidman thought of the idea for a website devoted solely to the subject. In Gorman's words, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Fuzzy Valentine
"My Fuzzy Valentine" is the 13th episode of the third season of the animated comedy series ''Bob's Burgers'' and the overall 35th episode. It was written by Dan Fybel and Rich Rinaldi, and directed by Boohwan Lim and Kyounghee Lim. It aired on Fox in the United States on February 10, 2013. Plot It's a rainy Valentine's Day and while Linda gushes about the love-filled holiday, Tina refuses to go to school after getting a Valentine the previous year from Jimmy Jr. signed "from" instead of "love". Despite the other kids wanting to join Tina in staying home from school, Bob cajoles them into going and offers to drive them. On the drive over, Bob gloats about the heart-shaped pancakes he made Linda but his kids don't think much of it, claiming he does the same boring heart theme over and over again. The kids seem to be right as Linda sighs about the usual heart-shaped pancake to Mort and Teddy back at the diner. She tries to cheer herself up with a little song about love but Mort and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcast Wagstaff School News
"Broadcast Wagstaff School News" is the 12th episode of the third season of the animated comedy series ''Bob's Burgers'' and the overall 34th episode, and is written by Greg Thompson and directed by Jennifer Coyle. It aired on Fox in the United States on January 27, 2013. Plot Tina decides to audition as an on-air news anchor for the Wagstaff School News, a school news program taught by Mr. Grant the Video Comm Teacher. Also auditioning is Tammy, Tina’s short lived, “bad girl” friend who first appeared in "Bad Tina". In an effort to sabotage Tina’s audition, Tammy tells Tina she speaks too fast and advises her to talk slower during the audition. Tina naively takes Tammy’s advice and speaks excessively slower effectively ruining her audition. Mr. Grant chooses Tammy as news anchor while Tina is chosen as the off camera Staff Intern. Andy and Ollie Pesto are chosen as the field reporters while Zeke is cast as the sports broadcaster. Tina soon grows disillusioned with her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Jacobson
Scott Jacobson (born 1977) is an American comedy writer and winner of four Emmys for contributions to ''The Daily Show'' with Jon StewartSerota, Maggie (2010)The Oy of Sex, ''New York Press'', September 22, 2010, retrieved 2010-10-17 and two Emmys for contributions to ''Bob's Burgers''. He is currently a writer on Fox's animated show Bob's Burgers and has also written for The Academy Awards, Robert Smigel's '' TV Funhouse'' cartoons, and the Adult Swim show ''Squidbillies''. He grew up in North Carolina, where he attended the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) is a two-year, public residential high school located in Durham, North Carolina, that focuses on the intensive study of science, mathematics and technology. It accepts rising juniors ... and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Scott Jacobson has also directed music videos for The National, Dinosaur Jr., Nick Lowe, Superchunk, The Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nude Beach (Bob's Burgers)
"Nude Beach" is the 11th episode of the third season of the animated comedy series ''Bob's Burgers'' and the overall 33rd episode, and is written by Scott Jacobson and directed by Wes Archer. It aired on Fox in the United States on January 13, 2013. Plot While inspecting Bob’s Burgers, Hugo the health inspector discovers Bob has not had adequate hand-washing training and posts a humiliating sign, “The Cook Has Dirty Stinky Hands,” on the restaurant window before leaving to inspect a nude beach. The next day, Linda and her friend Gretchen arrive at the nude beach to find out that Hugo has quit his job as a health inspector and joined the nudists. Meanwhile, the kids discover the existence of the nude beach, which is off-limits to people under 18, and sell admission to a secret spot overlooking the beach. Teenage boys come in droves, but after realizing the nudists are mostly old and unattractive, they are repulsed. Louise reignites their interest by claiming she is selling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother Daughter Laser Razor
"Mother Daughter Laser Razor" is the tenth episode of the third season of the animated comedy series ''Bob's Burgers'' and the overall 32nd episode, and is written by Nora Smith and directed by Jennifer Coyle. It aired on Fox in the United States on January 6, 2013. Plot After washing the dishes, Linda then sets up and prepares for a Family Game Night. The Family Game Night at the Belcher's home quickly ends with a shouting match between Linda and Louise, after Louise and her siblings claim that they're in the middle of a game they call "Stone the Witch" that Linda "mommed all up" upon entering the room. That night, the former goes to a "mommy blog" to gather some ideas as to how to get closer to her youngest child, since she realizes that Louise favors Bob over her. When a series of attempts to get closer to Louise fails, Linda tricks her into attending a Mother-Daughter seminar, which Cynthia and Logan are also attending. Louise is not willing to attend the seminar, nor make it e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins" is the ninth episode of the third season of the animated comedy series ''Bob's Burgers'' and the overall 31st episode, and is written by Kit Boss and directed by Anthony Chun. It aired on Fox in the United States on December 16, 2012. Plot When Bob inherits a storage unit around Christmas, the family hope that they will contain riches, but instead they find a squatter named Chet who claims he was previously a display mannequin. The family take him in, only to discover that he has a talent for creating seasonal window displays out of mannequins, in which he also poses. The displays Chet put up in preparation for Christmas prove very popular with people stopping to look at the display and helps increase business for the restaurant. As Christmas approaches Chet becomes increasingly unstable, eventually claiming that he is in love with another mannequin Nadine from whom he has become separated, after the store he used to reside in went out of busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unbearable Like-Likeness Of Gene
"The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene" is the eighth episode of the third season of the animated comedy series ''Bob's Burgers''. The episode originally aired on Fox in the United States on December 9, 2012. The episode centers around Gene Belcher as he attempts to end an undesirable relationship with his irritating female classmate Courtney. However, when he learns that Courtney's father Doug is a jingle writer who owns several electronic musical instruments, he decides to stay in the relationship, hoping that Doug will be able to start Gene a music career of his own. A subplot involves Linda Belcher attempting to lose weight by following a diet consisting solely of fruit and vegetable peels. "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene" was written by Holly Schlesinger and directed by Don MacKinnon. Critics reacted positively towards the episode. On the episodes original broadcast, the Nielsen ratings reported an audience of 4.55 million viewers. In addition from the regular cast, "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Archer
Wes Archer is an American television animation director and storyboard artist. Career Archer was one of the original three animators (along with David Silverman and Bill Kopp) on ''The Simpsons'', Tracey Ullman shorts, and subsequently directed a number of ''The Simpsons'' episodes (many of which had John Swartzwelder as an episode writer) before becoming supervising director at ''King of the Hill.'' A few years later he left ''King of the Hill'' to direct for ''Futurama'', before eventually returning to ''King of the Hill''. Wes continued to supervise the direction of ''King of the Hill'' until the final season. He acted as a consulting director for the last season of ''King of the Hill'', as he joined ''The Goode Family'' as supervising director. Archer's college animation film, "Jac Mac and Rad Boy, Go!" has long been a cult classic after receiving repeated airplay on USA Network's '' Night Flight'' in the 1980s. He studied at the Film Graphics/Experimental Animation Progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
