[7.7/10] A lot of good laughs in this one, which bumps it up considerably. The A-story is the kind of low-stakes escapade with the kids that is usually tons of fun, and this is no exception. Tina’s desire to make a worthy time capsule to captivate the future and Louise’s desire to win some choice tickets to a Boys 4 Now concert collide in an amusing way.
They start out independently funny. Tina being so picky about what goes into her time capsule, to the point of insulting Tammy’s offerings (“It’s a time capsule not a clown college” had me in stitches) is a good bit that conveys how important this is to Tina and sets her up for a little comeuppance. Plus, the Wagstaff students’ offerings are characteristically offbeat and funny on their own. On the other end, Lousie playing her usual game of pretending not to be obsessed with Boo Boo and projecting her boy band fandom onto her older sister is a good comic look as always.
But the two stories come together nicely when Tammy decides to make a rival time capsule and Henry just so happens to put his pair of tickets to the big show in it. The ensuing plan to steal the tickets from the time capsule, replete with help from a tai chi-practicing Gene runs into predictable snarls and turns. But I like the series of fakeouts, particularly when it turns out that Henry’s girlfriend changed her mind and got to them before anyone else did. There’s a nice sense of Tina and Louise initially working together and only later realizing that they had different ideas about what to do with the tickets (use them vs. bury them in the “right” time capsule).
There’s a vague theme about living for now and realizing that the old time capsule was probably lame because the kids of fifty years ago were too busy living their lives to leave anything good. I’ll admit to a little frustration that after all that, the girls didn’t get to see their show but it’s probably some fair karmic retribution.
The B-story was a fun bit of low stakes weirdness, with Bob and Linda low grade feuding over Linda’s inability to whistle and Bob’s inability to roll his Rs. Their standoffs were worth a laugh, and Teddy’s contrived attempt t o show them that they can sound great together was sweet and silly in that trademark Teddy way.
Overall, these weren’t the deepest Bob’s Burgers stories there have ever been, but they had the sort of funny weirdo world drama and twists that make the show fun, and there were a lot of belly laughs here to boot!
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2020-11-16T04:57:01Z
[7.7/10] A lot of good laughs in this one, which bumps it up considerably. The A-story is the kind of low-stakes escapade with the kids that is usually tons of fun, and this is no exception. Tina’s desire to make a worthy time capsule to captivate the future and Louise’s desire to win some choice tickets to a Boys 4 Now concert collide in an amusing way.
They start out independently funny. Tina being so picky about what goes into her time capsule, to the point of insulting Tammy’s offerings (“It’s a time capsule not a clown college” had me in stitches) is a good bit that conveys how important this is to Tina and sets her up for a little comeuppance. Plus, the Wagstaff students’ offerings are characteristically offbeat and funny on their own. On the other end, Lousie playing her usual game of pretending not to be obsessed with Boo Boo and projecting her boy band fandom onto her older sister is a good comic look as always.
But the two stories come together nicely when Tammy decides to make a rival time capsule and Henry just so happens to put his pair of tickets to the big show in it. The ensuing plan to steal the tickets from the time capsule, replete with help from a tai chi-practicing Gene runs into predictable snarls and turns. But I like the series of fakeouts, particularly when it turns out that Henry’s girlfriend changed her mind and got to them before anyone else did. There’s a nice sense of Tina and Louise initially working together and only later realizing that they had different ideas about what to do with the tickets (use them vs. bury them in the “right” time capsule).
There’s a vague theme about living for now and realizing that the old time capsule was probably lame because the kids of fifty years ago were too busy living their lives to leave anything good. I’ll admit to a little frustration that after all that, the girls didn’t get to see their show but it’s probably some fair karmic retribution.
The B-story was a fun bit of low stakes weirdness, with Bob and Linda low grade feuding over Linda’s inability to whistle and Bob’s inability to roll his Rs. Their standoffs were worth a laugh, and Teddy’s contrived attempt t o show them that they can sound great together was sweet and silly in that trademark Teddy way.
Overall, these weren’t the deepest Bob’s Burgers stories there have ever been, but they had the sort of funny weirdo world drama and twists that make the show fun, and there were a lot of belly laughs here to boot!