[7.2/10] Solidly enjoyable episode of the show. There were few sketches that made me laugh out loud, but plenty that made me smile and only one that felt like a real misfire.
A lot of this episode was style parodies. Watching Bob & David do the “soft-toned morning show” routine for the daytime audience was amusing, and then watching them imitation everyone from The Beatles to Oasis to Marilyn Manson was entertaining. The Hard Days Night routine was faithfully done, and the show’s take on the desultory reactions of the guys from Oasis to an interviewer as a therapy session was a fun bit. (I especially laughed at the ending payoff of the two of them on the moon.) Sarah Silverman going to a trust camp with the Marilyn Manson esque rockers was a fairly easy gag, but chuckle-worthy at worst.
I didn’t really care for the “Young Men Go Missing With Their Companions” skit, because it seemed to be parodying something very specific that was entirely lost on me. There’s some good character work in a short bit of time with it, but otherwise it just seemed like a premise that didn’t work twenty years later, which is no sin.
The toddler wear inspiration sketch had its moments, with Tom Kenny in particular splitting the difference between someone raving about navy-themed outfits and being demonically possessed nicely.
The follow-up mockumentary of David’s designer character living with Nostradamus didn’t do much for me at first. It again felt like a parody of something pretty specific (maybe Paris Is Burning?) that was lost on me. But eventually, the blending of the realistic and the outlandish, with Nostradamus insecure and rambling about future events while Bob preps for his show (and uses his pal for future fashion trends) won me over.
The initial “indomitable spirit” gag really didn’t work for me, as it felt more like uncomplicated punching down than satirizing corny kids presentations. But Bob’s character getting into a convoluted argument with David’s character about Bob sucking at drums independent of him losing his arms, and David’s frustration with no one being able to understand the distinction he was trying to draw, got a laugh out of me. The apocalypse thing is a pretty easy out, but it’s at least one they set up earlier.
Overall, lots of enjoyable stuff in this one, even if there was little that amounted to a laugh riot.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2018-07-19T20:17:08Z
[7.2/10] Solidly enjoyable episode of the show. There were few sketches that made me laugh out loud, but plenty that made me smile and only one that felt like a real misfire.
A lot of this episode was style parodies. Watching Bob & David do the “soft-toned morning show” routine for the daytime audience was amusing, and then watching them imitation everyone from The Beatles to Oasis to Marilyn Manson was entertaining. The Hard Days Night routine was faithfully done, and the show’s take on the desultory reactions of the guys from Oasis to an interviewer as a therapy session was a fun bit. (I especially laughed at the ending payoff of the two of them on the moon.) Sarah Silverman going to a trust camp with the Marilyn Manson esque rockers was a fairly easy gag, but chuckle-worthy at worst.
I didn’t really care for the “Young Men Go Missing With Their Companions” skit, because it seemed to be parodying something very specific that was entirely lost on me. There’s some good character work in a short bit of time with it, but otherwise it just seemed like a premise that didn’t work twenty years later, which is no sin.
The toddler wear inspiration sketch had its moments, with Tom Kenny in particular splitting the difference between someone raving about navy-themed outfits and being demonically possessed nicely.
The follow-up mockumentary of David’s designer character living with Nostradamus didn’t do much for me at first. It again felt like a parody of something pretty specific (maybe Paris Is Burning?) that was lost on me. But eventually, the blending of the realistic and the outlandish, with Nostradamus insecure and rambling about future events while Bob preps for his show (and uses his pal for future fashion trends) won me over.
The initial “indomitable spirit” gag really didn’t work for me, as it felt more like uncomplicated punching down than satirizing corny kids presentations. But Bob’s character getting into a convoluted argument with David’s character about Bob sucking at drums independent of him losing his arms, and David’s frustration with no one being able to understand the distinction he was trying to draw, got a laugh out of me. The apocalypse thing is a pretty easy out, but it’s at least one they set up earlier.
Overall, lots of enjoyable stuff in this one, even if there was little that amounted to a laugh riot.