This show was peak Gen X. Nothing is legitimate, no cows are sacred, mock everything especially the idea of caring.

That’s a really good example of his appeal. His material and his timing are nothing special, but he has great rapport with the audience and a willingness to make himself the butt of the joke that really synergizes with that rapport.

Is."blue food" really a term of art? I've never heard it before.

Holy shit, that sounds goooooooooooood.

HEEEEYYY YOU GUUUUUYYYYS!!!!! This guy doesn’t (didn’t?) know who Rita Moreno is.

Anyone who appreciates uncooked fresh sweet corn is good people in my book.

Bob doesn’t bring Helen into his world — she catches him cheating on her and then realizes “you know what, what you’ve been doing behind my back is important and we should _all_ be doing your thing”. Pure wish fulfillment for the guy who felt like he was being held back by his family and had to steal time from his…

Thanks. It’s weird in context — the prior sentence said they worked in a Hollywood VFX house working on three effects-heavy major TV shows.

Of course she was part of it. She used to be the cool girl who could party just as hard as the guys. She grew up and put away childish things, but he kept trying to hold on to his cool guy thing, taking secret time away from the family to spend on it.

Except that wasn’t Bob’s arc at all.

Can someone explain this sentence to me?

You’re unsure?

Confused by this comment. Did you mean to say In-n-Out?

Eh, fast casual seems like a bullshit distinction. Especially for a survey like this. Shake Shack, McDonald’s, Chipotle, Popeyes, etc are all direct competitors as far as I’m concerned when I’m in the mood for one or the other.

Damn, I loved these as a kid.

I feel like the headline and piece lean too much into the jerk-is-innovative thing. I mean, there’s a long history of the protagonists of cartoons being dicks — e.g., Donald Duck, Popeye. Hell, Bugs Bunny was pure prankster-asshole.

I don’t know, seems about as genius as having slinky dog act like a dog and a slinky.

These are facts I’m happy to learn.

(Not meant as commentary, I just love this comic.)

“Love” would be awful strong, but damned if I don’t think “pocket flaaan” every time the topic of flan comes up.