Sheesh! Cab, Bob?

"Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" is the sixth episode of the first season of the animated television series Bob's Burgers. "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 6, 2011.

The episode was written by Jon Schroeder and directed by Jennifer Coyle. It received positive reviews from critics for its character interactions, humor and storyline. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 4.91 million viewers in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by Kevin Kline, Steve Agee, Andy Kindler, David Herman, Jay Johnston, Jack McBrayer and Oscar Nunez.

Plot

Tina's 13th birthday is coming up and Linda suggests to Bob that they should make it extra-special since she will become a teenager. Tina wants to have a party with a smoke machine and streamers and invite people from her class and more. She also wants the party to have a romantic moment with classmate Jimmy Pesto Jr., the eldest son of Bob's business rival, nemesis, and owner of the restaurant across the street, Jimmy Pesto (Jay Johnston). Bob believes they can't afford what Tina wants but Linda insists they must find a way. Bob asks the restaurant's landlord Mr. Fischoeder (Kevin Kline) for an extension on their rent. He refuses, instead offering Bob one of his side businesses so he can earn extra money as a taxi cab driver.

Bob accepts the offer while Louise becomes Tina's kissing coordinator as a birthday present to her to get ready for the expected kissing moment with Jimmy Jr. On the first night of his job, Bob starts to enjoy driving around the city, even befriending three transsexual prostitutes: Glitter (Steve Agee), Marbles (Jack McBrayer), and Cha-Cha (Oscar Nunez). Tina starts inviting classmates to her party, including Jimmy Jr., who needs permission from his father for the R.S.V.P.. Unfortunately, Jimmy Sr. forbids Jr. to come because of his rivalry with Bob and Tina refuses to have a party without Jimmy Jr. Bob tries to talk sense into Jimmy Pesto, but Jimmy refuses unless Bob shaves his mustache and bring it to him as part of his collection. Tina disrespects him for his refusal to shave his mustache since he does not wants to negotiate with the Pesto family.

After a night out with the transgender women, Bob deliriously comes back to the restaurant (due to drinking alcohol and possibly taking crack). Linda tells Bob that Tina agrees to attend the party but only for a few minutes. Bob wakes up half an hour late for the party, and finds out it is not going well: the boys and girls aren't dancing, Gene in his role as the DJ and Mort working as the magician are appalling. Bob remembered that he invited not just his regular transgender customers but others, including Marshmallow (David Herman) and a homeless man. Tina is disappointed in Bob for what he's done and refuses to talk to him. The trans women mention to Tina that Bob worked really hard for the party and remind her that she has a good father who worked two jobs to pay for her party. She apologizes to Bob for what she said to him and lets him know that he already made the party perfect, even without Jimmy Jr. present. However, Bob has already shaved his mustache off. The trans women recognize Jimmy Sr. as one of their dates, known as "Baby Num Num", a "diaper lover". Bob brings the trans women over to Jimmy's restaurant to threaten him about his personal dates. He concedes with Bob's demands; Bob keeps his mustache hair, albeit in a plastic baggie, and Jimmy Jr. is allowed to attend the party. Jimmy Jr. comes to the party, and Tina is grateful to Bob for what he his done. Tina and Jimmy Jr. kiss under the party's disco ball, with Louise's encouragement, and Gene plays the Thompson Twins' song, If You Were Here, creating a reference to the ending of the film Sixteen Candles. The episode finishes with everyone enjoying the party.

Production

"Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" is the sixth episode of Bob's Burgers and was written by Jon Schroeder and directed by Jennifer Coyle.^[1] This is the first episode to feature Bob's nemesis Jimmy Pesto voiced by Jay Johnston, his son and Tina's crush Jimmy Pesto Jr. and Mr. Fischoeder voiced by Academy Award winning actor Kevin Kline. Recurring guest star Andy Kindler voices Mort. The trans women, Glitter, Marshmallow, Cha-Cha and Marbles are voiced by actors Steve Agee, Oscar Nunez, David Herman and Jack McBrayer. The episode carries a TV-14 rating for suggestive dialogue (D), offensive language (L) and sexual situation (S).

Burger of the Day

• "Olive and Let Die (with olives)", a reference to the James Bond film, Live and Let Die
• "Thank God it's Fried Egg (with fried egg)", a play on the saying, "Thank God it's Friday"

Reception

In its original American broadcasting, "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" was viewed by an estimated 4.91 million viewers and received a 2.7 rating/4% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, an improvement from last episode and became the highest rated episode of the season to be aired after the first two episodes.^[2]

Critical reception has been positive, some calling it the best episode of the season. Rowan Kraiser of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A-, the highest rating of the night. He praised Bob's role in the episode, claiming Louise has the humorous highlights in previous episodes. Despite giving the same grade to previous episodes, he believed that this episode showed an improvement in quality.

The June 26, 2011 rerun of this episode was named the "Worst TV Show of the Week" by the Parents Television Council for crude sexual content.^[3]

References

External links

• at TV.com
• "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" at the Internet Movie Database
• Sheesh! Cab, Bob? at the Big Cartoon DataBase