Pod's Burgers: A Podcast Chronicling a Bob's Burgers Obsession

We love a Parade(rs of the Lost Float), you guys. Join us to go over the super important questions like "is Dave a good name for a clown?", "how does a toe stop you from doing your podcast for a really long time?", "can there be anything better on a float than a perm-aid?", "can Pride get any better?" (that one is a yes - if it is raining it's better), "why is a list of different types of float decorations angrily delivered by an octogenarian so damned charming?" and "is Hot Pants Rain Dance the first or second best disco song about rain ever?"

Ahoy! (we hate ourselves for that, don't worry.) This time we're talking about Season 6's The Land Ship, otherwise known as The One Jen Has Watched More Than Any Other Episode, and Although She Really Likes it She's Not Sure Why That Is. Hear about the Horrors of Dating a Terrible Kisser (Tina has some battle scars from that whole deal, you know), tips and tricks to get the most out of your next porta-potty trip, and why you should figure out how and where to watch the 1977 Jodie Foster/Helen Heyes joint "Candleshoe" like, right now.

This go round we talk about the Season 5 gem Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl. We unequivocally determine that the Wagstaff Fall musicals are pure art, we prove that Briddany can still learn new things about Jen (Jen loves Working Girl, whaaaaat?), we recall Briddany's delusion re: the feasibility of owning a horse when one lives in an apartment, and we tell you all about a character from Land Sisters real life past, Jake (not his real name), the head-standing shirt-ripper (can you just see that on an old-timey circus poster? YES YOU CAN).

We're really tired, you guys. But we still manage to get all in a lather (HORSE REFERENCE BAM YOU'RE WELCOME) about Season 4's classic episode Equestranauts. And but also we attempt to uncover 5 things you never knew about St Michael McDonald and we learn that one of the things you never knew about Jen is that she sometimes goes by Jen (clutch the pearls!), and you'll hear about which of the Equestranauts is Briddany, you guys. Also: we attempt to accept that Gene has imaginary friends other than Ken and we wish that we lived in the capital of Horse Valley and we're close but not quite.

There's a lot less poop-related content in this one than you'd expect from an episode about the Mad Pooper episode of Bob's Burgers. You do, however, get the deep thoughts about this episode from Season 3, along with: an update on the ways in which our patron saint Michael McDonald shows his benevolence to us; our theory that Africa by Toto is basically musical cilantro; how we've all had our own Lenny DeStefano and we best just admit it now; the best snacks to make in the microwave; and the weirdest assembly ever to occur in the history of assemblies. Get in here with us, people. This is news you can use.

We move to Season 2 to discuss Bob Day Afternoon, one of Jen's favorite, go-to episodes, and there is so much to unpack here. We discuss dirty-gutter-or-spiderwebby-light-fixture panic attacks, the nuance of Malaysian cuisine, yet another over-analysis of a background character's inner world, the Hamburger in the Room, and the Sophie's Choice of demented singing mole vs demented singing bowl (bull? bowl? we don't know).

Shut your mouth, it's Art Crawl. Jen and Brid break down the fan favorite episode from Season 1 and go through all those important points like the fact that Gayle is our mother, like, exactly. And but also how 80s movies were super problematic way too much of the time and what sort of transportation Jesus would employ (spoiler alert: he definitely teleports) and what makes good art (and what makes good art is vampire tape recorders and Stonehenge and Dr. Yap).

One of our favorite Bob's episodes yet is about fraud in the form of gasoline-scented, eternally-wet-inked trading cards featuring slugs. So of COURSE, we spend time talking about After School Specials, the proper amount of booze in a martini on Tuesday, the correct (and so not correct) way to be a Dungeon Master, and that summer when Briddany was a blue horse with pink hair and French accent and Jen gave a book report that consisted of nothing more than the lyrics to I Am the Walrus (not kidding, that happened). This all ties to Bob's Burgers and this episode. Promise. We mean, as much as anything on this podcast ever does.

Wedding season, y'all. We talk about the episode with the longest title yet - Something Old, Something New, Something Bob Caters for You. We over-analyze spatchcocking, discuss how releasing any members of the animal kingdom as a theatrical event is never, ever a good idea, and talk about the optimism that can come from a yoga jumpsuit purchase. Also apparently Michael McDonald is our patron saint now, so dibs on that.

We discuss Boywatch and break down why it is that we love this episode when so many fans dislike it. Also: the standard over-analyzing and waxing philosophical about everything, such as: why poor swimming triggers Briddany's anxiety and how Jen can barely handle Tina's need for Sugar Cookies. Bonus: a vaguely related, cacklelaugh-drenched story about Jen wearing three pairs of underpants because she was trying to bend physics and but also because OCD. No. Really. We're sorry.