Spinning off from the long-running animated TV sitcom, The Bob's Burgers Movie finds the Belchers struggling to keep financially afloat after a massive sinkhole opens up right in front of the family restaurant. A slim beacon of hope exists in the possibility of their landlord being lenient with the rent until things are sorted, but even that option is jeopardized when a skeleton found in the sinkhole results in a murder investigation. Ultimately, it falls upon the Belcher children to solve the mystery while their parents try to think of a way to save the family business.
Ryan is joined by Cheryl for a thorough dialogue about this silly, tuneful, and surprisingly layered film. Discussion topics include how production of The Bob's Burgers Movie was affected by both the Covid-19 pandemic and Disney's purchase of the 20th Century Fox film studio, how class conflict is a constant subtextual theme in Bob's Burgers, and why the character of Tina Belcher is important to depictions of adolescent sexuality in mass media.
There's also a surprisingly lively debate over the quality of this movie's villain song.
