An Oral History of Bob Belcher’s Ruined Thanksgivings

Plus: Chris Farley Was My Camp Counselor Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about 'Bob's Burgers,' camp counselor Chris Farley, the Onion legal brief to the Supreme Court, and much more. [‘Bob’s Burgers’: An Oral History of How the Annual Tradition of Ruining Bob’s Thanksgiving Began]( Bob Belcher, the owner of Bob’s Burgers, is passionate about both food and his family. And so, when it comes to Thanksgiving, all he wants to do is prepare an unforgettable meal for those he loves. Yet, on every fourth Thursday in November, something always goes terribly wrong — like the time he kept finding his turkey in the toilet, or the year when angry turkeys took over the town. The sabotaging of Bob’s Thanksgiving has become something of a holiday tradition in its own right, and it all started with the Season Three episode “An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal.” In it, Bob’s landlord, Mr. Fischoeder ([Kevin Kline]( has invited over an old flame for Thanksgiving in hopes of winning her back. She, however, has a reputation for only being interested in men who already have families. Which is why Mr. Fischoeder promises to cover five months of Bob’s rent if his wife and three children pose as the Fischoeder family while Bob pretends to be Mr. Fischoeder’s personal chef. Bob is reticent, but he goes along with the scheme anyway. Disaster, of course, quickly follows. “An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal” was written by [Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin]( and [Wendy Molyneux]( siblings and writing partners who have been with Bob’s Burgers since the show debuted in 2011. (They’re also the co-creators of The Great North and the writers of the new Prime Video movie [The People We Hate at the Wedding]( Like most holiday disasters, though, the episode was a total family affair, not limited to just a couple of sisters. It extends to Loren Bouchard, the show’s creator; Tyree Dillihay, the director of “An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal”; H. Jon Benjamin, aka Bob himself; and John Roberts, the voice behind Linda, Bob’s irrepressibly musical wife. All of whom recount below how they helped send Bob’s first televised Thanksgiving flying off the rails. [READ MORE]( Related Reads: - [Sisters Act: How 'Bob's Burgers' Writers Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin and Wendy Molyneux Make Their Comedy Partnership Work]( - [18 of the Best Guest Star Appearances On 'Bob's Burgers']( - [15 'Bob's Burgers' Behind-The-Scenes Facts]( - [15 People We Didn’t Know Were Voices On Bob’s Burgers]( [Seriously, Here Are the Funniest Parts of the Onion Legal Brief to the Supreme Court]( The world is now safe for The Babylon Bee and its ilk because comedy is legal again, shouted Elon Musk after buying Twitter a few weeks back. (Say, how’s that going?) The wonky comedy nerd, who has been known to crack wise with [pilfered punchlines]( on Twitter himself, promised to take the muzzle off offensive comedy. That lasted about twenty minutes. Understandable. If [Kathy Griffin suddenly starts calling herself “Elon Musk,”]( how in the world would anyone be able to tell the difference? This clunky, ineffective, and downright stupid impulse to label parody with a big, flashing PARODY sticker isn’t exclusive to Musk, however. Anthony Novak, an amateur comedian from Parma, Ohio, was actually [thrown in jail for creating a Facebook parody page]( that poked fun at his local police department. Despite the page’s motto, “We no crime,” clearly labeling the whole exercise as comedy, the local cops searched his home, seized his electronics, and charged him with a felony for ‘disrupting’ police operations, at least in part because the page did not explicitly say “parody.” A jury, apparently made up of sane people, pronounced him not guilty, but Novak wasn’t done. He filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Parma police. Somewhat unbelievably, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Novak and parody, declaring that the police officers had qualified immunity. The case is now being appealed to the Supreme Court in an attempt to hold the officers accountable. It’s sort of a big deal--if cops can imprison their critics with impunity, all kinds of our rights are at risk. 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