"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. 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. The title of the episode is a pun on "shish kebab".

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 a temporary job as a taxi cab driver so he can earn extra money.

Bob accepts the offer. Meanwhile, Louise becomes Tina's "kissing coordinator" as a birthday present in order to prepare her for her first kiss with Jimmy Jr. On the first night of his job, Bob befriends three transgender prostitutes: Glitter (Steve Agee), Marbles (Jack McBrayer), and Cha-Cha (Oscar Nunez). Tina invites several classmates to her party, including Jimmy Jr., who needs permission from his father for the R.S.V.P. Unfortunately, Jimmy Sr. forbids his son from attending because of his rivalry with Bob. Tina refuses to have a party without Jimmy Jr. Bob tries to charge his mind, and Jimmy Sr. says he will allow Jr. to attend, on the condition that Bob shave his mustache and deliver the shorn whiskers to him as a trophy. Bob refuses, causing a rift between himself and Tina, who calls him "selfish."

After a night out with the sex workers, Bob returns to the restaurant intoxicated with alcohol, and possibly crack. Linda tells Bob that Tina has agreed to attend the party, but only for a few minutes. Bob passes out in the restaurant kitchen, waking up half an hour into the party, and finds out it is not going well: the boys and girls aren't dancing, and Mort's magician act fails to impress. Several of Bob's taxi customers arrive -- including Marshmallow (David Herman), in her first series appearance. Bob had apparently invited all of them while he was intoxicated, and subsequently forgot. Tina is mortified. Bob excuses himself to shave his mustache in order to give in to Jimmy Pesto's demand, and redeem himself to Tina. Glitter and Marbles tell Tina that Bob is a good father who worked two jobs to pay for her party. Upon Bob's return, Tina apologizes to Bob for her lack of gratitude, and says that he already made the party perfect, even without Jimmy Jr. present. However, the sentiment comes too late to save his mustache. Before he turns over his whiskers to Pesto, though, the sex workers tell Bob that they recognize Jimmy Sr. as "Baby Num Num", a "diaper lover." Bob then brings them over to Jimmy's restaurant and threatens to publicly expose his fetish. Pesto concedes, and Jimmy Jr. is allowed to attend the party. Tina and Jimmy Jr. kiss under the party's disco ball, and Gene plays the Thompson Twins' song, If You Were Here, a reference to the ending of the film Sixteen Candles.

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.^[1] Rowan Kaiser of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A−, saying "As funny as the episode is, it's also genuinely sweet by the end, with Bob and Tina bonding over how much work he's done. Of course, that just makes his drunken bender with sex workers that much funnier, as well as Louise acting as Tina's kissing coordinator and sending her to boot camp."^[2]

References

External links

• "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" at IMDb