Everything's Better with Bob: Difference between revisions

[[File:Bobwastheretoo.png|link=Casey and Andy|frame|Bob was there, too.]]

Similar in nature to [[Doomy Dooms of Doom]], [[Everything's Better with Bob]] is the way the name Bob seems to come up a lot in comedy, either as a punchline or as a common replacement name. Bonus points if someone happens to be named Billy Bob, in which case they are probably from the [[Deep South]].

 

 

Compare [[Alice and Bob]] ([[Aerith and Bob|or Aerith]]).

 

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== Advertising ==

* There was a series of [[Hilarious Outtakes|faux outtake-style]] commercials for the ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' dub that aired during the Myotismon arc. One had 'Izzy' [[Porky Pig Pronunciation|stumbling over Kabuterimon's name]] until he finally [[Face Palm|Facepalms]] and asks "Can we just call him Bob?"

* In Belgium and the Netherlands the designated driver is commonly called BOB.

* [[Bob From Accounting]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JVewMSPyWc vs. the Orgg.]

* Bob, or Smilin' Bob, is the guy in the [[wikipedia:Enzyte|Enzyte]] male enhancement product commercials.

* [[The Unseen|The never-heard]] Bob from Accountemps always makes everything better for Mr. Fernwell and Nurlman in a long-running series of [[Radio]] ads for the accountants' temp agency.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

== Comic Books ==

* Subverted in the [[Chick Tracts]] in that Bob is a preacher who "retells" the [[The Bible|Bible stories]] [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|with a bit of his own embellishment]]<ref>which is more like twisted versions of these stories</ref> and preaches damnation versus salvation '''ONLY''' through Jesus Christ in some tracts.

 

== Film ==

== Live-Action TV ==

* ''[[Bob!]]!''

* [[SCTV|Bob and Doug McKenzie]]

* There were not one, but two characters named Bob in ''[[Blackadder]]'' (both of whom were [[Sweet Polly Oliver|Females in disguise]]).

 

== Music ==

** Don't forget [[Jesus]]' Brother Bob:

{{quote|''Jesus' brother Bob, Jesus' brother Bob''

* [[Sparks]] have a song called "Here Comes Bob" about a man who crashes his car to meet new people.

* Rapper/singer [[w:B.o.B|B.o.B]]

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* At one time, ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]'' befriended three mice who were squatting in his house. Two of them were named after their forebears, [[Odd Name Out|but the third]], Bob, was named for "the sound his head makes when he runs into the wall".

 

* [[Bob Newhart]] - The very embodiment of the everyman trying to deal with all the non-Bobs out there in the world.

* There's an old joke: What do you call a guy with no arms or legs in the water? Bob. It's a bit tasteless but still a valid example.

* In a stand-up routine back in the 60's, [[Bill Cosby]] insisted that all gas station attendants have their name, "Bob", on their uniform name-tag.

* There's a clip from a [[Howie Mandel]] concert in which he's interacting with a man in the audience. Mandel asks the man his name and is told "Bob". Mandel replies, "Bob? But ''you'' spell it backwards!" He then queries Bob about his job and finds out he works for the Federal Aviation Administration; Mandel then asks if it's really safer to sit in the back of the plane. Bob replies clearly, "Yes, because the mountains are in front!" The audience roars, and Mandel, clearly delighted, says "You see, Bob? Everyone loves a good FAA joke!"

 

== Theater ==

* The Reduced Shakespeare Company's performance of ''The Complete Works of [[William Shakespeare]] (Abridged)'' involves one of the actors calling the lighting manager 'Bob' because '2/3rds of lighting managers are named Bob' and calling every one of the audience members called up to participate 'Bob'.

 

== Video Games ==

* Bob, the [[Stout Strength|fat]] fighter from ''[[Tekken]] 6''. Also BOB, the [[Fan Nickname]] for series mainstay Hwoarang.

* [[The Secret of Monkey Island|Bob the Ghost]].

** Also, in ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]] Chapter 1'', if the player has Guybrush place a Porcelain Power Pirate Action Figurine on the altar of Flotsam Jungle:

{{quote|'''Guybrush:''' ''[in his pretend voice]'' Foolish Power Pirate! Your porcelain parts will be sacrificed to, um, Bob, the Lord of the Seas! ''[switches to a pretend high voice]'' Arrrr! Me kidneys! ''[takes the action figure back from the altar]''}}

* [[Wandering Hamster|Bob the Hamster]]

* [[Maple Story|Bob the Killer Snail]]

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Bob from ''[[Emergency Exit]]''

* The late, lamented ''Waiting for Bob''.

 

== Web Original ==

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[Bob the Builder]]''

* [[SpongeBob SquarePants]].

* Bob the Guardian in ''[[ReBoot]]''. So named apparently because the producers liked the way [[Blackadder]] said the name "Bob". Unless he's a [[wikipedia:Blitter object|blitter object]] - a type of Amiga hardware sprite most commonly called a 'Bob'.

* In Austria, you can even get internet and mobile phone from [http://www.bob.at Bob]. Who'd have expected that in Austria.

* If you fancy visiting the top of Mt. Jungfrau in Switzerland, you will need to use the trains of BOB - the Berner Oberland Bahn.

* The name Bob is also used in the Bob campaign in the Netherlands and Belgium, to raise awareness against drunk driving. (people there would thereafter often call the designated driver The Bob)

* Everything is not better with [[wikipedia:Hurricane Bob|Hurricane Bob]]. The name makes it [[Narm|hard to read the article with a straight face:]]

{{quote|''On August 18, Hurricane Bob brushed the coastline of North Carolina, bringing strong winds and heavy rains to the region. Areas along the Atlantic coast in the state recorded up to 5 in (130 mm), with a maximum of 5.3 in (130 mm) falling in Cape Hatteras. One person was killed in the state in relation to Bob and damage from the storm was estimated at $8 million (1991 USD).''}}

* Another Canadian example: The Edmonton Transit Service runs a series of ads about proper behavior on the bus called "It's All About Bob."

* Inverted by [[Mitch Hedberg]], who argued that since [[Thirteen Is Unlucky]], so is the letter B, because it looks like a compressed number 13.