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funky-rat · 03-15-2019, 01:43 PM

I was fairly young when this aired, but we never missed it. My husband and I are watching weekends on TV Land, but we're partway through and missed some early episodes. I swore that someone ripped Bob's head off, but I haven't seen it yet, and can't find any YouTube clips. I did see Benson throw him out the window, which was hilarious. Did I imagine this?

DJM77 · 03-15-2019, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by funky-rat

I was fairly young when this aired, but we never missed it. My husband and I are watching weekends on TV Land, but we're partway through and missed some early episodes. I swore that someone ripped Bob's head off, but I haven't seen it yet, and can't find any YouTube clips. I did see Benson throw him out the window, which was hilarious. Did I imagine this?

Soap is on TV Land now? That can't be right, can it? It would be very uncharacteristic of them.

funky-rat · 03-15-2019, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by DJM77

Soap is on TV Land now? That can't be right, can it? It would be very uncharacteristic of them.

Not TV Land - Antenna TV. My bad.

DJM77 · 03-15-2019, 03:26 PM

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Not TV Land - Antenna TV. My bad.

It's okay.

funky-rat · 03-15-2019, 03:42 PM

My original questions still stands though. Did Bob get his head ripped off? Or did I dream that?

cbikle · 03-15-2019, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Heenan Fan

My favorite Chuck and Bob joke in the series - and neither one were actually in the scene. The two families are at the Tate house awaiting the very important phone call from Jessica's kidnappers. The phone rings, and a nervous Chester answers it. He gets upset right away and yells something like "get the hell off the phone!!" Someone asks him who it was and Chester replies, "It was Bob. He wanted to know if Chuck is here!"

Hilarious scene!!

I might be misremembering (it was a long time ago), but I recall the other part of that joke being that Chuck was in fact, in the room, causing Chester to do a Wait, if Chuck is here, then how was Bob just on the phone ? double-take.

opus · 03-15-2019, 05:34 PM

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My original questions still stands though. Did Bob get his head ripped off? Or did I dream that?

Not that I remember. But it sounds like you have cool dreams

funky-rat · 04-08-2019, 03:49 PM

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Not that I remember. But it sounds like you have cool dreams

Figures. I was pretty young, and half of the jokes went over my head, but my dad and I would watch this, and I could have sworn that happened, but maybe it was some other show and some other dummy, and I'm confusing the two.

80s Dude · 01-31-2020, 03:01 PM

Chuck and Bob were my favorite characters.

CharlotteXavier · 04-07-2020, 01:11 AM

Because Chuck was an entertainer and could justify always having the dummy as practice for his act. That’s why they wouldn’t have him committed.

CharlotteXavier · 04-07-2020, 01:31 AM

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I thought BOB was one of the best things about the show. My only question is why chuck and bob never got a storyline of thier own, like everybody else did? They were just in scenes to add a few laughs and then were gone. Maybe a plot where chuck loses bob and goes nuts. MORE CHUCK AND BOB!

They did that in the first season when Jodie put bob in the fridge😆

TV Guy · 05-31-2020, 12:50 PM

I didn’t even think that guy was that great of a ventriloquist. I could always see his lips moving. I found him completely unfunny.

CharlotteXavier · 06-09-2020, 12:32 PM

Chuck and Bob are my favourites and the best part of the show to me.

peteemory · 09-13-2021, 02:00 PM

Hence the genius of Bob (and Chuck). A cartoon or a dummy can say things that would sound completely outrageous or even borderline unacceptable were they to come from an actor or actress.

And for the record, I absolutely LOVE Chuck and Bob. Like some of you all, I believe they're my favorite part of the show. Especially the more nuanced aspects of the duo: Bob's fluency in Spanish while Chuck cannot understand a word of it, Bob reading (and moving his lips) while Chuck stares into space when they're sitting in a hospital waiting room, the various other characters forgetting that Bob's a dummy and engaging in conversation with him, etc.

Chuck and Bob = truly inspired comedy.

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Pretty sure that didn't happen. I watched all four seasons and I don't recall it, in any event.

On the topic of Bob, it just occurred to me that he was kind of a prototype for "Stewie" from "Family Guy"; the small statured character who was insulting and derisive of every other character, who loved to push buttons and thought he was better than everyone else, and who ultimately, was totally reliant on the very characters he was insulting!

ABlairican Pie · 12-26-2022, 03:14 PM

I always felt that Chuck and Bob were to the Campbells what Benson was to the Tates, simply comic relief to keep the plots from being too serious.

I thought Polly's father's response to Bob in that one episode was perfect. It gave insight into what kind of problems Chuck had.

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ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,620	I always felt that Chuck and Bob were to the Campbells what Benson was to the Tates, simply comic relief to keep the plots from being too serious. I thought Polly's father's response to Bob in that one episode was perfect. It gave insight into what kind of problems Chuck had.
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funky-rat Zit Remedy Groupie Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 14, 2004 Location: PA, USA Posts: 173	My original questions still stands though. Did Bob get his head ripped off? Or did I dream that?

01-31-2020, 03:01 PM	#39
80s Dude Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 24, 2019 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,811	Chuck and Bob were my favorite characters.

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TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	I didn’t even think that guy was that great of a ventriloquist. I could always see his lips moving. I found him completely unfunny.

06-09-2020, 12:32 PM	#43
CharlotteXavier Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 03, 2017 Posts: 52	Chuck and Bob are my favourites and the best part of the show to me.