"Bob and Margaret" Episode Guide v1.0.0 (c) 1998, Tom Walsh (avs@netport.com) This guide may be reproduced in its entirety for noncommercial purposes only. For other uses, please contact the author. The following is an episode guide for the show "Bob and Margaret." It is not complete yet as I hope to add other information. ********************************************************************* * NOTE: I do NOT have tapes of this show available for trade. * * Please post to the newsgroup alt.video.tape-trading for requests. * ********************************************************************* The text version is available at the AVIMall: http://www.avimall.com/entertain/BobAndMargaret.txt A pointer to this site is available at the Ultimate TV List: http://tvnet.com/UTVL/ Of course, there is a page at the Internet Movie Database: http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?%22Bob%20and%20Margaret%22%20(1998) ABOUT THE SHOW: "Bob and Maragert" is a cartoon on Comedy Central about Bob and Margaret Fish, a working professional , childless, middle class couple from London. Bob is a dentist with a private practice. In a bit of wry humor, we see in the opening credits that his surgery (office) is directly above a sweet shop. Margaret is a chiropodist. In place of children, they have two less-than-intelligent and quite lazy dogs. "Bob and Margaret" is a co-production of Comedy Partners (a.k.a., Comedy Central's production arm) in the U.S., Nelvana Productions (of Canada), Global -- a Canwest Company (of Canada), and Channel 4 TV (of Britain). It was created by Alison Snowden and David Fine. It is based on the film "Bob's Birthday." The music and theme are by Patrick Godfrey. ABOUT THIS GUIDE: Episode titles and production numbers come from the Comedy Central website (http://www.comedycentral.com) or from TV listings (for the titles only). VERSION HISTORY: v1.0.0 28 October 1998 Initial version CAST: PERFORMER - CHARACTER Andy Hamilton - Bob Fish Alison Snowden - Margaret Fish Steve Coogan - ? Doon Mackichan - ? Chris Emmett - ? Trevor Cooper - ? Sarah Hadland - ? Steve Brady - ? Peter Baynham - ? OTHER PERFORMERS: Jonathan Aris Anna Wing Gary Bryden Joshua Burns Louise Derbyshire Lily Snowden-Fine Celia Satov Ben Cook Dianne Fabian Shawn Lawrence Wayne Robson (except ep. 107,102,101) Jane Eastwood (except ep. 107,102,101) EPISODES: CC - The show appeared on Comedy Central on Mondays from 10:30-11:00 p.m. As with most Comedy Central programming, it airs many times during the week and in reruns later. All episodes are rated [TV-PG] unless otherwise listed. *** SEASON 1 (1998 only) 13(?) EPISODES *** 107. "A Tale of Two Dentists" 22 Jun 1998 D: Jamie Whitney W: David Fine Bob's practice is booming. Then, a new dentist, Dr. Stanway, opens up across the street. While he is very personable -- moreso than dry Bob -- he also has cut rate prices, and Bob notices a decline in the number of patients. His receptionist even goes to work the new doctor. When Margaret chips a tooth, and Bob cannot fit her in quickly enough for her satisfaction, Margaret becomes a turncoat and visits the new guy. Bob's increasing depression clears when the new doctor is arrested -- he turns out to be a wanted criminal who has set up his practice for the purpose of molesting his patients. 103. "A Night In" 29 Jun 1998 D: Jamie Whitney W: David Fine Bob and Margaret decide that simply watching TV at home is dulling them, but Margaret remembers the time they went out to see a comic and became the butt of his jokes. Therefore, they decide to rent a video. They have trouble choosing one, though both are intrigued by the pornographic ones. They finally choose the five-years-old romance film "Trials of Time." Neither Bob nor Margaret can find their membership cards, so Bob reapplies, giving blood and urine samples along with filling out a long, complicated form. They settle in for an evening with pizza and the video when their friends Henry and Judy ring on the phone to join them for spaghetti. Henry and Judy have a newborn terror of a son, who dampens any enthusiasm Bob and Margaret had for having their own children, a topic of discussion earlier in the episode. 102. "Blood Sweat & Tears" 6 Jul 1998 D: Jamie Whitney W: Alison Snowden Bob visits the doctor and gets the bad news: while his teeth are in great shape, the rest of him is not. Meanwhile Margaret throws her back out, again, this time by bending over to get food for the dogs. After the chiropractor visits and straightens Margaret, the couple decides to get in shape. After Bob has a run-in with a walking machine, and Margaret is defeated by aerobics, they decide to take up something easier to begin with: badminton. They schedule a friendly game with another couple: shrewish Cathy and her new boyfriend, Ken. During the game, in which Cathy continually berates Ken, she knocks him out with her racquet. While recovering in the hospital, Ken overhears Bob and Margaret talk about what a wimp he is, so Ken becomes more assertive. 101. "Bob's Burglary" 13 Jul 1998 D: Jamie Whitney W: Alison Snowden and David Fine Bob and Margaret are robbed of all their possessions while they sleep. This includes their steaks for the next day. While making a list of missing possessions, they add a few they would have liked to have; the insurance agents buy off on the whole list, and they get everything. The robbers sell the nicked items at a swap meet -- including one to the police officers who answered the initial burglarly call. After Bob and Margaret buy new things, Bob throws the boxes away outside the apartment, and the same thieves prepare to rob the apartment again. 104. "Shopping" 20 Jul 1998 D: Jamie Whitney W: David Fine Bob and Margaret go to the Super Save Shopatropolis to save money but only have a tiring experience. 106. "The Holiday" 27 Jul 1998 D: Jamie Whitney W: Alison Snowden Bob and Margaret plan a vacation in Crete, leaving the dogs at Buttons Kennels, which has the aura of the Bates Motel. Bob's fear of flying becomes apparent during the flight, so he takes a tranquilizer. But is the tranquilizer causing him to hallucinate that terrorists have taken over the flight, murdering one stewardess (in graphic fashion) and pushing two passengers out of the plane? In the meantime, the Bates Motel atmosphere is not real, and the kennel owner treats the animals well. 108. "For Peter's Sake" 21 Sep 1998 D: Jamie Whitney W: Alison Snowden Bob and Maragret agree to watch Bob's brother's difficult children, but the visit turns out to be extended. 109. "Friends for Dinner" 28 Sep 1998 D: Jamie Whitney W: David Fine Bob is ecstatic that after hosting them to several dinners, friends Neal and Moira have invited the Fishes over for dinner, so he decides to eat nothing. Only dinner turns out to be after dinner conversation, wine, and a board game. The Fishes scarf down the few snacks offered to them. They play the board game "What Would You Do?" which is like Scruples, in which a moral dilemma is offered to one person, and the others guess how he would handle the situation. Neal and Moira end up being not very moral, and Margaret blows up because they think she is not very moral either. 105. "Love's Labours Lost" 5 Oct 1998 D: Jamie Whitney W: Alison Snowden What appears to be an attraction between Bob and his assistant Penny ends up being Penny's attempt to ask for a raise. Bob decides against it, and she quits to work at a florist, even though she is allergic to flowers. Margaret tries to assist Bob, but since she does not know his routine, he gets impatient, and she gets angry and leaves. In the meantime, Penny finds she is ill-suited to work at the florist. Bob goes the florist to get flowers for her and ask her to come back, which she does with a raise. 110. "The Dental Convention" 12 Oct 1998 D: Jamie Whitney W: Peter Baynham (teleplay); David Fine & Alison Snowden (story) [TV-14] While tending to a talkative patient, Bob discovers a problem with his own teeth and has Penny make an appointment with another dentist. He learns about the annual dental convention, to be held in Hamburg. Unfortunately for Bob, Penny makes the appointment with Bob's old dental school classmate, Bernard Wiggins, who has become a Harley Street practicioner. He convinces Bob to give a speech on state-supported dentistry (which Bob does and he doesn't) in place of an ailing colleague in exchange for free service of the root canal he needs. Bob frets over the speech, knowing he hates public speaking, and has nightmares of being naked while stumbling over his speech. He is prepared to flush his notes down the toilet when Margaret convinces him to give it. Dr. Wiggins gives a flashy but incoherent speech full of buzzwords, and then it's Bob's turn. He improvises a few lines and tells a few jokes and becomes a hit, but draws the ire of Dr. Wiggins at whose practice he takes shots. Bob is repaid with a free root canal using ancient, painful instruments. 111. "Discomfort of Strangers" 19 Oct 1998 D: Jamie Whitney W: David Fine & Alison Snowden [TV-PG-SV] Margaret's coldness to Bob leads them to talk about their love life, and they realize they are taking each other for granted. They agree to go away for their anniversary weekend to Cheddar, where they honeymooned. Out of the blue and very early in the morning, Bob's Canadian cousin, Melvin Fish, calls to invite himself and his wife, Cookie, over during the week leading up to Bob and Margaret's getaway weekend, and beyond. When they show, Bob realizes they invited themselves over while he was asleep on the phone. His cousins spend a lot of time complaining about the cost of everything and how things work so much better in Canada. As the weekend approaches, Bob firmly but kindly lets them know he and Margaret are going away to Cheddar, and the cousins invite themselves along, with the promise, ultimately broken, not to bother them. While strolling along the cliffs of Cheddar, Cookie falls over and has to be rescued by helicopter. They bid farewell to Melvin and Cookie as they leave to go to the hospital, and Bob and Margaret resume their getaway. 112. "Trick or Treat" 26 Oct 1998 D: Jamie Whitney W: David Fine & Alison Snowden Bob receives an announcement of a funeral for a former classmate he does not remember. His mother also calls and asks him to take her to his father's gravesite, on the anniversary of his death. These two events depress him. Bob and Margaret meet an insurance salesman at the funeral, and Bob considers getting a lot of life insurance. The trip to the cemetary starts out bad when they see that the church and cemetary have been replaced by a shopping mall, although the headstones were saved, and they find his father's. Bob does learn that the reason his mother asks HIM (instead of Peter) to take her to the cemetary: he was his father's favorite. He also learns that Peter is her favorite. Note: Bob's father's name was Cecil. 113. "Neighbors" 2 November 1998 D: Jamie Whitney W: ? Bob and Margaret become invoved in the neighborhood and welcome their new neighbors.