Well, at least not in the adult-oriented side of things.
This classic joke from the show’s pilot would definitely not fly in a 2023 episode ofBob’s Burgers.
This inaugural episode ofBob’s Burgerswas actually an adaptation of the original concept for the entire show.
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Creator Loren Bouchard’s initial plans were to make a whole series about a family of cannibals.
She merely scolds Bob for forgetting such an important date and storms out of the room.
The meat they’re grinding is just regular meat.
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Why Was ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Original Concept Scrapped?
The art style still left a lot to be desired.
However, the scrapping of the cannibalism premise is definitely the biggest change that the show underwent.
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But why was Bouchard’s original idea for the show canned?
Bouchard spoke about the process of creatingBob’s Burgersin a 2016interview withThe Hollywood Reporter.
Fox, however, wasn’t too keen on the idea.
What she did was simply tell Bouchard to lose the cannibalism.
“I said, ‘Loren, do you want to do 100 episodes worth of cannibal jokes?
‘”, Makkos toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
And, frankly, that was for the best.
Audiences would’ve called the health department to close up shop long before that.
