Mazel-Tina

"Mazel-Tina"
Bob's Burgers episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Series 58 Episode 13
Directed by	Brian Loschiavo
Written by	Holly Schlesinger
Production code	4ASA03
Original air date	March 16, 2014
Guest appearance(s)
Jenny Slate as Tammy Julie Klaushner as Tammy's Mom David Herman as Tammy's Dad Brooke Dillman as Janet Bobby Tisdale as Zeke

"Mazel-Tina" is the 13th episode of the fourth season of the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers and the overall 58th episode, and is written by Holly Schlesinger and directed by Brian Loschiavo. It aired on Fox in the United States on March 16, 2014.^[1]

Plot

Tina does not make the cut on the guest list for Tammy's Bat Mitzvah, but gets to attend as part of the catering staff when Bob and the family are hired for the event, where she is still excited about the prospect of scoping out the boys from other schools who will be there. When Louise convinces the party coordinator, Janet, to quit, Tammy enlists Tina to fill in as her coordinator. Tina helps an ungrateful Tammy follow the schedule and navigate her various family members.

Meanwhile, the rest of the Belchers attempt to stay at their catering post, but are gradually each seduced away by the variety of other foods being offered. Bob and Linda in particular become so caught up that they find themselves at an entirely different party in the same venue.

While inspecting a faulty light in the interior of a large, hollow, light-up replica of Tammy's head, Tammy catches Louise in the act of trying to pour guacamole out the nose of the replica head, causing Louise to accidentally drop the headset in the bowl of guacamole, and both Tammy and Louise become trapped inside when the head is hoisted above the stage. After unclogging the headset, in a fit of rage, Louise secretly turns her headset off in response to Tammy's nasty attitude, pretending they're still clogged, leaving them unable to communicate with Tina or anyone else to let them know where they are. Following Tammy's previous order to keep the party moving no matter what, Tina takes Tammy's place in the Bat Mitzvah activities, receiving congratulations from Tammy's family and friends (who begin calling her "other Tammy"), reading from the Torah, and leading the dances. Tammy becomes dismayed when she realizes that her nasty behavior and attitude has resulted in her family and friends not noticing or caring that she is missing. Louise helps her realize that she's been a "terrible Bat-zilla" and eventually reveals the the headset is unclogged, but demands that Tammy invite Tina to all her future parties.

Tammy agrees, but when the girls contact Tina, she ignores them in order to stay in the spotlight. Tammy and Louise manage to break through the bottom of the replica just as Tina leads the ladies' choice dance with the most popular boy at the party. Tina apologizes to Tammy, but tells her that she now understands why she acted so obnoxious: being the center of attention is intoxicating. Tammy is momentarily pleased that someone else understands her, but is incensed again when Tina thanks her for coming to her Bat Mitzvah. Before Tammy can attack her, Tina calls everyone to dance the Hora and the party goers lift a furious Tammy into the air. The Belchers meet up and exit the party as Tina wishes Tammy a happy Bat Mitzvah.

Reception

Pilot Viruet of The A.V. Club gave the episode a A-, saying "It’s one of those episodes where the events, while funny, pale in comparison to the wonderful little character moments: Louise showing how much she cares about her sister but not going totally soft (she is mostly indifferent to Tammy’s upset cries); Tina understanding her selfish and obsessive actions; the entire family continuing to accept whatever silly traits the rest of them have."^[2] Robert Ham of Paste gave the episode an 8.6 out of 10, saying "There’s much to love about the Belcher children on Bob’s Burgers. Heck, they are 2/3rds of the reason many people I know keep tuning in every week. But what really strikes me in episodes like tonight’s is how indefatigable they are. All three may be social pariahs with weird habits and attitudes, but they never let their lack of friends or good fortune get them down for very long."^[3]

The episode received a 1.1 rating and was watched by a total of 2.44 million people. This made it the fourth most watched show on Animation Domination that night, losing to American Dad!, The Simpsons, and Family Guy with 4.62 million.^[4]

"Mazel-Tina" was submitted for consideration for the Outstanding Animated Program at the 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and was one of the five nominees. Bob's Burgers won the Emmy, their first win in three nominations ("Burgerboss" and "O.T.: The Outside Toilet" were also nominated).^[5]

References

↑ "Bob's Burgers Episode Guide 2014 Season 4 - Mazel Tina, Episode 12". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
↑ Viruet, Pilot (2014-03-16). "Bob's Burgers: "Mazel-Tina"". Avclub.com. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
↑ Ham, Robert. "Bob's Burgers Review: "Mazel-Tina"". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
↑ "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon A Time', 'Resurrection', 'America's Funniest Home Videos', 'Cosmos', 'American Dad' & 'Believe' Adjusted Up". Tvbythenumbers. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2014-08-16). "Harry Shearer, 'Bob's Burgers' win first Emmys". Deadline. Retrieved 2014-08-21.

Bob's Burgers

Episodes Characters Writers

Season 1	"Human Flesh" "Crawl Space" "Sacred Cow" "Sexy Dance Fighting" "Hamburger Dinner Theater" "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" "Bed & Breakfast" "Art Crawl" "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs" "Burger Wars" "Weekend at Mort's" "Lobsterfest" "Torpedo"

Season 2	"The Belchies" "Bob Day Afternoon" "Synchronized Swimming" "Burgerboss" "Food Truckin'" "Dr. Yap" "Moody Foodie" "Bad Tina" "Beefsquatch"

Season 3	"Ear-sy Rider" "Full Bars" "Bob Fires the Kids" "Mutiny on the Windbreaker" "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal" "The Deepening" "Tina-Rannosaurus Wrecks" "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene" "God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins" "Mother Daughter Laser Razor" "Nude Beach" "Broadcast Wagstaff School News" "My Fuzzy Valentine" "Lindapendant Woman" "O.T.: The Outside Toilet" "Topsy" "Two for Tina" "It Snakes a Village" "Family Fracas" "The Kids Run the Restaurant" "Boyz 4 Now" "Carpe Museum" "The Unnatural"

Season 4	"A River Runs Through Bob" "Fort Night" "Seaplane!" "My Big Fat Greek Bob" "Turkey in a Can" "Purple Rain-Union" "Bob and Deliver" "Christmas in the Car" "Slumber Party" "Presto Tina-o" "Easy Com-mercial, Easy Go-mercial" "The Frond Files" "Mazel-Tina" "Uncle Teddy" "The Kids Rob a Train" "I Get Psy-chic Out of You" "The Equestranauts" "Ambergris" "The Kids Run Away" "Gene It On" "Wharf Horse (or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town – Part I)" "World Wharf II: The Wharfening (or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town – Part II)"

Season 5	"Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl" "Tina and the Real Ghost" "Friends with Burger-fits" "Dawn of the Peck" "Best Burger" "Father of the Bob" "Tina Tailor Soldier Spy" "Midday Run" "Speakeasy Rider" "Late Afternoon in the Garden of Bob and Louise" "Can't Buy Me Math" "The Millie-churian Candidate" "The Gayle Tales" "L'il Hard Dad" "Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting" "The Runway Club" "Itty Bitty Ditty Committee" "Eat, Spray, Linda" "Housetrap" "Hawk & Chick" "The Oeder Games"

Season 6	"Sliding Bobs" "The Land Ship" "The Hauntening" "Gayle Makin' Bob Sled" "Nice-Capades" "The Cook, the Steve, the Gayle, & Her Lover" "The Gene and Courtney Show" "Sexy Dance Healing" "Sacred Couch" "Lice Things Are Lice" "House of 1000 Bounces" "Stand by Gene" "Wag the Hog" "The Hormone-iums" "Pro Tiki/Con Tiki" "Bye Bye Boo Boo" "The Horse Rider-er" "Secret Admiral-irer" "Glued, Where's My Bob?"

Season 7	"Flu-ouise" "Sea Me Now" "Teen-a Witch" "They Serve Horses, Don't They?" "Large Brother, Where Fart Thou?" "The Quirkducers" "The Last Gingerbread House on the Left"

Category

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program

1970s

Halloween Is Grinch Night (1978)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979)

1980s

Carlton Your Doorman (1980)
Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown (1981)
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982)
Ziggy's Gift (1983)
Garfield on the Town (1984)
Garfield in the Rough (1985)
Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1986)
Cathy (1987)
A Claymation Christmas Celebration (1988)
Garfield's Babes and Bullets / DuckTales ("Super DuckTales") (1989)

1990s

The Simpsons ("Life on the Fast Lane") (1990)
The Simpsons ("Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment") / Tale Spin ("Plunder & Lightning") (1991)
A Claymation Easter (1992)
Batman: The Animated Series ("Robin's Reckoning: Part I") (1993)
The Roman City (1994)
The Simpsons ("Lisa's Wedding") (1995)
Pinky and the Brain ("A Pinky and the Brain Christmas") (1996)
The Simpsons ("Homer's Phobia") (1997)
The Simpsons ("Trash of the Titans") (1998)
King of the Hill ("And They Call It Bobby Love") / Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1999)

2000s

Program (Less Than One Hour)	The Simpsons ("Behind the Laughter") (2000) The Simpsons ("HOMR") (2001) Futurama ("Roswell That Ends Well") (2002) The Simpsons ("Three Gays of the Condo") (2003) Samurai Jack ("The Birth of Evil") (2004) South Park ("Best Friends Forever") (2005) The Simpsons ("The Seemingly Never-Ending Story") (2006) South Park ("Make Love, Not Warcraft") (2007) The Simpsons ("Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind") (2008) South Park ("Margaritaville") (2009)

Program (One Hour or More)	Walking with Dinosaurs (2000) Allosaurus: A Walking With Dinosaurs Special (2001) Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2002) Chased by Dinosaurs (2003) Star Wars: Clone Wars (Volume 1: Chapters 1-20) (2004) Star Wars: Clone Wars (Volume 2: Chapters 21-25) (2005) Before the Dinosaurs (2006) Camp Lazlo ("Where's Lazlo?") (2007) South Park (Imaginationland: The Movie) (2008) Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends ("Destination: Imagination") (2009)

2010s

Prep & Landing (2010)
Futurama ("The Late Philip J. Fry") (2011)
The Penguins of Madagascar ("The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole") (2012)
South Park ("Raising the Bar") (2013)
Bob's Burgers ("Mazel-Tina") (2014)
Over the Garden Wall (2015)
Archer ("The Figgis Agency") (2016)

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