Mike & Molly Fat Joke Tracker: 'What To Get the Man With No Neck'
Mike & Molly rebounded from a particularly fat joke free episode with last night's "First Christmas," in which the plump lovebirds shared, well, their first Christmas, while their friends and family members lobbed unfunny size-ist insults at them. Don't you just love sitcom holidays? Let's review the awful zingers.
"I have no idea what the woman likes!"
-- "Well apparently she likes big dumb guys." -- Mike and his best friend
"I love that he's trying to find the perfect gift. But he's running out of time which means I'll end up with ear muffs and a fudge log...which I'll love." -- Molly
"I've left a couple open catalogs out on the night stand."
-- "Well, you might want to leave those catalogs in the refrigerator. [...] Otherwise, you're going to be losing valuable closet space for a set of golf clubs." -- Molly and her mother
"What was I gonna do? I was helping grandma get her Rascal [scooter] down the escalator. [Mike] wondered off and then he came back eating a lemon bar and wearing a bomber jacket. It's like going to the mall with a 300 pound toddler." -- Mike's best friend
"Oh, cashmere scarfs!"
-- "...what you get the man with no neck." -- Molly and Mike's best friend
"I hate Christmas."
-- "What happened? Did your reindeer finally quit?" -- Mike and his waiter
"I cannot believe the pressure you Americans put on yourself at the holidays. And why? You live in nice homes, have a car to drive and clearly have enough food to eat." -- Mike's waiter
"I got you the kind [of underwear] to prevent chafing. When he was little, I had to butter his thighs." -- Mike's mom
Nothing says "holiday cheer" like a fat guy's buttered thighs. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
Comments
This show has got to go! The only reason it made it past the usual two episode run networks allow mediocore projects, is because more than half of America is obese. The slow creeping in of acceptance and comfort with seeing obese people as "normal" perpetuated by shows like this is troubling. Wouldn't it be something if the show were a drama that addressed the struggles and root causes of food addiction? Treated like the addiction that it is? No, instead we have stupid television for stupid fat Americans to plop down in front of, while consuming tubs of oreos and doritos... and feeling "normal" doing it.
David, nothing about this show makes fat people feel normal. As a rule, fat people do not sit around making fat jokes at each other - and generally, non-fat people have the decorum not to make fat jokes within earshot of fat people. I'd say, it's likely that this show is directed for people like you who make sweeping generalizations about fat people.