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Bob Moody was mid-life, mid-career, middle-management and middle-class. He worked as a quality-control inspector for United General Technologies. He loved his family and worked hard to support them, but in ways was struggling with adulthood as well. Episodes often focused on Bob's thwarted ambitions
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laws which demand the treehouse be demolished. In another episode his daughter asks him to stay in the kitchen and not embarrass her at her first party, but when it flops, he livens it up with disco music and a game of Twister to everyone's delight and helps his daughter approach a boy she likes.
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at work, or the fact that he was not a traditional husband and father at home. Bob managed to get by as a result of finding the confidence to accept himself. Some episodes were surrealistic in nature, such as Bob trying an experimental hair-restoration product that slowly turned him into a
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When the school board considers axing Dylan's music classes, Bob takes a stand against budget cuts and starts a petition drive β€” without much success. When President Clinton visits a local mall, Bob decides his could be the signature that turns his cause
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and jazz dancing, to protect his family's right to go to a restaurant after a bully from work threatens him. Other episodes were more down to earth. In one Bob stages a sit-in in his younger son's treehouse in order to protest oppressive
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struggled in its time slot, while retaining a small but devoted cult following. Howard Rosenberg of the Los Angeles Times described the show as "sneaky-funny" in his 1992 review.
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Before their broken furnace can be replaced, the Moodys must contend with the cold reality of costly asbestos removal β€” and living in a small trailer in their back yard.
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Bob has Carter play sick so he can stay home to "nurse" him, but actually he wants to watch the hottest fight of the year and avoid having to attend
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to save the local school music program, ultimately Bob is tackled by Secret Service agents when he tries to get newly-elected President
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Bob's in-laws leave their dog behind when they vacation in Hawaii and when it suddenly dies, Bob could find himself in the doghouse.
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After Bob restores a sports car with Russell and Carter's help, Carter takes it out for an unauthorized spin and wrecks it.
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Bob and Helen's fifteenth anniversary is clouded when Bernadette finds a love poem from one of Helen's old flames.
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Bob moves his poker game to his house so he can chaperone Bernadette's party, a move sure to embarrass her.
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as Bob Moody, a hapless but supportive and caring father. Robin Riker played his wife and Matthew Brooks,
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Bob loses a promotion to a much-younger manager and quits his job, then must break the news to his wife.
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After spending long hours at work away from the family, Bob tries to bond with youngest child Dylan.
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Bob tries to clean the chimney, but when Dylan gets stuck inside, Bob's marriage may go up in smoke.
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However outlandish the situations became, the series was always grounded in family life.
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