I’ve been to art crawls before. And … they can be … fun.
But, they can also be pretentious.
And overly arty.
Goofy.
Puzzling.
And, sometimes, they can be just plain ridiculous.
But I’ve got to tell you: A few of the ones I’ve visited? Well, let’s just say they could have benefited from the subject Lynda’s sister Gayle (played by the beautiful Megan Mullally, Fish Police, Will & Grace) came up with on this episode of Bob’s Burgers.
It seems Gayle has a “penchant” for art. Except … she really doesn’t. Her latest painting revelation, you see, came one day when she was stymied for ideas. Frustrated, she yelled out to the heavens, demanding some sort of inspiration to apply to her canvas. And, lo and behold, a gopher appeared out of the ground, turned tail and revealed the back of its front to her.
Instant art subject.
And so a series of animal backsides with puckered sphincters get created for contribution to the local art crawl. With the hallowed walls of Bob’s Burgers the unfortunate recipient of Gayle’s creations, much to Bob’s chagrin.
Let the comedy fly:
“Why can’t we make fun of Aunt Gayle’s paintings? She’s family!” – Louise
“Yeah! That’ means never holding back anything … right, ‘Pit Stains’?” – Gene
“Am I showing?” – Bob
“Let’s just say your shirt looks like my underwear right now.” – Gene
“Look! No one tells Gale anything she can’t handle. That’s your Mom’s rule. All right? You treat her like a mental patient.” – Bob
“I mean … she probably should be one. Right?” – Gene
“Yeah. I heard she ate her lipstick once. Because she wanted to feel red inside.” – Louise
“And she made a dress out of live shrimp shrimp and wore it to mass!” – Gene
“Oh. And she shaved her cat.” – Louise
“Come on Louise, you know none of that is true. Except for the cat shaving … maybe the shrimp … and the lipstick …” – Bob
“Lynda! There are animal anuses all over our walls!” – Bob
“Just think of them as cute little rumps …” – Lynda
“Lyn! They’re anuses! I’m trying to think of worse paintings to hang in a restaurant … uhm, nope .. I can’t think of any!” – Bob
“Bad monkey!” – Gene, spanking the picture of a monkey butt
“Kids! Stop that!” – Bob
“No! I’m spanking the monkey!” – Gene
“We can make T-shirts! It’ll say (points to his nipples and crotch): ‘Milk … milk … lemonade … (turns around and wiggles his butt) around the corner art is made’ …” – Gene
“All right … we need to get these up before they get back. Your Mom will be so excited to see this stuff she won’t even notice that I took Gayle’s paintings down.” – Bob
“Pretty manipulative, Dad. I see where I get it.” – Louise
“Thank you. You should see my taxes …” – Bob
“Teddy … what’s wrong? You haven’t touched your food …” – Bob
“I don’t know, Bob. It’s just the … uh …” – Teddy
“Anuses?” – Bob
“Yeah. Y’know? Yeah, they’re uh …” – Teddy
“I know.” – Bob
“They’re like Mona Lisa’s eyes. They follow you wherever you go.” – Teddy
“Oooooo … you’re right …” – Bob
“Gene? Tina? What are you doing here?” – Bob
“Learning to paint.” – Tina
“We’re honing our craft!” – Gene
“Okay … well … good luck trying to polish a turd …” – Louise
Apparently, beauty is in the (brown) eye of the beholder.
Clacked by Michael Noble 
on Mar 21, 2011 @ 11:30 EST5EDT
