Like Bob’s Burgers?
Don’t miss the newest addition to Animation Domination.
(The show properly premieres Feb. 14 at 8:30 p.m.
FOX
ET, but you canstream the first two episodes now on Hulu.)
Daughter Judy (Jenny Slate) is a dreamy-smart high-schooler.
Middle son Ham (Paul Rust) loves baking.
Ten-year-old Moon (Aparna Nancherla) is some kind of savant who never takes off his bear onesie.
It’s a straightforward family-sitcom dynamic, loaded up with endearing eccentricity.
Judyspeaks to imaginary friend Alanis Morissette, who voices herself as an ethereal god-thing floating amid the aurora borealis.
(So: voicing herself.)
(The pilot requires more than one flare gun.)
But these are rich characters in absurd situations full of quotable dialogue.
“I don’t know what I’d do without you,” Ham tells Judy.
“Probably die, or come up with some other coping mechanism.”
He’s too modest, as usual.The Great Northcould be one of the norths.
Greats, I mean, greats!Grade: A-
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