10 TV Moments That Were Almost WAY Darker
1. Bob's Burgers (Were Made Of Human Meat)
Of the many imitators which came into existence after
the mega-success of The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers is alone in attempting, mostly successfully,
to ape the classic show’s family friendly format. Unlike Seth MacFarlane’s
stable of adult animations such as American Dad and Family Guy, the H. Jon Benjamin-starring
Bob’s Burgers is a largely PG-rated affair and eschews the more violent and darker
aspects of TV’s other cartoon families.
However, this wasn’t always intended to be the case. When the show was first pitched to Fox, the premise was built around Bob’s titular franchise serving up the eponymous treats with an, er, interesting secret ingredient.
The Belchers, the quirky brood which the show revolves around, were originally meant to serve human flesh, Soylent Green-style, to the denizens of their local town. The absurdly dark premise was cut early on in the show’s development, but the pilot did hold onto elements of this abandoned idea.
In this iteration, long-suffering patriarch Bob is accused
of cannibalism, but luckily the creators changed their original tact and so in
the episode proper, the accusation isn’t actually true. It's just as well, as it's a bit hard to imagine the beloved long-running show lasting as long as it has with such an odd, gruesome premise.