cleaningtechnologypjc God the devil and bob follows the adventures of Bob Alman, an auto-plant worker from Detriot, who is picked by God to be "the definitive proof" that his creation is not worth chucking. Bob is not the perfect guy, and was in fact chosen by Satan (played as a needy co-dependent to the Jerry Garcia-esqe version of God), as Satan was sure he would falter in his duty. The show's comedy is extremely sub-par. I don't think I laughed once throughout the course of the whole thing, and thats every single episode. No, what gets this show an 9/10 is the very real sense one gets of the humanity of the characters. The creators of the show went for a different kind of feeling, a God who is flawed. This characterization makes him come off as a more-powerful Yoda, but the series plays off it nicely. The sparkle of the show, is the underlying execution of its morality. Think "the Simpson's" seasons 1-4, before Homer could in one episode go from being a nobody, to head of the Union, lead a strike, and be the regular joy again within a week. That level of cartoony disrespect for reality is funnier then this show by a long-shot, but God, The Devil and Bob's greatest strength is the weight it gives everything. God's depiction could be played light for laughs, but it isn't. The perfect example of this is an episode in which Bob's father dies. Upon searching hell for him, Bob discovers he is, in fact, in Heaven. Horrified that such an evil man (protrayed as unrepentantly vile) is allowed in, Bob goes on a rampage. He finds God in a bar, and when inquired God's answer is not joking. He behaviors in a more sombre way then Everybody Loves Ramone ever could. God simply says "Did you ever meet your grandpa?" and then explains that Bob's father "passed on a softer punch". One gets the sense, the real sense, that these are people, and not cartoons. And whatever controversy the show might have gotten, it is something precious in any medium to make the audience see humanity in the players. And this show did that in spades. You very much should see this show.

brockhull1976 I rented the 2 disc series which has a total of 13 episodes i think it is one of the best animated TV series i have seen. It has lessons in them that everybody can learn from. I don't ever remember seeing any of the episodes on TV but i cant understand why. I didn't see anything wrong of course its not for little kids because it has a little cursing every once in a while but nothing that is not said on the other animated series thats on TV right now. But any way i watched it then told my wife about it and she is a very hard critic of all movies and TV and she really liked it and when we watched it together i heard her actually laugh out loud at this series which is very rare for her. But once again i loved it and wished they were more of them to watch.

jimhass Somebody brought up the Simpson's in this context. It's true: the same narrow minds that fought the Simpsons for Bart's "rebellious attitude" fought this one too. How stupid can you get. While not the greatest show in the world, this was clever, fun, and quite wise on a theological level. In fact, I can't really figure out why a religious person would be against this, unless they are simply looking for something to be offended by, because it makes them happy to get in a paroxysm of moral outrage, regardless of the matter before them.I'll tell you the difference between the Simpson's and this quick cancellation: we've had a great increase in power, over the last 15 years, of the narrow-minded and censorious. This trend must be fought, or we won't have much culture left.

Matt_In_The_Hat As you may have gathered from reading the other user comments (you did read the other user comments didn't you? Go and read them. Read them? Good.) The concept was brilliant. The animation was very good (I hesitate to say brilliant, but it kind of is). The characters were marvellous.Then the Americans cancelled it.They said it was blasphemous.God and the Devil influence a man's actions and he usually, after wavering slightly to make the plot better, ends up doing the right thing. It shows man as a creature that, whilst fallible, is generally good. That God has faith in man and that as hard as the Devil might try he can't seem to turn man to evil. How is this blasphemous? Well, it's blasphemous because it takes the name of God in (what they construe as) vain. The name of God, Lord, Christ or Jesus are taken in vain on so many other shows that it is almost impossible to count them all. [Side note; ever notice how these shows never take Mohammed or Allah or Vishnu or Gnesha or Buddha in vain? There's political correctness for you.] So why target this show? The character's in it didn't take the Lord's name in vain nearly as often as other shows did. The only difference is that God was there to answer back. Was God out of character? No. Was God callous? No. Did God ever do anything nasty? No. Did God have faith in humanity? Yes. Was God good? Yes. So it was the fact that he was actually there, whether or not he was 'as he should be'.The people who objected to this seem to be overly sensitive to the portrayal of God. I can see their point; they may see this as the thin end of the wedge and that if they let this go God may be portrayed in another show in a far less favourable light. But their job is done for them by studio executives who would not go anywhere near putting that much effort into broadcasting something that would attract so much protest from so many Christians.So who are the Americans who were not wrong? The ones that made the show and thought that common sense was a lot more common than it is. A wise man once wrote that the IQ of a mob is the lowest individual IQ divided by the number of people in the mob. This does not just apply to mobs but to any group really.And just as a final note, before the show was broadcast in the UK it was shown to a number of religious leaders. They saw the show as a good comedy and that it had a very good, very Christian message.