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Bob and Margaret Volume 5 for

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A recurring theme in the ongoing tale of this unhappily happily married British couple (seen regularly on Comedy Central after winning a Best Animated Short Oscar) is their repeated debate about having kids, even while all about them they're confronted with living, breathing, squealing reasons to avoid life's little miracles. This volume explores that topic in-depth--the first episode concerns Bob and Margaret babysitting Bob's petulant nephew and niece; the second has Margaret confronting a mom who spanks her child in a megamarket. Though the squalling kids are appropriately annoying, the observational humor here feels a little pat, and flat, particularly in the second episode, "Shopping," which covers such well-worn territory as fighting for a parking place and long lines at the checkout. Still, each episode has its gem of a moment. When polite thugs pick Margaret's pocket, they're caught on security cameras; the crack force monitoring the cameras react decisively, saying, "We'd better keep an eye on those two--they may be shoplifters." --David Kronke

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