Screencaps for the upcoming episode of Bob's Burgers, "The Big Stieblitzki", premieres Sunday, September 8 at 8:30pm EDT/7:30pm CDT on FOX.

Okay, I am so excited by the fact that they are in the bowling alley!

Since I learned the title "The Big Stieblitzki" I've occasionally wondered what it would be about and one of the (not super serious) ideas I had was "Louise or Linda notice how lonely Sylvester is and make Bob hang out with him and they end up going bowling with Teddy and Mort" after all, Sylvester is the big Stieblitz and "The Big Lebowski"= bowling (among other things.)

So, even though the actual episode doesn't match my theory exactly I am proud that I apparently got the "Sylvester plays a bigger role" and "bowling" aspects right.

I am really looking forward to this one (even if it will no doubt crush my many Sylvester Stieblitz headcanons...)

THE FAMILY GETS INVITED TO RUDY’S FATHER’S BIRTHDAY PARTY ON BOB’S BURGERS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, ON FOX 

When the family gets invited to Rudy’s father's birthday party, they scramble to make him look better than Paul, who’s trying to hit on Rudy’s mother. Meanwhile, Tina attempts to convince a woman to commit to a relationship with Rudy’s father in the “The Big Stieblitzki” encore episode of Bob’s Burgers airing Sunday, September 8 (8:30-9:00 PM PT ONLY) on FOX. (BOB-1313) (TV-PG D, L)

Voice Cast: H. Jon Benjamin as Bob Belcher; John Roberts as Linda Belcher; Kristen Schaal as Louise Belcher; Eugene Mirman as Gene Belcher; Dan Mintz as Tina Belcher; Larry Murphy as Uncle Teddy.

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Note that this is a continuation of Season 14 since Season 15 is set to air on September 29th.

Yay! We've finally got "The Big Stieblitzki" summary!

As the author of (I'm pretty sure) the universe's only Sylvester Stieblitz-centeted fanfic, I am pretty excited to see him take a slightly more central role in an episode (even if it will invariably end up contradicting some of my headcanons about him.) Based on the "Big" title a part of me has been jokingly wondering if the episode would focus on Sylvester (or Cousin Mandy) rather than Rudy.

Sylvester inviting the Belchers to his birthday party makes sense to me as Sylvester strikes me as a kind of lonely guy who wouldn't have a lot of folks to invite to his party.

The description of Paul as "trying to hit on Rudy's mother" is odd since, like, haven't they already been dating for a while? But sometimes these summaries are oddly written.

Does this mean Rudy's mom will actually get a canon name? (Please let it be Wendy...) Also, I hope the woman Tina is trying to convince to commit to a relationship with Sylvester is not Vicki since I've already written like three fics that have them breaking up shortly after "The Amazing Rudy".

I'm also glad that it seems like this won't quite be the rough emotional episode for Rudy that "The Amazing Rudy" was (I mean, I love that episode but it basically always makes me cry) nor does it appear to be revisiting the "Rudy and Louise have a disagreement" territory that was already well-covered in "House of 1,000 Bounces" and "Bridge Over Troubled Rudy". I'm glad to have more Rudy episodes but don't want them to revisit the same territory as previous episodes (honestly, that goes for non-Rudy episodes too).

Although, now I'm wondering if Sylvester's birthday will have a bounce house...