Bob the Butler

2005 American film

August 28, 2005 (2005-08-28)

(Disney Channel)

December 20, 2005 (2005-12-20)

(DVD)

Running time

90 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Bob the Butler is a 2005 family comedy film directed by Gary Sinyor and starring Brooke Shields and Tom Green.^[1]^[2]

Premise

Bob, a man who can't hold a job, discovers an ad in the Yellow Pages for a butler school. Anne Jamieson, a single mother and neat freak, hires Bob as her butler.

Cast

Tom Green as Bob Tree
Brooke Shields as Anne Jamieson
Genevieve Buechner as Tess Jamieson
Benjamin Smith as Bates Jamieson
Nicole Potvin as Morgan
Rob LaBelle as Jacques
Valerie Tian as Sophie
Simon Callow as Mr. Butler
Iris Graham as Mama Clara

Production

Bob the Butler was originally planned to be released in theaters October 2005 with a presumed PG-13 rating, but instead premiered on Disney Channel on August 28, 2005, in an edited down PG version. The edited PG version of the film was made available on DVD on December 20, 2005.

Music

Tom Green performed the credits music "My Name is Bob", which was a track produced by Mike Simpson of The Dust Brothers. The background music for that track ended up being used for Green's 2005 single Teachers Suck from his rap album Prepare For Impact.

References

^ Perry Seibert (2014). "Bob the Butler". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-12-19.
^ Weinberg, Scott (November 26, 2005). "Bob the Butler". DVD Talk. Retrieved July 21, 2021.