The Critic - starring Jon Lovitz
 
The Critic - starring Jon Lovitz
 
starring Jon Lovitz
Marty's First Date

Episode:  2
Production Number:  103
Original Airdate:  February 2, 1994

Written by:   Tom Gammill, Max Pross
Directed by:  Alan Smart

Special Guests:  Gene Shalit as Himself


Summary

Marty invites his dad to a career day at school where he develops
a crush on a Cuban girl named Carmen.  After their date, Carmen decides to fly back to Cuba and Marty follows after her.  Jay must go to Cuba to get his son back.


Opening Phone Gag


                       "Hi, this is Gene Shalit.  I'm having a bad hair day.  If you don't believe me, look out the window."




Opening TV Gag


                        A man hangs with one arm from the edge of a cliff.  With the other arm he is struggling to hold a women.  
                        The women is holding a boy.  The boy is holding a dog.  The dog is holding a cat.  The cat is holding a
                        mouse.  And finally, the mouse is holding a piece of cheese.  (Parody of the movie Cliffhanger.)


End Theater Gag


                       Jay says "Is the... snack bar still open ?"




Movie Parodies

•  A G'day in the Life of Che Guevara
•  F - The Story of Malcolm Forbes
•  The Red Balloon Part 2 Revenge of the Red Balloon


Movie References

•  Jay attended a school called the "New York School for the Performing Arts as seen in the movie "Fame"."
•  Jay's socks read "My Left Foot" and "Tootsie".
•  Jay offers Carmen's dad a Star Trek VII pencil and says it's "Nemoy's Lamest".
•  The terrorists in The Red Balloon are modeled after Die Hard.
•  Jay says he gave "Thumbs Up to The Mambo Kings".


Did You Notice

•  The half finished billboard reads "Jay Sherman now with a new pleasant aroma".  A "sun city" bottle is pictured in the
    lower right.
•  Jay's ex-wife's apartment is located in the "Alimony Towers".
•  Jay's school review of the Christmas concert was "Ho Ho Horrible".
•  Marty's school sign reads "United Nations Private School Teaching Brotherhood and Tolerance to Those Who Can Afford
    It".
•  Jay's show is dubbed into 11 different languages.
•  School food sign reads "U.N. School Cafeteria Lunch: 50 Cents 75 Pence or 800.000 Pesos".
•  On Marty's birthday he choked on a scented candle and got his nose caught in a mouse trap.
•  During the international food fight the France table surrenders.
•  Hotdogs in the park cost $1.
•  Jay attended the "Class of '76 Senior Prom".
•  Sign on Cuban Embassy building reads "Cuban Embassy Hating Your Country Since 1959".
•  Jay says he can "Sink a $50 million dollar musical using only the word CRAP !"
•  Cinema sign reads "Cinema Purcatorio".
•  Posters at the cinema are for "Family Feud the Movie, Sheens vs. Bridges", "Mash the Movie of the TV Show Not the
   Original Movie" and "The Red Balloon".
•  Newspaper reads "Yankees Lose 9 - 5 Steinbrenner Fired".
•  Concert sign reads "Carnegie Hall One Night Only Bum Sold Out".
•  Marty and Carmen fly to Havana Airport on Air Cuba.
•  Jay flies to Cuba from Mexico's "Linda Ronstadt International Airport".
•  Carmen's grandfather is Fidel Castro.
•  The mental patient boat is named the "S.S. Loco".


Created by:  Al Jean & Mike Reiss
Co-Producer:  Steve Tompkins, J. Michael Mendel
Produced by:  Rich Moore, Richard Raynis
Executive Producers:  James L. Brooks, Al Jean, Mike Reiss

Starring:
  Jon Lovitz, Nancy Cartwright, Christine Cavanaugh, Gerrit Graham, Doris Grau, Judith Ivey, Nick Jameson,
                Tress MacNielle, Maurice La Marche, Charles Napier, Kath Soucie and Brenda Vaccaro.

Music by:  Jeff Rona
Theme by:  Hans Zimmer
Animation Produced by:  Film Roman, INC







A Toupee Production ™

Television Episode Capsule
Opening Phone Gag
Opening TV Gag
End Theater Gag
Marty's First Date - Episode 2