The Critic - starring Jon Lovitz
 
The Critic - starring Jon Lovitz
 
starring Jon Lovitz
A Little Deb Will Do You

Episode:  5
Production Number:  105
Original Airdate:  February 23, 1994

Written by:   Nell Scovell
Directed by:  L.H. MacMullan


Summary

Eleanor is determined to have Margo attend the annual
debutantes' ball.  When Margo is reluctantly forced into it, Jay
decides to accompany her.  Meanwhile, Jay competes in his time slot against children's idol Humphrey the Hippo.


Opening Phone Gag


                       "Jay, it's Doris.  I'm at the morgue.  Could you come down and tell them I'm not dead ? They don't
                       believe me." 



Opening TV Gag


                        A monkey bangs on a rock vending machine with a bone.  Out drops a can of  "Pensa Cola" which the
                        monkey drinks.  (Parody of 2001: A Space Odyssey .)



End Theater Gag



                       Jay says "Get away zitface."




Movie Parodies

•  The Tea Cozy


Movie References

•  Jay wears a Jungle Fever robe.
•  In 1953 Audrey Hepburn won an Academy Award for Roman Holiday.
•  Jay said Boyz N the Hood was outdated, elitist and sexist.
•  The Tea Cozy was made by the same people who made Howards End.
•  Jay wants to rent the 13 hour version of Berlin Alexander Plants.
•  Jay says he panned Driving Miss Daisy.


Did You Notice

•  Jay says he has three chicks in his apartment referring to chickens.
•  The New York Chronicle reads "It's War !".
•  Jay Sherman t-shirts saying "It Stinks ! Jay Sherman" get put in a the landfill with Alf merchandise.
•  Jay's uncle is J. Edgar Hoover and is seen dressed as a woman.
•  Eleanor says "The debutantes' ball is a Wigglesworth tradition to starve yourself to fit into a dress, to dance with boys
   who feel you up and to drink so much you fall into a well. It's a magical night".
•  Margo loves Jay and her horse most of anything in the world.
•  Jay crushes the family cat named Mittens.
•  Jars at Jay's family's house read "Flour, Cookies and Bullets".
•  Margo reads "Mopey Teen Magazine".
•  Eleanor says it would be less cruel to shoot Margo's horse than have Jay jump on it and ride away.
•  Society Page reads "A Little Deb Will Do Ya !".
•  Phridays Phunny Photo of Jay's butt reads  "Tuchis By Surprise".
•  Humphrey the Hippo's friends are Rabbit De'Niro, Burt Baccaracoon and Robin the Bloodsucking Leach.
•  Billboard reads "Humphrey the Hug-In at Radio City Sold Out".
•  Testing shows that Jay reminds his audience of the Pillsbury Doughboy.
•  Jay's highest rating given out is 7 out of 10.
•  Jay goes to "Ye Olde Video Shoppe and Laser Disquerie" where posters outside read "Rabbi PI, Mr. Smith Goes to    
   Washington, Spike Lee F, Humphrey Hippo and All Videos 99¢".
•  Humphrey's new rap video and poster reads "Humphrey Hug Da Police".
•  Jay's urine once turned pink after eating six bowls of Humphrey Cereal and drinking a gallon of chocolate milk.
•  Jay once sucker punched Mr. Rogers.
•  Humphrey's catch phrase is "Ho, Ho, Ho, Stick Out your Toe, He, He, He,  Stick Out Your Knee".
•  The Natural Museum of History sign reads "We Take the Fun Out of Jurassic Park and Welcome Debutantes".
•  When Jay is to meet under the blue whale he says  "I'll wear a carnation  so you'll know which one is me."


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

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

Music by:
  Alf Clausen
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
A Little Deb Will Do You - Episode 5