Andy Richter Controls the Universe: Charity Begins in Cellblock D

Episode score 8.4 Great

Charity Begins in Cellblock D

  • 18.
  • Season: 2
  • Episode: 12
  • Prod Code: 19

EPISODE OVERVIEW

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After seeing how much charity work Byron, Keith, and Wendy do, Andy and Jessica feel guilty, so they join a program to help prisoners channel their rage with a writing contest. But Andy's "charitible" work becomes more about himself when he discovers the prize is something he covets. Add a recap »

Writers:
Dave Jeser
Director:
Andy Ackerman
Stars:
Paget Brewster (Jessica Green)
James Patrick Stuart (Keith)
Andy Richter (Andy)
Jonathan Slavin (Byron)
Irene Molloy (Wendy)
Recurring Role:
John Bliss (Mr. Pickering)
Guest Star:
Charles Robinson (Warden)
  • When Byron get ready to spit his grape into Wendy's cup, he is standing in front of a large building directory. This directory is actually filled with the names of crew members from the show. edit »
  • The German episode title is "Die Haft-Dichter", meaning "Jailhouse Poets". edit »
  • This episode eventually aired for the first time on HD-Net. edit »
  • Jessica: (reading the prisoner's poem) "1,2,3,4; let's all go rob a convenience store. 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13..." It goes on like that for a while.
    Wendy: Well, at least he got the numbers right.
    Jessica: Only up until 24, then he just wrote the word "bagina" over and over again.
    Wendy: "Ba-gina?"
    Jessica: Hey, I'm not going to be the one to tell him. edit »
  • Andy: Hey, where are you guys going? You're supposed to be my friends.
    Keith: Easy, guy, your parents' divorce is showing. edit »
  • Mr. Pickering: Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day; hit a man with a brick, and you can have all his fish—and his wife. edit »
  • Andy: (on letting him win) All the other mentors are fine with it.
    Jessica: Most of the other mentors are working off drunk driving convictions. They wouldn't know Silbert Danforth if he bounced off their windshield. edit »
  • The warden opens the writing contest in a manner clearly immitative of boxing announcer Michael Buffer's "Let's Get Ready to Rumble!" edit »
  • When told he's out of the competition, Andy says, "what'chu talkin' about, Warden?," immitative of Arnold Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes. edit »
Show Score 8.6 great
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