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Season 1, Episode 21, Aired Apr 26, 2007

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- When you watch out the rear window Kenneth's cousin is straight behind the car, but when the camera changes he is almost along side of it.
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- When Kenneth`s cousin is standing in the door his hand is outside the door frame, but when the camera changes side his hand is inside the frame.
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- The trucker hats Frank wears in this episode read "Force Field" and "Alien Knight Force".
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- Liz: So I'm your emergency contact, huh? Jack: You're the only person I know who wouldn't hesitate to pull the plug.
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- Colleen: All right, scout's honor. What do you think of [Phoebe]? (Jack gives Liz a look) Liz: She's very well-read. And she's very stylish, don't you think? And you know the most important thing is she makes Jack very happy. She's like a... white geisha.
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- (No one knows where Tracy is) Pete: Oh, I hope he's okay. Liz: I hope he's taking his medication. Kenneth: And I hope he takes a jacket, 'cause it can get real chilly there. (everyone looks at Kenneth)
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- Colleen: Tell him his mother's here. And she loves him. But not in a queer way.
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- Tracy: Thanks for taking me in, Jesse. I won't be a burden. Now make me a smoothie, and let's go clubbing.
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- Liz: Do you think I'm trying to not find Tracy? Jack: Oh, Lemon, I cannot endure another failure. Liz: Jack, trust me, nobody wants to do this show without Tracy. Jenna: We used to do it every week without him. (Liz glares at her) I'm just saying.
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- Kenneth: But what about the Black Crusaders? Tracy: I don't care what they do to me anymore! I'd rather die famous than to live for a hundred years like this: carrying plastic bags, sitting on benches, brushing my own teeth!
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- Phoebe: I always thought it would be lovely to get married in the spring, just as the petunias start to bloom. Colleen: Sorry, Phoebe, what? Phoebe: I always wanted to marry in the spring, just as the petunias bloom. Colleen: Just when the what? Phoebe: Oh, dear. Is she hard of hearing? Colleen: No, no, no! I can hear you. I just wanted to make sure you could hear you.
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- Jack: I feel great! My wedding's in a couple of days— Dr. Spaceman: The 18th, right? Same as Bianca's. Jack: I guess our friends will just have to choose between us. My mother's coming up from Florida... to attend Bianca's wedding, so it's perfect.
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- Colleen: This is not Phoebe? Well, why the hell not? I mean, she's perfect. Character. She's got strength of character. And I'll tell you something else. She's got a good, solid baby bucket!
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- Phoebe: Careful, my bones! ...You alright? Jack: Well, with your condition, ordinarily, wouldn't you just... be on top? Phoebe: I can't. I have vertigo.
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- Dr. Spaceman: Have I given you my new book? It's about having a satisfying love life, for life.
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- Tracy: Was that Kenneth? What's going on in New York? Did he go to Russell Simmons' birthday party? Were there girls there with butts?
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- Dr. Spaceman: My techniques guarantee male orgasm.
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- The German episode title is "Herzflattern", meaning "Heart Flutters". The French episode title is "Est-ce que tu m'aimes?", meaning "Do You Love Me?" The Italian title is "La macchina della verità", meaning "The Lie Detector". The Spanish title is "El infarto", meaning "Heart Attack".
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- International Airdates: Czech Republic: March 22, 2010 on Prima COOL
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- Elaine Stritch won the Outstanding Guest Actress for a Comedy Series Emmy for her role as Jack's care-free mother Colleen Donaghy.
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- Alec Baldwin was nominated for an Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Emmy for his work in this episode, which was also part of the show's Emmy Awards 'For Your Consideration' DVD for this season.
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- Alec Baldwin and Sean Hayes also worked together in Cats And Dogs, The Cat In The Hat, and various episodes of Will & Grace.
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- Jack comments he thinks he, "got Nixon to agree to come on the show and say 'Sock it to me'," referring to the September 16, 1968 episode of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, where presidential candidate Richard Nixon made a brief appearance and delivered one of the show's catch phrases: "Sock it to me".
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- Liz worries, "is that how far apart my eyes are? I look like Admiral Ackbar", referring to a character who appeared in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983). Admiral Ackbar is of the race Mon Calamari, which resemble humanoid fish with their eyes towards the sides of their head.
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- The famous star being kidnapped in the country mirrors the plot of the Stephen King novel, Misery.
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- Liz threatens Kenneth, "You turtle faced goon, I'm going to cut you open like a tauntaun, you mouth-breathing Appalachian," referring to the large, white-furred animals, indigenous to the ice planet of Hoth in the Star Wars mythology. Liz is specifically alluding to Han Solo's cutting open a tauntaun to provide shelter for himself and an injured Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back.
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