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AIRED: 9/8/07

Carly's teacher, Ms. Briggs puts her in charge of the school talent show. After Freddie uploads the auditions, hosted by Carly and Sam, to the Internet, it becomes a huge sensation. So Carly and her friends decide to create a weekly variety show.

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Pilot for iCarly

5.0

By htpokepack, Sep 17, 2012

I honestly love this show and to me I feel like pilots are just meant to introduce the shows entire plot and that's what this show did. I wish the pilot would be better but it's already been done so yea, although it did have a few good jokes like when they were making fun of Ms.Briggs. I really kind of got boared at quite a few moments and It makes me not mind to get up in the middle of the episode and make popcorn because I get that boared. That's why I give this episode a 5 out of 10. Not so good pilot for iCarlymoreless
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Great start to an amazing show

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By Bsark10, Jun 21, 2012

It is just as great now than it was five years ago. I wish it was no ending but... What can you do? Nothing . Grew up watching this and it sucks to see the show I came home to watch everyday is over soon
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Great way to start the show!!

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By hobieparnell23, May 01, 2012

I had soo much fun with this episode. Ms.Briggs is such a bitch.
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7.5

By SammyMaltese, Jan 18, 2012

I think this episode really captured the beginning moment. The talent show part of the episode bored me out of my mind. But I really enjoyed the other parts. I like how spencer's chararcter was introduced. The way he just fell from a pole and stuff. All and all this episode was a pretty good introduction to the iCarly seiries.
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A perfect way to begin iCarly.

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By dude57, Jan 15, 2012

I thought this was a perfect beginning for iCarly. This is one of the really good episodes of iCarly, i really loved it. And this is the episode when iCarly is born. I thought the talent show auditions were cool and creative and funny, and i loved the iCarly webcast. The acting was awesome and the storyline was creative and awesome. There was one thing i didn't get, they got a lot of viewers on their first webcast and didn't even tell anyone. but i thought this was a perfect iCarly overall 10/10.moreless
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Jennette McCurdy	Sam Puckett
Jerry Trainor	Spencer Shay
Miranda Cosgrove	Carly Shay
Nathan Kress	Freddie Benson

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Donna Pieroni	Woman With Dog	Guest Star
Nate Hartley	Jeb	Guest Star
Colin Spensor	Wesley	Guest Star
Mindy Sterling	Ms. Briggs	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (16)
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- When Carly is in Principal Franklin's office, it's discovered that Carly's Dad is in the military, and Spencer is her guardian. No mention of Carly's Mom.
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- Ridgeway's team mascot is. "The Bulldogs."
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- The first kid from the talent auditions, performs a scene from a French play called, "Là où est ma femme."
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- The equipment that Freddie used for the talent show auditions were, a 3-chip high-def camcorder with a hyper-cardioid condenser microphone mounted on a carbon fiber tripod with a low-drag fluid head.
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- Carly and Spencer both live in apartment number 8 at Bushwell Plaza.
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- The "i" in iCarly, stands for Internet.
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- iCarly's very first webcast was watched by 37,000 people.
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- Carly, Sam and Freddie all attend eight grade at Ridgeway.
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- It is discovered that Carly's brother, Spencer, is an artist.
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- In this episode we see the Japanese lamp even though Spencer didn't put it together until "iPromise Not To Tell."
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- It is discovered that Carly's brother, Spencer, is 26 years old.
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- The audition video of Carly and Sam making fun of Ms. Briggs was viewed more than 27,000 times on SplashFace.
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- Carly, Principal Franklin, and Ms. Briggs were confused by whether the animal on the shirt was a hippo or a rhino, two similar animals.
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- Carly and her friends live in the Seattle, Washington area.
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- The URL www.splashface.com redirects to iCarly.com.
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- It is discovered that Carly's father is in the military overseas.
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QUOTES (27)
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- Carly: Wow, I just signed an autograph.
  Sam: Get used to it! iCarly's a great show! You might get famous.
  Carly: Yeah, I don't know if I'm gonna like that...
  (two hot guys approach them)
  Hot Guy: Hey. Saw your web show. Pretty hot!
  (Carly and Sam look at each other)
  Carly: Um, thanks!
  Sam: Yeah, thanks a lot...
  Hot Guy: So you guys wanna dance?
  Carly: Yes!
  Hot Guy: Cool, let's do it!
  (the two guys walk away)
  Carly: I'm gonna like it!
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- Freddie: Oh hey! Awesome party!
  Carly: Yeah!
  Freddie: You wanna go out in the hall and kiss?
  Carly: No.
  Freddie: Yeah, me neither!
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- (on the iCarly webcast)
  Carly: Okay, this first kid we're gonna show you can take a glass of milk-
  Sam: -this is so deliciously gross-
  Carly: -snort the milk up into his nose...
  Sam: And it's the best thing ever!
  Carly: And then make the milk squirt out of his eyes!
  Sam: I wanna marry this boy!
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- Sam: Is that a new shirt? I don't like it.
  Freddie: I don't have to take that!
  Sam: Yeah you do.
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- Freddie: And um, you're gonna need a technical producer, right? To set up the lights, audio, work the camera...
  Sam: Aww...he wants to be our geek.
  Freddie: You got a big mouth, lady!
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- Carly: Seriously! Ms. Briggs is the worst!
  Sam: You don't gotta convince me! I hated her even after she got that brown lump removed from her nose!
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- Carly: Um, we had some trouble putting the video online, so here's a DVD of every kid who auditioned on Saturday.
  Ms. Briggs: Thank you!
  Carly: Sure!
  Ms. Briggs: I'll try not to poke a hole in this with my pointy bosoms!
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- Carly: Where's Ms. Briggs? What if she saw it?
  Sam: The video was off by yesterday morning.
  Carly: What if she saw it before it was off?
  Sam: It was Sunday, she was probably in church!
  Carly: What church would let Ms. Briggs in the door?!
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- Freddie: (reading the comment boards on Splashface about Carly and Sam) And this kid says, "You guys are way better than most of the puke here on Splashface."
  Sam: Wow. They love us!
  Carly: Yeah. More than puke...
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- Sam: (about a boy who auditioned) Can we please discuss the boy's hair and glasses? He looks like Ms. Briggs!
  Carly: Yeah! Except he doesn't have Ms. Briggs' crazy pointy boobs!
  Sam: I know! What is up with those?
  Carly: It's like she stuffs waffle cones in her bra!
  Sam: Totally! I mean, she can poke an eye out with one of those things!
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- Sam: (walking in) Hey! You invited the doof!
  Carly: Sam...
  Freddie: Aw, man! I didn't know that was gonna be here!
  Sam: She! I'm a she, Freddie, as in GIRL!
  Freddie: Barely!
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- Carly: I have to tape a bunch of auditions at school on Saturday.
  Spencer: Fun!
  Carly: Yeah not really. Anyway, would you let me borrow your video camera?
  Spencer: I would.
  Carly: Awesome.
  Spencer: Though I can't...
  Carly: Why not?
  Spencer: I made it into a squirrel.
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- Freddie: Hey, I hear you need to borrow a camcorder, to tape some auditions?
  Carly: Yeah, but I'll just use my brother's.
  Freddie: Oh. Well if you change your mind, you know my digits! (takes out his cell phone)
  Carly: Hey, you got a new cell phone.
  Freddie: You can have it!
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- Carly: I thought we talked about this. We can be buds, but you gotta get over this crush thing.
  Freddie: I am over it! Seriously! I'm in love with you, you just want to be friends, and I'm totally cool living with that constant pain!
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- Carly: Well, here's an idea: Stop doing bad things!
  Sam: Hey... chillax!
  Carly: (angrily) I will not chillax!
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- Sam: Did you get in trouble?
  Carly: 'Course I got in trouble! Teachers tend to get upset when you put their heads on the bodies of big fat animals!
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- Principal Franklin: So, I understand you put some flyers up all over the school.
  Carly: Yes sir, I did.
  Ms. Briggs: Punk!
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- Sam: (referring to the Splashface video) Look, see the view count? Only twenty-seven people have clicked on it.
  Carly: (breathes out a sigh of relief) Oh. Okay, good. (Sam and Carly look at the screen again) Sam?
  Sam: Yeah?
  Carly: THAT'S TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND!!
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- (Talking to Freddie)
  Sam: Carly will never love you.
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- Sam: Why do they put a bone right in the middle of a ham?
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- Carly: Sam, come on.
  Sam: Sorry, I had to pee.
  Carly: You always have to pee.
  Sam: Well, it's either that or I explode.
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- Carly: What time is your mom coming to pick you up?
  Sam: She's not, I told her you invited me to spend the night.
  Carly: I didn't invite you to spend the night.
  Sam: Well you should because I'm not leaving.
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- Carly: You know, anybody but me would punch you right in the head.
  Sam: Which is why you are my best friend.
  Carly: Good to know, now why are you mine?
  Sam: Because I'm a lovable person.
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- Carly: Freddie, were you just looking out your peephole waiting for me to come home?
  Freddie: No!
  Carly: Freddie...
  Freddie: Yes!
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- (Spencer falls from ceiling onto floor)
  Carly: I can't believe you're in charge of me.
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- Freddie: That's it! I'm taking my stuff and I'm going home! (referring to his camera equipment after being insulted by Sam)
  Carly: Please stay.
  Freddie: Okay.
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- Carly: I am so MAD!
  Sam: Me too... I need some ham.
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- Principal Franklin is played by Tim Russ. To Star Trek: Voyager fans, he played Tuvok.
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- Ms. Briggs is played by Mindy Sterling. To Austin Powers fans, she played Frau Farbissina.
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- The episode is the extended version on the Season 1 Volume 1 DVD
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- Jennette McCurdy (who plays Sam)had to eat so much ham in the first episode that she threw up and had to eat more after that. It was really awful for her, and she hasn't had any ham since."
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- The Duration of this episode is '23:36.'
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- This episode was on the iCarly: Season One, Volume One DVD.
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- This episode aired three hours earlier on The N than it did on Nickelodeon.
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- Drake Bell and Miranda Cosgrove sang the theme song for iCarly.
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- This episode first aired in Canada on YTV on Monday, October 8, 2007.
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- Nickelodeon picked up the show for thirteen episodes before this episode was written or even outlined.
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- Mindy Sterling was the only one with a speaking part that changed the way she read her lines with each take. Dan Schneider would have to ask the others to read their lines differently.
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- After this episode was completed, it was shown to four groups of 8 eleven year olds in Teaneck, New Jersey. 27 out of the 32 kids gave "iCarly" a grade of 'A' or 'A+'. Production of the show took a six-week hiatus awaiting the results from this focus group.
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- During the filming of this episode, Dan Schneider would laugh at every joke every time to remind the actors to leave a space for the laugh track.
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- Sam: Ms. Briggs says, 'no, no, no,' we say, 'yeah, yeah, yeah.'
  
  This is a takeoff of the chorus of the Destiny's Child hit "No, No, No, Part 1."
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- Toonjuice
  
  This website link is shown in the iCarly intro and was first mentioned in Zoey 101.
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- Sam: Sam I am!
  
  This is a character from the book, Green Eggs and Ham, written by Dr. Suess.
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- Pear Laptop The logo on Freddie's laptop is a pear, a play off of the apple logo for Apple Inc. This logo is also used on the laptops on the show Zoey 101 and Victorious.
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- SplashFace
  
  This is a parody of the popular video site YouTube.
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