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The Critic Season 1 Episode 9

L.A. Jay

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AIRED: 6/22/94

Jay is offered to write the screenplay for a new movie, "Ghostchasers III" so he takes a break from his show to go to L.A. to write the new movie and experience Hollywood life but the movie producer isn't satisfied with Jay's script.

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Jay goes to Hollywood!

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By captaindillo456, Jul 23, 2007

I watched this episode again last night, makeing it like the trillionth time I've watched it and I really like it. The plot is a fresh one, the jokes are half sureal/half realistic/half satire/half movie parodies meaning a top Critic episode. The writers had planned to do this right from the start and they really worked hard on this one. I can tell. One thing about the Critic is it barely has an episode which is painful to watch, with the exception of Marty's First Date and Lady Hawke. But this is one that really stands out to me. The show did it again!moreless
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Cast & Crew: STARS

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Charles Napier	Duke Phillips
Christine Cavanaugh	Marty Sherman
Doris Grau	Doris Grossman
Gerrit Graham	Franklin Sherman
Jon Lovitz	Jay Sherman
Judith Ivey	Eleanor Sherman

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Cast & Crew: RECURRING AND GUESTS

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Michael Carrington	Voice of Various	Guest Star
Rod Steiger	Voice of Himself	Guest Star
Billy Crystal	Voice of Gary Grossman	Guest Star

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TRIVIA (4)
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- The movie studio that Jay goes to is called Quality Pictures.
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- On the freeway Jay is driving on, their is a sign that says "Carjackers use right lane."
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- Viewer advisory on "Coming Attractions": "The rest of this review contains incitements to violence, foul language, rubber novelty poop, and brief nudity."
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- Jay's limo driver in LA is the same limo driver that drove the family to the debutant ball in "A Little Deb Will Do Ya".
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QUOTES (4)
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- Jay: This is LA and people judge you by the car you drive!
  (The Elephant Man pulls up next to Jay with a car full of attractive women)
  Elephant Man: Check out the geek in the Porsche! Right, girls?
  Girls: (giggling) Oh, Elephant!
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- Chaz: Cappacino Mr. S? I was here at 8 o'clock shaving the cinnamon.
  Jay: Listen Chaz, we are going to work hard and make a good sequel for once. So if you look and learn, maybe you won't spend the rest of your life shaving cinnamon.
  Chaz: Yes I will... I used to be Vanilla Ice.
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- Jeremy: Los Angeles is like, how can I put this? A big apple, the windy city, the cradle of civilization, the red planet. No, no, wait. I'm thinking of New York, Chicago, Babylonia, and Mars.
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- Rick Moranis: Oh my God, save yourselves! New York is being attacked by a 100-foot Ed Koch!
  Ed Koch: How'm I doin'? How'm I doin'?
  (picks up a subway car and the passengers scream)
  Ed Koch: Don't worry, I'm just lookin' for a nosh. (eats subway car)
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NOTES (2)
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- The character Gary Grossman, voiced by Billy Crystal, was suppose to return in a future episode.
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- Opening & Closing Gags
  Phone Call: "Jay, this is your sister. Mom just gave me your old room. Um, do you still want this Leif Garrett poster?"
  Movie Parody: Cliffhanger
  Response to Usher: "Get away, zit face."
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ALLUSIONS (2)
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- Tarzan, the Ape Man
  When Gary Grossman tries to distract Jay by telling him that Bo Derek was being washed like a horse, it was a reference to the 1981 film Tarzan, the Ape Man starring Bo Derek and Richard Harris. There is an infamous scene where the natives capture Bo's character and wash her on her hands and knees.
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- Gary Grossman: We're turning your office into Tom Cruise's private bathroom.
  This joke is based on a friend of show creators Al Jean and Mike Reiss who had his office taken away so the studio could give Billy Crystal his own private bathroom. Ironically, Billy Crystal was a guest star for this episode (as Gary Grossman), but Al and Mike don't know whether or not if he got that the joke was at his expense!
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