The Critic

Uneasy Rider

Season 1, Episode 12, Aired 7/13/94

Episode Summary

Jay is asked by Duke to use his show to promote a new product, Savvy Indian Chewing Tobacco. Jay doesn't want to promote tobacco so he tears up his contract and quits. He finds a new career in truck driving where he is praised by the other truckers, but starts to realize the importance of his other job.moreless

8.5

EPISODE RATING: Great

32 votes

Your Rating: 10

"Perfect"
Your Rating: 9.5

"Superb"
Your Rating: 9

"Superb"
Your Rating: 8.5

"Great"
Your Rating: 8

"Great"
Your Rating: 7.5

"Good"
Your Rating: 7

"Good"
Your Rating: 6.5

"Fair"
Your Rating: 6

"Fair"
Your Rating: 5.5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 5

"Mediocre"
Your Rating: 4.5

"Poor"
Your Rating: 4

"Poor"
Your Rating: 3.5

"Bad"
Your Rating: 3

"Bad"
Your Rating: 2.5

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 2

"Terrible"
Your Rating: 1.5

"Abysmal"
Your Rating: 1

"Abysmal"

Rate It

Cast & Crew

See All EDIT

Nick Jameson

Vlada Veramirovich
Nancy Cartwright

Margo Sherman
Maurice LaMarche

Jeremy Hawk

Fan Episode Reviews (1)

See All

A very funny episode.

9.3

"Superb"

By captaindillo456, Feb 17, 2011 Report Abuse

This episode is quite hilarious and has a great story, too I really like it and love it. I've watched so many times, I can quote every line from it, at the snap of a finger. The jokes are very quirky and unlike family guy does not rely on pop culture references and poop humour to be funny, however it could have used a bit of it.

The plot was very firm, and a good one too, one minute there's a indian trying to advertise chewing tobbaco on Jay's show the next minute he's a driver.

This is probaply in my top five and I have the right to say that three more times, lol. A great episode in all!moreless

DO YOU AGREE?
1 0

Write a Review

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

See All

Trivia
ADD TRIVIA
- While driving, Jay passes a French Chefs Convention and Meet Ingmar Bergman for 25 cents. Edit
- Jay's salary is $271,000 a year. Edit
- The teenage worker's name tag reads: "Mr. PIZZAFACE Assistant Manager" Edit
Notes
ADD NOTES
- Movies Criticized on "Coming Attractions": - "Rocky 6: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4" (a spoof on the Rocky and Texas Chainsaw Massacre films) Edit
- Opening & Closing Gags Phone Call: "Hello Jay, this is you doctor. We've been going over your X-rays, and it seems you're made entirely of cheese." Movie Parody: A man hangs with one arm from the edge of a cliff. With the other arm he is struggling to hold a women. The women is holding a boy. The boy is holding a dog. The dog is holding a cat. The cat is holding a mouse. And finally, the mouse is holding a piece of cheese. (Cliffhanger.) Response to Usher: "I'm stuck in the chair." Edit
Quotes
ADD QUOTES
- Jay: We'll also be looking at Sylvester Stallone in "Rocky 6: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4." The audience seemed to enjoy this film, despite some nut in the back of the theater yelling, "Cut off Stallone's head! Cut off Stallone's head!"... All right, it was me. Edit
- Margot: Hey big brother, how's the job search going? Jay: Some scientists paid me $50.00 to test this new P.M.S. drug... As if that's any of your business Miss Buttinski! Ohh, I'm sorry. I don't know why I say such hurtful things. Oh! Chocolate! (stuffs his face, then stops) Oh, that's going straight to my thighs... Edit
- Marty: A shooting star! Make a wish, Dad! (A meteor flies down and smashes a poster advertising the movie "Ace Ventura") Jay: Thank you, God! Edit
Allusions
ADD ALLUSIONS
- In the "Philadelphia" parody, "Schenectady", Charles Napier provides the voice of the judge in the courtroom, whereas, in the actual movie, "Philadelphia", Napier plays Judge Garnett in the final courtroom scene. Edit
- Ingmar Bergman When Jay is driving the truck back to New York the only stop he regrets not being able to make is when he passes a booth that says, "Meet Ingmar Bergman for 25 cents!" Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish film maker that wrote and directed the classic films The Seventh Seal, Persona, and Wild Strawberries. He was known for his use of facial close-ups and dynamic use of light and darkness. His visual style was considered so ground-breaking that the term "Bergmanesque" was coined to reference it when used in other film makers' works. Edit
- Episode Title: "Uneasy Rider" The title is a reference to Easy Rider, the 1969 film about bikers on a cross country trip. Edit