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The Critic/Dial "M" for Mother
| Dial "M" for Mother | |
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| Season 1, Episode 3 | |
| Airdate | February 9, 1994 |
| Production Number | 104 |
| Written by | Mike Reiss & Al Jean |
| Directed by | Brett Haaland |
| ← 1x02 Marty's First Date |
1x04 → Miserable |
| The Critic — Season One | |
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Dial "M" for Mother is the third episode of the first season of The Critic.
Starring: Jon Lovitz (Jay Sherman), Nancy Cartwright (Margot Sherman), Christine Cavanaugh (Marty Sherman), Gerrit Graham (Franklin Sherman), Doris Grau (Doris), Judith Ivey (Eleanor Sherman), Nick Jameson (Vlada Veramirovich), Maurice La Marche (Jeremy Hawke), Charles Napier (Duke Phillips), Kath Soucie (Various)
Special Guest Voice: Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson), Geraldo Rivera (Himself)
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Plot Overview
In an effort to make Jay more likable, Duke Phillips, the head of Jay's network, suggests that he appear on a segment of Geraldo Rivera's show entitled 'Celebrities and Their Moms'. When Eleanor reveals some highly sensitive information about Jay on national TV, he yells at her, making him a 'mother hater' and even more unpopular.
Notes
Arc Advancement
Happenings
Characters
Referbacks
Trivia
The Show
- Opening Alarm Radio Blurb: "Hello, Jay, this is your boss. I've just obtained legal permission to hunt men for sport, and I wondered if you'd like to come to my ranch tomorrow... Bring your jogging shoes."
- Opening Movie Parody: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance together in black and white before a color dinosaur eats both of them.
- Closing Theatre Shot: "But I have nowhere to go..."
- Movie Parodies: The Pride of the Yankees remake
Behind the Scenes
Allusions and References
- Dial "M" for Murder:
- The Pride of the Yankees: The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 biographical film about Lou Gehrig, a New York Yankees first basemen whose career was cut short when he was diagnosed with the degenerative and ultimately fatal disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more well known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease." The scene parodied in the remake is the final scene of the film, a re-enactment of Gehrig's retirement from baseball, in which he says the phrase, "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
- Michael Dukakis:
- Goldie Hawn:
- Geraldo:
- Al Joleson:
- Gargantua and Pantagruel:
- Delta Burke:
- John Hughes:
