Pre-empted
Show: None
When
Mr. Dime emerges from the executive washroom covered
in green slime, he knows the kids have been using
it, as opposed to the staff privvy washroom - which
doesn't really appear to be the kind of place you
want to go to the bathroom in. Mr. Dime decides to
get the lock changed. The kids come on to the set
and find the leftovers from a party the "network
people" held the previous night: champagne bottles,
caviar, and $20 bills are scattered all over the link
set. The kids collect the bills and clean up the set.
Seth Pool is called upon to change the lock on the
executive washroom, and he (unknowingly) steals all
the toilet paper. This causes problems for Mr. Dime,
who just ate several bran muffins. Back on the link
set, Mike, Iain and Jim mess with a lighting machine
they found (also left by the network people) and cause
a power failure. When Ross comes over to investigate,
Iain lets out something about the $20 bills and Ross
quickly takes the money from the kids, claiming it
is prop money, even though Christine knows better.
Mr. Dime ends up using fifteen $20 bills as toilet
paper. Christine and Sarah talk about how nothing
ever happens to Mike, and they plot together to pie
him. Jim and Mike talk about how nothing happens to
Sarah, and they plot together to pie her. Sarah and
Christine test their strategy by pieing Iain. Mike
and Jim test their strategy by pieing Iain. The cast
realizes they just gave hundreds of dollars worth
of $20 bills to Ross. Sarah and Christine want to
slime Mike, and test their strategy by sliming Iain
("What's the Capital of Canada?" "Ottawa."
"How many members of Parliament?" "264."
"How many gold fish do they have?" "I
don't know.") Mike and Jim want to slime Sarah,
and test their strategy by trying to slime Iain, but
Sarah comes over to help. But when Iain does say,
"I don't know," he runs, leaving Sarah and
Mike on the spot where he said "I don't know,"
and they recieve his green, messy prize. Contest givaways
include two models, a pair of jeans, and a Panasonic
radio. The prizes are awarded to the winners of the
Snow Goose art contest. Cartoonist Jim Unger (of Herman
fame) appears on the show and announces a contest
connected to his drawings. Leisure World (a local
hobby store) also holds a model-building contest.
After being locked out of the executive washroom for
most of the episode, Mr. Dime gets locked in. Christine
shows a clip of Geoffery Darby, the director of the
show, getting a surprise pie-in-the-face from the
Whatever Turns You On pilot
tapings.
Production:
Staff Privvy Executive Washrooms |
DID
YOU NOTICE?
- The
episode exists in it's entirety, thanks to a home
video recording made the day of the broadcast.
- This
episode was inspired when the locks at CJOH were
(seemingly) randomly changed at one point, so director
Geoffrey Darby and producer Roger Price made fun
of them with this episode.
- The
scenes about Mr. Dime using money as toilet paper
caused some level of controversy, with employees
of CJOH-TV and parents who actually saw the show.
Elizabeth Mitchell has said that she got into some
hot water with her parents due to this episode,
even though she wasn't even on it.
- In
the final scene, where they show Geoffery Darby
being pied, you can also see Ruth Buzzi with slime
and pie on her costume. As you probably already
know, Buzzi was a star of Whatever Turns
You On, and the slime and pie comes
from a scene that was shot for the pilot, but was
cut out when the program finally aired.
- Billy
Joel's Say Goodbye To Hollywood music
video was also played on Episode
Two.
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CLASSIC
QUOTES
(Jim
finds a plate of caviar and starts shoveling it in
his mouth)
Jim: MMM! Strawberry jam!
Sarah: Jim, that's not strawberry
jam ... that's caviar.
Jim: You mean the stuff that's ten
bucks a gram? MMMMM!
Moose: Jim, do you know what it's
made of?
Jim: At ten bucks a gram, WHO CARES?
(Mr.
Dime on the phone talking about locking the Executive
Washroom)
Mr. Dime: I don't CARE how much it's
going to cost! Last time, someone else got in there,
they used *all* the toilet tissue! Cost me over three
hundred dollars! (pause) Nevermind *HOW*! None of
your business!
(After
Sarah and Mike share a sliming)
Mike: You ever have one of those
days?
Sarah: I can't see!
Christine:
A lot of people have asked us how we can afford these
great competition prizes. Well, the truth is we can't.
We're broke.
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Air
date:
April 7, 1979
s:
Christine
McGlade, Mike Patton, Jim Stechyson, Sarah West,
Iain Fingler, Les Lye
guest
star: Jim Unger
cameos:
Ruth Buzzi, Geoffrey Darby
w:
Geoffrey Darby, Roger Price
d:
Geoffrey Darby
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STAGE
POLLUTION
(RECORDS INDEFINITE)
GREEN
SLIME: Jim,
Iain, Mike, Sarah
PIE:
Iain (4), Geoffrey Darby
SOUP:
Mike |
MUSICAL
NUMBERS
- Billy
Joel, Say Goodbye To Hollywood
music video
- Yvonne
Elliman ,
Hello, Stranger music
video
- Love
and Kisses,
Thank God It's Friday music
video
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