iStage an Intervention Review

iStage an Intervention #2 of Season 2 to air on YTV
Originally Aired: October 4,  2008 (2nd), Filmed 5th (205)

Synopsis:  Spencer brings home an old Pak Rat game from the junkyard, fixes it up and then becomes obsessed with it!  He plays so much he forgets to do a sculpture for a client.  Then the iCarlys set up a battle between him and Sasha Striker the world record holder.  He wins and finally finishes the sculpture just in time.  Meanwhile, Freddie doesn't forward an email and gets "cursed" with bad luck.  But it's just Sam messing with him.

Fun Facts:  
The song "Will you take me Back" first heard when Spencer joined that band is sung by Carly and Sam in this episode.
Carly claims she hates baths but she takes one in iToe Fat Cakes.  And her bathroom has a NICE bath set up.
Gibby is mentioned as forwarding the cursed email but not seen.
Grandpa is on the phone.
Pak-Rat is based on the game - Pac Man from the 80s.  In Pac Man a little yellow dude eats pellets and avoids ghosts, where as in Pak-Rat the rat eats pellets/cheese and runs from cats.
When you watch Spencer play his rat is often just wondering around in the same zone doing nothing.
Not only does Freddie synchronize swim with is mother, he also plays tennis with her.
Sam does the following to Freddie:  puts a red sock in his laundry, shorts out his computer, loosens bolts on his bike.
Carly is wearing the same brand of jeans as in last episode but they are blue not yellow.
The finished labra-doodle looks NOTHING like what Spencer starts with.
The Pak-Rat machine appears in the 6th season episode  iBust a Thief in the kids gaming place.
BF Wangs is mentioned, and again in iRocked the Vote, and again in iGoodbye.
Spencer's comment "a little bang bang to the chitty chitty" refers to the Dick Van Dyke movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Damn Jerry Trainor is cute in this one.
The blooper reel part about Spencer having a big bag of dog barks is cut out from the show.
Some people SAY that the lady who plays the screaming wife at the end is Miss Ackerman...but it's not.  I've watched this SO many times and they are NOT the same woman.
We finally see a tiny part of the Benson home but it looks NOTHING like it does in later episodes where there is no front entrance hallway.
In the Benson's hallway there is a strange photo in a frame of a woman in a pink dress and a guy in a tux.  Who are those people?
Also later we see that all Mrs. Benson has in her home is photos of Freddie and pics of vacuums, so the framed paintings in the back are gone.
When this episode aired you could actually go on icarly.com and play pak-rat.

Spencer Side Count:  Rebuilds a Pak-Rat game, and builds a labra-doodle sculpture.  This is the 4th paying job for Spencer as an artist.

Penny Tee Count:  Peanut Butter Love - worn by Carly

Review:  This is my FAVOURITE!!!  I love this episode cause Spencer is hilarious.  My favourite moment is his little side to side dance.  "A little bang bang to the Chitty chitty."  There is also a lot of Creddie moments in this one, and I love me the Creddie.  Spencer's hilarious flirting with Sasha is also great as he leaves her in the elevator with a "maybe".

Total Score: 5/5