iHeart Art Review

iHeart Art Episode #13 on YTV
Originally Aired:  February 2,  2008 (14th), Filmed 9th (109)

Synopsis:  To boost Spencer's self-esteem before a gallery showing, the iCarlys find his idol Harry Joiner and ask him to come and see Spencer's art.  Unfortunately Joiner says he doesn't like Spencer's art and Spencer becomes depressed.  He gets a new job as a dental assistant.  This means that Mrs. Benson has to look after Carly at night, which she is NOT pleased with.  The iCarlys go to find Joiner and tell him to help Spencer out, and he admits he really DID like the art and was jealous of Spencer.  In the end the two of them create a giant set of teeth for the dentist.
Meanwhile Freddie bets Sam that she can't insult him for an entire week and craziness ensues.

Fun Facts:  
First mention of Galaxy Wars and Nug Nug.  Galaxy Wars is a take off on the movie Star Wars and I believe Nug Nug is a reference to the song sung by the Ewoks at the end of Return of the Jedi.  I refer to the song as the Nub Nub song...but that is close! The character Nug Nug is small and Freddie wears his outfit which is later on the real Nug nug in a future episode.
Freddie has to sign a contract promising that he shampoos twice.
Freddie asks Sam if she wants to kiss him which she does in iKiss.
Miss Briggs is mentioned as being called Bubble Butt by Sam.
Mrs. Benson appears multiple times in this episode.
To be a dental assistant you have to take a pretty intense course, but Spencer just becomes one with no training.
Mrs. Benson doesn't let kids use forks because they will stab their tongues.
Sam spends all her money on beef jerky.
The medical complex is named after Dan Schneider.

Spencer Side Count:  Makes Yipee-Yi Yo Yo, Elephant Cycle and Merry Sniffmas.  iCarly showing of Spencer's work:  Splatter Man, Yippee-Yi Yo yo, Merry Sniffmas, Video Squirrel, Bottlebot.  Creates the giant set of teeth.  Spencers type of art is known as "pop art".

Penny Tee Count:  NONE

Review:  This episode is not my favourite.  I don't like depressed Spencer, or dentist Spencer.  The dentist scene grosses me out.  I also don't like the flute beatboxing guy who randomly appears.  I like when Spencer is crazy and nuts!  The redeeming feature of this show is the bet between Freddie and Sam and their insults!

Total Score: 2/5

iAm Your Biggest Fan Review

iAm Your Biggest Fan Episode #12 on YTV
Originally Aired:  January 19,  2008 (13th), Filmed 10th (110)

Synopsis:  iCarly super fan Mandy writes to iCarly and gets to come watch an episode.  Unfortunately, she doesn't leave and even transfers to Ridgeway.  Meanwhile Spencer auditions for a band and gets them booked on Seattle Beat.  They proceed to steal his drums and dump him from the band.  When they watch the band on Seattle Beat they find out that Mandy has become obsessed with the band instead of iCarly solving their problem!

Fun Facts:  
Mention of Spencer making Carly a lava lamp for her birthday that burst into flames.  First mention of Spencer lighting stuff on fire.
Spencer has an account at the junkyard.
New segment of iCarly called twister vision.
The issue with the car seats always bugged me, because this was played WAY after it was filmed, you see the car seats in 4-5 episodes before they are made.  Major continuity issue.
Mandy appears for the first time.  She shows up in one more episode.  Played by Aria Wallace.
The smoothie place is referred to as the Groovy Smoothie, which it wasn't before.
Mandy is from Tacoma which isn't too far from Seattle.
First mention of the cartoon Girly Cow which has at least 4 seasons.
Mandy admits she got back in the apartment through a window.  Which is interesting considering they live on the 8th floor with access to the 9th and 10th.  That's high up to climb.
When Mandy transfers to Ridgeway, we don't see her again after this episode.  We can assume she either stayed at Ridgeway but left them alone or went back to Tacoma.
The band that Spencer auditions for is also seen in an episode of Victorious.
Fladoodles are mentioned again, Carly says she made them up but Mandy finds them in a Nordic store.
The song that band sings "Baby will you take me back" is heard and sung in several iCarly episodes, in particular Spencer sings it while rollerblading in iBattle Chip, and sings it in the RV shower in iLost my head in Vegas.
Seattle Beat also makes a comeback by booking the band.
Mandy has an obsession with duck masks and quacking which she does in both episodes she appears in.
Messin with Lewbert skit #2 is announced but you don't see it because Mandy quacks.
The Spit Take is shown.
I don't think the name of the band is every said.
Dan Schneider can be heard saying "Somebody call the cops".
Most songs used in iCarly are written specifically for the episodes by the music writers employed.  For instance, I have tried to get the song from iGet Pranky but you can't buy it because it was written for the show.

Spencer Side Count:  Makes the seats for the car in the iCarly studio.  AND the lights light on FIRE!  First fire recorded on iCarly.  Gets a drum set at the junkyard so he can audition for a band.  The cymbal on the drum set lights on fire (2 fires).

Penny Tee Count:  NONE

Review:  One of my faves!  I like episode where the two plot lines wind up together.  Wrapping up Mandy with the band was perfect.  Aria Wallace is amazing as Mandy, she is a wonderful little actress! Funnily she is very pretty and looks nothing like the geek that Mandy is.  This episode has great bonding between all three leads with no Sam and Freddie arguing because they are all in the same position of dealing with Mandy!  Besides the seat for the car issue that I have, this is a great episode.  And that song sticks in your head.

Total Score: 5/5

iPromise Not to Tell Review

iPromise Not to Tell Episode #11 on YTV
Originally Aired:  January 12, 2008 (12th), Filmed 18th (118)

Synopsis:  Carly works really hard on a history paper and expects to get an A but then her teacher gives her a B because she printed it on 3 hole punched paper.  Sam finds out the passwords and changes Carly's, Freddie's and her grades.  She makes them promise not to tell.  Freddie and Carly hack into the school network to change their grades back but get caught.  Still Sam doesn't let them off the hook.  Carly starts to lose it mentally and cracks to Spencer.  She then goes to tell the truth but Freddie already confessed.  She confesses and then Sam confesses.  Sam receives detention but at the end changes her detention in the school computer.

Fun Facts:  
Only mention of Mr. Devlen the hard teacher.
Apparently he was a lunch room monitor when Spencer went to school
Sam has regular Tuesday appointments with Principal Franklin.
The actor who plays Principal Franklin also played the vulcan on Star Trek Voyager.  He is a reoccuring character but this is the first time we see him.
His first name is Ted.
Miss Briggs is mentioned by not seen.
Gibby is mentioned as being hit with a piece of pizza by Sam.
Principal Franklins username and password are:  Big Teddy and corncake21.
The hand jive that Jennette McCurdy made up to pass time while filming was added into this episode as a way of ankle swearing.
Bacon flavoured gum is mentioned, in the first time that Sam shows her love for bacon.
Carly pins Freddie to the floor in the same fashion that he pins her to the floor in iThink they Kissed in season 3.
ONLY time we see the computer lab in Ridgeway and see the computer teacher Mr. Wimbly.
When Carly faints in class she should have been sent to the medical room because teachers don't ignore large issues like fainting (as I am a teacher).
Since it was Principal Franklins birthday on the day this was shown then his birthday is January 12.
Principal Franklin admits that Carly and Freddie have been to Ridgeway for 3 years.  They are currently in grade 8, so they started in grade 6.  They also go there til the end of the series when they are at least in grade 12...so that is one large high school/middle school.
The microwave given to Principal Franklin is seen again when it lights on fire in iGot Detention.
Wahoo Punch is mentioned for the first time.
The part where Carly pulls out her hair in school is on the blooper reel.
Earlier episodes claim that Sam never lies, but in this one she admits that soon you will lie and feel nothing at all.

Spencer Side Count:  Makes the lamp light up with the Japanese word for ON.  Builds giant A sculpture over and over.

Penny Tee Count:  NONE

Review:  One of my fave episodes of season 1!  This one has a great storyline with Spencer being a good big brother and giving good advice.  I love Principal Franklin and his relationship with Sam.  This has a lot of Freddie and Carly working together and very little of the web show.  Carly's freak outs are always awesome.

Total Score: 5/5

iRue the Day Review

iRue the Day Episode #10 on YTV
Originally Aired:  December 1, 2007 (11th), Filmed 15th (115)

Synopsis:  After saving a member of the Plain White Tees, Spencer gets them to agree to play on iCarly.  But iCarly is being hacked by a vengeful Nevel.  The iCarlys break into Nevels house to hack Nevel but they fail when Nevel back hacks them.  They fear they won't get control of their site back in time but then a friend of Colonel Shay's helps Carly by having the military break into Nevels and get him to relent.  The Plain White Tees play on iCarly!

Fun Facts:  
Gibby appears in the opening of this episode as a potential guest on iCarly.
Nevel returns!
A friend of Colonel Shay appears on the show and is clearly wearing an Air Force pin on his suit, which at this point means Colonel Shay is NOT in the navy, but the air force.
We see Nevel's lair for the first time.
We find out the Freddie way is a toasted bagel with grape jelly.
Nevel's house is NOT well secured at all.  The window is unlocked, the back door was open and Freddie somehow got on the ceiling and hooked up ropes.
Nevel's nerd cave has a camera watching the front door of Carly's apartment building, a running montage of iCarly screen caps, a pic of Nevel, a pic of his brain, a video surveillance of his home, the iCarly homepage and a video of a bunny moving its nose.
Is there an internet security Act of 1983?  It's mentioned here but living in 1983 I don't recall any internet existing.
Nevel is forced to call himself a Weinie, and in iMeet the First Lady Spencer calls Sam and Freddie weinies.

Spencer Side Count:  Saves a member of the Plain White Tees.

Penny Tee Count:  NONE

Review:  Any episode with Nevel is bound to be AWESOME!  I love his vocabulary and his rueing.  Love how Freddie ends up hanging from the ceiling like a giant spider.  The only thing I don't like about the episode is how off key the Plain White Tees are at the end of the show.  I can't stand listening to them so I speed through!   Otherwise this one is GREAT!

Total Score: 4/5

iWant a World Record Review

iWant a World Record  Episode #9 on YTV
Originally Aired:  November 17, 2007 (10th), Filmed 7th (107)

Synopsis:  The iCarlys try to break the record for longest continuous webcast.  Meanwhile Spencer builds a sculpture with over a hundred moving parts.   While Spencer is showing his sculpture on the webcast he shorts out the power and they lose their world record.  Later the record lady returns and gives Spencer a world record for a sculpture with the most moving parts.  He decides to let the iCarlys help him finish it so they can be in the picture for the record book.

Fun Facts:  
The Guiness Book of world records is called the Jonas book of world records, after the Jonas brothers.
Random Dancing occurs, we haven't seen it in a few episodes.
Carly casts her fishing line out the studio window and says it goes to the street below.  In a future episode it looks onto an alley that is not well lit (iWant my Website Back).
The tv that swings out during the show is a large red computer screen where in later episodes it's a flat screen tv.
The colourful light at the back of the studio looks exactly like the box that Charles Dingo's head was in.
Fladoodle is mentioned by the gas guy and is also mentioned when Mandy has to go looking for Fladoodles.
Sam says she feels like a princess during the makeover segment and also says that when she wants the large locker in a later episode.
Grandpa Shay returns for the webcast!  He will appear one more time when he visits Spencer to see his sculpture in the art museum.
Spencer has skee ball tickets in this one, and he wants a giant harmonica with them.  In a later episode he finds more of his tickets and tries to get the huge dolphin.

Spencer Side Count:  Builds the sculpture with the most moving parts.  Hits on the world record lady.

Penny Tee Count:  NONE

Review:  I'm not a fan of episodes that have a lot to do with their webcast.  Mostly cause I don't like the parts with videos of random kids.  This one isn't so bad because of the makeovers, the buckets of water, and some other funny bits.  I also like when Spencer flirts with the record lady and is jealous of the non-blinking dude.

Total Score: 3/5

iWill Date Freddie Review

iWill Date Freddie  Episode #8 on YTV
Originally Aired:  November 10, 2007 (9th), Filmed 8th (108)

Synopsis:  An iCarly fan named Valerie asks Freddie out on a date (sort of, Sam sets it up), and they have a date at Carly's house.  Freddie starts dating her and she cons him in to leaving iCarly and working on her web show.  Jeremy does the audio/video for iCarly but it just doesn't work out.  Val tries to get Sam to do her show to and admits she is using Freddie.  Carly and Sam tell him but he doesn't believe it.  Eventually Freddie figures it out and comes back to iCarly but not before asking Sam to apologize for not thinking he's a vital part of iCarly.

Fun Facts:  
Introduction of the blab cam where they talk to people who watch their show.
We meet Freddie's first girlfriend, Valerie who I believe is in the grade above them.
Freddie admits in iKiss that any kisses with Valerie did not count because he only kissed her once in the middle of school and it wasn't a real kiss.
Mrs. Benson returns with her first rhyme - you won't get respect if your backs not erect.
Mrs. Benson shows she wants Carly to date Freddie in this episode whereas she hates Carly in all other episodes and calls her dummy, dumbo, etc.  And blames Carly for making Freddie all out of wack in iMove Out.
Freddie gets a vest from the Wild Wild Vest.
First mention of Spaghetti Tacos as noodles in a corn shell.
Includes a blooper from iBloop with Valerie.
The return of the hated Jeremy/Germy.
In Sam's locker is a picture of Drake Bell and Johnny Depp.
First mention of the word "skunk bag"
According to Carly Sam doesn't lie, but in a later episode she is the best liar and has to teach Spencer how to lie.
Germy puts nose plugs in which is similar to Carly and Sam when they put blueberries in their noses in a later episode.
Sam and Freddie hug but it ends in a wedgy.
First mention of SOCKO!  Who sells Spencer all the cool socks.

Spencer Side Count:  Makes dinner for Freddie's date, including Spaghetti Tacos.  Appears later on the phone with a Girl Sprout about cookies.

Penny Tee Count:  NONE

Review:  This episode is cute with Freddie getting his first date!  I love how crazy Mrs. Benson is.  I do love that this episode focusses on Freddie as he is such a cutie pie!  Also all Freddie's love faces are hilarious especially the one he does when Spencer stares at him.  I do dislike ALL the parts with "Germy" because he is such a gross character.  Ew.

Total Score: 4/5

iSpy a Mean Teacher Review

iSpy a Mean Teacher:  Episode #7 on YTV
Originally Aired:  November 3, 2007 (8th), Filmed 6th (106)

Synopsis:  The iCarlys come up with an idea for a new segment on their show, what mean teachers do when they are not teaching.  Carly and Freddie go and spy on Miss Briggs, but while there Freddie gets spooked by a bee and they run in to her house and have to hide.  They end up in a room filled with Randy Jackson stuff.  Sam comes to rescue them but gets caught in her fake act.  Freddie and Carly also get caught when trying to sneak out.  Miss Briggs makes them agree to have her on iCarly to play her own bagpipe song or get expelled.  But they start to lose viewers because of her and so they use Freddie's green screen to play funny shots behind her and keep their viewers.

Fun Facts:  
Miss Briggs returns with her bagpipes.
Freddie introduces the Green screen.
Spencer has a girl over for the first time.

Spencer Side Count:  creates the fish sculpture that is supposed to be Sam, dates the juggling girl

Penny Tee Count:  NONE

Review:  This episode is not my fave, but I do like it for the Randy Jackson parts.  I love when Carly says "please be quiet Randy Jackson".  There is a Creddie moment in the closet when Freddie tries to bust a move on Carly.  And Freddie with the cologne is hilarious, it smells tight dawg.
There is not much Spencer in this episode.  I also don't like the end with the bagpipes and the green screen.  I just don't like the webisodes mostly.


Total Score: 3/5 -