TODO: Add all voices from here
1 "Pilot" 26 Jan 1994
2 "Marty's First Date" 2 Feb1994
3 "Dial 'M' for Mother" 9 Feb 1994
4 "Miserable" 16 Feb 1994
5 "A Little Deb Will Do You" 23 Feb 1994
6 "Eyes on the Prize" 2 Mar 1994
7 "Every Doris Has Her Day" 1 Jun 1994
8 "Marathon Mensch" 8 Jun1994
9 "L. A. Jay" 22 Jun 1994
10 "Dr. Jay" 29 Jun 1994
11 "A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera" 6 Jul 1994
12 "Uneasy Rider" 13 Jul 1994
13 "A Pig-Boy and His Dog" 20 Jul 1994
14 "Sherman, Woman and Child" 5 Mar 1995 (28 May 1995)
15 "Siskel and Ebert & Jay & Alice" 12 Mar 1995 (4 Jun 1995)
16 "Lady Hawke" 19 Mar 1995 (11 Jun 1995)
17 "A Song for Margo" 26 Mar 1995 (25 Jun 1995)
18 "From Chunk to Hunk" 2 Apr 1995 (18 Jun 1995)
19 "All the Duke's Men" 23 Apr 1995 (2 Jul 1995)
20 "Sherman of Arabia" 30 Apr 1995 (16 Jul 1995)
21 "Frankie and Ellie Get Lost" 7 May 1995 (30 Jul 1995)
22 "Dukerella" 14 May 1995 (23 Jul 1995)
23 "I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show" 21 May 1995
Here are the episodes:
ABC - First half - All episodes were on Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. Pacific time.
1 "Pilot" 26 Jan 1994
Actress Valerie Fox (Jennifer Lien) makes a play for Jay, but does she
only want a good movie review?
Guests:Gene Shalit - Himself Brenda Vaccaro -
Ardeth Margaret Cho
Ending 32.
2 "Marty's First Date" 2 Feb1994
It's career day at Marty's school.
Guests:Tress MacNeille Gen Shalit - Himself
Brenda Vaccaro - Ardeth
Ending 43.
3 "Dial 'M' for Mother" 9 Feb 1994
To soften h s imag
e, Jay goes on a Geraldo (Geraldo Rivera) special with hismother.Guest:Dan
Castellaneta - Homer Simpson
Ending 14.
4 "Miserable" 16 Feb 1994
An obsessed Miserable projectionist and fan kidnaps Jay.
Guests:Pamela Reed - his biggest fan
Brenda Vaccaro - Ardeth
Ending 25.
5 "A Little Deb Will Do You" 23 Feb 1994
Jayaccompanies his sister to her debutantes' ball.
Guest:Tress MacNeille
Ending 36.
6 "Eyes on the Prize" 2 Mar 1994
Jay celebrates his 1000th show, but his low ratings get him fired,
so hedecides to try for another Pulitzer Prize.
Guests:Jimmy Breslin - Himself
Phil Hartman - Adolph Hitmaker, Bernie Wasserman, Prof. Blohard
Tress MacNeille
Adam West - Himself
Ending 4
ABC - Second half - All episodes were on Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. Pacific time.
7 "Every Doris Has Her Day" 1 Jun 1994
Jay thinks Doris is his birth mother.
Guests:None
Ending 18.
8 "Marathon Mensch" 8 Jun1994
To prove he's macho, Jay runs in the NY Marathon.
Guest:Bob Costas -Himself
Ending 29.
9 "L. A. Jay" 22 Jun 1994
Jay goes on sabbatical to Hollywood to write a movie sequel.
[N.B. Roger Ebert did this.]
Guests:Billy Crystal
Michael Carrington
Rod Steiger - Himself
Ending 310.
10 "Dr. Jay" 29 Jun 1994
Jay tries to find a cure for Duke's terminal illness.
Guest:Rod McKuen- Himself
Ending 411.
11 "A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera" 6 Jul 1994
Jay has to be funny to save his job and also tries to improve
Marty's self esteem.
Guests:Steve Allen - Himself Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Himself
Tress MacNeille Brenda Vaccaro - Ardeth
Ending 112.
12 "Uneasy Rider" 13 Jul 1994
Jay quits and becomes a truck driver.
Guests:Rex Reed - Himself Tress MacNeille
Ending 213.
13 "A Pig-Boy and His Dog" 20 Jul 1994
A bored Eleanor writes a children's book based on Jay, and he's not amused.
Guest:Michael Carrington
Ending 1
[N.B. Some television listings show this as ``Fat Little Pig'' but the
title is correct as above.]
FOX - All episodes were on Sunday, 8:30 p.m. Pacific time14.
14 "Sherman, Woman and Child" 5 Mar 1995 (28 May 1995)
Jay gets a new assistant, Alice Tompkins.
Guests:Sam McMurray
Rhea Perlman - Ardeth
Ending 115.
15 "Siskel and Ebert & Jay & Alice" 12 Mar 1995 (4 Jun 1995)
Siskel and Ebert split, and each wants Jay as his new partner.
Gusts:Roger Ebert - Himself Gene Siskel - Himself
Rex Reed - Himself Gene Shalit - Himself
Ending 216.
16 "Lady Hawke" 19 Mar 1995 (11 Jun 1995)
Jay falls in love with Jeremy's twin sister, Olivia (Morwenna Banks).
Guests:Ricki Lake - Herself Queen Latifah - Herself
Ending 517.
17 "A Song for Margo" 26 Mar 1995 (25 Jun 1995)
Margo falls in love with rock star Johnny Wrath (Todd L uiso)
of the band Nunsin a Blender.
Guest:Jimmy Breslin - Himself
Ending 3
[N.B. This episode has a shortened opening sequence.]
18 "From Chunk to Hunk" 2 Apr 1995 (18 Jun 1995)
Jay and Marty have to go to a weight loss farm.
Guests:Rhea Perlman - Ardeth Tress MacNeille
Ending 419.
19 "All the Duke's Men" 23 Apr 1995 (2 Jul 1995)
Presidential candidate Duke enlists Jay as his speechwriter.
Guest:June Lockhart - Herself
Ending 320.
20 "Sherman of Arabia" 30 Apr 1995 (16 Jul 1995)
Jay tells his Gulf War story at Marty's slumber party.
Guest:Tress MacNeille
Ending 421.
21 "Frankie and Ellie Get Lost" 7 May 1995 (30 Jul 1995)
Jay's parents are lost at sea after their 40th anniversary celebration.
Guests:None
Ending 222.
22 "Dukerella" 14 May 1995 (23 Jul 1995)
Duke finds his Scarlett O'Hara, Alice's sister Miranda (Judith Ivey).
Guests:None
Ending 523.
NEED!!!
23 "I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show" 21 May 1995
Jay and friends are held hostage at his 10th anniversary show.
This is really just a flashback episode.
Guests:Milton Berle - Himself Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Himself
Ending 1 (how appropriate)
[N.B. Some television listings show this as
``The Show Must Go On,'' but the title is correct as above.]
SAVE THE CRITIC!
Let's make it only the 34th nonsyndicated program in US TVhistory on three
or more networks!
http://www.ccn.cs.dal.ca/Recreation/EMA/guides/critic
http://www.avimall.com/entertain/critic.html
text version http://www.avimall.com/entertain/critic.txt
http://tvnet.com/UTVL/Of course, there is a page a
at the Internet Movie
Database:http://www.msstate.edu/M/title-exact?"Critic,%20The"%20(1994)Andy
Lesko's Critic P
age also points to this
guide:http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~amo/critic.htmlLaurence Simon also
has a page of Critic sounds, but this has gone away:http://www.phoenix.
net/~lsimon/critic.htmlThere is also a Critic
newsgroup:alt.tv.the-criticThanks to A. DeLisle (rad@crl.com) for posting a
few episode titles Ididn't have.
Thanks also to Andy Lesko (amo@engin.umich.edu) for providingthe information
on the three episodes I was missing. He has a Critic websiteat http:
//www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~amo/critic.html. It has quotes andpointers
to another Critic page, as well as to this episode guide. Thanks toShawn
Bogard (shawn.bogard@atlantaga.attgis.com) for sen
ding some informationthrough Andy. Thanks also to Tony Cianfaglione
(ab616@ccn.cs.dal.ca) forproviding a place to archive this. Finally, a big
thanks to Patric Verronefor sending more corrections and for being one of the
producers of the show.ABOUT THI
GUIDE:The guide is broken into three parts one for each full or partial
season. Each episode has listed its 1) title, 2) date o
f first airing, 3) shortepisode description, 4) guest voices, and 5) ending
(more on that in amoment).
Some guest voices are provided in the description
rather than the list. Most FOX episodes were repeated, so th
e dates of subsequent airingsare shown in parentheses. I don't believe that
the ABC episodes were ever rerun on ABC. Comedy Central is now showing reruns
of "The Critic."
VERSION HISTORY:v0.1 03 Jul 1995 Initial versionv0.2 12
Jul 1995 Simple correct onsv0.3 17 Jul 1995 Pointer to its archive, more co
rrectionsv0.4 14 Aug 1995 Napier as Duke, new EMA URL, a couple of
correctionsv1.0 29 Aug 1995 Guests and endings for the episodes I
missedv1.0.1 09 Feb 1996 Complete list of voiceover artist credits; some
correctionsv1.0.2 09 Mar 1996
Removed EMA references
CREDIT ROLLOUT:There were five different endings
during the credit rollout. All but thefifth one features Jay eating popcorn
and drinking a soda while watching the credits. At the end of the credits,
before the produ
ction company title, askinny usher comes up to him and says, "Excuse me, sir.
The show's over."Jay's responses areEnding 1) "But I have nowhere to
go!"Ending 2) "I'm stuck in the chair."Ending 3) "Get away, Zitface!"Ending
4) "Is the... sn
ack bar still open?"
In ending 3, the usher has a wimpy voice; in the other
three, it's reasonably deep. During the FOX episodes, a new ending was
created.
Instead of Jay eating,it's Jay and Alice making out.
A husky usher with a wimpy voice comes up andsays, "Excuse me. The show's
over." Alice replies, "Get away, pipsqueak,"and Jay says, "That's why I love
her!" This is Ending 5.
CAST:Here is a cast list with the characters
portrayed.Jon Lovitz - Jay Prescott
Sherman
Nancy Cartwright - Margo ShermanChristine Cavanaugh - Martin
Sherman
Gerrit Graham - Franklin ShermanDoris Grau - Doris GrossmanJudith Ivey
- Eleanor Sherman
Nick Jameson - Vlada Velimirovic and many celebrity imperson
ations
Maurice La Marche - Jeremy Hawke and many celebrity
impersonations
Charles Napier - Duke Phillips
Park Overall - Alice Tompkins [FOX season only]Kath Soucie - incidental
voices and most female celebrity im
personationsRussi Taylor - Penny Tompkins [FOX season only]Russi Taylor as
Penny Tompkins is a guess since P
enny and Alice are the onlynew regular characters, and Overall and Taylor are
the only new voices.Interesting note: Russi Taylor is the current voice of
Minnie Mouse.