Andrea wants everyone on the staff to take a lie detector test. Mr. James does a book reading of his autobiography.Andrea wants everyone on the staff to take a lie detector test. Mr. James does a book reading of his autobiography.Andrea wants everyone on the staff to take a lie detector test. Mr. James does a book reading of his autobiography.
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- TriviaThis is actually the second reference to Super Karate Monkey Death Car in the series. In an earlier episode (Episode 2.8, Negotiation) Lisa mentions that her brother wrote video games. When asked which one, she says that she doesn't know and just tosses out the name "Super Karate Monkey Death Car."
- GoofsIn the first scene, Bill is pretending to be Matthew. He sits back in his chair and falls backward out of it. You can see his coffee mug on the table has tipped over and is clearly empty. Lisa sets it back upright. In the next scene Bill takes the coffee mug and leans back again. This time coffee from that previously empty mug spills all over him.
- ConnectionsReferences National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Featured review
Pure gold!
This is far and away my favorite title and one of my all-time favorites of "NewsRadio". The title comes from the name of Jimmy James' autobiography - which sold like gangbusters in Japan, so he had it translated back to English. 'Super Karate Monkey Death Car' is the new name for the book, which is funny enough when you're reading it for the first time, but oh so much funnier in context. Mr. James gives a bookstore reading and the broken English comes off just as beautifully as you'd expect:
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of . . . buffalo dung."
It's a glorious train wreck, and Stephen Root wrings every last bit of humor out of the humiliating situation. He is one of the very finest character actors and his comedic timing is on full display here. This thing is worth a 10 for his material alone, but the rest of the episode works just as well; the writing is spot-on, Phil Hartman does plenty with facial expressions alone, and Lisa sweats the polygraph (felonious youth, 'natch).
It's perfect.
10/10
"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of . . . buffalo dung."
It's a glorious train wreck, and Stephen Root wrings every last bit of humor out of the humiliating situation. He is one of the very finest character actors and his comedic timing is on full display here. This thing is worth a 10 for his material alone, but the rest of the episode works just as well; the writing is spot-on, Phil Hartman does plenty with facial expressions alone, and Lisa sweats the polygraph (felonious youth, 'natch).
It's perfect.
10/10
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