The following is an episode list for the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series The Amanda Show. The series premiered on November 6, 1999 and ended on September 21, 2002. Six additional "Best of..." episodes aired after 40 episodes were produced in total.
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[edit] Episode list
[edit] Season 1: 1999–2000
The first season aired from October 16, 1999 to February 19, 2000. The main cast features Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell, Nancy Sullivan, Raquel Lee and Johnny Kassir. Recurring cast includes Andrew Hill Newman and E. E. Bell as Barney, the security guard. It was the only season to feature Raquel Lee and Johnny Kassir as regular cast members.
Series
# |
Season
# |
Title |
Directed by |
Original air date |
Prod. code |
| 1 |
1 |
"Pilot" |
Tim O'Donnell & Ken Whittingham |
October 16, 1999 (1999-10-16) |
101 |
- Cold Opening: The episode starts as a crowd of fans trying to get into The Amanda Show, and Penelope Taynt, who is a 12-year-old Amanda fanatic and puts the word "please" at the end of almost every sentence, would do anything to meet Amanda. Meanwhile, Amanda makes her entrance by a helicopter. But when the pilot falls asleep, Amanda jumps out of the plane and lands on the set.
- Intro: Kenan Thompson and Josh Server (who have worked with Amanda from All That) deliver Amanda a pizza and flowers to Amanda to wish her luck on her new show and even give a Swiss Guy a muffin.
- Pedestrian Airbag: A commercial about a special airbag that can be used by pedestrians.
- Judge Trudy: Judge Trudy rules over two cases. The first one has Curtis McPeen issuing a complaint against Principal Thorn who made him stay after school for sending his car into the swimming pool. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and the principal ends up thrown in the leopard cage when he doesn't have $85,000 to pay the fine. The second one had a girl issuing a complaint against her parents after she played baseball in the house and her parents told her never to do it again. Thinking that what the parents did was unreasonable, Judge Trudy declares that it's "time for butt-shutting", and sends the parents down the trap door that was under them.
- Stop Motion Amanda: Amanda imagines herself battling her school teacher.
- The Klutzes: A family whose members always break things and say "Not a problem" when it comes to them at home.
- Cynthia Worthington: Cynthia Worthington is on a date in a fancy restaurant where she does rude things at the table, much to her boyfriend's disgust.
- Mother Caboose: We hear a poem by Mother Caboose about a girl named Katie Beth Sue and the way she is described. Before she even finishes the poem, she begins to cough and the skit ends with Mother Caboose falling out of her chair.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope Taynt steals part of Amanda's room and shows Drake and Raquel her website before being dragged away by two security guards.
- Closing: Amanda names all 50 states backwards while punching an astronaut.
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| 2 |
2 |
"Episode 2" |
Ken Whittingham & Tim O'Donnell |
October 23, 1999 (1999-10-23) |
102 |
- Cold Opening: The show opens as Amanda is not on the guest list for some reason so she has to fight three security guards to get through.
- Introduction: Amanda asks questions with the people calling her cell phone to ask her.
- Meatloaf Crunch: A commercial about a meatloaf-themed cereal.
- Jack and Jake: Jack (Amanda Bynes) and Jake (Raquel Lee), the two least successful bullies in school, are trying to cause up trouble, but none of their pranks work.
- Stop Motion Amanda: Amanda has a date with a boy with a huge pimple and somehow falls in love with it.
- Nurse Zelda: Nurse Zelda treats various minor injuries in the classroom.
- The Simians: We meet a half-ape weird family with two kids who has a father who's an ape and a mother who's a human former explorer.
- Mr. Oldman: Amanda has some fun with a prank call to Mr. Oldman (Dan Schneider) which involves a cheese delivery.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope Taynt shows her website to a fellow audience member. As she is about to meet Amanda, a fat guy suddenly sits on her, blocking her view of the show.
- Closing: Amanda has a stunt double juggles three clubs while balancing a large ladder on her face. After Amanda leaves, Penelope attempts to follow Amanda, but the security guards prevent her.
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| 3 |
3 |
"Episode 3" |
Virgil L. Fabian, Ken Whittingham & Rich Correll |
October 30, 1999 (1999-10-30) |
103 |
- Cold Opening: Amanda, Drake and Raquel are eating. Drake has the lobster, which makes the Dancing Lobsters very mad, they leave the room.
- Introduction: Amanda tries to open the show but gets interrupted by a box, which contains Penelope. Her scheme still doesn't work because Amanda has left when she busts out of the box.
- Call Zap: A commercial about the latest telephone component that can electrify prank callers.
- The Wrestlebergs: We are introduced to another freaky family, The Wrestlebergs. They are obsessed with wrestling and have a family referee in the house.
- Stop Motion Amanda: Amanda plays with her dog Dumples.
- The Girl's Room: We go to The Girls' Room, which stars Amber (Amanda Bynes), the most popular girl in school, Sheila (Raquel Lee), a bad girl, Tammy (Jamie Snow), an exchange student from Tennessee, and Debbie (Jenna Morrison), a slow and stupid girl as they talk about a pop quiz they just had.
- Hillbilly Moment: Two hillbillies named Lula Mae (Amanda Bynes) and Eenis (Drake Bell), who are always telling ridiculous knock-knock jokes where the knock knock joke involves Lula Mae hitting Eenis in the head with a rag doll.
- Smelling Bee: This sketch involves it's contestants identifying the smell while blindfolded.
- Totally Kyle: This sketch features Kyle Rostensan (Drake Bell), a laid back hippie surfer who tells his story of the time he went to his grandmother's house and how his grandmother made oatmeal for breakfast.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope Taynt tries to break into Amanda's dressing room and meets her wardrobe lady. Just as she is about to break in, Amanda opens the door, unknowingly knocking Penelope out in the process.
- Closing: Amanda invites everyone to her house for dinner. After they all leave, Penelope gets to the stage and runs out of the studio when she realizes what has happened.
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| 4 |
4 |
"Episode 4" |
Ken Whittingham & Rich Correll |
November 6, 1999 (1999-11-06) |
104 |
- Cold Opening: It starts off with Amanda practicing with the lobsters to dance and when she leaves, Penelope disguises herself as one of the lobsters and joins their dance, but a female guard appears and takes her away.
- Introduction: Amanda solves the problems of the audience.
- Homework Hut: A commercial about a delivery place that delivers homework of any kind.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a fish.
- Blockblister: Blockblister is a store which is owned by the foreign Blokey family with weird accents and always give the customers homemade spoofs of the actual movie made by the family. The customers come in, not pleased with seeing the Blokey family's movie spoofs of Star Wars Episode I: The Vantom Menace, The Wizard of Voz, and Austin Powders.
- Stop Motion Amanda: Amanda's bath keeps getting disrupted when she keeps finding her brother's stuff in the bathtub.
- Judge Trudy: The courtroom of Judge Trudy starts with the Halloween edition. The first one has Shelly Barnes issuing a complaint against Mrs. Shane who gave her an apple instead of candy when out trick or treating. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff with Judge Trudy confiscating the woman's dress when she doesn't have the fine money of $4.6,000,000. The second one has a kid issuing a complaint against a man who snapped at him and his friends for egging his house. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and has the bailiff spin the man around until he is very uncomfortable.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a cucumber.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope shows the security guard her website, but this is just a distraction to escape.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells his story about the time when he found a rock in his driveway and took it to his room.
- The Literals: The Literals are a family who understands things exactly how they sound when they show up at the house of their new neighbors.
- Closing: Amanda and the dancing lobsters show their dances they have practiced earlier. Penelope joins in as well, but is chased away by security guards.
Special note: This episode is the first episode to feature the Blockblister sketch. |
| 5 |
5 |
"Episode 5" |
Rich Correll, Ken Whittingham & Virgil L. Fabian |
November 13, 1999 (1999-11-13) |
105 |
- Cold Opening: Amanda rides an elevator and there are floors with many wierd and unusual scenes where characters of the same theme ride with her. She reaches the 24th floor, the floor of her studio, but she suddenly forgets her purse and has to ride down all the floors to her dressing room to get it back.
- Introduction: Amanda attempts to introuduce the show, but many people interrupt her saying which floor this is until Andrew Keegan asks where the bowling alley is.
- Remote Control Underpants: There's a commercial of some remote control underpants.
- Mr. Gullible: Mr. Gullible, a substitute teacher who's very gullible, comes to teach at history class and is tricked by his students into doing stuff that the students claimed their regular teacher did.
- Stop Motion Amanda: Amanda has trouble cleaning up her very messy bedroom.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a witch broom and later in the show, a beaver.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope sneaks onto the set of the Amanda show where they are in the middle of a skit and shows the actors their website.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle discusses about the time when he walked to school and notices a dead bird.
- Scooper Dooper: We visit Doreen and her dad at a restaurant which serves really gross ice-cream.
- Closing: Amanda presents the audience awards including best laughter, least intelligent audience member, and the person who came from the furthest planet.
Special note: This episode is the first episode to feature the Mr. Gullible sketch and the ...Dooper sketch.
Special Appearance by: Andrew Keegan
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| 6 |
6 |
"Episode 6" |
Virgil L. Fabian & Rich Correll |
November 20, 1999 (1999-11-20) |
106 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope tries to break into Amanda's room by sitting in a cannon and fire. She lands exactly but only with Drake in the room.
- Introduction: When Amanda gets to the stage, she tells a joke but the audience doesn't understand a word she says because they don't speak English, so she has to spend her time teaching them.
- Egg Splat: A commercial about the Egg Splat.
- So You Wanna Win Five Dollars: There is a tense game of So You Wanna Win Five Dollars? with Marcy Stimple (Nancy Sullivan) and Kyle Rostensan as contestants.
- Stop Motion Amanda: Amanda fights with her broccoli.
- Blockblister: Today, the Biokey family rip off the customer with "Tidanic" and an exercise video with Blini and Biscotti saying "lie down" and "sit up" over and over again while eating a pizza.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a large mallet.
- Penelope Taynt: Johnny encounters Penelope Taynt disguised as Amanda. Penelope shows Johnny her website before she is taken away by the security guards.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells his story about the time when he climbed up a steep hill and threw a frisbee very far.
- Becky Swanson: A family welcomes their new babysitter (Amanda Bynes) who is "professional," but actually acts like a baby.
- Closing: Penelope Taynt escapes from the security guards by disguising himself as Drake while Amanda closes the show.
NOTE: In the "Becky Swanson" segment, a scene from "The Wrestlebergs" is heard on TV. |
| 7 |
7 |
"Episode 7" |
Virgil L. Fabian, Rich Correll, Bruce Gowers & Tim O'Donnell |
January 8, 2000 (2000-01-08) |
107 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope carries over 50 phones with her so she can try to win a dinner with Amanda in a radio contest.
- Introduction: Amanda teaches Regan Burns how to perform karate.
- Meatloaf Crunch: The second airing of this commercial.
- Judge Trudy: Judge Trudy rules over two cases. The first one has Jason Fima issuing a complaint against his parents Mr. and Mrs. Fima who cut Jason's allowance from $20 to $19 after he sold their house in order to raise money to go to Doozy Land. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and sentences Mr. and Mrs. Fima to partake in a cage match against two professional wrestlers. The second one had Amy Drummel issuing a complaint against her mother who sent Amy to her room when she refused to kiss her Aunt Sophie. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and sentences Mrs. Drummel to a week locked up in a box with two contagious sick children.
- Stop Motion Amanda: Amanda is cruising through space where she keeps colliding with large objects.
- The Girls' Room: Sheila, Tammy, and Debbie are voting for Amber for class president. When Caroline has not decided who she is voting for, Sheila gives her a swirlie and finally gets her to vote for Amber. Amber's rival Danielle Spencer is also running for president and mentions that a third candidate named Jamie Bradford has joined the election. When Amber had Shelia bring Jamie to the Girls' Room, the girls are surprised that Jamie is actually a boy. Danielle Spencer and Amber lastly drop out of the race and give the support to Jamie Bradford.
- Penelope Taynt: In a follow-up to the cold opening, Penelope makes sure that the operator directs the radio's calls to her.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells his story about the time when he tried to ask a girl out for a date.
- Souper Dooper: We pay another visit to Doreen and her dad at their restaurant, which sells weird and disgusting soups this time.
- Closing: As Amanda closes the show, Penelope wins the contest. However, the radio phones her back and since she has over 50 phones in her room, she doesn't know which phone to pick up.
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| 8 |
8 |
"Episode 8" |
Bruce Gowers, Virgil L. Fabian, Rich Correll & Tim O'Donnell |
January 15, 2000 (2000-01-15) |
108 |
- Cold Opening: Today, Penelope wakes up from her bad dream with her parents (who are also adding "please" into their sentences) introduce a surprise visitor from The Amanda Show, the camera man.
- Introduction: Amanda is interrupted by an audience who cannot listen to LFO's CD. Amanda solves the problem by bringing on the band themselves!
- Pedestrian Airbag: The second airing of this commercial.
- Mr. Gullible: Mr. Gullible comes to science class and gets tricked by his students once again.
- Stop Motion Amanda: Amanda attempts to cook fudge brownies.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a bowling pin.
- Penelope Taynt: As LFO prepares to perform, Penelope meets them. Penelope shows LFO her website before taking her leave.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells his story about the time when he saw an airplane which he mistook for a shooting star.
- LFO performance: LFO peforms the song Girl on TV for Amanda. Drake, Raquel, and the dancing lobsters dance with them.
- Procrastinator: The Procrastinator makes her first appearance by saying "Eventually" every time there's something bad happening.
- Closing: The Dancing Lobsters invite Amanda and LFO to a party.
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| 9 |
9 |
"Episode 9" |
Virgil L. Fabian, Rich Correll & Bruce Gowers |
January 22, 2000 (2000-01-22) |
109 |
- Cold Opening: Raquel gets two fan mail and Drake also gets one, but it is asking for an autograph picture from the Dancing Lobsters.
- Introduction: Amanda performs a magic trick where she tries to pull a can of ravioli out of a hat but ends up pulling a rabbit out of the hat. When Amanda leaves to go check the spell for that, Penelope Taynt's head emerges from the hat stating that she's got Amanda's ravioli only for the hat she is in to be taken away by the security guards.
- Sick Popples: A commercial about popsicles that induce sickness on anyone that wants to get out of going to school.
- Judge Trudy: Judge Trudy has a date with a young man Alex in a restaurant, along with his parents David and Lorraine. This date soon turns into a case when Judge Trudy reveals that she is not pleased that David and Lorraine's grounding of Alex disrupted her plans to go out with Alex last week. Judge Trudy finds this case in favor of Alex for $22,000. When the parents don't have the money for the fine, Judge Trudy has the bailiff pour a man's plate of lasagne down David's pants and then has the bailiff scream loudly in Lorraine's face.
- Mr. Oldman: Mr. Oldman receives another prank call revolving around him winning a grand prize of a cordless pig.
- When Cheerleaders Attack: The documentary program where we see innocent people attacked by cheerleaders dancing and hurting people with pom poms.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a steering wheel.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope has a stop motion dream where she has won the award for the Best Website in the World presented by Whoopi Goldberg.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells his story about the time when he saw a movie involving a big lizard eating someone.
- The Castaways: A family gets stranded on an island that is actually populated.
- Closing: Amanda calls in Johnny and Raquel to help her do a magic trick that involves sawing Johnny in half where an audience member takes the bottom half of Johnny home with him.
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| 10 |
10 |
"Episode 10" |
Virgil L. Fabian, Bruce Gowers, Rich Correll & Mary Schmid |
January 29, 2000 (2000-01-29) |
110 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope has stolen the A of the AMANDA letters in the Amanda show studio, which makes it The MANDA Show.
- Introduction: Amanda discovers that her co-stars, a Dancing Lobster, and three cameramen are wearing the same dress as she is.
- Homework Hut: The second airing of this commercial.
- Sushi Dooper: It's time to visit Sushi Dooper with Doreen and her dad, which now serves disgusting sushi like Finger Nail Sushi and Samurai Roll.
- Stop Motion Amanda: Amanda's dad buys a new TV set that emits various things that are mentioned when Amanda watches it and it soon gets stolen by a burglar.
- Parent-Teacher Conference: Kyle Rostensan's teacher was displeased on how he wrote his book report of Charlotte's Web. When she has brought his parents in to discuss this, she discovers that they and Kyle's grandparents are where Kyle gets his surfer-like talking from.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a gila monster.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope decides to return the "A" to her house, but she has trouble getting it in the back of a taxi.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells his story about the time when he woke up with messy hair.
- Snipatorium - A hairdresser store that causes more harm to the guests than good.
- Mr. Oldman: Mr. Oldman receives another prank call revolving around the Lumina Lumina Farm Company wondering when he wants his zebras delivered.
- Closing: Amanda plays tennis with the audience. Upon leaving, Amanda notices the "A" is missing and Penelope has the "A" on her motorcycle as she drives during the credits.
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| 11 |
11 |
"Episode 11" |
Virgil L. Fabian, Rich Correll & Mary Schmid |
February 5, 2000 (2000-02-05) |
111 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope uses a homemade remote-controlled robot to infiltrate The Amanda Show. Inside the van with her is her brother Preston, who won't stop asking for a sandwich.
- Introduction: The show celebrates Amanda's birthday (but it's not actually her birthday).
- Remote Control Pizza: A commercial about remote-controlled pizzas.
- The Klutzes: The Klutzes Family visits the Museum of Irreplaceable Art and end up causing problems which involves breaking the display case of objects from an Indian Burial Ground, breaking the Teenysaurus skeleton (with the dinosaur being the only one of it's kind), damaging glass objects made by a young Abraham Lincoln, and tossing the indestructable armor that was worn by George Washington out the window.
- Stop Motion Amanda: Amanda plays fetch with her dog Scooper who keeps fetching the wrong things instead of the ball.
- The Girls' Room: Amber, Sheila, Tammy, Debbie host the annual "Girls' Choice Awards." The first award deals with the "Worst Cafeteria Food Served" with Pork Loaf winning over Sloppy Joes, Noodle Goo, and Fishburgers with the cafeteria lady Miss Shapein accepting the award on the Pork Loaf's behalf. The second award deals with the Best Cable TV Show with "The Girls' Room" winning over "Good Morning Chess Club," "Cooking with Miss Shapein," and "Locker Room Hygiene with Coach Squaddle" much to the objection of Coach Squaddle. The final award deals with the "Most Popular Girl in School" where Tina Capone wins over Amber (who was nominated three times). When Sheila gives Tina Capone a swirlie while Tina cannot accept the final award, Amber is happy to accept the final award.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a skunk.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope Taynt's robot continues it's infiltration.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells his story about the time when he saw a TV show that he like which had a funny guy and a dog with a funny bark.
- When Old Ladies Attack: A documentary where we see elderly women abuse innocent people with purses and umbrellas.
- Closing: Amanda shakes the hands of everyone in the audience. When Penelope's robot follows Amanda to her limo, the robot ends up getting run over and destroyed when the limo backs up.
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| 12 |
12 |
"Episode 12" |
Bruce Gowers, Rich Correll, Virgil L. Fabian, Mary Schmid & Ken Whittingham |
February 12, 2000 (2000-02-12) |
112 |
- Cold Opening: Amanda discovers that there is no audience to hear her opening joke because she has arrived too early.
- Introduction: While Amanda introduces the show, firefighters, nuns, and Vitamin C come onto the stage. Amanda invites Vitamin C to perform on the show, and she agrees.
- Call Zap: The second airing of this commercial.
- Judge Trudy: Judge Trudy rules over two cases. The first one had a boy issuing a complaint against the zoo keeper who kicked him out of the zoo for releasing the zoo animals all over the city. Judge Trudy finds this case in favor of the boy for $22,000, and orders the bailiff to put an angry chipmunk down the zoo keeper's pants when he refuses to give the $22,000 fine. The second one deals with a girl issuing a complaint against a woman who took away her daughter's paint cans after her daughter painted her face, hair and other parts all orange. Judge Trudy finds this case in favor of the girl, and presses a button, causing a large boulder to fall and crush the woman.
- Rock-A-Bye Ralph: Amanda cannot sleep at night, so her parents give her a doll named Rock-a-bye-Ralph that will not shut up.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope uses a net trap to catch Amanda, but instead catches Vitamin C. Penelope shows her her website before fleeing.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells his story about the time when he couldn't find a cordless phone.
- Vitamin C performance: One of the lobsters has a cold. So, Amanda says "You need your daily dose of Vitamin C!" as guest singer Vitamin C herself sings for Amanda and the audience.
- Mr. Oldman: Mr. Oldman gets another prank call from Amanda involving the prank caller acting as Mr. Oldman's cousin wanting Mr. Oldman to get his dog a bath.
- Closing: Amanda hosts a talent contest.
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| 13 |
13 |
"Episode 13" |
Virgil L. Fabian, Rich Correll & Mary Schmid |
February 19, 2000 (2000-02-19) |
113 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope and Preston try to clone Amanda by using a toenail they found in the trash can. Unfortunately, it ends up being Drake's toenail.
- Introduction: Amanda watches a boy while his mother is in the bathroom, a dog while it's owner puts more money in the parking meter, some prisoners while the warden takes a bath, and a grizzly bear.
- Meatloaf Crunch: The third airing of this commercial.
- Wanda the Witch: Stanley has a problem at school with a new student named Wanda, who acts and looks like a wicked witch.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a crocodile bone.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope Taynt hypnotizes the prop guy into letting her take the props from the show and help her carry the props to Penelope's bike.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells his story about the time when he had a lucky sock and lost it while at his friend Tofer's house.
- Melody and Thad: Melody Warble (Amanda Bynes) and Thad (Drake Bell) go to a restaurant to sing for the people, but their songs, 'The Bald Song' and 'Eatin' in a Restaurant' seem to offend and annoy the people who are eating.
- Closing: Penelope hypnotizes the prop guy into thinking the security guard insulted his mother resulting them arguing. When Penelope leaves, the hypnosis wears off and state that they "saw nothing."
NOTE #1: This episode is also the finale for Season 1. Last appearance of Raquel Lee and Johnny Kassir.
NOTE #2: Benjamin Diskin (who voiced Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 2 in Codename: Kids Next Door) makes a guest appearance in the Wanda the Witch Sketch as a student named Joey who gets turned into a bowl of chili by Wanda. |
[edit] Season 2: 2000–01
The second season aired from July 15, 2000 to April 7, 2001. The main cast features Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell, Nancy Sullivan and newcomer Josh Peck. Recurring cast includes Andrew Hill Newman, E. E. Bell and Radley Watkins, Molly Orr and Taran Killam of "Moody's Point".
Series
# |
Season
# |
Title |
Directed by |
Original air date |
Prod. code |
| 14 |
1 |
"Episode 14" |
Rich Correll, Virgil L. Fabian & Ken Whittingham |
July 15, 2000 (2000-07-15) |
214 |
- Cold Opeining: Penelope bribes Barney the Security Guard with pizza to get her in the audience.
- Introduction: Amanda is trying to do her introduction, but is distracted by square dancers on the roof.
- Popper Pants: A commercial about popcorn that you can make in your pants.
- Moody's Point Trailer: A trailer for an upcoming skit that will air next week.
- Blockblister: The Blokey family still don't see anything wrong with the video when the customers issue a complaint about the Blokey family's spoofs of Snow Day and Mission: Impossible (which isn't a DVD, It's a DVP!).
- Stranded: Mr. Gullible, a Dancing Lobster, Debbie, Tony Pajamas, Judge Trudy, and the Bailiff are locked in a 1971 luxury convertible in a parking lot in downtown Oklahoma. If any of them gets out, they lose. The progress occurs until only Judge Trudy and the Bailiff are left and end up driving the convertible away when the keys were left in the ignition.
- Crazy Courtney: Courtney annoys a movie patron while at the movies.
- Closing: Amanda shows the audience how many marshmallows she can fit into her mouth. The end result ends up being 275. After Amanda leaves, Penelope tries to confiscate some of the marshmallows only for her to be chased by Barney and Kathy.
First appearance of Josh Peck. |
| 15 |
2 |
"Episode 15" |
Rich Correll, Virgil L. Fabian, Tim O'Donnell & Ken Whittingham |
July 29, 2000 (2000-07-29) |
215 |
- Cold Opening: Amanda plays in a pool of mud, but before the show starts, she has to get cleaned up. You've heard of a car wash? Well here is star wash!
- Introduction: A kid's grandmother can't hear Amanda and ends up moving close onto the stage.
- LunchBay.com: A website where you can buy others lunch and sell your own.
- Judge Trudy: There's more courtroom action with Judge Trudy. The first one deals with Marcus McOliver issuing a complaint against his dad who told him to stop copying everything he says. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and ends up having the dad be chased by an unpredictable man in a gorilla suit. The second one deals with Gordy Moller issuing a complaint against his teacher Miss Burkel who gave him detention for gluing stuff to her as part of his collage project. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and sells the teacher to the highest bidder in her courtroom.
- Moody's Point: In the first episode, Moody copes with the loss of her mother who is stranded in a runaway hot air balloon. Spaulding tries to find a gift for Moody's birthday.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells about his visit to the zoo.
- Closing: Amanda walks on a man's back to deal with his back problem.
Note: This is the only episode where Penelope did not appear. |
| 16 |
3 |
"Episode 16" |
Virgil L. Fabian & Ken Whittingham |
August 12, 2000 (2000-08-12) |
216 |
- Cold Opening: Amanda has come down with a cold. Penelope Taynt plans to obtain Amanda's used tissues in order to catch Amanda's cold.
- Introduction: Amanda joins a boy in the search for a lost paper clip.
- Allowance Doubler: A commercial about a device that can double one's allowance.
- The Girls' Room: Amber, Sheila, Tammy, and Debbie hold auditions to add a new girl to their group.
- Amanda's Jacuzzi: Amanda interviews with Babe Ruth.
- Tony Pajamas: Tony Pajamas babysits a young girl after disposing of her babysitter who hasn't paid him back. The Al Dente Brothers attack with eggs.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a fire extinguisher.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope catches Amanda's cold.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan talks about his encounter with a spider.
- Mr. Oldman: Mr. Oldman receives another prank call revolving around his doctor telling Mr. Oldman about the results of his Clam Test.
- Closing: Amanda wraps up the show with a girl (played by Ashley Tisdale) from the audience giving her advice on how to cure her cold.
Absent: Although she was credited, Nancy Sullivan missed this episode. |
| 17 |
4 |
"Episode 17" |
Virgil L. Fabian & Ken Whittingham |
August 26, 2000 (2000-08-26) |
217 |
- Cold Opening: Amanda and her friends watch Drake as he sleeps, dreaming about The Drake Show!
- Introduction: Amanda is told by Kathy that the unconscious guy didn't show up for the doctor sketch.
- The Boost: A commercial where the player can use a signal to call the Boost to help children deal with anything that is out of reach.
- The Klutzes: The Klutzes open a restaurant, where they continue to klutz it out.
- Hillbilly Moment: Eenis and Lula Mae reach out and hit somebody in an Outdoors Hillbilly Moment.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope has a fight with another teenager named Daphne (played by Ashley Tisdale) for the title of Amanda's number one fan, please.
- Mr. Gullible: Mr. Gullible is tricked by the students into doing things that are not part of the fire drill.
- Closing: Amanda shows people how long she can hold her breath. Drake holds a contest between Penelope and Daphne to see who is Amanda's number one fan.
Absent: Josh Peck |
| 18 |
5 |
"Episode 18" |
Tim O'Donnell, Rich Correll & Virgil L. Fabian |
September 9, 2000 (2000-09-09) |
218 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope's quest to find Amanda by moving through the ventilation system finds her turning up in somebody's toilet.
- Introduction: Amanda tries to do a trampoline act that would involve her landing in a glass of water until a black out caused by Drake and Nancy disrupts it.
- Pass The Skunk!: A commercial which involves passing a skunk.
- So You Wanna Win Five Dollars: Tony Pajamas and Judge Trudy are contestants. On Tony Pajamas' part, he thought the show would provide catering for the show and ended up using his Phone a Friend to call his friend Tommy in the pizza business during a question. On Judge Trudy's part, she gets the answers right until it comes to the inventor of the bathtub which was actually invented by Warren B. Tubbs. Judge Trudy claims she's right and finds the round in favor of herself and dismisses the game as Tina storms off the stage in annoyance.
- Moody's Point: Moody doesn't want to return a rented video late and when she returns a video at 5:01, she ends up getting her first video returned late by one minute and is worried what her father would say if he found out. Meanwhile, Misty Rains tries out for the cheerleader squad.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan talks about the time when his friend had a car that he couldn't drive.
- Closing: Amanda discovers why the lights keep going out. She finds Drake floating over a bunch of hair dryers as a prank done by the Dancing Lobsters.
Absent: Josh Peck |
| 19 |
6 |
"Episode 19" |
Rich Correll & Virgil L. Fabian |
September 23, 2000 (2000-09-23) |
219 |
- Cold Opening: While Barney is reading a book, Penelope uses her apple cannon to knock him out. She fails 2 times but eventually gets him on the 3rd try.
- Introduction: Amanda wants to make the world a better place, so she sets out to get kids to do what parents want and vice-versa.
- Super Spitballer 5000: A commercial about a cannon that shoots rocky spit-wads.
- Crime Fighting Cheerleaders: We meet the Crime Fighting Cheerleaders, who attempt to foil the attempt of two thugs to rob a house.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a cappuccino machine.
- Melody and Thad: Melody and Thad sing some rather offensive songs at a wedding reception.
- Closing: Amanda is visited by a man selling pretzels. Amanda buys 400 pretzels and gets a free baby.
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| 20 |
7 |
"Episode 20" |
Rich Correll, Virgil L. Fabian & Ken Whittingham |
October 7, 2000 (2000-10-07) |
220 |
- Cold Opening: Drake tries to get the turkey balancing record, only to be distracted by an annoying Penelope.
- Introduction: Amanda is interrupted by two men running for president.
- Trash Cones: A commercial about ice creams made out of trash.
- The Girls' Room: Amber, Sheila, Tammy, and Debbie hold a talent contest. The first act deals with Dustin Puddin trying to do a magic trick which involves making a cake appear out of a hat. It doesn't go well. The second act deals with Miss Shapein doing an interpretive dance with a melon which annoyed Sheila. The third one deals with Kyle Rostensan telling one of his stories. Debbie states that she never gave a kid a swirly before as an excuse so that she and Kyle can make love in a bathroom stall.
- Crazy Courtney: Crazy Courtney gets a new piano, only to drive the teacher mad.
- Hilbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a fruitcake.
- Penelope Taynt: Drake and his friends are watching a movie. The movie is interrupted by Penelope, since she took over the satelite. Penelope shows Drake and his friends her website before turning Drake off with a remote of her own!
- Closing: Amanda teaches a man how to dance.
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| 21 |
8 |
"Episode 21" |
Rich Correll, Virgil L. Fabian & Ken Whittingham |
October 21, 2000 (2000-10-21) |
221 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope's little brother Preston meets Amanda who gives him a sandwich and takes a photo with him which causes Penelope to get upset when she finds out about this.
- Introduction: Amanda helps Drake out with his pizza problem.
- My Beautiful Big Toe: A commercial about dressing up a person's big toe.
- Judge Trudy: Judge Trudy rules over two cases. The first one had Louis Holland issuing a complaint against his parents for taking the TV out of his room after he put itching powder in their clothes with the parents' constant itching causing Judge Trudy to have the bailiff handcuff them. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and sentences the parents to give their son a new television and play dodgeball with three bitter Marines despite the fact that they are handcuff. The second one deals with Nicky Poppadopolous issuing a complaint against his mother Polly who told him to turn his stereo down. Due the loud stereo bothering Polly's hearing, Judge Trudy had the bailiff interpret for her using a megaphone. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and sentences Polly to carry a very old woman piggyback for the next three years.
- Moody's Point: Moody tries out for a TV commercial for Gargasol at her school and wins the part with Spaulding. When Spaulding gets injured, Sternum is casted in the lead male part. Misty has also auditioned and has developed an allergic reaction to Gargasol.
- Mr. Oldman: Mr. Oldman gets some more unwelcome phone calls.
- Closing: A bald guy who wants Amanda's autograph for his friend.
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| 22 |
9 |
"Episode 22" |
Rich Correll, Virgil L. Fabian & Ken Whittingham |
October 28, 2000 (2000-10-28) |
222 |
- Cold Opening: Amanda is searching for someone to open Josh's bag of chips.
- Introduction: There's a painful moment when Amanda feels a little unwell with a pain on her side and needs some medical advice. A doctor comes to her aid where he suspects her appendix is bad and has to operate. The doctor manages to extract other things from her side and finds Cookie Bunny on her side.
- Little Crazy Hatman: A commercial about a Little Crazy Hatman.
- Cookie Dooper: Doreen and her dad now sell strange and revolting cookies at their restaurant. One of the customers is Marcy Stimple.
- When Bradys Attack: The kids from The Brady Bunch are attacking people in this documentary.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope swaps clothes with Barney.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan talks about his cousin in New Jersey - until he realizes that he has no cousin in New Jersey.
- Closing: Upon answering a question, Amanda holds a contest to see which audience member looks like her. Penelope encounters the various girls that look like Amanda and is chased by Barney and a security guard.
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| 23 |
10 |
"Episode 23" |
Rich Correll, Virgil L. Fabian & Ken Whittingham |
November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18) |
223 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope tries to get into Amanda's dressing room with a cunning teddy bear disguise.
- Introduction: When she hears from a fan mail that a fan of hers named Russell Carter is grounded for selling his dad's car in exchange for fruit cocktail and isn't allowed to watch "The Amanda Show," Amanda gathers Drake, Nancy, and another cast member in order to go to the Carter family's house without getting spotted by the Russell's parents. They end up reenacting a moment from "The Klutzes."
- Sugar Veggies: A commercial about sugar-made vegetables.
- So You Wanna Win Five Dollars: Calvin Stubbs and Debbie are contestants. On Calvin's turn, he uses his Phone-a-Friend to call his dad in a question revolving around the measurements of electric currents. Unfortunately, Mr. Oldman is accidentally called costing Calvin his prize. On Debbie's turn, she ends up annoying Tina until Mr. Oldman hits the Call Return annoying Tina more.
- Crime Fighting Cheerleaders: When two bullies rob a kid's locker and then threaten the kid, the kid calls upon the Crime Fighting Cheerleaders.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a Liberty Bell.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope heckles the actors of a sketch involving a family whose son is dating an alien named Zizquat and is displeased that Amanda isn't in this sketch. By the time Drake gets Amanda, Penelope was already removed from the set by the paramedics upon slipping.
- Closing: Amanda hands out fifty thousand dollars to a lucky audience member with a birthday. Amanda also allows him to marry her.
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| 24 |
11 |
"Episode 24" |
Rich Correll, Virgil L. Fabian & Tim O'Donnell |
December 9, 2000 (2000-12-09) |
224 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope Taynt locks an actress in a closet and tricks the dressing room girl into thinking that she’s part of a sketch Amanda’s playing later on. Penelope doesn’t realize that she’s to play the part of an Egyptian mummy. The girl puts mummy clothing on her, leaving Penelope unable to see (and unable to meet Amanda, too, since she was just in the dressing room).
- Introduction: The Amanda Show gets off to a bad start today when it's opened by the wrong Amanda named Amanda Rodriguez.
- Mammal-Os: A commercial about a healthy cereal with a live mammal in every box.
- Crazy Courtney: Crazy Courtney sabotages a class debate against her opponent Gerald Stumford at Grandview High School.
- Moody's Point: Spaulding tries to rescue Moody from being squirted by water. When Spaulding tries to reason with the kid, Spaulding ends up beating him up which leads to a fight the next day which is broken up Sternum. Meanwhile, Misty gives out invitations to her birthday where the only one that comes is the one-thumb janitor.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan talks about the time when he mistaken his toaster for a radio.
- Closing: Amanda's meat song is interrupted by the sound of a lawnmower as someone's mowing the stage.
Absent: Nancy Sullivan |
| 25 |
12 |
"Episode 25" |
Rich Correll & Virgil L. Fabian |
December 23, 2000 (2000-12-23) |
225 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope finds an easy entrance to the studios today when she falls in love with Trevor, the son of Barney the Security Guard.
- Introduction: Amanda helps a guy pull out a bad tooth only for her method to accidentally remove the guy's head.
- Popper Pants: The second airing of this commercial.
- Blockblister: The Blokey Family deal with unsatisfied costomers that rented from them. A girl and her babysitter were displeased that they got Face Ventura: Pet Detective. A boy blames the Blokey family for ruining his life by giving him Tom Zawyer when he tried to watch the movie that it was spoofed from instead of reading the book for his class' book report. When the boy denies to pay them, Gnocchi call in Blini and Biscotti's tough-looking cousin Kreblock to make him change his mind.
- The Dare Show: A sister and a brother named Sharon and Toby host a show in the basement called the Dare Show, the only cable-access show where they take dares from the viewers, no matter how bad they are. The first dare is for Sharon to make hot tea with one of Toby's dirty socks, and then drink it. The second dare is for Toby to draw a mustache and glasses on his face with a permanent marker. The third dare is for Sharon to make an ice cream sundae out of herself by dumping ice cream down her shirt and covering herself in hot fudge and whipped cream. The fourth dare is for Sharon and Toby's mother to shave her head.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a severed leg.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope invades Amanda's dressing room and runs into Trevor who manages to admit his love to her.
- Closing: Amanda performs a magic trick that involves getting handcuffed and blindfolded where she has to escape from a box in 60 seconds. Penelope and Trevor are too busy kissing to notice Amanda leaving.
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| 26 |
13 |
"Episode 26" |
Virgil L. Fabian & Ken Whittingham |
January 27, 2001 (2001-01-27) |
226 |
- Cold Opening: Phillip Van Dyke from Noah Knows Best is excited to be in tonight's show with Amanda. While Amanda is called away to help get Drake's foot out of the toilet. Penelope abducts him in a plan to have Amanda come looking for him.
- Introduction: Amanda finds that she has a paramedic's pager in place of her pager.
- The Boost: The second airing of this commercial.
- Jerky Dooper: Doreen and her dad sell disgusting and unusual jerky at their restaurant now.
- Stranded: Mr. Gullible, Amber, Marcy Stimple, Eenis, and Crazy Courtney are stranded in a bathtub in downtown North Dakota. The competition is fierce until only Crazy Courtney remains.
- Penelope Taynt: In continuation with her plot to draw Amanda to her, Penelope has tied Phillip to a chair and makes him look at her website with Penelope's plot making him unable to appear in a hula girl-themed sketch with Amanda.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells about the time when he had a mosquito bite.
- Closing: Phillip catches up with Amanda stating that Penelope kidnapped him and that he got away while she was fighting the security guards only to learn that the show is over. After Amanda leaves, Penelope manages to recapture Phillip.
Absent: Josh Peck |
| 27 |
14 |
"Episode 27" |
Rich Correll & Virgil L. Fabian |
February 17, 2001 (2001-02-17) |
227 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope and Trevor have a picnic on the set until Barney comes along.
- Introduction: Amanda starts the show by giving a big hand to just about everybody.
- Super Spitballer 5000: The second airing of this commercial.
- The Girls' Room: The show is coming from the Boys' Room when there is a water pipe burst in the Girls' Room. Amber has Sheila make two boys named Tad and Chuck model two dresses that were worn to last week's dance: one that was worn by Amber and one that was worn by Tina Capone. When the coach tries to restore order in the Boys' Room, he ends up getting a swirly from Sheila which he enjoys.
- Amanda's Jacuzzi: Amanda is interviewing a Swiss Guy.
- Tony Pajamas: Tony Pajamas and his girlfriend, Candy Tulips, have a problem at school when Tony thinks that Candy is seeing another guy. It turns out that she was with Paulie who was buying her a canoli following the Al Dente Brothers attacking with meatballs.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a sports bra.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope is on the set of the show hanging up wanted pictures of Amanda.
- Mr. Oldman: Mr. Oldman receives another prank call revolving around his credit card being charged.
- Closing: A robber steals one of the cameras and Amanda pursues him.
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| 28 |
15 |
"Episode 28" |
Virgil L. Fabian & Dan Schneider |
March 3, 2001 (2001-03-03) |
228 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope thinks she's finally going to speak to Amanda when she's a guest on a phone in show, but the emergency broadcast system interrupts proceedings.
- Introduction: Amanda tries to open the show, but is interrupted by dodgeballs.
- LunchBay.com: The second airing of this commercial.
- Judge Trudy: Judge Trudy enrolls on the first day of school where she ends up in Miss DeBoat's class. She does have the students support her when it came to her not having Miss DeBoat hold a pop quiz. When a student named Rodney Rippy ends up dumping oatmeal on Miss DeBoat and gives Rodney detention, Judge Trudy ends up initiating an emergency court session to deal with this. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and sentences Miss DeBoat to go on a court-ordered romantic date with Janitor Jim.
- Moody's Point: Spaulding accidentally drops an anchor on the toe of Mr. Fallon causing him to lose a toe and Moody and Brie get Mr. Fallon to the hospital. Yet Spaulding loses the toe and is found by Sternum only to lose it during a scuffle with a homeless guy. Meanwhile, Misty tries to study for the Knowledge Competition yet a malfunction with buzzer ends up electrocuting her.
- Closing: It is snowing in the studio and Amanda discovers from Kathy that the lighting guy Tom has really bad dandruff which would explain the "snow."
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| 29 |
16 |
"Episode 29" |
Virgil L. Fabian & Dan Schneider |
March 17, 2001 (2001-03-17) |
229 |
- Cold Opening: The world's greatest ventriloquist is coming on the show today, and Penelope senses a chance to get closer to Amanda, so she kidnaps her.
- Introduction: Amanda's show open is interrupted by a man speaking Italian. But what in the world is he saying?
- When School Mascots Attack: A documentary about school mascots attacking people.
- Amanda's Jacuzzi: Amanda interviews Moses.
- The Lucklesses: A family that always seem to have the worst luck, trying to have a nice night in their home, but always experiencing horrible luck.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a bowling ball.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope, realizing that the ventriloquist will be introduced by Amanda herself, destroys her dummy Sir Chats-a-Lot, much to the ventriloquist’s shock and sadness.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan talks about the time when a string on his guitar broke.
- Mr. Oldman: Mr. Oldman receives another prank call revolving around him getting married to a dog.
- Closing: The ventriloquist performs with Penelope as the dummy.
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| 30 |
17 |
"Episode 30" |
Rich Correll, Bobby Costanzo, Virgil L. Fabian, Steve Hoefer & Ken Whittingham |
April 7, 2001 (2001-04-07) |
230 |
- Cold Opening/Introduction: Amanda is taking a nap today, so Drake and Josh do the audience greeting instead. Unfortunately for them, the audience only want Amanda resulting in some of the adult audience members attacking Drake and Josh thinking that they are trying to take over the show.
- Ham: A commercial message about the many uses for Ham.
- Blockblister: Blockblister rents more high quality movies to unsuspecting customers with their spoofs Stuart Lipple and F-Men.
- The Dare Show: Sharon and Toby do more dares that are issued by their callers. The first dare is for Sharon to brush her teeth with Toby's big toe. The second dare is for Toby to beat himself up. The third dare is for both Sharon and Toby to cover themselves in glue and roll around in pillow feathers. The fourth dare is for Sharon and Toby's mother to eat five gallons of mayonnaise.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae does a knock knock joke that involves hitting Eenis with a pink toilet.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope uses a Basset Hound to sniff out Amanda after doing a diversion that gets Barney out of the way. Yet the Basset Hound keeps failing to sniff out Amanda.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan talks about a dream he had about having soup for breakfast.
- Closing: A boy tells Amanda that he had to go to the bathroom making him unable to see the ending to the Blockblister sketch, so Amanda gets those who costarred with her in that sketch to help reenact the ending. Penelope tries to sniff out Amanda on her own only to be caught by Barney.
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[edit] Season 3: 2002
The third season aired from January 19, 2002 to September 21, 2002. The cast remains the same as previous season.
Amanda Bynes and Drake Bell were in all episodes. Josh Peck and Nancy Sullivan missed 1 episode.
Series
# |
Season
# |
Title |
Directed by |
Original air date |
Prod. code |
| 31 |
1 |
"Episode 31" |
Rich Correll, Virgil L. Fabian, Steve Hoefer & Ken Whittingham |
January 19, 2002 (2002-01-19) |
231 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope's date with Trevor is interrupted by Preston.
- Introduction: Amanda smashes a piñata, only to find dental floss, intead of candy, inside it.
- Snap, Krackle, Kaboom: A commercial about exploding cereal.
- The Girls' Room: It's Prom Night at Kawaga Junior High as Amber tries to convince Principal Hazzmat to make her Prom Queen. Amber then hears from some girls that Jeremy Pembers has been elected as Prom King and sends Sheila to get him and congratulate him personally. Amber then hears from girls that Danielle Spencer has been elected Prom Queen and has Sheila bring Danielle to her. Amber then usurps Danielle's position and then forces Jeremy to dance with her while Sheila gives Danielle a swirly.
- The People Place: A store that sells actual people of different types.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a meat loaf.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope plans to hide in the car belonging to Amanda's parents, hoping that Amanda will come to her car when the show will be over, but doesn't realize that Amanda's dad sold their old car to a nice family in exchange for a new car.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells about the time when he had a double cheeseburger.
- Mr. Oldman: Mr. Oldman receives a prank call revolving around the Moofin Doofin Wrecking Company asking what time he wants his house torn down.
- Closing: Amanda uses her best opera voice to attempt to break open a kid's bottle of soda.
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| 32 |
2 |
"Episode 32" |
Rich Correll, Virgil L. Fabian & Dan Schneider |
February 2, 2002 (2002-02-02) |
232 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope tries to catapult herself towards the Amanda Show stage. All that for nothing; the catapult jams, causing Penelope to fall face-first to the ground.
- Introduction: Amanda comes on stage telling her audience she made them brownies, but they disappear while she's talking about them. Using an instant replay camera, she discovered that Drake and Josh ate them while she wasn't looking.
- Super Spitballer 5000: The next airing of this commercial.
- Judge Trudy: Judge Trudy rules over two cases. The first one deals with Gerald Phillips issuing a complaint against his female doctor who gave him a shot in the butt. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and has the bailiff give the doctor a shot using a large needle. The second one deals with Larry Trape issuing a complaint against the astronaut Commander Bright after Larry (who keeps getting mistaken for a girl) stole a $3,000,000 space shuttle and lost it. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and sends Commander Bright on a rocket to Venus for three years.
- Moody's Point: While Mr. Fallon adjusts to being without a toe, Spaulding tries to tell Amanda how he feels about her on the night of the Winter Formal. Mr. Fallon's toe is in the possession of a homeless man until a dog steals it. Upon being asked out by the "second coolest guy" in school, Misty tries a new shampoo recipe that causes her hair to fall out.
- Closing: Josh wants to end the show, but what lengths will he go to keep Amanda from ending it?
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| 33 |
3 |
"Episode 33" |
Rich Correll, Virgil L. Fabian, Dan Schneider & Ken Whittingham |
February 9, 2002 (2002-02-09) |
233 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope makes a deal with Josh which involves taking over Drake's roles as part of a plan to get close to Amanda.
- Introduction: When Amanda receives a mail from a disgruntled kid named Michael who hates the show, she goes to confront Michael. She learns that Michael actually hates "Clam World" which he mistook for "The Amanda Show."
- LunchBay.com: The third airing of this commercial.
- Tony Pajamas: Tony Pajamas springs into action when Miss DeBoat has Candy Tulips brought to Principal Walter Flange's office. The Al Dente brothers attack with jelly-filled doughnuts.
- Kelly: Bath Lifeguard: A lifeguard ends up overseeing a kid's bath.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a plate full of strawberry shortcake.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope Taynt tests out a trap door system on Barney which sends him all the way to China as part of a plan to get rid of Drake.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells about the time when he took a shower and got soap in his eyes.
- Closing: Amanda tells jokes to an audience member's depressed cat. Josh has good memories with Drake and turns against Penelope by sending her down the trap door to China.
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| 34 |
4 |
"Episode 34" |
Rich Correll, Virgil L. Fabian, Dan Schneider & Ken Whittingham |
March 23, 2002 (2002-03-23) |
234 |
- Cold Opening: Drake and Josh watch the Dancing Lobsters' baby.
- Introduction: Amanda is having trouble getting the show started when she's caught in the middle of a fight between a boyfriend and his jealous girlfriend, who thinks her boyfriend was staring at Amanda.
- Pass The Skunk!: The second airing of this commercial.
- Weenie Dooper: Doreen and her dad try selling revolting weenies in their restaurant.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a frog puppet.
- Cooking with Me: Amanda hosts a cooking show while she is in a pot. While Amanda's in the pot, Penelope Taynt raids the set and ends up chased by Barney and Kathy.
- Mr. Oldman: Mr. Oldman receives a prank call revolving around having to deliver pizza to the caller.
- Closing: Amanda challenges Drake to an arm wrestling contest. Drake beats her and Amanda lets Drake play the guitar & sing a song with his band "Drake 24/7."
|
| 35 |
235 |
"Episode 35" |
Rich Correll, Virgil L. Fabian, Dan Schneider & Ken Whittingham |
April 20, 2002 (2002-04-20) |
235 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope tries to use a loudspeaker to contact Amanda. Amanda doesn’t hear her because she is listening to music on her headphones, so Penelope puts the speaker onto full power. However, the speaker explodes as soon as she calls from the microphone.
- Introduction: Amanda is having a hard time hosting again when she encounters two people who believe they are on a game show.
- Super Red Drops: A commercial about a candy ball that is super-hot.
- The Dare Show: Sharon and Toby take more dares issued by their callers. The first dare is for Sharon to eat some of Toby's hair. The second dare is for Toby to put on a bra and stuff it with macaroni and cheese. The third dare is for Sharon to put peanut butter on her head and press it into a bunch of marshmallows. The fourth dare is for Sharon and Toby's mother to lick the dirty camera lens.
- The Gifted Class: A very "gifted class" takes on their substitute teacher Miss DeBoat.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae does a knock knock joke that involves hitting Eenis with a cement block.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope ends up babysitting Preston and his friends. While Penelope is getting hot sauce for the boys' pizza, they are visited by Amanda who asks for directions to a party on Green Meadow Drive. After Amanda leaves, Penelope learns that Amanda was here and goes after her limousine.
- Amanda's Jacuzzi: Amanda interviews the Queen of England.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells about the time when he was chewing gum and was later told by his friend Leif that he has gum on his shoe.
- Closing: The two people who believe they are on a game show are still here.
|
| 36 |
6 |
"Episode 36" |
Virgil L. Fabian, Steve Hoefer & Dan Schneider |
May 25, 2002 (2002-05-25) |
236 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope Taynt climbs up the studio building to saw a hole in the roof of Amanda's dressing room as Preston has another encounter with Amanda.
- Introduction: A French painter takes over the show, as he needs Amanda to stay still as he is painting her portrait.
- My Beautiful Big Toe: The second airing of this commercial.
- The Girls' Room: Sheila, Tammy, and Debbie celebrate Amber's birthday and each give her a present. Debbie gives Amber eggs and Tammy brings in a cake containing a dancing kid in a firefighter outfit. When it comes to Sheila's present, she instead steals Danielle Spencer's new dress.
- Moody's Point: Moody tries to donate her toe only to learn from Dr. Polyp that the blood test states that Moody is not Mr. Fallon's real daughter. Mr. Fallon's toe ends up going from the dog to some kids who tie it to a balloon that ends up going to Mrs. Fallon. Meanwhile, Misty is mistaken for a patient that was to undergo the baboon heart transplant and soon ends up acting like a baboon.
- Closing: A man stumbles out of his shower and somehow ends up on the stage where he runs into Amanda.
Absent: Nancy Sullivan
Note: Moody's Point was never continued after this episode causing it to end on a cliffhanger. |
| 37 |
7 |
"Episode 37" |
Virgil L. Fabian, Bobby Costanzo & Ken Whittingham |
July 13, 2002 (2002-07-13) |
237 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope meets Amanda's new karate instructor Nikko and challenges him to a fight.
- Introduction: Amanda tries to disarm a robot, but instead she accidentally presses the "Kill Drake" button.
- Super Red Drops: The second running of this commercial.
- Judge Trudy: Judge Trudy rules over two cases. The first one deals with Jamie Riffle issuing a complaint against his mother who took away Jamie's allowance after he filled the entire house with water. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and sentences Mrs. Riffle to wear a nest of deranged woodpeckers on her head. The second case deals with Margie Finkus issuing a complaint against two government people who snapped at her for painting the White House pink during a class trip. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and sentences the government people to be chewed upon by two hungry leprechauns.
- The Extremes: The Extremes react to thunderstorms, Cindy Extreme on her first prom date, an appearance of a spider, the arrival of the paperboy, the appearance of a kitten, and cleaning up a spill on Cindy's boyfriend Allen.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a DVD player.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope continues her fight with Nikko with the battle ending up damaging Nikko's truck.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan about the time when his mom wants him to get a haircut.
- Closing: Amanda learns that Nikko hasn't shown up as he is still fighting Penelope Taynt.
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| 38 |
8 |
"Episode 38" |
Virgil L. Fabian, Dan Schneider, Steve Hoefer, Bobby Costanzo & Ken Whittingham |
August 17, 2002 (2002-08-17) |
238 |
- Cold Opening: Penelope hypnotizes Drake and Josh with truth gas so they can tell her where Amanda is, but it backfires.
- Introduction: Amanda keeps forgetting his lines and each of the cast members try to help her remember her lines.
- Snap, Krackle, Kaboom: The second airing of this commercial.
- Cynthia Worthington: Cynthia attends a fancy party of the Fweatherbee Family and does more rude things.
- Amanda's Jacuzzi: Amanda interviews a professional wrestler.
- The Lucklesses: The Lucklesses attend a baseball game where they have more terrible luck.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a head.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope Taynt and Preston climb a telephone pole in order to hack into Amanda's telephone. They get France, North Dakota, and finally, Amanda's dressing room. But when Penelope attempts to call Amanda, the wires explode.
- Mr. Oldman: Mr. Oldman receives another prank call where he is ordered to constantly squirt whipped cream into his mouth.
- Closing: Amanda is served Clams de Parfum which she didn't order and meets the chef and owner of a restaurant.
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| 39 |
9 |
"Episode 39" |
Virgil L. Fabian, Dan Schneider, Ken Whittingham & Bobby Costanzo |
September 14, 2002 (2002-09-14) |
239 |
- Cold Opening: Amanda reads the horoscope to Josh revolving around Drake getting attacked by sailors.
- Introduction: Amanda loses the lower half of her body, so Kathy decides to go find it, because Amanda doesn't have legs.
- Grown-Up Remote: A commercial about a remote control that can control grown-ups.
- When Hula-Girls Attack: A documentary about Hula Girls attacking people.
- The Imposters: A family gets visited by a boy and girl who pass themselves off a different jobs so that they can raid their refrigerator.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with an endangered species (represented as a stuffed Bald Eagle).
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope handcuffs Barney and tortures him by eating his shrimp cocktail in order to get the info on where Amanda is until Barney breaks the handcuffs and Drake and Josh end up fighting over the last shrimp (this scene inspired Schneider to create another series, Drake & Josh).
- Mr. Oldman: Mr. Oldman has a hard time answering his phone causing the prank caller to give up.
- Closing: Amanda is told by Dan Schneider that there is a speck on the lens of camera two as everyone tries to get the speck off.
Last appearance of Josh Peck. |
| 40 |
10 |
"Episode 40" |
Virgil L. Fabian & Ken Whittingham |
September 21, 2002 (2002-09-21) |
240 |
- Cold Opening: Nancy introduces Amanda and Drake to the "Costumatic 5000", a machine that gets you dressed quickly, but she has some trouble operating the machine.
- Introduction: Amanda's show opening is interrupted by a fly swarming around the stage.
- Why Not Sumo?: A commercial about soda that comes from a sumo wrestler.
- Judge Trudy: Judge Trudy rules over two cases. The first one deals with Craig Fellharbor issuing a complaint against his dad who took away his computer after he shut down the internet. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and has the bailiff handcuff Mr. Fellharbor to a sweaty opera singer. The second one deals with Vicki Pundle issuing a complaint against her babysitter Ms. Wither who made her take a bath after playing in the mud. Judge Trudy finds in favor of the plaintiff and sentences Ms. Wither to be placed in a bathtub of Cream of Mushroom soup.
- The Extremes: The Extremes get a visit from Cindy Extreme's teacher.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a computer monitor.
- Penelope Taynt: Penelope visits a psychologist who tries to deal with her Amanda obsession.
- Mr. Oldman: Mr. Oldman receives another prank call revolving around answering a question with the right answer gains him $1,000,000.
- Hillbilly Moment: Lula Mae's knock knock joke involves hitting Eenis in the head with a cactus branch.
- Totally Kyle: Kyle Rostensan tells about his time when he was at the store with his grandfather.
- Closing: Drake gets chased by 3 huge football players searching for their football.
Absent: Josh Peck |
[edit] The Best of The Amanda Show
After the series ended its initial run, six "The Best of..." episodes were produced.
| Title |
Directed by |
Original air date |
| "The Best of Penelope, Please" |
Dan Schneider |
March 23, 2002 (2002-03-23) |
| The best sketches featuring Penelope Taynt. |
| "The Best of Family Freaks" |
Dan Schneider |
April 6, 2002 (2002-04-06) |
| The Extremes, The Klutzes, The Literals, and The Lucklesses |
| "The Best of Commercials" |
Dan Schneider |
April 27, 2002 (2002-04-27) |
| Meatloaf Crunch, Popper Pants, Super Spitballer 5000, Remote Control Underpants. |
| "The Best of Judge Trudy" |
Dan Schneider |
May 4, 2002 (2002-05-04) |
| The best sketches featuring Judge Trudy. |
| "The Best of Drake and Josh" |
Dan Schneider |
May 11, 2002 (2002-05-11) |
| The Dare Show, Melody & Thad, When... Attack, Totally Kyle, Tony Pajamas |
| "Amanda's Favorites" |
Dan Schneider |
May 18, 2002 (2002-05-18) |
| The Girls' Room (Amber's Gift), Courtney, Mr. Oldman, Blockblister, and Cynthia Worthington |
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