THE AMANDA SHOW

'''The Amanda Show''' is a live-action comedy and variety show aired on Nickelodeon in the United States, Australia, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom and Family in Canada. It starred Amanda Bynes and was similar to ''The Carol Burnett Show'', but shorter in length and primarily produced for a younger audience. The show was a spin-off from ''All That'', in which Bynes co-starred years earlier and consisted of many unrelated sketches that were created by Dan Schneider with executive producers Brian Robbins, Mike Tollin and Joe Davola of ''All That''.
The show was one of the most popular North American variety programs during its 1999 – 2002 heyday, but was canceled after Bynes was cast in ''What I Like About You'' with Jennie Garth. ''Drake & Josh'', which is actually a spin-off of "The Amanda Show", premiered in 2004 and stars Drake Bell and Josh Peck, former cast members of ''The Amanda Show''.
As of 2007, repeats of ''The Amanda Show'' continue to air on Nickelodeon in the US, UK and Australia. In , which aired August 3, 2007, a scene from The Amanda Show of the two of them fighting over a shrimp is shown at the end. Beginning in December, The Amanda Show will air during the day on The N as it will soon be a 24-hour network. ^[1]

Contents

Notable sketches

Guest stars

Cast

Home Video Releases

External links

Notable sketches

★ 'Judge Trudy' - This sketch was a parody of the real life courtroom show ''Judge Judy'', using many similarities from the the actual court show. For example, Judge Trudy used a New York Accent like Judge Judy. Also, as with Petri Hawkins-Byrd, whose the baliff on Judge Judy, Judge Trudy's baliff was African American. Judge Trudy was played by Amanda. In the "Judge Trudy" sketches, the plaintiff was usually a child suing an adult defendant, usually for petty incidents such as an unfair grounding or an after-school detention. Judge Trudy was known for always taking the side of the kid, and always gave the adults ridiculous sentences, such as giving an elderly woman a piggy-back ride for her lifetime or trapping parents in a rocket. At the end of each "Judge Trudy" sketch, the Judge would call for the Dancing Lobsters to come out.

★ 'The Best of Commercials' - This little clip was usually played in the beginning of the show. Wacky TV commercials advertised strange products, like a machine that made ice cream out of trash, popcorn popping pants, a machine to multiply one's pocket money (which is sometimes illegal), exploding cereal, red-hot candies that let people literally breathe fire, a box of disgusting eggs that you can hurl at objects or people, a remote control car that carried pizza, a popsicle that makes you sick, a cereal that contains pets, a zapper phone or even vegetables with sugar. Sometimes, an adult would show up and ask kids for help doing something, which would give the kids a chance to use the product being advertised (in the case of the fire-breathing candies, the father needed help to light the barbecue - the kids ate the candy and blew fire right at the grill). Others also included Meatloaf Crunch, a meatloaf cereal, and LunchBay.com, a parody of eBay.com where you could sell your horrible food to stupid people.

★ 'Moody's Point' - An over-the-top parody of teen dramas/soap operas, mainly ''Dawson's Creek'' with Bynes playing the lead role of the exaggerated emotionally Moody, whose mother is lost in a hot air balloon and whose autistic father is missing a toe (and enjoys doing weird stuff that gives an example of autism). It featured her friends like Misty a girl who is easily offended and would say "you are so hurtful" or "what's that suppose to mean" and Spalding who has a huge crush on her but criticizes her in a ridiculous way and also getting hit by objects out of nowhere. Each episode had its own plot, and ended off with a cliffhanger, that was never continued after that episode. The show finished with Moody finding out that her real parents are circus trapeze artists named "The Flying Worthsbergs." It is revealed that there is another Moody, but she is never shown. The high school shown was that of Los Gatos High School, although they never filmed there. The Theme Song for Moody's Point is "For All I Am" by Lisasmith.

★ 'Cynthia Worthington' - Cynthia Worthington (a girl played by Amanda) is a recurring girl in a sketch who was brought up by a very wealthy and civilized family. She appears to look nice, but inside she does disgusting things to herself such as burping loudly without excusing herself, eating with just her mouth, farting, displaying that she has neglected to shave her underarms, picking her nose then wiping the much mucous over her face, and publicly shaving her legs. At the end of the sketch when she does something even more disgusting, the people watching her get away from her and she responds with "How Rude", and she continues doing the disgusting thing.


★ 'Penelope Taynt' - Penelope Taynt, also played by Bynes, was Amanda's obsessed number-one fan in the world. She normally wore a vest, a plaid shirt and gray shorts, as well as large framed black glasses. On the show she ran a fansite, AmandaPlease.com, which is actually an official site created for the series. Penelope also had the odd habit of interjecting the word "please" into almost all of her sentences (though in her website she puts this down to the fact that she has always been told to say "please" when she wants something, and she wants to meet Amanda). Between segments in every show, she used some harebrained scheme to try and meet Amanda, but never succeeded (although in certain episodes, she managed to temporarily get Drake or Josh to help her). These schemes include cloning Amanda from her toenail (but it turned out to be Drake's), having a blood-hound lead her to Amanda by following her scent, and often breaking into Amanda's dressing room. And in rare instances, Penelope invades skits already in progress.

★ 'The Extremes' - This sketch is about The Extreme Family. They are a family of three who always take every emotion to an "extreme". Whatever they feel, they seem to always overreact to it. For example, when eating pizza, the daughter begins crying, claiming she is sad that when they finish eating it, it will be gone.

★ 'Blockblister' - A parody of video rental store chain Blockbuster. Blockblister was owned and operated by a family of foreigners with wacky accents. The family often greeted the angry customer by saying, "Yaga, how may we be helping you?" The customers were always unhappy as they found out the movies rented were just homemade spoofs of the actual movie made by the immigrant family, like if the customers wanted ''Stuart Little'', ''X Men'' or ''Titanic'', the family would give them a movie like ''Stuart Little'', ''X Men'' or ''Titanic'', but renamed ''Stuart Lipple'', ''F Men'' or "Tidanic" with the video featuring the family in badly made costumes, pretending to act out the movie in a course of 2 minutes, usually producing a poorly acted movie. Instead of DVDs they had DVPs (DVP players were similar to lawn mowers, and ran on gas, the DVP itself was a chunk of wood). The family often replied with "This movie better -- MUCH BETTER!" The unhappy customer commanded the family to play the video on their TV as it's not the video the customer wanted. The family often said the video was "Bravo" and "awesome", and offered the customer a hard-boiled egg. The customers would then become angry and leave the store without paying (normally two customers would come in during a sketch, three came early in the show's run). The family would then dance to polka music while holding eggs after the customer left the store. A memorable example is of one man so disgusted by the video given to him (Called ''F-Men'', a parody of ''X-Men''), he ripped his own arm off in response to the family's request for payment for the rental.

★ 'Hillbilly Moment' - Amanda and Drake dressed as hillbillies named Lula Mae and Eenis (respectively). Lula Mae would start a knock-knock joke. The knock-knock punch line would always result in Eenis being hit on the head with whatever was mentioned in the knock-knock joke (such as the Liberty Bell or a cucumber). "''Lula Mae'': Knock Knock ''Eenis'': Who's there? ''Lula Mae'': Liberty Bell ''Eenis'': Liberty Bell who? ''Lula Mae'': I'mon hitya in da head wit a liberty bell! [Hits him over the head] ''Eenis'': Haha... that was a good one!"

★ 'So You Wanna Win Five Dollars?' - A parody of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire''. The contestant, who wasn't very bright, was asked three questions, with the final question being worth five U.S. dollars. The questions were fairly easy, with four choices as answers. Half of the answers usually did not have anything to do with the question (i.e. Q: "How many inches are in a foot? Choices: A. - 12, B. - 97, C. - pink, D. - meat; Q: "How many states are on the American flag?" Choices: A. - 6, B. - 50, C. - None, D. - Leather).

★ 'Stranded' - A parody of the hit reality TV series ''Survivor'', this time contestants were stranded in a strange location in a certain state (such as a bathtub in North Dakota or a parked car in a parking lot in Oklahoma). The contestants were forced to stay in the place. Whoever stayed the longest would win $1,000,000. Whoever left the wacky location would summon two guards to take them out of the location, and ultimately out of the game. Among the contestants were various characters from other sketches in The Amanda Show, such as ''Judge Trudy'', ''Debbie'' (from ''The Girl's room''), ''Kyle'' (from ''Totally Kyle''), and many more. In each "Stranded" sketch on the show, Mr. Gullible was the first to be eliminated, because of his vulnerable nature.

★ 'The Klutzes' - A family who was constantly tripping and falling down shouting "HUPDEEDOO!", sometimes destroying things. Then they'd say "Not a problem!" The sketch starts with the Klutzes tripping up or falling over. At the end of the sketch, the family normally end up doing something to destroy the building, or they fall out of a window. When this happens a person will shout "not a problem!".

★ 'Courtney' - Crazy Courtney was a wacky girl played by Bynes with large teeth and a hat. Though she only appeared four times, she was a memorable character. She spoke in incomplete sentences. When mad, she would shout "MAH-HA!". She drove people insane by putting on ridiculous schemes such as spraying shaving cream into people's faces, or cutting people's hair. In all of her sketches, though, Courtney had a very good reason for annoying people, making them leave. In her first appearance, she irritated theater patron Josh so her cute boyfriend could sit next to her. When a piano teacher came over, Courtney made her leave so she could have a party. Courtney even used her wacky schemes to become Student Council President and win an episode of "Stranded".

★ 'Tony Pajamas'- An Italian mobster played by Drake. He was known for always hitting his lackey (Josh). When his lackey asked what that was for, Tony would reply, "For being an idiot!", to which the lackey responded, as if it were fair, "Okay." When anyone mispronounced Tony's last name (mostly : puh-JAM-us), he corrects him as puh-JAH-mus. Later on in the scene, Tony's lackey would look out the window and see their enemies, the "Al Dente Brothers" and they would throw food at Tony and his lackey like jelly doughnuts, shrimp, eggs, or meatballs. Two episodes starred his girlfriend Candy: one revealing their relationship and the other about Tony thinking she was cheating on him.

★ 'Crime Fighting Cheerleaders' - The Crime Fighting Cheerleaders were a band of three high school cheerleaders (Katie, the head of which was played by Amanda, Stephanie and Megan) who arrested various criminals (e.g. bullies). Often, before assaulting and arresting the criminal, this peppy squad would recite a "Give me a [letter]" cheer, ultimately spelling something completely irrelevant to the situation (such as ''milk'', in one episode), apparently to distract and confuse the criminal into vulnerability. After the criminal's arrest, one of the victims would gratefully ask, "How can we ever thank you?" to which the head cheerleader would, with the wacky Amanda grin, energetically respond, "By keeping up your school spirit!" Usually, a boy played by Josh would ask Katie out on a date. She would say no and knock him to the ground. At the end of the sketch, the crew would announce their exit with a last "Gimme a [letter]" cheer, spelling something like ''bye'' or ''c-ya''.

★ 'When... Attack' - "When... Attack" was a parody of such dramas as "When Animals Attack" where the host, Amanda, with a different sub-name each time, such as "Bucky McBuckBuck, the World's most ticklish pony," "Fish Daddy, The Hip-hop Halibut," or "Cousin Oliver, from The Brady Bunch," would sternly explain how a group of people or things (such as "When Bradys Attack" or "When Cheerleaders Attack") attacked people. She would show the viewers two incidents of the attack. Then she shows them again in slow motion. The victims who got involved with the attack would be in interviews, and they would repeat exactly what the host said. At the end, the host will tell the viewers to call a number, usually something like "1-500-I-Just-Saw-The-Bradys-Attack-Someone-And-Now-I'm-Calling-This-Number-To-Report-What-I-Saw". Then the Bradys, or whatever group was featured in that episode, would arrive in the studio, forcing the host to run away. The Bradys (or whatever group was featured in that episode) would then go on to attack the cameraman. The sketch would then end with the screen going fuzzy. On the occasion with the Bradys, instead of the camera going fuzzy, the Bradys did a dance number.

★ '... Dooper' - A restaurant that served different items every sketch. Whatever was offered, (i.e.: ice cream, soup, sushi, cookies), was usually gross. Examples included spider crunch ice cream (with actual spiders), and underwear chowder soup. On occasion, a customer would ask "Hey, didn't this used to be a (sushi, cookie, soup, etc) restaurant?" The employees would respond that it "wasn't their thing." In later episodes, they would say things like "I'll thank you never to mention that again." At the end of the skit, the customer tries a special sample that actually tastes good -- but had a surprise. After hearing the name of the sample, they will ask why it was named that. Then they have effects from the sample. Like getting crushed by a refrigerator or being attacked by a samurai, depending on the type of sample they ate. A recurring gag is that the family's grandfather comes in from the back and the father tells him to leave. Grandpa usually responds with "FAILURE", which goes with their usually unsuccessful business.

★ 'Mother Caboose' - An elderly woman with large framed glasses and a large butt, played by Amanda. She only appeared on the first episode of the show, and sat in a rocking chair telling a children's story. The story suddenly became inappropriate at the end such as talking about a woman's breasts and armpits. Then, all of a sudden, she developed a heavy cough, and fell off the chair.

★ 'Mr. Oldman' - An elderly widower (played by Dan Schneider) who was a victim of constant prank phone calls from a character played by Amanda Bynes. The character often told Mr. Oldman to do unusual tasks, like spraying whipped cream in his mouth or confirming his order of zebras or to press his nose and say "Beep!". Mr. Oldman would then complain how he hated children, scream ''"YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER!!!"'' and talks nonsense.

★ 'Mr. Gullible' - A substitute teacher, with bucked teeth, who often did what the students claimed their normal teacher did: "Our normal teacher usually... (insert wacky task here)." The wacky tasks included eating chalk, drinking out of a fish tank, giving $100 to each student at the end of class, banging his head into a locker during a fire alarm, etc. He usually questions these ridiculous tasks by asking "..Really?" and the children confirm, leading to Mr. Gullible saying, "Well if that's what your regular teacher does, then I guess I should too." His personality is derived from Jerry Lewis' character Julius Kelp from ''The Nutty Professor''

★ 'The Girls' Room' - A TV show that took place in the girl's bathroom of a high school, but for one episode, took place in the boy's bathroom of the same school. Characters included Amber (Bynes), who was very popular and egotistical (and always made sure everyone knew she was popular), Sheila, a very aggressive tough girl who would give swirlies to girls entering the Girls' Room, Tammy, a "foreign exchange" student from Tennessee, and Debbie, an unintelligent girl who always made sure everyone knew that she liked eggs. Also, on another occasaion, she yelled 'Happy Chaunnakah!' while holding up a hammer which had the same thing printed on the side.

★ 'The Dare Show' - A show hosted by a sister, Sharon, and her younger brother, Toby, played by Amanda and Drake, respectively. They claimed they would accept any dare, but whenever a caller suggested a dare, they would refuse. The caller would call them "Chicken", "Coward", "Liar", or something of that sort, and the hosts would give in. Dares included for Sharon were - 'brushing her teeth with her brother's foot' and 'making an ice cream out of herself.' They would also have to do dares together, like 'dress up as chickens.' After they would do it, they would say, "Man, I cannot believe I just did that." The caller's names would be two completely different places. For example, some of the callers' names were Los Angeles North Dakota, El Segundo Texas, New York City Ohio, or even Barcelona Alabama. At the end of the show, their mother would find them doing the Dare Show after she told them not to. Then the caller would dare the mother to do something and the mother would refuse until being called a chicken. She then would perform the act.

★ 'Melody & Thad' - A duo parody of Chad and Jeremy who usually performed songs that were offensive to the occasion. For example, in a restaurant, they sang a song about an unpleasant experience in a restaurant that included vomiting and snot and telling senior citizens that they were old. At a wedding reception, they sang a song making fun of the groom and singing that he and his newly wed wife would divorce quickly. All the time, the host would interrupt their song and tell them that it wasn't the right song.

★ 'Totally Kyle' - A stereotypical 'Laid Back' hippie surfer played by Drake Bell who told nonsense stories, such as describing the time he lost a cordless phone, or about how finding a dead bird made him change his normal route to school. He used the word "like" a lot, and always had an electric guitar hanging from his neck. His stories usually started with the line 'One time...'. This was the only recurring sketch without Amanda.

★ 'Amanda's Jacuzzi' - A talk-show where Amanda Bynes is in a Jacuzzi with a guest, who is either fictional, famous, a deceased historical character, or a random character such as the "Swiss Guy". She asked them two normal questions about themselves, but the third question is ridiculous (such as "Is it true that your best friend is a nugget?"). The puzzled guest would reply, "No", and then Amanda asks, "How about a plate of spaghetti?" Dwarf waiters then served Amanda and the guest spaghetti, and the guest usually say something silly and appropriate, like, "Long live the me", when the guest is King Henry VIII for example, or "Good day!" when Benjamin Franklin was there.

★ 'The Literals' - A family which takes things quite literally. On one episode, the daughter Leslie was told to chill, so she put ice down her top. Likewise, her parents were asked to "hold a glass for a second", so they drop it after one second. On the same episode, when the Literals were with the family, the father of the other family says, "You Literals kill me!" after which the Literals slowly approach him to kill him, but the cameras fade out before anything happens. Also, one of Leslie's friends asks for fruit punch and Leslie punches her.

★ 'The Procrastinator' - A superhero spoof where Amanda played a heroine called The Procrastinator, who would respond to people's cries for help by saying she will save them or solve the problem "EVENTUALLY!" and stand up w/ her hands on her hips when she said "Eventually", then sit right back down and not do anything.

Guest stars

Beverly Mitchell, Curtis Armstrong, Patrick Bristow, Ashley Tisdale, Haylie Duff, Adam Brody, A.J. Trauth, Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Danny Tamberelli, and Kyle Sullivan have guest starred on the show. Along with musical performances by LFO and Vitamin C, and Drake Bell.

Cast

★ Amanda Bynes

★ Drake Bell

★ Nancy Sullivan

★ Raquel Lee (1999-2000)

★ John Kassir (1999-2000)

★ Josh Peck (2000-2002)

★ Radley Watkins (2000-2002)

Home Video Releases

Nickelodeon released The Amanda Show to VHS in three volumes. The first two releases were later remastered to DVD.

★ Volume 1 - Amanda, Please! (VHS and DVD)

★ Volume 2 - The Girls' Room (VHS and DVD)

★ Volume 3 - Totally Amanda (VHS only)
Also,there was a three disc set of the amanda show on video now color.These discs include the best of Judge trudy,blockblister,and amanda's Jacuzzi

External links

★ AmandaPlease.com - Official website portrayed as being created by Penelope Taynt

★ ''The Amanda Show'' area on nick.com

★ Offical Music Video for Moody's Point Theme Song