VIP-87-VAL WHO CRIED WOLF










 

VIP 87-VAL WHO CRIED WOLF

 

Jeffery Dean Morgan, pre-Supernatural, pre-The Walking Dead Neegan plays the dumbo former friend of a Jim Carey clone who he believes stole his material for his comedian career which took off and is in movies now. Scott is the name of the movie comedian and he is totally obnoxious and despite Quick and Natalie intitially laughing at him, he’s not funny (a lot like Jim Carey then).

 

There is a chase after the real threat maker (Jeffery’s Randall and his nasty girlfriend) that Val stops cold by believing it is a joke. Val’s girlfriend Maxine also appears and she and Val’s outfits and hair are outrageous.

 

Speaking of outrageous, Johnny’s outfit in two scenes is a see through shirt which is…well, no other way to say it, HOT. Quick and Johnny also appear shirtless in the last scene where Tasha is playing volleyball against Natalie and Kay. Kay turns out to be or act like a movie memorabilia addict.

 

 

ALL of Val’s scenes here are funny, especially as she seems to be good at volleyball. The end chase is interesting in that the girl villain dies as her truck loses its breaks, Scott jumps out while  advising her to do the same (after she shockingly shoots and only wounds Randall), but she is stuck in the truck as it goes off a cliff and burns up upon hitting the bottom of a rocky area.

 

The Beverly Hills setting is used to great effect. There’s also a tag scene that has Natalie and Kay talking about their lab at VIP, which they compare to Frankenstein’s lab AND where Natalie may or may not have had a man’s spleen in a test tube jar that Kay and Val used to make an ice cream drink or something. Natalie may or may not have been joking.

 

A good episode, far better than number 88 (which was written by Mark Hamill). This episode is directed by Michael Dorn.

 

BTW there’s also an expert that Quick uses to figure out something about an old tape that showed Randall’s act was stolen by Scott but it wasn’t because Val retrieves a script that shows the opposite.

 


The title doesn't make any sense unless you consider Val's prank when Quick and Tasha are chasing the two baddies. 

 

 

 

Synop:

Val's Hollywood idol, stand-up comedian Scott Thayler, famous for the Jimbo character movies, hires VIP after receiving death threats. Randall Waring is indeed hell-bent on extorting him, but Scott, who constantly jokes and lies about everything, keeps their common past hidden even from VIP. Kay meanwhile has various dealings with a fellow Jimbo super-fan.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUrN1MCc1lo

 

 

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