Welcome to the start of Video Jerks' huge Step by Step write-up project. Why start with this episode? Well, it's very simple. This is the first episode that my TiVo recorded when I woke up one day and decided “Hey, I should set up a TiVo season pass to record every Step By Step.” When I started this, I wasn’t really sure that this would be a Video Jerks project. It was just something I did on my message board for fun. But as time went on we got more and more into the art of the write-up. So as a result, the first few of these are a little weak, and light on jokes. In fact, this first write-up I had to completely re-write. If you find yourself dozing off, just skip ahead a few episodes. It mostly doesn’t matter. I promise you, these get funnier.
In this episode: This episode starts out with JT, (the rude wry jerkster jokster with rodent-like features) and Rich (JT’s tiny, slightly less-repulsive and smart-alecky voiced friend) trying to fix Al’s car, by staring at it. You remember Al; she’s the tomboy of the series that got hot after puberty and stopped being such a tomboy and started being more of a hot ball-buster. Enter Dana, the book smart, career-oriented sister and sarcastic fun-hater extraordinaire. At this point in the series she’s dating Rich, JT’s little friend. So Dana, ever the sensible sibling, has called a tow truck since BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD over there aren't going to fix anything (Not to be confused with the actual live-action Beavis and Butt-head that show up early on the series). JT insists that he handle the tow truck driver, since cars are a guy thing. Tow truck shows up and SURPRISE! It’s a beautiful lady driving it! JT falls for the tow-truck driver who is basically a girl-JT. She’s into all the same shit-head stuff that shit-head JT is into; like sports, cars, and having a dumb voice. Her name is Sam. JT manages to ask her out, even after doing the classic sitcom bit of forgetting his own name because of such a pretty girl being around.
In the next scene: Frank (the dull construction worker father) is caught by Jean-Luc (Balki with a French accent) listening to country music while playing a fishing rod like a guitar. It's extremely awkward-looking. Remind me to never use a fishing rod like a guitar. I’ll put it in front of my crotch and pretend its my dick, sure. How can I resist that? But never a guitar. Carol, Frank’s wife and personal bone depository, also catches Frank. It’s so much fun! Listen to the studio audience laugh! They like it! Karen enters. Karen’s the “beautiful” one that you had a hard time buying as the hot one after Al hit puberty, so the writers made her be interested in becoming a country music singer, just to give her something to do besides be second-hottest. Speaking of country music, she was just offered a job singing in Jimmy Ray Johnson’s music video in Chicago. Jimmy Ray Johnson, of course, is the biggest fictional-stand-in for a country music star to ever exist! So of course Karen is thrilled. I bet everything goes well! Later there is a montage of JT and the tow-truck driver falling in love and not a single second goes by without him looking like a rat.
Mark Watch: Mark enters the kitchen concerned that JT was out all night long getting his dick wet. After the Mark debacle, JT enters after being out all night. Rich tries to high five him for getting balled by Sam. JT blows him off, opting to go upstairs and get some sleep instead. It’s revealed later by Sam, who shows up and talks to Jean-Luc, that JT took off last night, scared to death of getting a smooch even!
Turns out JT is scared of commitment, and it’s up to Bronson Pinchot to give him a pep talk with his offensive accent. He uses a sky-diving analogy, which factors into a fantasy sequence later when JT finally takes the plunge with Sam and kisses her on the mouth and decides to go steady with her, like an adult. Or you know, a high-schooler.
Karen goes to be in a country video, but is shocked to find out her mic isn't working. The sexist country star goes from zero to sexist in no time flat and says something to the effect of “JUST LOOK PRETTY AND WE'LL GET THE REAL SINGER TO DUB YOUR VOICE, I ONLY LET PROS SING ON MY RECORDS.” On what planet does somebody go in for a job like this not knowing that that’s what they are doing? Also, if they were gonna be sleaze bags about it couldn't they have made up some better lie as to why her mic wasn't on? An example of a better lie: “Oh, we’re recording you through the mic but we aren’t amplifying you in the studio and the only reason country star is amplified is because he’s a weirdo. Karen walks out. This b-plot takes up all of 3 minutes of episode.
The End: Frank and Carol (mostly Carol) inexplicably sing a song on the set of the music video. Frank wears the country stars exact outfit. How did this happen! Lilly Watch: Lilly is in the opening titles. That's it.
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