Thin Ice 3x8

Thin Ice

 

The class is putting on Hamlet and a casting director is supposed to be in the audience. Part of the scenery keeps falling down. I'm not sure what Busy's official job was supposed to be, but she runs out and pushes it back, causing laughter and applause from the casting director lady. The lady congratulates both girls for their work and tells them she's casting a commercial for a new granola bar featuring hockey player Kurt Browning. When I first saw this episode I wasn't sure if this was yet another made up celebrity or not, but seeing as what a fuss the girls make over him and the way he is written, I assure you he is real.

 

 

This episode is the beginning of Amanda's interest in acting, so she wants the commercial to launch her career, plus she thinks Kurt is cute. Busy claims Kurt is her hero, which is also a new thing, and has all his shows on tape. So they both want the commercial, which I'm sure won't cause any problems.

 

 

The casting lady calls Busy and not Amanda. Also, Amanda's man mural (removed in Am I Perverted Or What?) is back up on her wall.

 

 

Amanda accompanies Busy and her mother to the audition, hoping to have a good word put in for her. Busy goes in for the audition and Kurt Brown is there. She immediately begins kissing his ass because she's an athlete too and he's her hero and because the producers felt obligated to include such lines.

 

 

Amanda acts like her usual self-centered, immature self when she finds out Busy got a call back for the audition. Turns out the producer liked Busy's gender ambiguous look and needs a goalie for the commercial, which Busy has experience playing. Amanda brings up the fact that Busy can't skate. How can you play hockey if you can't skate? Even if she was a goalie, she'd still have to skate out to the goalie box. Amanda refuses to help Busy rehearse.

 

 

Sam toasts Busy's upcoming opportunity with the expectation that she's already secured the job. Busy has a dream sequence in which she skates with Kurt and I'm really distracted by the obvious use of a stunt double.

 

 

Monkey Ears gives Busy a picture of himself for Kurt to autograph. The girls all make a fuss over Kurt and Amanda bitches at them to shut up because she's rehearsing. Busy invites Amanda to come to the audition and meet Kurt but Amanda turns her down.

 

 

Busy and her parents arrive at the audition and see that there's a lot more girls there than they'd thought. Busy manages to do well enough to make it through the first audition, though.

 

 

Amanda shows up around this time, though it's unknown if it's to support Busy or to see Kurt. The girls have to do a more complicated move now, skating a circle around Kurt. When it's Busy's turn, she falls in front of everyone, of course eliminating herself from the commercial.

 

 

Busy is so embarrassed that she wants to stay in the restroom. Amanda comes in and admits to being jealous. Then she gives Busy a "don't be a quitter" pep talk. Apparently Kurt fell at the Olympics, but he didn't quit. Nor did Amanda quit the play when she wasn't picked to audition for the commercial.

 

 

Eventually Busy emerges from the bathroom and she and Amanda find Kurt skating in the arena. Kurt acknowledges Busy and tells her she got pretty far with the auditions. Amanda asks if they can skate with Kurt for a few minutes because that would make for some cool end credits footage.

 



Next episode: Amanda gets in touch with her Jewish side.