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NewsRadio - 03x11 The Trainer

3x11 The Trainer

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First Aired: Dec. 19, 1996 on NBC
Summary: All of WNYX is up in arms when they discover Dave is actually a Canadian, not a mid-westerner. Bill joins a health club. Dave tries to teach Jimmy table manners for his upcoming dinner with the president.

Main Characters in this Episode


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Guest Stars

Vic played by Ben Stiller
Ted Chambers played by Eric Allan Kramer
Guy played by Patton Oswalt
Himself played by Bill Clinton
Herself played by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Episode Quotes

Jimmy: Where's the food?
Dave: It's just pretend.
Jimmy: Dave, pretend is for little girls and mental patients. Sucks on pretend! Do you have any real food?
Dave: There's, um... 10-day-old donuts.
Jimmy: All right.
Dave: Don't eat it. Bear in mind that it's 10 days old.
Jimmy: [Looking at how hard it is] I'll try to resist.
Dave: Sir, I've eaten with you dozens of times, and your table manners are fine.
Jimmy: No they are NOT fine! Listen to me. I've spent years cultivating the worst table manners on the planet.
Dave: Excuse me?
Jimmy: You don't get it, do you?
Dave: No, but... you know, I've grown accustomed to that.
Jimmy: It's an old business ploy. You intimidate the guy you're dealing with by eating like a slob.
Dave: And... that's effective?
Jimmy: Oh, hell, yes. I've cut millions off of deals by eating baked beans with my HANDS.
Matthew Brock: So Catherine, where in Africa are you from?
Catherine Duke: Shut up, Matthew.
Matthew Brock: Say something in African.
Catherine Duke: Shut the... [Edit]

Mistakes/Goofs

  • Goof (continuity error): During Mr. James and Dave's talk about his feelings on being Canadian and being afraid the kids would think he was a spy, the stapler on Dave's desk that's laying on top of a blue piece of office equipment, disappears and reappears a few times.