First Aired: Nov. 22, 1989 on NBC
Rate Episode: 5/5 (2 votes)
Summary: October 14, 1964: Sam leaps into Jimmy LaMotta, who was previously in a mental institution, but now lives with his brother Frank LaMotta and Frank's wife Connie. Sam has to help Jimmy get a job and gain his co workers acceptance in order to stop Frank from returning him to the institution. |
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Episode Quotes
Al: There was a girl named Trudy. She was retarded, Sam. Her IQ was lower than Jimmy's. And all the kids in the neighborhood used to tease her. Kids can be cruel-call her names like dumby and monkey face. And I hated it, and I used to get in fights all the time over this, but that's big brother's are for right? My mother couldn't handle it-that's probably why she ran off with this stupid encyclopedia salesman. But my dad tried to keep us all together. he was a construction worker, he went from job to job, and when it took him to the Middle East, I wound up in an orphanage, and she wound up in an institution. When I was old enough I went back there for her, but it was too late. She was gone Sam-pneumonia they said. How does a 16-year-old girl die from pneumonia in 1953?
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Mistakes/Goofs
- Goof (anachronisms): While Jimmy (Sam) and his brother share their lunch on the pier at work, the brother grabs an individually wrapped Twinkie from Jimmy. Twinkies did not come individually wrapped in 1964. You could only purchase them in a twin-pack.
- Goof (anachronisms): The poster in Corey's room of "The Mighty Thor" was released in the late 80s, close to the time the episode's original air date in contrast to 1964 when the episode took place. The logo on the poster was designed by an artist at Marvel Comics sometime in the mid-80s.
- Goof (revealing mistake): Near the beginning when we see Jimmy's reflection in the mirror, part of Sam's arm and sleeve can be seen for an instant.
- Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Al tells Sam that Jimmy has the IQ of a twelve year old. IQ is not related to age. Therefore the statement is inaccurate. It would be better fit to describe his functionality ad being that of a particular age as it references development in a readily understandable and more accurate way. There are twelve year old geniuses and twelve year old imbeciles.
Trivia
- Al had a mentally retarded sister named Trudy who was in a mental hospital. She died in 1953, and the institution claimed it was from pneumonia.
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