1x09 The Quality of Mercury at 29K - Sports Night Episode Guide

Sports Night

- Episode 01x09

Episode: 01x09
Title: The Quality of Mercury at 29K
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: N-308
First Aired: Dec. 01, 1998

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Sports Night - 01x09 The Quality of Mercury at 29K

Summary: Sports Night covers a group climbing Mt. Everest. Dan has trouble deciding which charity should receive his contributions. Dana takes her niece to see The Lion King and is profoundly affected by it. A broken water main prevents food from being delivered to the studio.

Who appeared in this episode?

Man	played by Felton Perry
Mike Greenway	played by James Edson
Libby	played by Tawny Moyer
Mountain Climber	played by Joe Whyte

Episode Quotes

	Season 1 / Episode 9: - The Quality of Mercury at 29K Casey McCall: I'm starving. Elliot: I know. Casey McCall: Did you tell them that I'm starving? Elliot: Yes. Casey McCall: And? Elliot: They really seemed to care.
	Season 1 / Episode 9: - The Quality of Mercury at 29K Natalie Hurley: Two guys have ascended five miles into the sky. They walked up a wall of ice, and are preparing to knock on the door of Heaven itself. There's really no end to what we can do. You know what the trick is? Dan Rydell: What? Natalie Hurley: Get in the game.

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TRIVIA

Dana takes her niece to see "The Lion King" on Broadway. Robert Guillaume, who plays Isaac Jaffe, was the voice of Rafiki in the movie "The Lion King" (1994).
Isaac Jaffe (played by Robert Guillaume) gives Dana tickets to the Broadway version of "The Lion King". She comes back and tells him about the character in the play who summoned all of the animals. In The Lion King (1994), Robert Guillaume voiced the very same character (Rafiki).
At one point, Isaac gives Dana a pair of Lion King theater tickets. Robert Guillaume supplied the voice of Rafiki in The Lion King (1994).