Commercial Breaks

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The Suite Life of Zack and Cody episode
“Commercial Breaks”

Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 25
Guest star(s)	Patrick Bristow, Adrian R'Mante, Christina Grace, Steve Hytner, Joel Schmidt, Brian Stepanek
Writer(s)	Danny Kallis
Director	Richard Correll
Production no.	127
Original airdate	January 20, 2006
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"Commercial Breaks" is an episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.

1 Plot
2 Quotes
3 Trivia
4 Goofs
5 References

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Moseby announces that there will be a commercial for the Tipton shot at the hotel, and everyone must audition. He feels this to be a burden, but everyone else wants to star in the commercial. They all line up for the auditions, but during the auditions the director rejects everyone's performances. Carey realizes that the director is her ex-boyfriend; she tries to audition anyway, concealing her face, but the director recognizes her and rejects her. Eventually, London, the airhead heiress, gets the role, but only because her father signs the director's checks.

As they attempt to film the commercial, London's singing and dancing abilities turn out to be disastrous. Moseby is irritated and tells her that it's easy; she challenges him to do it if it's so easy, and he does, surprising everyone with a remarkable performance that the director exclaims is brilliant. London is fired and Moseby takes her place; she insists to the director that she can't be fired because of her father, but her father (who is watching everything through a camera from his private jet) calls her up and also tells her she's fired. Unfortunately, Moseby's initial performance wasn't filmed; on the next take, he trips over Dudley, Esteban's pet chicken, and sprains his ankle. The director is furious. The next morning, Carey (whose role in the commercial had previously been that of a dancing suitcase), Zack, and Cody (along with a little force from Mr. Tipton) convince the director to put a family angle on the commercial. The boys and Carey star in the commercial and everything works out great.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Quotes

(auditions for commercial) London: I'm going to sing and dance. (whisper) At the same time!
Director: Yeah, and I'll try to watch and hold down my lunch. (whisper) At the same time!
London: (singing) I'm the girl the kind of girl that loves bracelets and rings, diamonds and rubies and all of those things because [shrieking] bling is my favorite thing we're not talking Zirconium! Bling is my favorite thing
Director: Sto-o-op, stop! Bring back the chicken. Why on Earth should I hire you for my commercial?
London: Because my daddy owns this hotel and signs your check.
Director: Brilliant! You're hired!

London: When you stay at the...the...the...(the music stops)
Moseby: It's your name!
London: Oh... When you stay at the... London.
Moseby: YOUR LAST NAME!

London: No one makes a fool out of London...um...
Everyone: TIPTON!
London: I knew that. I was pausing for dramatic effect.

Carey: (singing)
Director: (staring at Carey's legs) Stop! Wait a minute! I'd know those legs anywhere!
Carey: (smiling behind her hat)
Director: (in rage) And the last time I saw them, they were on their way to the ladies room!
Carey: (frowns behind her hat) So you remember me...!
Director: Let's put it this way: NEXT!

'Maddie: In my dreams I can see you. Shoo-bop bop. Your eyes are like the stars that shine so bright. When I wake in the morinin'-
Zack: (cuts into Maddie's song) Shoo-bop, bop!
Maddie: Every thing just feel so ri-ight. (both exchange shoo-bops')
Director: Stop! Why don't you two just shoo-bop, bop outta my life?!

Carey: I should just quit.
Cody: No. You can't give up, Mom. You're always telling us to persevere.
Zack: Yeah, you should persevere. By the way, what does that mean?

Carey: (in a luggage suit) Guys, you're embarrassing me.
Cody: We're embarrassing you? You're dancing luggage!

Zack: You may not be on TV, but when I become a star, you can become on of my peeps. Not the main peep. More like a back up peep.
Cody: But--
Zack: Not a peep out of you.

Esteban: (tap dancing) (throws his arms out to Dudley) Take it away, Dudley!
Dudley: (not doing anything)
Esteban: (Tries throwing his arms out to Dudley again) tchtchtchtchctch... isn't he amazing?
Director: He's not doing anything! It's you making that 'tippy-tappy' noise.
Esteban: Aren't I amazing?

Maddie: (Poses as a spotlight strikes on her)
Director: Stop!
Maddie: I didn't even begin!
Director: I hate spotlights.

Esteban: (To the director) He's doing the best he can! (Looks at director's burrito) You're scaring him.
Director: I'm just giving him directions!
Esteban: While eating a chicken fajita. It could be his brother. You sir, are not nice!
Director: Didn't bother me when my mother said it, doesn't bother me when you say it.

Arwin: I'm never picking up a bowling ball again. (Most Related to Bowling)

[edit] Trivia

Last episode produced for Season 1.
According to the commercial, the Tipton chain has locations also in Paris, New York, and Bombay.
A fictional phone number for the hotel is shown during the commercial: (800) 654-2192.
Zack reveals that the twins are "pushing 13" years old in this episode.
When Zack, Cody, and Carey got out of the elevator and wait in the line, you can see that Esteban and Maddie are way before them since they went to the back of the line later. However, during the audition, Maddie was just behind them.
15th appearance of Esteban
4th appearance of Patrick
8th appearance of Arwin
In the episode "Bowling", Arwin stated that he vowed never to pick up a bowling ball since the tournament; however, in this episode, he attempts to juggle with a bowling ball.

[edit] Goofs

In the commercial for the Tipton, you can tell that they are lip-synching because when Zack and Cody do their handshake, their mouths are closed. Although this may be an intended voice-over.

While Zack and Cody come down the ramp in the commercial, they are wearing skates, but in the next scene, the twins are doing their handshake and dancing, they are not wearing shoes, and in their next scene they have black shoes on.