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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
9/23/1997
1.
Jumper
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Bill tries to get an exclusive on-air story when a suicidal man is perched outside Dave's window.
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Director:
Tom Cherone
Writer:
Paul Simms
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Guest starring:
Jon Lovitz, Ivan Allen
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
9/30/1997
2.
Plan Bee
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Jimmy hires Andrea, an efficiency expert, when the station needs to cut funds. The staffers rally around an inept Matthew to try to preserve his job. Bill auditions for a television job.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
10/28/1997
3.
The Public Domain
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Dave tries to get Matthew rehired amidst chaos. Andrea hires a man to share Dave's Job, Jimmy brings a camera crew into the office to film a documentary, and Bill prepares for a new career as a singing political satirist a la Mark Russell.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
11/4/1997
4.
Super Karate Monkey Death Car
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Andrea forces the staff to take lie detector tests. Lisa fears she will not pass the test due to her extensive criminal past. Jimmy has his book, which failed in the U.S., translated into Japanese then back into English.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
11/11/1997
5.
French Diplomacy
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Dave and Lisa breakup. Bill gets himself into trouble when he advocates the beating of foreign diplomats. Matthew opens his own dentistry practice.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
11/18/1997
6.
Pure Evil
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Dave hatches a scheme of 'pure evil' to get his job as news director back, including approving Bill's obscenity laced imaginary conversations with the president. Lisa tries hard to do a good job as news director. Matthew lives in the office.
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Director:
Tom Cherones
Writer:
Paul Simms
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Guest starring:
George Dobesh, Grace Morley
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
11/25/1997
7.
Catherine Moves On
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Each staffer offers up a very different version of events of the day Catherine announces she's leaving WNYX. Joe realizes that Catherine's always yearned for him.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
12/16/1997
8.
Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show
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Dave unveils a previously hidden talent to compete in a charity talent show. If a WNYX staff member wins, Mr. James will re-hire Matthew in this incredibly hilarious episode.
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Director:
Tom Cherones
Writer:
Alan J. Higgins
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Guest starring:
Kevin McDonald, Tom Parks
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
1/1/1998
9.
The Secret of Management
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Bill hire's a gentleman's gentleman, Cadbury, to oversee his life. Mr. James teaches Lisa 'The Secret of Management'. Matthew feels left out when Bill doesn't congratulate him on being rehired.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
1/6/1998
10.
Look Who's Talking
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Bill announces plans to adopt a child. Beth and Joe attend a charity bachelor auction, with Beth impersonating a duchess and Joe playing her homosexual bachelor friend, to bid on Mr. James.
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Director:
Tom Cherones
Writer:
Joe Furey
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Guest starring:
Denise Dowse, Judy Geeson, Lynn A. Henderson, Clarinda Ross, Patricia Place, Logan Craig O'Brien, Jim Hanna, Kate Gladfelter, Reed Rudy
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
1/13/1998
11.
Chock
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Dave finds it hard to say no when his old college acapella singing group 'Chock Full o' Notes' reunites for Dave's 32nd birthday, hoping to take the pop charts by storm. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to motivate Matthew without reducing him to tears. Joe has a beef with one of Dave's friends.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
1/20/1998
12.
Who's the Boss? (1)
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After Bill pesters Lisa once again, Dave and Lisa hatch an evil plan to make Bill the boss to teach him a lesson. Bill's reign is eerily efficient. Joe goes on a sympathy strike to support another of Mr. James companies.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
2/3/1998
13.
Who's the Boss? (2)
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Mr. James announces an election for station manager, which neither Dave nor Lisa want to win. Joe's dysfunctional brothers visit the station to plan a surprise party for their parents. Matthew runs for floor fire marshal.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
2/24/1998
14.
Security Door
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Dave struggles vainly to get the staffers to properly use the recently installed security door. Bill enlists Lisa to do the negotiating when he's offered a job in a blue jean's commercial.
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Director:
Tom Cherones
Writer:
Sam Johnson
/ Chris Marcil
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Guest starring:
Timothy Durkin
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
3/3/1998
15.
Big Brother
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Matthew is assigned a Big Brother, who makes eyes at Beth; Joe, Jimmy, and Bill try to uncover Lisa's love life.
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Director:
Judi Elterman
Writer:
Lewis Morton
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Guest starring:
Michael B. Silver, Mike Colt
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
3/18/1998
16.
Beep, Beep
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Mr. James gives Matthew a small toy car. Mr. James urges Dave and Lisa to get back together when a secret study reveals they're more productive when they're a couple.
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Director:
Tom Cherones
Writer:
Alan J. Higgins
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Guest starring:
Antoinette Valente
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
3/25/1998
17.
Balloon
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Jimmy plans to go around the world in a hot air baloon, until Dave finds that he is full of ""hot air"". Meanwhile, Bill switches from cigarettes to chewing tobacco.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
4/8/1998
18.
Copy Machine
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The office mourns the loss of Ted, from accounting, until Dave realizes that nobody knew him, at all.
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Director:
Joe Furey
Writer:
Drake Sather
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Guest starring:
Christopher Randolph, Tom Gallop
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
4/15/1998
19.
Monster Rancher
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Matthew takes Lisa on a date. The office has trouble adapting to a new intern, Mr. James' nephew, Walt.
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
4/29/1998
20.
4:20
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Joe fights Matthew in a no-holds-barred match at Mr. James' men's club smoker. Bill is extremely worried that Walt will ask Lisa on a date. We learn Dave's technique for getting rid of an unwanted visitor; act insane.
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Director:
Judi Elterman
Writer:
Paul Simms
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Guest starring:
Brad Rowe, David Dunard
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
5/6/1998
21.
Jackass Junior High
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Lisa is treated like a male by office co-workers, who revert to their boorish selves when all other females are out sick.
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Director:
Tom Cherones
Writer:
Joe Furey
/ Alan J. Higgins
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Guest starring:
Brad Rowe, Jo Nell Kennedy, Michelle Benes, Doug Gochman, Allan Murray, Grady Hutt, Matthew Weiss, Mark Jonathan Davis
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Seen it: Yes
30 mins
5/12/1998
22.
Sinking Ship
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The episode spoofs the movie Titanic, where Walt and Dave sketch Lisa nude and give her heart shaped necklaces. Soon, though, the ship starts to sink...
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