"Def Comedy Mom" is the 7th episode of the third season of Pepper Ann. It aired on November 6, 1999.
Synopsis[]
Lydia's witty remarks at a PTA meeting prompts her to try her hand at being a stand-up comic, but Pepper Ann is afraid Lydia will use her most embarrassing moments as comedic fodder.
Plot[]
Lydia begins to exhibit boredom with her mundane life, made all the more worse by the fact that Pepper Ann and Moose always have something else to do. During a PTA meeting, Lydia has finally had enough and takes the stage by decrying the usual cake walk and suggests doing a car wash instead. She begins to make jokes that entertain the rest of the meeting and performs an impromptu stand-up comedy act. Everyone enjoys Lydia's newfound hobby, except for Pepper Ann who believes that her stand-up will embarrass "her" as opposed to her mother.
Lydia sets up a show at JavaNutt with Milo, Nicky and eventually two other passerbys waiting in line. Pepper Ann cannot understand why anyone would fin Lydia's humor funny and begs her to not do the show, but she scolds her daughter and tells her to go to her room. Pepper Ann's reflection informs her that she might end up using personal material relating to her and thus make her a laughing stock throughout Hazelnut. She finally comes clean to Lydia about these feelings and she decides to cancel her show.
Pepper Ann walks by JavaNutt and upon seeing the poster for her mom's stand-up, realizes that she has made her unhappy for her own selfish reasons. She rushes back home and apologizes to her and Lydia goes to prepare for the show. Lydia's stand-up routine is once again a hit with the audience who give her an applause. However, she decides to end her comedy career early, as she simply wanted something new in her life with Milo and Nicky welcoming the decision as her "Lydia-Heads". They hear her make dad-jokes at work and admit that it is not the same.
Cast[]
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Pepper Ann Pearson
- Jeff Bennett as Additional voices
- Danny Cooksey as Milo Kamalani
- Clea Lewis as Nicky Little
- Pamela Adlon as Moose Pearson
- April Winchell as Lydia Pearson, Additional voices
- Don Adams as Principal Hickey
Trivia[]
- The title is a reference to HBO's Def Comedy Jam
- This episode, along with "The Beans of Wrath" and "Effie Shrugged" were the only post-season 1 episodes to use traditional cel animation. They were also the only episodes of the series to be animated by Hanna-Barbera animation, instead of the show's primary animation studio, Sunwoo.
- The comedians Lydia impersonates are Sam Kinison, Steven Wright, Gallagher, and Jeff Foxworthy.
- Milo and Nicky refer to themselves as "Lydia-Heads", a possible reference to "Dead-Heads", fans of the band The Grateful Dead.
- On Disney+, this episode segment is placed first next to "Career Daze".
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