The Gary Grill

The Gary Grill
Season 2, Episode 12
Air date	October 17, 2004
Written by	Anthony Del Broccolo
Directed by	Virgil Fabian
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The Gary Grill is the twelfth episode of the second season of Drake & Josh.

Synopsis

Drake and Josh unwittingly become pawns in a plot to sell stolen Gary Coleman grills and are put in jail when they are falsely accused by the FBI of masterminding the whole operation.

Plot

In the opening comments, Drake and Josh are talking about money and how it is important. However, Megan joins and messes around with her brother's screens, turning Drake into a square and Josh into a triangle, then flipping it upside down, and removing them from the screen.

Drake and Josh get an offer to sell Gary Coleman grills from two men named Buddy & Guy who they meet at The Premiere. They prove to be successful salesmen and make a lot of money until they are arrested by the FBI for selling the grills, which were stolen by Buddy and Guy.

Drake and Josh are thrown in jail until Megan tricks the two thieves into admitting they stole the grills and are set free after the FBI discovered the truth and they arrest Buddy and Guy as a result. As Drake and Josh are being released from jail, they meet Gary Coleman himself, who comes to collect the money for the sold grills. Since they spent all the money, they lock Gary in the cell in an attempt to ditch him. Later, he goes to their room and claims all the things they bought with the money earned from selling the grills, but after they told him they sat in the translucent chair, Gary lets them keep it.

During the end credits, Drake plays guitar as he and Josh sing "I Found a Way" together.

Cast

• Drake Bell as Drake Parker
• Josh Peck as Josh Nichols
• Nancy Sullivan as Audrey Parker-Nichols
• Jonathan Goldstein as Walter Nichols
• Miranda Cosgrove as Megan Parker
• Gary Coleman as Himself
• Bradley Snedeker as Buddy
• Riley Schmidt as Guy
• Richard Biggs as FBI Agent 1
• William Francis McGuire as FBI Agent 2
• Gloria LeRoy as Popcorn Buyer
• Jamie Denbo as Sympathetic Woman
• Ryan Alvarez as Robbie Bernstein

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Transcript

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Trivia

• The cold open of this episode breaks the fourth wall, unlike other cold opens, when Drake and Josh notice the design changes done by Megan.
• This is the first time Megan was in the opening, the second being Tree House.
• The boys mention about a non-existent body organ chamber which is called the Farfalagus Valve.
• This is the first of two episodes before The Drake and Josh Inn with no scenes in pitch black dark nighttime.
• Megan doesn't pull any pranks on her brothers in this episode of the show. Instead, she sets up a sting with the FBI and the 2 thieves, Buddy and Guy which results in how impressed Audrey and Walter both are of their daughter after the police begin to arrest the 2 men who stole The Gary Grills.
• The Gary Coleman Grills are a parody of the George Foreman Grill. However, George Foreman Grills cannot play music, but they are big enough to actually cook some meat.
• The events of this episode were mentioned in Steered Straight.
• It is unknown what sentences Buddy and Guy got but given the fact that they were selling stolen property, which is a felony, they likely got lengthy prison sentences.
• Buddy and Josh talking about prison is later referenced by André to Beck on the Victorious episode, "Locked Up".

In Richard Biggs' memory.

• This was Richard Biggs' final television appearance. He passed away on May 22, 2004, five months before this episode aired. At the end, the episode was briefly dedicated to him.
• As of October 27, 2015. the episode no longer airs on TeenNick.
• This episode, along with Pilot, Dune Buggy, Guitar, Blues Brothers, Driver's License, and Number 1 Fan, are not available on any streaming services. However, it is available for purchase through YouTube and Google Play. Presumably due to Gary Coleman's guest appearance.

Running Gags

• People reading about prison and saying "it ain't fun."

Goofs

• When Drake & Josh get arrested, one of Josh's cuffs is dangling open when he should be fully cuffed. The same thing happens to Buddy when he and Guy get arrested.
• There is no cash on the floor after Drake and Josh's cash fight.
• Even though Drake and Josh get to keep the chair, it is not seen in other episodes. They probably gave it away afterwards.
• Each grill has the total costs of $39.95, but no coins were seen. The customers likely did not mind paying 5 extra cents.
• When Drake and Josh are selling grills at school, everyone crowds around to get one and starts giving them money, but they never stated a price.
• When Drake and Josh are arrested for selling the stolen grills, they are taken to the local jail while they should have been taken to federal prison, since selling stolen property is a felony.
• When Drake and Josh make their phone calls, Drake dials 222-222 and Josh dials 551-841, but they call the same phone.
• The old lady at the beginning claimed she could never digest that much popcorn, yet she falls for Drake's sales pitch and orders the largest popcorn believing it'll extend her life.
  • The old lady also claimed to not believe in liquids. If she really doesn't believe in liquids, she should not even be alive, as humans cannot survive without consumption of water, at least.
• The Gary Grills are very small, and most likely could not even cook one burger. They actually appear to be small pancake griddles.
• When the woman slaps Walter at the Premiere, he puts his right hand to his face. However, when he turns to Audrey and Megan in the next shot, his left hand is on his face.
• Drake and Josh, who are both minors, are arrested and interrogated by the police without any effort made whatsoever by the police to contact their parents or at least questioned if they waive their rights to an attorney.
• When Megan admits the grills were stolen, she would have gotten her confession right away, yet she continues to interrogate Buddy and Guy. Likely she probably was needing to get their direct statement of the grills being stolen in order to get them incriminated.
• Buddy and Guy say Megan was wearing a wire, which she admits she was.
  • However, no wire seen on her during her interrogation, unless it was hidden under her sweater.
• If Gary let Drake and Josh keep the translucent chair because Josh had sat on it, he should have also let them keep the vibrating chair because Drake had sat on it.
  • However, they did not ask about the vibrating chair.
  • Despite keeping the translucent chair, it was not seen again in later episodes.