Lady Sings the News
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"Lady Sings the News" is the 17th episode of the 3rd season of the television series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
. Sometimes abbreviated to "LSTN," the title is a parody of Lady Sings the Blues
. The episode was directed by Keith Alcorn and originally aired on November 24, 2006.
, Carl is the weatherman
, Sheen is the sports reporter, and Libby is a gossip
reporter.
That night, everything goes well on the show until Libby comes on. She proceeds to tell millions of viewers about Jimmy and Cindy's relationship going from "love-hate" to "all-love all the time" (while Jimmy and Cindy are flirting). Then she reveals that Sheen takes advice from hand puppets, and that Carl walked around with toilet paper
on his shoe all day. Which leads him to run around the stage screaming and shouting.
Libby discovers lots of embarrassing gossip to share on the show, and uses it to blackmail
people to do whatever she wants. Jimmy, Cindy, Carl, and Sheen realize that Libby has become a "monster" and develop a plan to discredit her. They get Libby to look through a peephole into Carl's dressing room. Inside, she sees that three "alien
s" (actually Jimmy, Cindy, and Sheen with masks) have taken over Carl's brain. They are using him to gather kittens for them to eat, and harvest human spleens to play "spleenball" with. Libby believes this, and reports it on the local news. The town proceeds to mob Carl. Jimmy and Cindy tell Libby it was just a story they made up to scare her. She calls off the mob, which starts attacking Jimmy and Cindy. Libby stops them again and apologizes to her friends for the way she acted. Corky then shows up and tells them they are all fired, for he is making a new show, titled Everybody Loves Hand Puppets featuring Sheen, whom he holds aloft as he speaks. The mob then chases Corky down the street (who drop Sheen and stomp on him until he loses consciousness), so everyone walks off to go home. Libby picks up the unconscious Sheen and goes off. Jimmy stops and kisses Cindy on the lips, and she is left stunned and dizzy, after a few seconds she runs after Jimmy and they walk off hand in hand as Carl calls for someone to let him out of the headlock the mob put him in.
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, often shortened to just Jimmy Neutron, is an American animated television series, and spin-off of the Academy Award-nominated computer-animated movie, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. The series first officially aired on July 20, 2002, on Nickelodeon...
. Sometimes abbreviated to "LSTN," the title is a parody of Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues (song)
"Lady Sings the Blues" is a song written by jazz singer Billie Holiday, and jazz pianist Herbie Nichols.It is the title song to her 1956 album, released on Clef/Verve Records ....
. The episode was directed by Keith Alcorn and originally aired on November 24, 2006.
Plot
One night, Jimmy Neutron, Carl Wheezer, and Sheen Estevez hack into the local news feed, and paste their heads on the bodies of the reporters. The same night, Cindy Vortex tells Libby Folfax that she and Jimmy played footsie in the library. The next day, Corky Schimatzu, a famous television and film producer, hires Jimmy, Carl, Sheen, Cindy, and Libby to do a children's news program. Jimmy and Cindy are the anchorsNews presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
, Carl is the weatherman
Weather forecasting
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
, Sheen is the sports reporter, and Libby is a gossip
Gossip
Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others, It is one of the oldest and most common means of sharing facts and views, but also has a reputation for the introduction of errors and variations into the information transmitted...
reporter.
That night, everything goes well on the show until Libby comes on. She proceeds to tell millions of viewers about Jimmy and Cindy's relationship going from "love-hate" to "all-love all the time" (while Jimmy and Cindy are flirting). Then she reveals that Sheen takes advice from hand puppets, and that Carl walked around with toilet paper
Toilet paper
Toilet paper is a soft paper product used to maintain personal hygiene after human defecation or urination. However, it can also be used for other purposes such as blowing one's nose when one has a cold or absorbing common spills around the house, although paper towels are more used for the latter...
on his shoe all day. Which leads him to run around the stage screaming and shouting.
Libby discovers lots of embarrassing gossip to share on the show, and uses it to blackmail
Blackmail
In common usage, blackmail is a crime involving threats to reveal substantially true or false information about a person to the public, a family member, or associates unless a demand is met. It may be defined as coercion involving threats of physical harm, threat of criminal prosecution, or threats...
people to do whatever she wants. Jimmy, Cindy, Carl, and Sheen realize that Libby has become a "monster" and develop a plan to discredit her. They get Libby to look through a peephole into Carl's dressing room. Inside, she sees that three "alien
Extraterrestrial life in popular culture
In popular cultures, "extraterrestrials" are life forms — especially intelligent life forms— that are of extraterrestrial origin .-Historical ideas:-Pre-modern:...
s" (actually Jimmy, Cindy, and Sheen with masks) have taken over Carl's brain. They are using him to gather kittens for them to eat, and harvest human spleens to play "spleenball" with. Libby believes this, and reports it on the local news. The town proceeds to mob Carl. Jimmy and Cindy tell Libby it was just a story they made up to scare her. She calls off the mob, which starts attacking Jimmy and Cindy. Libby stops them again and apologizes to her friends for the way she acted. Corky then shows up and tells them they are all fired, for he is making a new show, titled Everybody Loves Hand Puppets featuring Sheen, whom he holds aloft as he speaks. The mob then chases Corky down the street (who drop Sheen and stomp on him until he loses consciousness), so everyone walks off to go home. Libby picks up the unconscious Sheen and goes off. Jimmy stops and kisses Cindy on the lips, and she is left stunned and dizzy, after a few seconds she runs after Jimmy and they walk off hand in hand as Carl calls for someone to let him out of the headlock the mob put him in.