The Show Must Go On... Or Else is episode 19 of Season 5.
Characters[]
Synopsis[]
After having dated too many dumb jocks, Clover takes a theater class at Malibu University to meet more artistic men. However, people around campus start acting as fictional characters. Anyone who is in the play starts to act as their character both on and off of the stage. Is there something more to this than just method acting?
In the B-story, Clover takes a theater class to meet artistic boys.
Gadgets[]
- Catsuit
- Compowder
- Expandable Cable Bungee Belt
- Head For Cover Hoverboard
- Metal Morphosis Magnet Faux Tooth
- Motion Alarm Pencil
- Wireless Compowder connection
Trivia[]
- Sam and Alex state that Milton used to direct plays on Off-Off-Off-Broadway. This is a parody of the Broadway theatre levels.
- Broadway theatre: 500 or more seating capacity
- Off-Broadway: 100 - 499 seating capacity
- Off-Off-Broadway: 1 - 99 seating capacity
- Off-Off-Off Broadway would be 0 - 50 seating capacity.
- Alex's 3 S's
- Sand
- Sun
- Surf
- Alexandra's elderly disguise is seen.
- "The Granny"
- "The Show Must Go On... Or Else"
- The same theme music is heard in:
- "Dog Show Showdown" -- at the dog show
- "The Show Must Go On... Or Else" -- Milton Bard's play
- Malibu University has a course named Theater 101.
- The instructor was Milton Bard.
- Sam tells Virgil that Halloween, on October 31, is 5 months away.
- Milton Bard's name is a play on Marlon Brando and the word bard.
- A poster in Milton's office is a reference to the Rat Pack.
- The title is a reference to the song "The Show Must Go On".
- When Clover talks about acting as a femme fatale, a scene is shown of her in a black wig and dress lying on a bed like the cover picture in the film "Pulp Fiction".