"Sorry about that, I got a little carried away. My therapist says I should kick butt more often."
—Woody Allen
The fourth episode of the first season of Celebrity Deathmatch, which is titled Celebrity Deathmatch Goes to the Movies.
This episode consists of two pre-arranged fights and one archived fight. The first undercard fight has movie critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel pitted against each other in an Indian strap match. The second undercard fight comes from the Deathmatch archives and features Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. The third fight and main event has Spike Lee and Quentin Tarantino duking it out with guest referee Woody Allen.
This episode provides examples of:
- The Alcoholic: Dean Martin cannot stop drinking martinis during his fight with Jerry Lewis.
- An Arm and a Leg: See Noodle Incident below.
- Berserk Button: Dean Martin gets angry after his martini is spilled and decides to get serious.
- Beware the Quiet Ones: After facing the possibility of no sex from his wife, Woody Allen stands up to Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee's abuse and takes them out himself.
- Bling-Bling-BANG!: Sammy Davis Jr. gives Jerry Lewis some chunky rings to use during the fight.
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…But I Play One on TV: At one point during the episode, Nick is seen being treated in an operating theater when George Clooney bursts in and plays this line when the other doctors acknowledge he isn't a real doctor. They then allow him to take charge of the surgery. - Call-Back: Roger Ebert is thrown into one of the support structures holding up the announcer's booth, causing Nick to fall out and sustain a head injury that sees him being rushed to the hospital. In the archived fight, Jerry Lewis is thrown out of the ring and almost hits Nick in the process. while Johnny comments on how lucky he is, Nick's reply is somewhat ironic."We've had a lot of close calls here on Celebrity Deathmatch, but it's gonna take a lot more than a flying celebrity to take me out."
- The Cameo: This episode features appearances from Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Soon-Yi Previn, and George Clooney.
- Chained Heat: For their fight, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel are tied together by their thumbs.
- Circling Birdies: After receiving a punch to the head, Jerry Lewis experiences this.
- Commercial Break Cliffhanger: The episode cuts to a commercial break shortly after Nick falls from the announcer's booth.
- Convenient Coma: Nick is rendered unconscious and unresponsive after he falls from the announcer's booth.
- Cute Bruiser: Stacy punches Quentin Tarantino in the face in retaliation after he accidentally slaps the microphone from her hand during an argument with Spike Lee.
- Do Not Adjust Your Set: Just before the main event starts, Johnny advises the viewers to ignore the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen due to the change of aspect ratio.
- Eye Pop: Nicky Jr.'s eyes do this after Johnny slaps him on the back as he's calling the main event.
- Eye Scream: Sammy Davis Jr.'s eye pops out of its socket after Jerry Lewis slaps him on the back with too much force.
- Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: Frank Sinatra manages to slap some sense into Dean Martin after he becomes upset that his martini was spilled.
- Grievous Harm with a Body: Despite his best efforts to referee the main event, Woody Allen finds himself being used as a weapon by both fighters.
- The Heckler: During the first fight with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, Spike Lee starts shouting at them from the audience and threatens to kill them himself after they previously gave poor reviews for his film Girl 6.
- Impairment Shot: After knocking back a lot of martinis, as well as being hit repeatedly over the head by his opponent, Dean starts having blurred vision and mistakes the ring post for Jerry Lewis.
- In the Hood: Woody Allen's identity is kept secret, thanks to him being covered in a leather hood.
- Letterbox: The aspect ratio changes for the main event, due to the fact that both Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee are prolific movie directors.
- Lysistrata Gambit: Getting frustrated by the fact that both fighters are abusing her husband, Soon-Yi Previn threatens this if Woody Allen doesn't do something to stand up to them.
- Manchild: Jerry Lewis acts like one during his fight with Dean Martin.
- Moment of Silence: Johnny calls for one towards the end of the show. It promptly gets interrupted by Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee arguing in the ring.
- Mood Whiplash: The carnage that audiences are used to seeing between celebrities is always Played for Laughs, however when something similar happens to one of the Deathmatch team, it's quite serious. Even more so when the show returns from its first commercial break, Johnny and Mills address the viewers directly and advise that they are going to play a fight from their archives to fill the time while they await further updates regarding Nick's accident.
- Non-Lethal K.O.: Woody Allen takes out Quentin Tarantino by ripping out his ribcage. For Spike Lee? A swift karate chop to the neck that knocks him out.
- Dean Martin also wins his fight by simply knocking Jerry Lewis out of the ring.
- Noodle Incident: According to Nick during the opening of the show, Meg Ryan is reported to have been cornered in the locker room by the Olsen twins. The two then allegedly proceed to bite off her leg.
- N-Word Privileges: The reason behind Spike Lee and Quentin Tarantino's fight is this.
- Offhand Backhand: Dean Martin launches a dazed Jerry Lewis from the ring with nothing more than a nudge of the elbow without so much as looking over his shoulder.
- Ripped from the Headlines:
- Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis also feuded with each other, which led to the demise of their comedy double-act. Frank Sinatra would then reunite them later on.
- Spike Lee and Quentin Tarantino have been feuding for a number of years now, all over Tarantino's prolific use of a certain derogatory word.
- Roundabout Shot: Occurs during the fight with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, when the two are conversing while Siskel is spinning Ebert in the air by this thumb.
- Small Role, Big Impact: According to the archived fight, the reason why Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis agreed to fight to the death is due to the recommendation of Frank Sinatra.
- "Take Your Child to Work Day" Plot: This episode is the first time we see Nick's son on the show, Nicky Jr.
- Turn Off the Camera: Johnny berates the film crew for continuing to film Nick while he's unconscious and demands to cut to a commercial break.
- Useless Spleen: As Stacy is giving an update on Nick's condition from the operating theater, we see one of the doctors mistake Nick's spleen for his heart.
- You're Just Jealous: Quentin Tarantino believes that Spike Lee is only angry at him because he's never won an Academy Award.
- Your Mom: Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee engage in this kind of trash talk prior to their fight starting.
