IWant More Viewers

iWant More Viewers is the 2nd episode of the first season of iCarly.

Plot
Carly and Sam want to come up with a way to attract more viewers to iCarly and decide to make a competition out of it, with Spencer and Freddie on one team and Carly and Sam on the other. The losing team will have to touch the dreaded wart on the doorman, Lewbert's, face.

Carly and Sam come up with the idea to create a colorful banner and get it shown on their favorite show, Seattle Beat, which has high ratings. Unfortunately, it begins to rain, causing the paint to run off and the banner is ruined before it can be seen on TV.

Freddie and Spencer come up with the idea to put up a large electronic sign overlooking a major highway in downtown Seattle, that Spencer puts up. During the live iCarly broadcast, the sign is lit, reading "Please go online to iCarly.com." Unfortunately, because the sign is so bright, it causes a chain-reaction multi-vehicle crash to occur on the highway.

Carly, Sam and Freddie urge Spencer to turn the sign off and while Spencer tries to turn the sign off, but it instead malfunctions and all but nine letters of the sign blow out, causing the sign to read the message, "Pee on Carl."

After the incident, Carly, Sam and Freddie read messages that viewers posted on the iCarly website who thought the sign mishaps were hilarious; Spencer is then brought home by the police, and one of the officers named Carl, takes offense at the "Pee on Carl" sign. The cops leave without pressing any charges, but instead let Spencer off with a warning. The two teams agree that since neither of their ideas worked out (although their mishaps ultimately may have gotten them more viewers anyway), both teams lost, so no one has to touch Lewbert's wart.

Trivia

 * Sam saying that Lewbert is "The meanest man alive!" is probably a reference to the famous comicbook superhero, The Flash, who is known as "The fastest man alive".
 * This is the first episode where Spencer's special socks are seen, made by his best friend, Socko(Dan has a best friend in real life like Socko--except that he makes unusual furniture. He works for the Jellio company).
 * Spencer wears the yellow vest again in "iDate A Bad Boy".
 * Miss Briggs' first name is revealed to be Francine.
 * When Sam and Carly come into the apartment after getting soaked in the rain, one back shot of Sam has her hair completely swept over her right shoulder, but in the next shot, some of her hair drapes down her back.Officercarl.png
 * The sign is mentioned again in the episode iMove Out, when Spencer calls the cops on the Petographers, but the cop hadn't forgotten about the "Pee on Carl" sign.
 * After hitting his head on the top of his locker, Freddie said he was bleeding, but he actually wasn't bleeding. Nathan Kress says that they "...just put this cushion thing on it, and spray-painted it blue." They haven't taken it out since then.
 * The middle guy in the iCarly fan video is wearing a pink bunny suit which is identical to the one Carly wore in iSaved Your Life.
 * Note that the sports bra appears "worn."

Goofs

 * Cam-forever-iwantmoreviewers.jpgie starts to eat a meatball before Spencer makes him loose his appetite. However, he can be serving himself again moments later, and the bowl mysteriously jumps to Sam's end of the table without any shots of it being placed there.
 * Carly sprays Sam and Freddie with water many times so that they stop fighting. She even does it from very close proximity (for example, when they are sitting at the table) but both Sam and Freddie act like they're not expecting it, while they are able to see it coming.
 * When Carly starts spraying Sam to get her to stop watching tv and help her make the banner, you can clearly see that the first time she misses but Sam reacts like she got sprayed.
 * In the scene where Spencer's sign lights up the interstate, it supposedly causes drivers to crash. However, cars can be seen driving along smoothly behind him after the cars crashed.
 * In that same scene, each letter on the electronic sign reading "Please go online to iCarly.com" are different colors even when the sign starts to malfunction and flicker, when most of the letters of the sign blow out causing it to read "Pee on Carl", all the remaining letters turn yellow.Import_000042.jpg
 * When Carly and Sam are in front of the Seattle Beat studio holding the banner, the host says, "You can catch that band at the showbox next... weekend," looks at Carly and Sam, and says, "That sign is messed up." However, when they play back the clip on iCarly.com, she goes on to say, "So be sure—" before she looks at Carly and Sam.
 * Technically, if both teams lost, all four of them would have to touch Lewbart's wart.
 * When they show the video of Carly and Sam with the sign at iCarly, you can hear both of them groan. Considering the camera was inside the studio and a whole bunch of screaming people surrounding the girls, you shouldn't have been able to hear them.
 * Officer Carl asks Carly "He belong to you?" about Spencer while the proper use is "He belongs".

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Quotes
Carly: [during the webcast] Which is why I say, the potato is superior to the sports bra. Sam: And if you dont believe us, try making French fries out of a sports bra!

Sam: [during the webcast] Say yo to the people, Freddie!

Freddie: [turns camera to him] Yo to the people! How ya'll doin' out there---"

Sam: [turns camera back around] That's enough, Freddie.

Carly: Spencer, dinnertime! [to Freddie and Sam] You guys staying for dinner?

Sam: Yeah, I got no place to go.

Freddie: I think Carly's spaghetti is great. Sam: Then why don't you put some down your pants?

Freddie: 'Kay, but think the loser should have some kind of penalty. Sam: Hasn't life already penalized you enough? [Carly sprays Sam with water bottle] Carly: That's for being mean. Sam: [Wipes her face] It was worth it.

Spencer: Hey, Freddie.

Freddie: [hits his head on his locker] Aw, man!

Spencer: Whatcha doing?

Freddie: Bleeding!

Spencer: We get a bunch of fireworks, right? And not the lightweight consumer-grade stuff, I'm talking Fourth of July razzle-dazzle!

Freddie: [excited] Razzle-dazzle?!

Spencer: Yes, both! Then, we launch the fireworks off the roof of our building and they explode spelling out iCarly.com in the sky!

Freddie: Can we really do that?!

Spencer: No! So, I came up with something else...a sign!

Freddie: [dejected] A sign?

Spencer: A big sign!

Spencer: Nice to see you, Ms. Briggs, or now that I'm older, may I call you Margaret?

Ms. Briggs: You may not.

Spencer: Why?

Ms. Briggs: My name is Francine! Now get out before I give you detention!

Spencer: [chuckles] I'm 26, you can't give me detention.

Ms. Briggs: [To Freddie] Then I give you detention. One week!

Freddie: What?!

Spencer: You don't scare him.

Freddie: Yes she does!

Ms. Briggs: Get out!

Spencer: No!

Ms. Briggs: [to Freddie] Two weeks detention!

Freddie: [grabs Spencer and drags him towards the exit] Dude, get out of here!

Spencer: No, no, no, no, no, no. Wait, I'm not letting this lady--

Ms. Briggs: [looking at her watch] Spencer Shay, you have 30 seconds to leave or else Freddie gets expelled.

Freddie: [pushing Spencer harder] Go!

Sam: Well say thank you.

Carly: Why? I thought of it. (about the banner)

Sam: Yes, but I thought of watching TV.

Freddie: What's that?

Carly: Soggy banner. Our plan to get more viewers didn't go too well.

Sam: Yeah, kind of like how the Titanic staying afloat didn't go too well.

Carly: Good job, Spencer! You too, Freddie.

Freddie: Thank you, Carly. In your face, Sam. [Sam makes a face at him]

[A crash is heard behind Spencer]

Carly: What's going on out there, Spencer? Spencer: Well, it seems our sign is so bright and dazzling, it distracted one of the drivers below. [another crash is heard] Actually, two of the drivers -- [more crashes are heard] ...three of the dr -- [yet more car crashes are heard] ...literally many of the drivers below are being distracted by our extremely dazzling sign!

Officer: What were you thinking? Putting up a sign telling people to "Pee on Carl"?

Spencer: It was a terrible mistake, Officer...Carl.

Spencer: Okay, so wait, wait, wait. We all failed miserably trying to get you guys more viewers for iCarly. And yet, it is precisely those miserable failures that are getting you guys more viewers for iCarly?

Carly, Sam, and Freddie: [same time] Yeah. That's it. Uh-huh.

Spencer: Insanity!

Related iCarly.com blog posts
'''Carly's blog: More Viewers for iCarly  Spencer's blog: Why I Don't Like Officer Carl'''