IHire An Idiot

iHire An Idiot is the eighth episode of the fourth season of iCarly, and is the 78th overall.

Plot
Tired of all the work needed for iCarly, the cast has a casting call for interns. There are a few bad ones (including Stacey Dillsen), but they meet a nerd who seems perfect. When an extremely hot but dumb guy named Cort comes in, Carly and Sam only hire him because of his looks. Freddie responds by hiring a girl named Ashley, who is supposedly an idiot, too. Finally, Carly and Sam relent, and Cort and Ashley are promptly fired, although it turns out Ashley was only pretending to be an idiot and was working on a psychological paper for college. Freddie is almost sure everything is normal, until Cort returns after discovering the concept of an elevator.

In the sub-plot, Spencer must have a sculpture at the Seattle Art Museum three years to the day he dropped out of law school, or else his grandfather will send him back. Spencer first attempts to sneak his bottle-bot into the museum, but the curator kicks him out with the help of the security guard. Spencer hires Gibby to distract the guard while he brings the bot in. Thankfully, Spencer's grandpa decides Spencer doesn't have to go back to law school.

Quotes
Sam: I like being clean, I just don't like all the... [demonstrates scrubbing]

Spencer: [eating a pizza he stepped on] This pizza tastes like shoe bottom...

Carly: Isn´t that some kind of bread?

Freddie: That´s ciabatta.

Sam: That monkey from Galaxy Wars?

Freddie: No!

Spencer: I made him a stupid promise.

Sam: That you'd dress up like a lady on the Fourth of July?

Spencer: No.

Sam: Will you anyway?

Spencer: No!

Spencer: Law school was the WORST experience of my life!

Freddie: Worse than the time those bikerdudes took you to-

Spencer: -No!

Sam: You are sooo good lookin'.   Carly: I was about to say that!

Sam: Well...

Freddie: You guys!

[Freddie gives Sam a BE SERIOUS look.]

(these two events were deleted from the actual episode)

Freddie: Thank you, Cort. You can go now.

Cort: Go where?

Freddie: Wherever you came from. We've already decided who we're gonna hire.

Sam: [Smiling] We sure have!

Carly: Congratulations, Cort!

Freddie: What?

Freddie: [to Sam] Remember the fudge!

Carly: Are you a good dancer?

Cort: The goodest!

Freddie: [to Cort] You brought lemonade in a bag?!?!

Cort: Is that wrong?

Carly: It’s adorable!

[wiggles lemonade bag]

Gibby: [wearing a scuba diver's outfit, wanting to be stuffed with peacock feathers] Fill me with feathers!

Ashley: I found this purse, is there a lost and found I can take it to? [Holds up Carly`s Purse.]

Carly: That`s my purse.'''  Ashley''': You must`ve been so worried.

Carly: No, it was sitting right there on my bed.

Ashley: [gasps] I have a bed!

Cort: Got one, too!

Ashley: ROCK ON! [giggles]

Carly: Are you going to fire that dumb intern?

Freddie: Oh, you mean Cort?

Carly: No, your feminidiot!

Freddie: I'll fire my feminidiot when you fire your himbecile!

Carly: Ok...that was clever wordplay.

[Carly and Freddie see Cort tangled up in the slinky]

Cort: This got bad fast.

[Gibby runs around the mueseum taking pictures]

Security Guard: Hey! No flash photography!

Gibby: Sorry.

[Takes another picture]

Security Guard: Dude!

(Gibby takes picture of  HIM ]

Security Guard: What is wrong with you?

[Gibby sprays him with "Silly String"]

Gibby: I guess you gotta chase me now. [Guard chases Gibby]

Spencer: Yeah! In your face, you old skutter! Whoo! [realizes what he's just said] I love you.

Spencer: I apologize, I had to do that.

Margarite: Just do it again.

Spencer: Yeah! [bends her over and kisses her again]



Carly: I feel bad for Cort.

Sam: Why?

Carly: Because... he's all dumb... and we fired him... and... we stole his shirt.

Sam: Well, now at least you...[Elevator opens and Cort is standing there]

Cort: This is an elevator!

Sam & Carly: Aww, oh, [Cooing over Cort]

Freddie: ...I'm going home. [Leaves]''' '''

Trivia

 * Spencer and Carly's granddad (Greg Mullavey) returns after an absence of just over three years, this time to try to make Spencer go back to law school.
 * Stacey Dillsen from Zoey 101, who appeared in the previous episode, returns again wanting to be an intern. She is quickly rejected. An interesting note is the fact that Abby Wilde (almost 22 at airdate), who plays Stacey, is approximately 4 years older than the three youngest iCarly cast.
 * Once again, there was an ad break after the opening theme, a new thing that started with iStart a Fanwar.
 * In the scene where Cort eats the uncooked steak the DANWARP home page logo is clearly visible on Freddie's laptop screen.
 * Galaxy Wars is mentioned; Sam confuses "ciabatta" (a type of Italian bread) with "that monkey from Galaxy Wars" (reference to Chewbacca).
 * Sniffmeajob.com redirects to iCarly.com.
 * The hanging meat seen in this episode was reused for an iCarly.com segment.
 * The episode had 4.916 million viewers, 9th highest for the week on cable. This is down slightly from November's iStart a Fanwar, which had 5.024 million viewers. Despite the low ratings, it was one of the better received episodes of the season, at least from fans.
 * The famous "finish at 2" joke with the countdown is referenced: just as Freddie finishes the countdown, Cort unexpectedly yells "One!", much to Freddie's annoyance.
 * When Cort was counting, he skipped 98, though this could be a part of his stupidity.

Promos
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Gallery
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