IMeet The First Lady

iMeet the First Lady may be the 8th episode of Season 4b and the 91st episode overall. Michelle Obama will make a guest appearance. The first lady is set to appear on an upcoming episode of the comedy iCarly to promote Joining Forces, an initiative aimed at increasing awareness and support for Military families,.

Background
Show creator and executive producer Dan Schneider wrote the episode just for Obama and her Joining Forces initiative. "When she approached us, after he was done jumping for joy, Dan sat down and came up with a very, very clever idea," Zarghami said. The network president said she wasn't concerned that featuring the first lady and promoting the Joining Forces program would make a political statement for the show or Nickelodeon. "It's a feel-good initiative," she said, "and regardless of your political affinity, everybody cares about these families, so it just feels right."

Plot
Carly and Spencer are the children of an Air Force colonel serving overseas in the military. Their father is not able to make it home for his birthday as planned. Thus, Sam and Freddie break some rules to set up a web chat so Carly can speak to her dad on his birthday. Mrs. Obama, who hears about the Freddie and Sam’s efforts to connect Carly with her dad, then comes to talk to them about the importance of connecting soldiers with their families.

Trivia

 * The working title for this episode was "iMajor Guest Star"
 * This is the first appearance by the U.S. First Lady, Michelle Obama on a Nickelodeon show, despite appearing for Nickelodeon's 2011 Worldwide Day of Play, an event, which encourages to get out, get active and play instead of being in front of a computer or TV Screen. She was also in the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards receiving her blimp for the Big Help Award
 * Taran Killam who played "Spaulding" in Moody's Point (The Amanda Show) is a Secret Serviceman in this episode. He is also currently a featured cast member on Saturday Night Live.
 * Despite the production code being 406. There are more episodes of iCarly set to air before this one.
 * BooG!e guest stars as T-Bo in this episode, as seen by this behind-the-scenes photo of the entire cast and crew.

Photo Gallery
See photos for this episode here

Video Gallery
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