"Cold Feet" is the B part of the eleventh episode of Season 2 of Pepper Ann and the forty-fourth segment overall. It was paired with "Impractical Jokes" and originally aired on December 26, 1998.
Summary[]
During Grandpa Leo and Grandma Lillian's 50th anniversary vow renewal, Grandma Lillian tells Pepper Ann the story of how she was once a promising actress who gave up a chance at the big time to marry Leo (who was fighting in World War II at the time), almost got on the plane that killed Richie Valens, Buddy Holly, and The Big Bopper, and worked the pageant circuit in order to help Lydia pay for their house.
Quotes[]
Pepper Ann: It's not like they're celebrating anything really important. Just fifty boring years in boring old Hazelnothing... |
Pepper Ann: Alright, places, people! This is a vow renewal ceremony, not happy hour at Nutty McGillicutty's! |
Pepper Ann: Nicky, I gotta go. Mom's baking. |
Aunt Janie: Lydia, I thought you said you'd sooner paint a sign on the side of a beached whale than advertise on a blimp. |
Aunt Janie: One hair in one deviled egg and we'll never hear the end of it. |
Trivia[]
- We learn that Janie was supposed to be named Lanie, but because Lillian was woozy from the epidural, she wrote the "L" backwards and it stuck. Lillian later decided to get a turtle and name her Lanie, but the turtle went crazy and was sent to live on a special farm. Since turtles can live for about 80 years, it's unknown if Lanie is still at the farm (or if it's a euphemism for "The turtle was euthanized because of an incurable illness.")
- It seems while Lillian was living a happy life after the WWII performance and marrying Leo, her understudy, Annie Briar, lived a bad life despite being famous.
- We learn that the money Pepper Ann and Lillian won in the talent contest went for a down payment on the house the Pearsons live in, and that Aunt Janie had a crush on Chuck too when he met Lydia, but Lydia shoved her out of the way.
- There is a reference to the Buddy Holly plane crash in this episode.
- This episode continues the "Lydia is baking" gag started in "Have You Ever Been Unsupervised".
Cast[]
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Pepper Ann Pearson
- Jeff Bennett as Grandpa Leo, Additional Voices
- April Winchell as Lydia Pearson, Grandma Lillian, Sherrie Spleen
- Susan Tolsky as Aunt Janie Diggety
- Maurice LaMarche as Chuck Pearson