iBinged iCarly

Just in time for the iCarly revival he didn't ask for, Quinton Reviews takes a look back at iCarly, one of the most popular Nickelodeon shows ever, and also one of the... strangest. And so join me, in this iCarly retrospective, as we look back at the adventures of Freddie, Sam, and Carly as they transcend to web celebrities! They're joined by Spencer, Gibby, T-Bo, Rip-Off Rodney, Guppy, Lewbert, Benji, and 700 others. It'll be a wild ride, but certainly a strange one...

0:00 - Introduction
14:30 - Season 1
1:04:04 - The Crimes in Season 1
1:15:39 - Intermission 1
1:24:43 - Season 2
2:38:21 - The Crimes in Season 2
2:55:21 - Intermission 2
3:26:50 - Season 3
4:25:17 - The Crimes in Season 3
4:39:20 - Conclusions

Guest voices:

Saltydkdan as Freddie:

Wendy Weissman as Rejection Letter Lady:

Guest editors:

Flowergothic

PKMX

Devnul

Kids Choice Awards clips:

Lost media recovery thanks to:

[QuintonReviews]

Wake up, members of my nation!





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[HarveMoone]

The way Spencer says “She’s a little teenager, you gotta let them express themselves.” Makes me want to cry, I can’t explain it but it just makes me want to cry.

[inklingofadream]

I never really appreciated Gibby as a kid (probably because I mostly watched iCarly with my brothers when i was supposed to be babysitting them and the whole shirtless dancing schtick is very much an imitable act) but he really is the most normal person in the whole cast, huh? They're over here with their crazy parents and their weekly dramas and everything and Gibby's just doing his thing. He's got a girlfriend, apparently really solid and sweet relationships with his mom and brother, he just drops in sometimes to see what the gang's up to. They're like, his weird weekend hobby

[skunkskiestink]

After reading Jeanette’s book it’s so crazy how much shit they joked about in the show was so reflective of the real abuse she faced. Like her mom was more like Freddie’s mom. Her mom would bathe her and examine her until she was 16. She said Miranda really was her first and only friend and she was really a safe place away from home. And the way they constantly joke about her eating habits when in reality HER MOTHER was starving her and teaching her to have eating disorders. It also gave her this success that put her in a position where she was made the sole provider in her home as a child. It makes all the sense in the world that she wouldn’t want anything to do with the reboot. Also her real humor is so dark and dry and brief in her stories that have more important sad messages and the shows sitcom humor is worlds away from her real self

[chikachika]

34:36 I think part of Freddie's obsession with Carly in the early days was that she was probably the first person to show him affection that wasn't toxic or abusive. He loves his mother but can't trust her but if Carly doesn't think it's a good idea he can trust that she is probably right. In the later seasons Freddie was more independent from his mother bc the show helped give him financial independence. He also was older and instead of viewing his situation as never ending, he could view it as a countdown towards moving away for college.

[Everik-ctpg]

My headcanon is that assault IS illegal in the iCarly universe, but everyone's so scared shitless of Sam that the police doesn't want to arrest her.

[UFDTech]

"So you have just watched four and a half hours of iCarly analysis. Is everything okay?"
No, it's not Quinton. Thanks for asking.

[TheAwesomeAlan]

When Freddie's mom says not to put electronics next to his head, it's because she doesn't want them interfering with the tracking chip.

[NPC]

I'm so glad you addressed the mean-spirited, almost discriminatory streak this show exhibited. I couldn't place it but you said it perfectly: the meanness of Seinfeld but without the self-awareness

[them.]

The fact that they literally fucking swatted Neville is wild

[jennifergriel]

As much as I love Jeanette’s performance as Sam, I wish we lived in the alternate universe where she never got into acting at all after having read her book. She didn’t deserve any of that.

[lachstar]

Gibby was cut from the reboot because the producers were afraid of his sheer power. They tried to contain him, but he escaped. What’s Gibby thinking about? Mass destruction.

[birdbrain]

30:40 An old comment pointed this out too though it's been buried, so it's worth repeating - this isn't all that convinces Carly's grandpa that Spencer is fit to look after her. After the cooking fire and it seeming inevitable that Carly is leaving, Spencer gives his grandpa lists of all sorts of things Carly likes - food, drink (distinguishing been soups and chowders, too) - and relays a lot of particulars like what sort of vitamins (dino-shaped) and coffee - because he knows she loves coffee - he gives her (decaf in secret.) All this made it clear to Grandpa Shay that he can in fact be a responsible, mature adult capable of looking after Carly, and the exchange with the inhaler (where Spencer gives it to his grandpa after Carly insists she doesn't need it anymore) sealed the deal. I think that's all quite important character detail; that for as dysfunctional as the character is portrayed he really does care, and is a positive older figure and role model in Carly's life.

[TheAwesomeAlan]

"She's a little teenager, you have to let kids express themselves!" Spencer was always so great.

[nataliew]

Still marveling at how Jerry Trainor handled these wildly inappropriate scenes with kids in the most respectful way possible and without his character having sexual undertones.
Jerry really does feel like the wacky, yet responsible adult that protected the kids from the whole thing being way, way worse.
One example is at 2:35:30. Many of the adults in the production of these shows took every opportunity to put their hands on the kids in some way or another. Meanwhile, Jerry has Miranda slung over his shoulder and carries her down the stairs while barely touching her. You can clearly see how respectful he is of her and the other kids in many different scenes like this.
He has a lot of integrity as an actor and a person as far as I can tell. Obviously, Spencer accounted for a large number of inappropriate and compromising situations involving the kids, but the tone is somehow a lot more innocent and lighthearted than most of the weird shit on the show. I could be totally biased in this opinion though, because I clearly love Jerry.

[SpaceFrog]

“The longest intermission in the history of intermissions” this guy hasnt seen the Victorious video

[alicethetransdalek]

i love coming back to this video 2 years later because you can barely notice just how soul-crushing of a journey quinton is about to go on

[mishapenmoonmoth]

it is such a minor part of this video but. god the “iwant to stay with spencer” episode always makes me SOB. the shay siblings clearly don’t want to be separated, and even though he knows he has to change their grandpa’s mind to get to keep her with him, he refuses to change the way he interacts with carly. he keeps being a massive goober, he immediately tells her how good she looks even if he doesn’t like it cause he doesn’t want to break her self esteem, and he’s protective enough to worry about something that hasn’t been a problem in years. i adore spencer, and i’ve always wished they did more shay sibling stuff.

[archdiangelo]

Just how many things about the internet did iCarly predict?? Even down to swatting and internet celebs setting up fights with professional fighters, it's like the Simpsons of the internet

[jsmountain]

Looking at Spencer's sculptures as an adult, I really like a lot of them. I don't think they say a lot culturally, and they wouldn't be great museum pieces, but each of them has so much joy and playfulness put into them that I could see them being great in an office or park or home or something. I really hope that the set dresser or whoever made them had fun doing it.