Commercial Breaks

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“Commercial Breaks”
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode

Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 25
Guest stars	Patrick Bristow Adrian R'Mante Christina Grace Steve Hytner Joel Schmidt Brian Stepanek
Written by	Danny Kallis
Directed by	Richard Correll
Production no.	127
Original airdate	January 20, 2006
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"Commercial Breaks" is an episode of the Disney Channel original sitcom The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. It was written by Danny Kallis, directed by Richard Correll, and aired on January 20, 2006.

1 Plot
2 Trivia
3 Goofs
4 References

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Moseby announces that there will be a commercial for the Tipton shot at the hotel, and everyone must audition. He feels this to be a burden, but everyone else wants to star in the commercial. They all line up for the auditions, but during the auditions the director rejects everyone's performances. Carey realizes that the director is her ex-boyfriend; she tries to audition anyway, concealing her face, but the director recognizes her and rejects her. Eventually, London, the airhead heiress, gets the role, but only because her father signs the director's checks.

As they attempt to film the commercial, London's singing and dancing abilities turn out to be disastrous. Moseby is irritated and tells her that it's easy; she challenges him to do it if it's so easy, and he does, surprising everyone with a remarkable performance that the director exclaims is brilliant. London is fired and Moseby takes her place; she insists to the director that she can't be fired because of her father, but her father (who is watching everything through a camera from his private jet) calls her up and also tells her she's fired. Unfortunately, Moseby's initial performance wasn't filmed; on the next take, he trips over Dudley, Esteban's pet chicken, and sprains his ankle. The director is furious. Esteban says that it is not Dudley's fault that Moseby tripped over him, as Dudley's hat was too tight. Esteban then adjusts it. The next morning, Carey (whose role in the commercial had previously been that of a dancing suitcase), Zack, and Cody (along with a little force from Mr. Tipton) convince the director to put a family angle on the commercial. The boys and Carey star in the commercial and everything works out great. At the end of the episode, Carey, the boys, and the staff at the hotel are watching the commercial airing on television. Mr. Tipton tells Moseby that countless people were coming to the Tipton, including families, causing Moseby to run out the door because of all the children that were going to be staying at the hotel.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Trivia

Last episode produced for Season 1, but not the last episode aired as the season finale.
According to the commercial, the Tipton chain has locations also in Paris, New York, and Bombay.
A fictional phone number for the hotel is shown during the commercial: (800) 654-2192.
This number was used on a business card for the CIA on the final episode of Alias, also owned by Disney
Zack reveals that the twins are "pushing 13" years old in this episode.
When Zack, Cody, and Carey got out of the elevator and wait in the line, you can see that Esteban and Maddie are way before them since they went to the back of the line later. However, during the audition, Maddie was just behind them.
15th appearance of Esteban
4th appearance of Patrick
8th appearance of Arwin
In the episode "Bowling", Arwin stated that he vowed never to pick up a bowling ball since the tournament; however, in this episode, he attempts to juggle with a bowling ball.
The 1st time Mr.Moseby is seen performing the commercial, London is sitting on a coffee table pouting. In the next shot she is gone.
While mopping up Patrick, Arwin mouthes "Hi, Mom!"
In the episode "Big Hair and Baseball" and "The Ghost of 613", Mr. Moseby says he suffered an injury and couldn't dance anymore, but he dances in the commercial.
When Zack and Cody are in their "adult costume" Zack is not really on Cody's shoulders he is actually on someone else's shoulders.
After this High School Musical premiered on the Disney Channel.
Steve Hytner (the director in this episode) also plays Principal Stuckerman on That's So Raven.

[edit] Goofs

While Zack and Cody come down the ramp in the commercial, they are wearing skates, but in the next scene, the twins are doing their handshake and dancing, they are not wearing shoes, and in their next scene they have black shoes on.
When Zack and Cody fall from their "adult costume",Cody's hair is messed up.In the next scene his hair is isn't messed up. In the scene after that, it is messed up again.