Gimme a Break! - Season 6 Episode 19 Joey's Hero
When Joey's favorite television star ""Captain Jerk"", is hospitalized after swallowing a whistle, it is up to Nell to give him a blood transfusion since she has the same type of blod as him. However, as she goes to his hospital room to meet him, she finds out that he is predjudiced as she heards him talking to his co-stars about how much he hates blacks and how he organizes a group of people who are for a white society. She realizes that she must tell Joey the truth, that his favorite telvison star doesn't favor blacks. In the end, Capatain Jerk tells Nell to be on the show, but swallows his whistle again when he sees she is black. He gives her money, and tells her to not tell anyone she is black and gave him blood, which makes hm partially black as well. Joey hears this, and depite not believing Nell before, he finally knows that his hero is predjuduce and he and Nell leave the hospital knowing that Captain Jerk is nothing but one.
Year: 1987
Country: United States of America
Studio: NBC
Director: Morton Lachman, Sy Rosen
Cast: Nell Carter, Lara Jill Miller, John Hoyt, Joey Lawrence, Telma Hopkins, Matthew Lawrence
First Air Date: Oct 29, 1981
Last Air date: May 20, 1987
Season: 6 Season
Episode: 137 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 6.70/10 by 23.00 users
Popularity: 24.424
Language: English
Episode
Sam Goes to College (1)
Sam Goes to College (2)
Below Sea Level
Joey Meets Matthew
Nell Goes Back to New York
The Apartment
I Love New York
Nell the Boss
Harry the Hamster
Joey the Gambler
The Scam
Christmas in New York
Nell's Secret Admirer
The Loan
The Window (1)
The Window (2)
Joey's First Crush
Joey's Teacher
Joey's Hero
Joey the Gigolo
Parents' Week (1)
Parents' Week (2)
Save the Church
Someday, My Prince . . .
Mama's Date
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