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General[]

  • Immediately after Harold is knocked out by the ball, Iggy briefly removes his sunglasses.
  • When Helga does her impression of Harold saying Arnold's name, one of her bottom teeth sticks out, just like Harold.
  • Grandpa says that he's at least 80 years old. In "Grandpa's Birthday" he turns 81.
  • There's a pay phone on the first floor of the boarding house, but a non-pay phone on the second floor and both are dial phones. Meanwhile, Arnold has his own touch-tone phone in his room.
  • As Arnold goes to confront Harold a clock on a bar signals around 7:30.
    • A beer cup can be briefly seen.

Production Notes[]

  • Like the pilot episode on which is based, this episode also features the original song I'm Crazy.
  • The original pilot was only seven minutes long, so some bits were added or expanded to fill out the eleven-minute time period:
    • After Harold tells Helga to keep her shirt on, he makes an aside comment to Stinky and Brainy, "For all our sakes."
    • The conversation between Arnold and Gerald while walking down the street is made longer.
    • A bit where the boarding house phone rings, and Arnold answers it to hear Helga counting down the time he has to die.
    • The conversation between Arnold and Grandpa is longer.
    • When Grandma writes the message from Helga, a joke is added where she is asked to "underline three times".
  • There are also some notable differences between the pilot and this episode, aside from the updated wardrobe of the characters and the length:
    • In the pilot, Iggy tells Harold to "Say something, man!" after he gets beaned. Here, it's Helga who tells him to, "Say something, pink boy!"
    • In the pilot, an unnamed dog hands Arnold the newspaper informing him of his impending death. Here, it is Abner who gives him the paper.
    • In the pilot, when Arnold and Gerald are walking down the street, it is sunset. Here, it is still daylight out.
    • Sheena speaks in the pilot whereas she doesn't here.
    • Eugene, Phoebe, and Park both weren't in the original pilot whereas they do appear here.

Cultural References[]

  • The title is a reference of the 1931 film 24 Hours.
  • Harold shouts "It's Clobberin' Time!" This is a catchphrase used by the Thing from the Marvel Comics series, The Fantastic Four.
  • The song I'm Crazy is a reference to the music of James Brown.

Morals[]

  • Violence never solves anything.
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