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Career Day

‘Career Day’

Season 1, Episode 18 -  Aired February 28, 1999

It's career day at school so Eric joins Kitty at the hospital, Donna spends the day with Bob at the appliance store, Kelso tries to understand his father's office job, and Fez joins Hyde and his mom, Edna (Katey Sagal), in the school cafeteria. Meanwhile, Red shows Jackie how to maintain a car.

Quote from Red

Jackie: Oh, hello, Mr. Forman, what are you doing home? That's right, you're only working part-time. If it makes you feel any better, my dad feels really, really sorry for you.
Red: Aren't you supposed to be at Career Day?
Jackie: No, I'm a sophomore. I'm surprised you didn't know that about me.
Red: Right. My mistake. Listen, while you're here, why don't you hold this flashlight on that carburetor there.
Jackie: Like this? [triumphant music]
Red: My God. One of you is not useless.

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Quote from Hyde

Fez: Okay, question number three: "Was the food service industry your first career choice?"
Edna Hyde: Heck, no, Fez. I always wanted to go into show biz. In fact, I was in the Tommy Bartlett water show at the Wisconsin Dells.
Fez: Yes, women water-skiing in bikinis. Very erotic.
Edna Hyde: Anyway, I was the top girl on the pyramid when they fired me for getting knocked up.
Hyde: Let me finish this one for you, Edna. Fez, this is the story where I ruin my mother's fabulous water skiing career.
Edna Hyde: Yeah, well, you did. They said a pregnant girl on water skis would make the audience nervous.
Fez: Not to mention, you were probably hideously fat.
Edna Hyde: Oh, no, no, no. I looked great. I kept my weight down by smoking.
Hyde: See, that's that maternal instinct kicking in again.
Edna Hyde: Yeah, you're damn right I'm maternal. I raised you alone.
Hyde: Alone? Hardly. There was "uncle" Chet, and "uncle" Larry and, oh, yeah, "uncle" hot tub Johnny.
Edna Hyde: I suppose I should've just become a nun when your father walked out on me.
Hyde: Hell, he must've been crazy to leave all this.
Edna Hyde: Always a smart ass, Steven. Just like your father.
Hyde: You know what? One thing he did do right: He left!
Edna Hyde: All right. That's right, Steven, just walk. Just like everyone else.
Fez: Okay, question number four: "Would you say you are a people person?"

Quote from Kitty

Kitty: Could someone help me get Mr. Anderson on the gurney, please?
Eric: I'll give you a hand, Mom. Okay. So, what's wrong with him?
Kitty: He's dead.
Eric: Oh, my- What? Didn't we just see this guy a half an hour ago?
Kitty: Oh, um, honey, he was dead then. I didn't have the heart to tell you. I'm so sorry you didn't get a chance to meet him.
Eric: Wait, Mr. Anderson? Isn't this the guy you always talked about at dinner? The guy whose daughter just got married?
Kitty: Yeah. Yeah, he just showed me the pictures. It was a beautiful wedding. I'm gonna miss him. So, okay, you grab that end, and let's get moving. We have to serve dinner in 20 minutes.

Quote from Kelso

John Kelso: And then we look at the chi square here, apply the standard deviation here and correlate the results with the actualization median here. And that's what I do. And I can't make it any clearer than that.
Kelso: I'm just gonna say you're a farmer.

Quote from Hyde

Edna Hyde: Steven, you came back. You don't know what that means to me.
Hyde: Oh, yeah?
Edna Hyde: Yeah. Honey, could you clean up those pizza trays? I'm gonna skip out early.
Fez: Mmm. Guess what I did in the chili bucket? Go ahead, guess.
Edna Hyde: Uh, Steven, I'm sorry. I'm not being a very good mom, am I?
Hyde: No.
Edna Hyde: All right, I've got a better idea. Let's do something together. Come on, I'll buy you a beer.
Hyde: A beer? Yeah, that actually sounds good.
Edna Hyde: You got your fake ID?
Hyde: You know it.
Edna Hyde: That's my boy.

Quote from Red

Eric: Hey, Dad. Hey, um, Jackie.
Red: Eric. How was Career Day?
Eric: Oh, it was good. I learned a lot.
Red: Good. Now you're going to learn something else. Jackie's gonna teach you how to hold a flashlight.
Eric: Jackie?
Red: Yeah, I finally found one of your friends I like.
Eric: Jackie isn't really one of my friends.
Jackie: That's one.
Red: That's how you do that.

Quote from Kitty

Kitty: Who wants cookies?
Jackie: Cool.
Hyde: Thank you very much.
Kitty: They're carob. Nature's chocolate.
Eric: I think not.
Jackie: No.
Kitty: Come on. You wouldn't have known if I hadn't told you.

Quote from Eric

Kitty: Oh, Eric, I picked out a really snazzy outfit for you to wear on Career Day.
Eric: Oh, that's... goody.
Kitty: Fine, Mr. Grumpy but I can't wait to show off my little man at work.
Eric: You know what? Me neither. [quietly to his friends] Help me.

Quote from Jackie

Hyde: Why Career Day, man? It's so lame.
Kelso: That's just 'cause your mom's the lunch lady.
Jackie: Your mom is Gross Edna? Ew! I mean, cool.
Fez: You bet it's cool. That's why I'm spending the day with Hyde and his mom. Right?

Quote from Eric

Red: Eric, I need you in the garage.
Eric: Okay. [to his friends] Look, I'll be right back.
Red: You can explain exactly what you did to this car.
Eric: Okay. [to his friends] Look, I'll see you tomorrow.

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