Raging Bull*&@! is the twenty-second episode of the eighth season on Wings, and the 170th episode overall in the series.
Synopsis[]
Joe enters a boxing tournament to beat an old rival, but things turn unusual when the rival is injured and the replacement alternate turns out to be Brian. With Antonio training Brian, Helen training Joe, and Roy betting on the match, what started out as a friendly match turns ugly when Joe blames Brian for a tax error at Sandpiper Air that Fay made. However, once the fight starts, all Joe and Brian can do is remember how close they are as brothers and best friends and tearfully hug. No punches are thrown, but Antonio is accidentally unknocked when he runs into the ring to break up their hug just as Joe and Brian raise their arms up in triumph.
Credits[]
Main Cast[]
- Tim Daly as Joe Hackett
- Steven Weber as Brian Hackett
- Crystal Bernard as Helen Hackett
- David Schramm as Roy Biggins
- Rebecca Schull as Fay Cochran
- Tony Shalhoub as Antonio Scarpacci
- Amy Yasbeck as Casey Davenport
Guest Cast[]
- Brad Blaisdell as Referee
- Justin Lanning as Brian (age 7)
- Robert Garrova as Joe (age 8)
- Nicholas Dunn as Brian (age 11)
- Matt Koruba as Joe (age 12)
Quotes[]
- Joe Hackett - "Hey, Brian, you'll never guess what I did today down at the gym."
Brian Hackett - "You finally got up the nerve to undress in front of the other boys?"
Joe Hackett - "Uh...no, I still prefer to wait til the coast is clear."
- Antonio Scarpacci - "What I wouldn't give to get back at the person who tormented me through all my school years. Then again, could I really belt my own mother?"
- Joe Hackett - "Oh, hey, Casey, remember Mac O'Malley?"
Casey Davenport - "What did he say about me? He's lying! I was never in the back of that car. That never happened! Both times."
Brian Hackett - "I remember, I remember, he gave you a nickname, too, didn't he?"
Casey Davenport - "Don't say it."
Brian Hackett - "Easy, Casey."
Casey Davenport - "I told you not to say it!"
- Joe Hackett - "Hey, Helen, guess whose name I drew in the boxing tournament. Mac O'Malley."
Helen Hackett - "I remember him. Oh, didn't he give you that nickname?"
Joe Hackett - "Don't say it."
Helen Hackett - "And didn't he give you that nickname?"
Casey Davenport - "Don't say it."
Helen Hackett - "Oh, please, Casey. I wouldn't embarrass you. I remember the nickname he gave me: Easy Casey's Fat Sister."
- Roy Biggins - "Oh, wake up sugarplum. People bet on everything on this island. Like, for instance, every Christmas Scarpacci doesn't hang himself, I lose dough."
- Roy Biggins - "Hey, listen. I just spoke to a guy down at the gym. That guy O'Malley, that you were supposed to fight, he just dropped out."
Joe Hackett - "Aw. Well, he must have gone yellow when he found out how hard I've been training."
Roy Biggins - "No, not exactly. When he heard you were his opponent, he laughed so hard he threw his back out."
- Joe Hackett - "Okay, Helen. I made it. That's it, I'm done."
Helen Hackett - "Well, I'm not. Take another lap. I still want to finish reading "10 Kitchen Utensils to Help Spice Up Your Love Life"."
Joe Hackett - "Speaking of which..."
Helen Hackett - "Now, you know the rules: no sex until after the fight."
Joe Hackett - "You know, you've got a real mean streak."
Antonio Scarpacci - "You call yourself a trainer? Sure, I work Brian pretty hard, but you never see me withholding sex. ...That didn't come out right..."
- Helen Hackett - "You're not just brothers. You're best friends."
Trivia[]
- The title of this episode is a portmanteau of "Raging Bull", a 1980 American biographical boxing drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, and "bullshit" meaning something is stupid, untrue, or nonsense.
- The opening scene of this episode appear to be an homage to Raging Bull, a 1980 American biographical boxing drama film directed by Martin Scorsese.
- The gym Joe goes to is likely the Water Street Gym since it is the only gym on the island according to Helen in Two Jerks and a Jill.
- While in high school, Mac O'Malley gave Joe, Casey, and Helen the nicknames "Cindy", "Easy Casey", and "Easy Casey's Fat Sister" respectively.
- At age 7, Joe taught Brian how to ride a two wheel bike.
- At age 11, Brian found a Playboy Magazine under his dad's bed.
- At age 12, Joe was part of a baseball team called the Tigers.