Spellingg Bee (14 Jul. 2006)

Shawn and Gus investigate a crime at a spelling bee.

Director:

Mel Damski

Writers:

Steve Franks (creator), Steve Franks,

Stars:

James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
James Roday	...	Shawn Spencer
Dulé Hill	...	Burton 'Gus' Guster
Timothy Omundson	...	Carlton Lassiter
Maggie Lawson	...	Juliet O'Hara
Corbin Bernsen	...	Henry Spencer
Kirsten Nelson	...	Karen Vick
Richard Zeman	...	Miklos Prochazka
Bud Collins	...	Himself
Alex Bruhanski	...	Spellmaster Cavanaugh
Kyle Morven Tejpar	...	Young Shawn 13 Yrs (as Kyle Pejpar)
Julien Hill	...	Young Gus 13 Yrs
Robin Nielsen	...	Hophead (as Robin Nelson)
Peter D'Souza	...	Kid
Issey Lamb	...	Brendan Vu
Winnie Hung	...	Brendan Vu's Mother

Storyline

Shawn Spencer is delighted that as soon as he has opened his quirky investigation agency Psych, the police hires him for a new case. Gus is furious to be sneakily forced to join, but delighted with this case, as it's at the national SpellingBee competition, although he later learns Shawn sabotaged his chances to participate as a kid. A contestant has died suspiciously, soon followed by another ad the legendary judge. Shawn has to finish a dog house he started as a kid to get pa Henry's mates in toxicology to test evidence he 'found'.

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Plot Keywords:

spelling bee | dog | psychic power | motorcycle | inhaler | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 July 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pacific Mountain Productions, Tagline Pictures, NBC Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Series star James Roday (Shawn Spencer) was determined to have a pineapple make an appearance in every episode, regardless of whether it made sense or not.

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Goofs

While Gus is looking through the pamphlet, he notes the words that won in 1985 and 1943. However, there was no spelling bee between 1943 and 1945 during WWII.

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Quotes

Juliet O'Hara: See? Now we've already talked more than I wanted to.

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Connections

References Phantom of the Opera (1943)

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