Caroline and the Cold Sesame Noodles 

Del comes up with a novel way to improve sales of Caroline in the City cards. Annie is romantically pursued by her piano accompanist. Richard buys a belated wedding ring for Julia but he suspects that a delivery boy stole it.

Director:

James Burrows

Writers:

Fred Barron (created by), Marco Pennette (created by)

Stars:

Lea Thompson, Eric Lutes, Malcolm Gets

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Lea Thompson	...	Caroline Duffy
Eric Lutes	...	Del Cassidy
Malcolm Gets	...	Richard Karinsky
Amy Pietz	...	Annie Spadaro
Andrew Lauer	...	Charlie (as Andy Lauer)
Sofia Milos	...	Julia Karinsky
Dan Futterman	...	Seth
Keone Young	...	Fong
Parry Shen	...	Tim
John Mariano	...	Johnny
Hamilton von Watts	...	Paul
Rita McKenzie	...	Rita

Storyline

Del comes up with a novel way to improve sales of Caroline in the City cards. Annie is romantically pursued by her piano accompanist. Richard buys a belated wedding ring for Julia but he suspects that a delivery boy stole it.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 November 1997 (USA)

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Barron/Pennette Productions, Three Sisters Entertainment, CBS Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Annie Spadaro: Well, Seth is funny, he's really sweet... but he just doesn't match the picture in my head of who I'm supposed to be with. I mean, when I'm with a great-looking guy, I think of myself as sexy. When I'm with a rich guy, I think of myself as glamorous. When I'm with Seth... tsk... I don't know, I'm just Annie!
Caroline Duffy: Why, I happen to think that's pretty good.
Annie Spadaro: Oh, please. What Afterschool Special did you fall out of?

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Connections

References Pat and Mike (1952)

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Soundtracks

It Had to Be You
(uncredited)
Music by Isham Jones
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Performed by Amy Pietz

User Reviews

A funny festive themed episode

This episode is so much better than the last, by a long way, probably in part because it is written by Marco Penette and Fred Barron, the creators.

Yes, Annie singing in a bar and introducing the Seth character was done very quickly, but it's a great story, and one that develops the Annie character significantly.

It was nice to see Caroline and Richard working together on a story line, especially one that wasn't centred on their 'will they/won't they?' romance.

The Charlie/Del story was a bit more throw away, but still had its moments.

On the whole a vast improvement in quality in this episode.