Beating a Dead Workforce 

Veronica exploits the death of an overworked Veridian employee in order to motivate the rest of its overworked workforce to work even harder to meet an important deadline.

Director:

Marc Buckland

Writers:

Victor Fresco (creator), Ingrid Escajeda

Stars:

Jay Harrington, Portia de Rossi, Andrea Anders

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jay Harrington	...	Ted Crisp
Portia de Rossi	...	Veronica Palmer
Andrea Anders	...	Linda Zwordling
Jonathan Slavin	...	Phil Myman
Malcolm Barrett	...	Lem Hewitt
Isabella Acres	...	Rose Crisp
Merrin Dungey	...	Sheila
Brad Raider	...	Perry
Warren Sweeney	...	Gordon Jenkins
Graham Norris	...	Johnny
Ed Hopkins	...	Narrator (voice)

Storyline

Veronica exploits the death of an overworked Veridian employee in order to motivate the rest of its overworked workforce to work even harder to meet an important deadline.

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

The cartoon taped to Jenkins's computer monitor (3m55s into the show) is the first four frames of the Sunday November 28, 1999 "Dilbert" comic that mocks the Human Resources Department's views of employees; Ted fights against a similar corporate attitude in this episode.

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Quotes

Veronica: [At Gordon Jenkins' Memorial] Carl Jenkins
Ted: Gordon
Veronica: Carl Gordon
Ted: Jenkins
Veronica: Carl Gordon Jenkins
Ted: Gordon Jenkins
Veronica: Carl Gordon Jenkins Gordon Jenkins... are you sure that's right?
Ted: That's fine.

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Connections

Spoofs 300 (2006)

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 January 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Garfield Grove Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1