Episode
According to Jim: Cheryl Sings
Overview
Cheryl tries to impress her boastful cousin Mindy by posing as the lead singer of Jim's band – even though she has a terrible voice. Jim agrees to perform at Mindy's engagement party with Cheryl playing the part in order to teach his wife a lesson about embellishment by making a fool of herself. However, when Mindy tells Jim that her fiancé, Eric, is a record producer, he must decide between telling Cheryl the truth and making a bad impression on Eric.
Details
- Series
- According to Jim
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2004-02-17
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Cheryl Sings is Episode 17 in Season 3 of According to Jim. It aired on 2004-02-17. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 16: The Best Man
Cheryl forbids Jim from throwing his cop friend Danny a bachelor party with beer and strippers. She fears that Danny will show up at his own wedding with a hangover – as Jim did at their wedding. Jim and his buddies decide to take Danny for a swim in bitter-cold Lake Michigan – forcing a hospital visit for Danny. The wedding morning, Danny stays in bed, moaning and groaning, and Cheryl frets, but the doctor assures everyone there's nothing wrong with him. Jim realizes Danny just has cold feet, so he tries to convince him to go through with his wedding to Laraine, a fellow cop.
Episode 18: When You Wish to Be a Star (1)
Dana's first task at the ad agency is to cast the perfect TV family for a Disney cruise commercial. Cheryl and the kids get the job, but Dana's boss replaces Jim with a handsome actor in the role of "dad."
More episodes from this season
Episode 15: Dana Dates the Reverend
Dana and Jim both covet their reverend - she for romance, he for the pastor's prowess at bowling.
Episode 19: When You Wish to Be a Star (2)
Jim takes umbrage at being replaced as the father in a promotional shoot for a cruise line.
Episode 14: House for Sale
The Devlins place a bid on the house across the street from Jim and Cheryl, to their dismay.
Episode 20: No Crime, But Punishment
Gracie's recent misbehavior makes Jim think she is lying about a friend giving her a new video game.
Episode 13: Secret Santa
Dana admits to Cheryl that she can't afford to buy Jim a Christmas present, so Cheryl lets Dana put her name on one of the presents she bought for him. Dana innocently picks out Cheryl's big present to Jim, but when Jim is thrilled with the gift, Dana is ready to take all the credit for it.
Episode 21: The Baby
Jim's sister, Roxanne, shows up on his doorstep, pregnant, and lets Andy believe he's the father.
Episode 12: Rules of Engagement
Cheryl caters to Jim's every whim to make amends for a big fight they had the night before-except Jim doesn't remember the fight at all.
Episode 22: Who's The Boss?
Andy resents a wealthy client, but then decides to date her.
Episode 11: The Empty Gesture
Cheryl starts to feel taken for granted as she prepares Thanksgiving dinner. She suffers the ultimate insult when she gets stuck on the roof after retrieving her tablecloth that Jim had fashioned into a ghost for Halloween, and no one notices her absence until she unhooks the satellite. To apologize, Jim tells her that he, Dana and Andy will prepare the dinner. Jim never thinks that Cheryl, being the control freak that she is, would allow that to happen, so he doesn't make dinner. Unfortunately, neither does Cheryl.
Episode 23: The Truck
Cheryl ask Jim to use his truck to transport a giant paper-mâché grizzly bear the girls made for "spirit week" to their school – except Jim just lost his truck in an arm wrestling match and, in a gesture of macho pride, refuses to ask for it back.