Edited on 05/16/2008 5:51pm
Nickelodeon (ended 2012)
I was thinking maybe it would morph into an Official Spencer Shay thread.
Anyway, don't knock children's shows. Some of them, Hannah Montana for example, routinely get better ratings that grown up shows and lots of adult stars would love to be on them.
Besides that Jerry is perfect for the part of Spencer. There are other regular adulst on ICarly and we don't bust their chops for being on a children's show.
Third, lots of good adult entertainers do children's shows for life. Others like to pop in and on on them. Ringo Star and George Carlin both did a season of Shining Time Statio as the engineer/narrator. Reading Rainbow and one for a while back, fairy tale theater were stocked with big name adult stars. And leave us not forget Mr. Rogers!
| iskabibble07 wrote: |
I was thinking maybe it would morph into an Official Spencer Shay thread. Anyway, don't knock children's shows. Some of them, Hannah Montana for example, routinely get better ratings that grown up shows and lots of adult stars would love to be on them. Besides that Jerry is perfect for the part of Spencer. There are other regular adulst on ICarly and we don't bust their chops for being on a children's show. Third, lots of good adult entertainers do children's shows for life. Others like to pop in and on on them. Ringo Star and George Carlin both did a season of Shining Time Statio as the engineer/narrator. Reading Rainbow and one for a while back, fairy tale theater were stocked with big name adult stars. And leave us not forget Mr. Rogers! |
Jerry Trainor is awesome. So is Spencer.
Yeah there is some interesting stuff on him on IMDB. Here are the links.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0999117/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0999117/bio
| Nature9000 wrote: |
| I think everyone ignored the question, well I searched this and I found that Jerry Trainor is 31 and he is not married. I found this on imdb.com and some other sources. I hope that helped out. |
| Sandy-ego303 wrote: |
| Yeah. Think about the Doodlebops! There are almost no kids in that show! Plus, we don't want iCarly to be a live action Charlie Brown, where grown ups only show up through off-stage mumbling. Grown ups in the show make it realistic and even get some adult viewers! |
| ycc1988 wrote: | ||
I played trombone for a semester for school. I wish I had learnt how to make those sound effects they use in the Peanuts movies. Back to Spencer, I think he is the perfect mix of goofiness and responsibility. The show wouldn't be the same without him. I could live without Mrs. Benson, however, and I'm not too eager to meet Mrs. Puckett. |
Yeah, hopefully he won't leave but I don't think he will. I think Nickelodeon has older actors on it too, you know. In fact I thought the voice over of Spongebob Squarepants was older, but I could be wrong and that's subject for a different story.
Edit: Just checked it, yeah they're all older. So I don't think we'll have to worry about Jerry leaving the show based on age since Nick has other shows with older people on it.
| Wedgie317 wrote: |
| I read somewhere iCarly is beating Hannah Montana in the ratings, I was pretty happy to hear that. But yeah, Jerry does add something to the show that just makes it so funny. I wouldn't have guessed he was in his 30's. That's why I'm hoping he won't quit Nick anytime soon. |
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Hard to see why he would. He is on a hit TV show with a big viewship. He is getting paid to perform, that alone is a dream for an actor. And even Jennette and Miranda are clearly the stars of the show, there is a lot of plot time given to the two boys and there is no way you could see ICarly being as good of a show without Spencer and Freddie. Dan knows how to take good care of his people and after a nice long run on the top rated teen show in the world, Jerry will be in a great place to take his career to more TV or the movies or wherever he wants to go.
Besides it always seems like he is having the time of his life doing the show. How could he not stay with a sweet deal like this. I would! lol
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Hard to see why he would. He is on a hit TV show with a big viewship. He is getting paid to perform, that alone is a dream for an actor. And even Jennette and Miranda are clearly the stars of the show, there is a lot of plot time given to the two boys and there is no way you could see ICarly being as good of a show without Spencer and Freddie. Dan knows how to take good care of his people and after a nice long run on the top rated teen show in the world, Jerry will be in a great place to take his career to more TV or the movies or wherever he wants to go. Besides it always seems like he is having the time of his life doing the show. How could he not stay with a sweet deal like this. I would! lol |
| kikimarie593 wrote: |
| Why is everyone referring to Jerry as 'old'? He's 31, not 301. Lol. |
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