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By Potes | Season 2 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.23.2008
Fresh from this semi-victory, Betty tells Henry not to be nervous about the band's performance tonight. She offers to bring Hilda. And Gio. Henry is not so excited about this, and Betty finally realizes why. She tells him that he can't be so competitive with Gio, but Henry says that he has to be. Though he trusts Betty completely, Gio's always around, and Henry doesn't trust him. He reminds Betty of how she felt when he was hitting on all the woman at the bar, and says that that's how he feels when Betty is around Gio. Betty doesn't want anything to get in the way of the little time she and Henry have together, so she agrees not to see Gio, even if it means giving up his chicken salad. And that is not a euphemism. Problem solved, for, like, one minute as usual.
And then, it's Amanda's debut with the I.R.S.! Marc pumps her up by telling her that she has no reason to be nervous: except for her voice, she's a great singer. He records the number on a video camera as Amanda starts with a walloping "It's Mandy, bitch." And then, the epic song: "Late one night back in '81/At Studio 54/Gene Simmons and his Tweety Bird tattoo/Went out looking to score." Marc asks some lady to get out of his line of vision and, as it turns out, it's Gene Simmons! Oh, I guess he did get fired after all. We move to the chorus: "Breathing fire spitting blood/Making sweet love to my mom Fey Sommers/Breathing fire, spitting blood/Making sweet love to my mom Fey Sommers/That's why/Gene Simmons is my daddy/Gene Simmons is my daddy/The demon Gene is my genes because he got in my mama's jeans/That's why/Gene Simmons is my daddy." She ends with a big extended tongue, which Gene Simmons replicates, and the whole thing is the best child/biological parent reunion I've ever seen.
Gene explains that he knew this was all happening because he Googles himself every morning. Amanda too! Cut from the same makeup-stained cloth. Gene says that the detail of the song was spot on -- he couldn't forget a night like that or a woman like Fey. He adds, "Man, Cher was so pissed off," and Marc glares at him. Perhaps it was this that drove Cher into the arms of Gregg Allman, resulting in the fateful Allman And Woman recording that has so mystified fans and critics alike. In any case, it's really true: Gene Simmons is Amanda's daddy. They embrace and head off to do some catching up. Of course this leaves the band without a singer. Until, that is, Betty has another one of her brilliant ideas again and says that Henry has to sing. He will, on one condition. That condition involves him and Betty duetting Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock style on "It Takes Two." Sometimes it takes two to make a thing go wrong.