Monday, October 19, 2009

Season 8 Ep.2: "Family Goy" References

  • This episode has a Hall of Justice - Superfriends intro in which Peter is Superman, Lois is Wonderwoman, Brian is Batman, Stewie is Robin, and Chris is Aquaman.
  • Quagmire brings a Sports Illustrated swim suit special to the bar.
  • Joe talks about the Tonya Harding honeymoon video and finds it gross.
  • Peter admits to liking Kathy Ireland and falls in love with a cut out of her while singing Billy Ocean's "Suddenly" song.
  • Shakespeare's Lady Mac Beth is shown in space.
  • Quagmire thinks he received a spin off show, but then realizes it is Cleveland's show.
  • In the temple Stewie thinks all the short hairy guys make him feel like he's on the Forest moon of Endor, which appears in Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi as the home of the short hairy Ewoks.
  • Ben Stein is the guest star voicing a Rabbi in this episode.
  • Peter watches Mark Wahlberg in "Annoyed & Confused."
  • Peter wants his dad's ghost say he has to go to the Daegoba system, the second Star Wars reference in this episode.
  • Peter had a Parker Lewis phase. He dressed like the main character of the early 90's Fox show "Parker Lewis Can't Lose."
  • Peter is dressed like the Energizer bunny

Monday, October 12, 2009

Season 7 Ep.9: "The Juice is Loose" References

  • Before the intro a slide let's you know that this episode was "recently discovered" just like the disclaimer in the Blair Witch Project.
  • Peter reads Teen Beat with a Jonas Bothers cover while baby sitting.
  • Stewie is watching Robert Mitchum in "out of shape in shape guy of the 50's."
  • Stewie tells Brian about working with Jack Black and how he hates Robin Williams. Brian asks him what it was like to perform the words of Diablo Cody.
  • Michael J Fox wants to tell Stewie about his future while stuck on a roof during a thunderstorm, a scene reminiscent of Fox's Back to the Future trilogy.
  • The real Conway Twitty appears to distract Lois singing his "I see the want in your eyes" song.
  • A minotaur with Sean Connery's head shows up to distract Lois.
  • Peter wants to watch Jimmy Kimmel try.
  • Peter won a round of golf with O.J. Simpson in a Honeynut Cheerios raffle.
  • During Peter's soul searching walk "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas is playing.
  • Peter wants to take down O.J. Simpson.
  • O.J.'s lawyer Fred Goldmann gets a present from him.
  • Mayor West tells Homer Simpson, they don't love him like they did in 1993.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Season 7 Ep.11: "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" References

  • The title is taken from a 1989 animated movie called All Dogs Go to Heaven.
  • The Griffins attend the Providence Star Trek convention.
  • Brian tells Stewie to get his blueprints for the Star Trek transporter signed by William Shatner. He wants them signed by Patrick Stewart.
  • Peter tries on LeVar Burtons visor ans sees the KKK.
  • The Star Trek: The Next Generation cast answers questions.
  • Somebody asks Jonathan Frakes about dry skin and Gates McFadden about water pressure.
  • Britney Spears is show being infected by a Gypsie in a Stephen King book.
  • In 1992 could not be bothered with anything but Dan Cortese.
  • Cartoon characters Calvin and Hobbes are friends of Stewie. He sends them a picture of Meg on his cellphone.
  • Stewie references Jackass 2 while farting into Peter's scuba suit.
  • Meg watches Kirk Cameron talk about god.
  • Peter prays for the cheat codes for Nintendo's 1987 video game "Mike Tyson's Punch Out."
  • Stewie kills Denise Crosby.
  • Stewie wants people to be nice to Wil Wheaton.
  • Peter uses a Kodak Disc camera introduced by Kodak in 1982.
  • Stewie takes the Next Generation cast to McDonalds.
  • Brian is growling the New Kids on the Block song "The Right Stuff."
  • Kirk Cameron's brother on "Growing Pains" show up at the Griffins home and wanting Sudafed.
  • Brian is portrayed as worse than Hitler on the Quahog news.
  • A Toyota Prius is thrown into the Griffin house.
  • Peter wants a comic strip pie eating dog like Marmaduke.
  • A Jack Daniels, Jagermeister, and a Zima bottle are circling Brian's head.
  • Michael Dorn wants to be called Dirk Diggler from the movie Boogie Nights in a game of bowling.
  • The real Rob Lowe and Adam West live together and house the entire universe in their night table lamp.
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