Jokes in Family Guy You Don't Get

[EJLD4Ever]

Okay, I admit that most FG threads on this forum lead to flame wars, so please, let this be a SERIOUS thread. I do not know if a similar thread already exists.

This is an all-purpose thread for anyone to ask "Who's THAT character supposed to be?" or "What's THAT all about?" when they don't comprehend some of the humour in FG. Hopefully someone who knows will clarify the reference. I will later use the information from this thread to create an online encyclopedia designed to preserve today's contemporary humour for future generations. Details of the project can be found HERE (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=234765).

[Rae78]

Of what little of the show I've seen, there isn't much I don't comprehend (except that $100 million thing), but I find the show funny about 20% of the time.

[ABrown]

As I've said before, I never understood why Lois or Peter are always telling Chris to go to his room. Usually they tell him to go to his room when he hasn't even done ANYTHING wrong. What am I not getting here???

[SpongeJosh]

As far as Chris going to his room for nothing, it really just makes a joke of Peter and Lois being incompetent parents most of the time. They get rid of him because they can and there's probably real parents who do the same. :p

[Lonestarr]

As I've said before, I never understood why Lois or Peter are always telling Chris to go to his room. Usually they tell him to go to his room when he hasn't even done ANYTHING wrong. What am I not getting here???

I'm guessing this had a lot to do with "the evil monkey who lives in my room".

[Silverstar]

Originally Posted by ABrown http://forums.toonzone.net/images/buttons/buttons_TZ6/viewpost.gif (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?p=3363342#post3363342)
As I've said before, I never understood why Lois or Peter are always telling Chris to go to his room. Usually they tell him to go to his room when he hasn't even done ANYTHING wrong. What am I not getting here???

I'm guessing this had a lot to do with "the evil monkey who lives in my room".

Nah, nobody else believes that Chris has an evil monkey in his closet.

Like I said before, it's just a running gag and a sign of Peter and Lois' slack parenting. Parents send their kids to their rooms all the time for stupid and pointless reasons, plus, as I've pointed out before, in early episodes they've sent Meg to her room as well, so it's not like they're just picking on Chris. I think you guys are just reading too much into a light gag.

[cultura]

Ok, I'm a huge Family Guy fan, but I really don't get the Conway Twitty jokes, once was fine but wow, I think they let him play for like 3 minutes in one episode, I was disgusted! :mad:

[EinBebop]

Ok, I'm a huge Family Guy fan, but I really don't get the Conway Twitty jokes, once was fine but wow, I think they let him play for like 3 minutes in one episode, I was disgusted! :mad:Perhaps it's a joke on the fans. "We've found that our largest demographic tends to have an intolerance towards country music. Wouldn't it be funny..."

[Old Guy]

I remember a few years ago, back when the show was still cancelled, hearing that the chicken fight was a spoof of something. I never found out what they were spoofing. :confused:

[DeanBurrito25]

Remember that one scene where Brian and Stewie are playing this game? (I can't remember which one) Near the end, Brian tells Stewie to yell "Yahtzee", which Stewie does, then yells "HEY!" at Brian.
What's up with that?

[Kryten]

Remember that one scene where Brian and Stewie are playing this game? (I can't remember which one) Near the end, Brian tells Stewie to yell "Yahtzee", which Stewie does, then yells "HEY!" at Brian.
What's up with that?

The game was called... wait for it... "Yahtzee".

The joke I didn't get was this cutaway where a rebel pilot tells Luke Skywalker off for bragging about shooting womp rats. Afterwards, Luke just sort of shrugs while funny music plays in the background. I KNOW that's a reference to something, but I have no idea what.

[Bloody Marquis]

The game was called... wait for it... "Yahtzee".

The joke I didn't get was this cutaway where a rebel pilot tells Luke Skywalker off for bragging about shooting womp rats. Afterwards, Luke just sort of shrugs while funny music plays in the background. I KNOW that's a reference to something, but I have no idea what.
It was from Curb Your Enthusiasm.

[DeanBurrito25]

The game was called... wait for it... "Yahtzee".
Oh wow, duh. :p
Well why did Stewie yell at Brian when he said "Yahtzee"? Doesn't that mean he won? See, I've never played Yahtzee before.

[DarthGonzo]

Oh wow, duh. :p
Well why did Stewie yell at Brian when he said "Yahtzee"? Doesn't that mean he won? See, I've never played Yahtzee before.

Because Brian called Stewie gay. Brian was picking on Stewie for being so lame.

[Blackstar]

Oh wow, duh. :p
Well why did Stewie yell at Brian when he said "Yahtzee"? Doesn't that mean he won? See, I've never played Yahtzee before.

Brian was explaining the game to Stewie. He told Stewie that when you win, you're supposed to shout "Yahtzee!" and Brian claimed that he and Stewie were going to shout it together, but it when it came time to do so, Brian didn't join him, so when Stewie yelled "YAHTZEE!" all by himself, Brian called him "Gay". Naturally, Stewie was ticked at Brian for doing that.

[Urusei Yatsura]

About half of the jokes I don't get... because I'm not too smart about pop culture of the past...

The Conway Twitty one I didn't get either, and the "Surfin' Bird" song I just didn't get at all...

[darkdetective]

the "Surfin' Bird" song I just didn't get at all...
A-well-a, don't you know about the bird?
A-well-a, everybody's heard about the bird!
Bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word!

[defunctzombie]

The only FG gag I have never gotten is the one in "Live and Die in Dixie" where Peter says he feels lower than a bow-legged caterpillar and some guy chuckles and says "Now here's Roy".

I don't watch country stuff, so that could be why.

[Mynd Hed]

The only FG gag I have never gotten is the one in "Live and Die in Dixie" where Peter says he feels lower than a bow-legged caterpillar and some guy chuckles and says "Now here's Roy".

I don't watch country stuff, so that could be why.

I could be wrong, but I believe that would be a reference to Hee Haw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hee_Haw) (the "Roy" in question being co-host Roy Clark).

[Silverstar]

The only FG gag I have never gotten is the one in "Live and Die in Dixie" where Peter says he feels lower than a bow-legged caterpillar and some guy chuckles and says "Now here's Roy".

I don't watch country stuff, so that could be why.

It was a reference to Hee Haw, which was co-hosted by Roy Clark and Buck Owens. The guy who says "Now here's Roy" was a caricature of Owens.

[EJLD4Ever]

Correct me if I am wrong, but the scene preceding Conway Twitty's first FG appearance in Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey ("If he wanted a pig, why couldn't he just have my wife?") is also a Hee Haw reference? Who's the character saying that line supposed to be a caricature of?

[Monterey Jack]

Here are two references I don't get:

-In one ep, Stewie talks about how interesting Jesus was and how he would have liked to meet him, and we cut to a very odd scene of Stewie walking in on Jesus as he's slowly and sedictively saoping himself up in a wooden bathtub. I think this may be a reference to Witness (Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis), but I'm not sure.

-In the ep where Stewie gets a tan, there's a bit where he says to Brian "Hey, check this out...!", and then he drinks from a can of Tab(?) and then turns to the camera and smiles in slow motion. I'm assuming this is from some 80's TV commercial, but who is Stewie supposed to be?

[Mesousa]

Here are two references I don't get:

-In one ep, Stewie talks about how interesting Jesus was and how he would have liked to meet him, and we cut to a very odd scene of Stewie walking in on Jesus as he's slowly and sedictively saoping himself up in a wooden bathtub. I think this may be a reference to Witness (Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis), but I'm not sure.

-In the ep where Stewie gets a tan, there's a bit where he says to Brian "Hey, check this out...!", and then he drinks from a can of Tab(?) and then turns to the camera and smiles in slow motion. I'm assuming this is from some 80's TV commercial, but who is Stewie supposed to be?

The second reference is a reference to commercials from Tab at that time, I think.

[Monterey Jack]

The second reference is a reference to commercials from Tab at that time, I think.

Yeah, but is Stewie supposed to be someone in particular? I'm thinking George Hamilton because of the tan.

[Blackstar]

One gag I never get is this:

In a recent episode, Connie DiMicco is having dinner at the Griffins' house, and during the conversation, she mentions that her father passed away 4 years ago, then Peter laughs at this. In another episode, Jillian mentions at different times that her mother died of cancer and that her father is also dead. On both occasions, Peter laughs in response. Why does Peter find the fact that these girls have dead parents to be funny? Am I missing something here?

[DarthGonzo]

One gag I never get is this:

In a recent episode, Connie DiMicco is having dinner at the Griffins' house, and during the conversation, she mentions that her father passed away 4 years ago, then Peter laughs at this. In another episode, Jillian mentions at different times that her mother died of cancer and that her father is also dead. On both occasions, Peter laughs in response. Why does Peter find the fact that these girls have dead parents to be funny? Am I missing something here?

Peter is an idiot who probably isn't even listening to what people are saying. That's probably all it is.

[Rick Jones]

Yeah, I think so, especially if he finds them attractive. It sort of reminds me of girls in movies that laugh at anything a guy says in order to make him think that he's genuinely funny.

[Kryten]

One gag I never get is this:

In a recent episode, Connie DiMicco is having dinner at the Griffins' house, and during the conversation, she mentions that her father passed away 4 years ago, then Peter laughs at this. In another episode, Jillian mentions at different times that her mother died of cancer and that her father is also dead. On both occasions, Peter laughs in response. Why does Peter find the fact that these girls have dead parents to be funny? Am I missing something here?


The joke here is that Peter's a big fat obnoxious jerk.

[AJW73]

In Stewie Kills Lois, Stewie says something about how "******bags ruin the guitar" and we see some guy singing with some girls around him. What was the joke? Was he singing badly? What?

[DarthGonzo]

In Stewie Kills Lois, Stewie says something about how "******bags ruin the guitar" and we see some guy singing with some girls around him. What was the joke? Was he singing badly? What?

It's just poking fun at the fact that there are a lot of guys like this in college campuses all over the place.

[podznvines]

The Jawas in the Blue Harvest episode were passing Grey Poupon to each other with classical music playing in the background. Was that from an 80s commerical?

There's a scene in one episode with Stewie dressed up as a cruise ship captain and dancing with women in swimsuits as funky music plays and they chase each other around the house.

I never understood the Conway Twitty jokes, either.

[Bloody Marquis]

The Jawas in the Blue Harvest episode were passing Grey Poupon to each other with classical music playing in the background. Was that from an 80s commerical? Yes.


There's a scene in one episode with Stewie dressed up as a cruise ship captain and dancing with women in swimsuits as funky music plays and they chase each other around the house. Probably a reference to Hugh Hefner or something.


I never understood the Conway Twitty jokes, either.
Some think it's the staff's way to screw with the fans.

[Behonkiss]

There was a Kurt Cobain joke in one of the old episodes that had him telling the crowd not to do drugs and then walking backstage and going, "This is my girlfriend, Courtney". I felt like it was supposed to be a joke about his death but I didn't get what the funny part was.

There's a scene in one episode with Stewie dressed up as a cruise ship captain and dancing with women in swimsuits as funky music plays and they chase each other around the house.
It's a sexy party. Not much more to it than that.

[Blackstar]

There was a Kurt Cobain joke in one of the old episodes that had him telling the crowd not to do drugs and then walking backstage and going, "This is my girlfriend, Courtney". I felt like it was supposed to be a joke about his death but I didn't get what the funny part was.

IIRC, the basic idea of the joke was that if Kurt Cobain hadn't committed suicide, no one would know who his girlfriend Courtney Love is. When Kurt introduced Love to his friend, the friend responded with "Who?", then Courtney looks annoyed. I guess that the writers were suggesting that Courtney Love is only famous for being Cobain's widow, but I could be wrong about that.

[Dantheman]

IIRC, the basic idea of the joke was that if Kurt Cobain hadn't committed suicide, no one would know who his girlfriend Courtney Love is. When Kurt introduced Love to his friend, the friend responded with "Who?", then Courtney looks annoyed. I guess that the writers were suggesting that Courtney Love is only famous for being Cobain's widow, but I could be wrong about that.

Pretty much. I remember Courtney Love and her band Hole getting more noticed in the time after Kurt Cobain's
death, so that Family Guy gag hit it on the nose for me.

[Monterey Jack]

There's a scene in one episode with Stewie dressed up as a cruise ship captain and dancing with women in swimsuits as funky music plays and they chase each other around the house.

I always took that as a Benny Hill reference. :shrug:

[Monterey Jack]

Here's one...in the ep where Chris is the victim of a "Freshman Hunt", there's a slow-motion scene of him getting paddled by Mayor West with some 80's song playing on the soundtrack that's obviously directly rotoscoped from something...but what? :confused:

[Lonestarr]

Here's one...in the ep where Chris is the victim of a "Freshman Hunt", there's a slow-motion scene of him getting paddled by Mayor West with some 80's song playing on the soundtrack that's obviously directly rotoscoped from something...but what? :confused:

I could be wrong, but it's from Dazed and Confused.

[chalmers]

I could be wrong, but it's from Dazed and Confused.

Yep, and the song playing is "No More Mr. Nice Guy" by Alice Cooper(1973), which was the song used in the scene from Dazed And Confused that was parodied in that episode.

[Monterey Jack]

Wait a minute...Dazed & Confused wasn't released in the 80's! :eek: How'd that slip through MacFarlane's 80's obsession?

[chalmers]

Wait a minute...Dazed & Confused wasn't released in the 80's! :eek: How'd that slip through MacFarlane's 80's obsession?

Yeah, and it doesn't even take place in the '80s, it takes place on the last day of school in May of 1976.;)

[JD08]

I remeber one where stewie was talking about something he could hear in the attic and it cut to a woman like oh crap oh crap oh crap ohhhh crap.

Another one was when the guy that played the first green goblin came from underneath his bed and was like ya sleep yet and stewie says no. and he says just checkin'.

and another one I remember was when stewie was telling some guy to catch the ball and he did and he grabbed it and the player fall's over trying to catch it.

[chalmers]

Another one was when the guy that played the first green goblin came from underneath his bed and was like ya sleep yet and stewie says no. and he says just checkin'.


I think the point behind that one was, as Weird Al put it, that William Dafoe is scary enough without the Green Goblin mask on.

[JD08]

I think the point behind that one was, as Weird Al put it, that William Dafoe is scary enough without the Green Goblin mask on.
Oh yeah because when he came from under that bed I was pretty shaken for an hour

[TMC1982]

Patrick Duffy and Victoria Principal showing up at the end of the Y2K episode. The infamous shower scene at the end of the ninth season of Dallas (which turned out to be "all a dream", thus reconning the entire season out of existence) happened when I was really, really young. Therefore, when I first saw it, I didn't get the joke at all.

[Desensitized]

Uncle Sam's nipples.

Someone explain to me how this is funny.

This isn't a troll on the show, I'm genuinely curious as to how this is a joke.

[AerostarMonk]

I still don't get the joke about the Osmonds wasting water. It seemed like the opposite of a joke.

[SpongeJosh]

I still don't get the joke about the Osmonds wasting water. It seemed like the opposite of a joke.
Yeah like I understand that all the things they mention in the cutaway are examples of wasting water, but why'd they use the Osmonds?

[DarthGonzo]

Yeah like I understand that all the things they mention in the cutaway are examples of wasting water, but why'd they use the Osmonds?

Because someone on staff obviously finds the Osmonds to be incredibly funny for whatever reason. I personally think the "Osmond family wastes water" cutaway is funny because of the way they're drawn and voiced.

[Cactusjack1999]

In Stewie Kills Lois, Stewie says something about how "******bags ruin the guitar" and we see some guy singing with some girls around him. What was the joke? Was he singing badly? What?

According to urbandictionary

That annoying guy that always talks about how cool he is, how tough he is, and acts like he is better than everyone. He tries to start **** with people and be a complete dork - usually unknowingly since he doesn't catch the fact that he's making a fool out of himself.

Basically the joke it about guys who know about 4 chords on the guitar, think they can write a song about nothing and somehow women will find them attractive because they think they have feelings and can play an instrument, not to mention the "College" version is the kind of guy who will drink an entire bottle Jack Daniels, Crown Royal, or other high end alcohol and save the damn empty bottle & put it on display for everyone else to see, also the College version sometimes like to put their speakers from their stereo in their window because the ENTIRE REST OF THE WORLD just HAAAASSSSS to listen to this SUM41 song.

[Bloody Marquis]

Sneakers O'Toole

Even now if I ever watch it, I just go "...what?"

[Mynd Hed]

There's a scene in one episode with Stewie dressed up as a cruise ship captain and dancing with women in swimsuits as funky music plays and they chase each other around the house.


It's a sexy party. Not much more to it than that.

Wrong.


I always took that as a Benny Hill reference. :shrug:

Monterey Jack has the right of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_hill#The_Benny_Hill_Show

[Monterey Jack]

Sneakers O'Toole

Even now if I ever watch it, I just go "...what?"

It's the kind of thing that MacFarlane thinks "weird" = "funny". Not neccesarily. :shrug:

[DarthGonzo]

It's the kind of thing that MacFarlane thinks "weird" = "funny". Not neccesarily. :shrug:

Hey, I think it's funny just because it's so damn random. Who in the world is Sneakers O'Toole and why does everyone want him to take his sneakers off? Just who is this guy? To me it's just so funny because it's so out there.

[dth1971]

What about
"John Foot(CENSORED)"
"It's Hancock now!"
"Why?"
"Mind your business, that's why!"

[chalmers]

What about
"John Foot(CENSORED)"
"It's Hancock now!"
"Why?"
"Mind your business, that's why!"

I PM'd you the explanation, as I felt it wasn't appropriate for this board.

[Harvey Kent]

I remeber one where stewie was talking about something he could hear in the attic and it cut to a woman like oh crap oh crap oh crap ohhhh crap. was the setup something like "sounds like a North Dakota woman having sex?"


and another one I remember was when stewie was telling some guy to catch the ball and he did and he grabbed it and the player fall's over trying to catch it.This really happened (well, sans Stewie of course). The guy was blamed with screwing up the Cubs' chances at going to the world series.

[Mist]

One episode Peter said "Back up your bags, The Griffins are hitting the Big Apple!"

Then it cut to Speed Racer and his dad standing outside the window. "Ha Ha, The Griffins are going to New York! This has nothing to do with us at all. Ha ha!"

I guess I kinda get it. It's trying to be random. It's still stupid and unfunny.

[MagicBox]

One episode Peter said "Back up your bags, The Griffins are hitting the Big Apple!"

Then it cut to Speed Racer and his dad standing outside the window. "Ha Ha, The Griffins are going to New York! This has nothing to do with us at all. Ha ha!"

I guess I kinda get it. It's trying to be random. It's still stupid and unfunny.
Well, Speed and his dad appeared earlier in the episode for a relevant joke during the scout race. It was just a callback to the previous joke.

[Mynd Hed]

This thread is to ask for explanations of jokes or references that you don't get. It is NOT a thread for you to show up, quote a joke, and then say, "I get it, I just don't like it." Keep it on-topic, no trolling.

[JD08]

was the setup something like "sounds like a North Dakota woman having sex?"
Yeah but I thought it was like something about a necrophilliac or something


This really happened (well, sans Stewie of course). The guy was blamed with screwing up the Cubs' chances at going to the world series.
I thought as much

[DarthGonzo]

Yeah but I thought it was like something about a necrophilliac or something

A "Wisconsin nymphomaniac".

[Monterey Jack]

I was watching an episode today where Rupert gets accidentally sold at a yard sale, and Stewie and Brian make a cross-country odyssey to retrieve him. There's a really weird bit where they're in a helicopter that just crashed and is slaloming down the side of a mountain, and they're both screaming and Brian looks over and suddenly Stewie is dressed in a red devil costume (replete with fangs) and is laughing maniacally.

:confused:

[The Man in Black]

"I didn't say that, Lee Majors did!" "What?, women are things."

[autimusprime]

As I've said before, I never understood why Lois or Peter are always telling Chris to go to his room. Usually they tell him to go to his room when he hasn't even done ANYTHING wrong. What am I not getting here???


I could be wrong, but I think it was because that was an easy way to reference the "Evil Monkey" in Chris' closet as being a reason he did not want to go to his room. He has often said I don't want to go to my room, there's an evil monkey in my closet......and then goes on to say something about the monkey (wasn't always evil, not as evil now, etc...)

[autimusprime]

Perhaps it's a joke on the fans. "We've found that our largest demographic tends to have an intolerance towards country music. Wouldn't it be funny..."

Thank God for DVR. My family is from Chicago and I was born and raised in Texas and HATE country music and every time a Conway Twitty joke occurs I reach for the remote and hit that fast forward button as soon as I can. I guess I fall into that demographic majority!

[Mister Donut]

I often felt a lot of the humor in Family Guy falls into the Gen-X trappings that got the show recognized in the first place. Most people in their 30's and 40's would know these things in a heartbeat, leaving the younger audience in the dust and being clueless unless they don't ask about it such as here.

[Blackstar]

"I didn't say that, Lee Majors did!" "What?, women are things."


What don't you get about that? Both Peter and Lee Majors have sexist attitudes towards women. It's pretty self explanatory to me.

[Silverstar]

Originally Posted by ABrown http://forums.toonzone.net/images/buttons/buttons_TZ6/viewpost.gif (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?p=3363342#post3363342)
As I've said before, I never understood why Lois or Peter are always telling Chris to go to his room. Usually they tell him to go to his room when he hasn't even done ANYTHING wrong. What am I not getting here???


I could be wrong, but I think it was because that was an easy way to reference the "Evil Monkey" in Chris' closet as being a reason he did not want to go to his room. He has often said I don't want to go to my room, there's an evil monkey in my closet......and then goes on to say something about the monkey (wasn't always evil, not as evil now, etc...)

Not exactly. Chris has referenced the evil monkey without being told to go to his room, and there have been "go to your room" jokes which don't involve the evil monkey at all. Plus, I keep mentioning this but no one ever acknowledges it, in some of the earlier episodes, Peter and/or Lois have told Meg to go to her room too. (To name just one example: in "Death is a 'B'-Word", Peter thinks he's dying and tells his kids to look back and remember all of his accomplishments. Meg asks "What accomplishments?", to which Peter responds by telling Meg "Go to your room.")

I'm continually amazed by the amount of confusion this particular gag has generated; so nobody here has ever been sent to their room by their parents as a kid for some pointless reason or seemingly no reason? That's just generic family stuff, like being told to "Eat your greens".



"I didn't say that, Lee Majors did!" "What?, women are things."

The joke there is that both Peter and Lee Majors are sexist pigs.

[Classic Speedy]

I was watching an episode today where Rupert gets accidentally sold at a yard sale, and Stewie and Brian make a cross-country odyssey to retrieve him. There's a really weird bit where they're in a helicopter that just crashed and is slaloming down the side of a mountain, and they're both screaming and Brian looks over and suddenly Stewie is dressed in a red devil costume (replete with fangs) and is laughing maniacally.

:confused: "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles", only in that movie's case, it was John Candy and Steve Martin's car going between two semis while driving on the wrong side of the highway. And I thought I identified this for you before.

[Monterey Jack]

"Planes, Trains, and Automobiles", only in that movie's case, it was John Candy and Steve Martin's car going between two semis while driving on the wrong side of the highway. And I thought I identified this for you before.

Ah. And I think the Planes scene you identified for me earlier was Peter reciting a John Candy speech from that film verbatim in a different episode.

[The Man in Black]

I'm just not really familiar with Lee Majors is all :P

[Jeff Harris]

I'm just not really familiar with Lee Majors is all :PGuess if I say Stevie Austin, you'll think of only the wrestler by that name rather than the character Lee Majors played on The Six Million Dollar Man (a character which was somewhat parodied on an episode of The Venture Brothers wearing his trademark red jumpsuit). You probably never seen The Fall Guy either.

Okay. Grandpa Max in the first live-action Ben 10 movie. That's Lee Majors.

[The Man in Black]

Guess if I say Stevie Austin, you'll think of only the wrestler by that name rather than the character Lee Majors played on The Six Million Dollar Man (a character which was somewhat parodied on an episode of The Venture Brothers wearing his trademark red jumpsuit). You probably never seen The Fall Guy either.

Okay. Grandpa Max in the first live-action Ben 10 movie. That's Lee Majors.
I've actually never seen any of those, sadly. Does that make me a terrible person?

I'm not too sad about not having seen the live action Ben 10 movie tho :p

[Michael JJ]

I turned on an episode a few days ago that had Peter listening to the song Surfin' Bird over and over. Stewie and Brian steal the record and destroy it in a slow motion sequence. It was probably refrencing something, but I don't know what.

[chalmers]

I turned on an episode a few days ago that had Peter listening to the song Surfin' Bird over and over. Stewie and Brian steal the record and destroy it in a slow motion sequence. It was probably refrencing something, but I don't know what.

It's a scene from Office Space(1999). In the film, several co-workers get angered at a copy machine that keeps jamming and just plain doesn't work, and they take it from their workspace and beat it to death with baseball bats, with the same song in the background.

[ThePRPD]

In the beginning of The Cleveland Show pilot episode Peter says "Cleveland Jr. aged faster than Kathleen Turner." we then see a cutway with Turner talking to her manager (I think) and she has gotten a leading role in a movie. "The Babe". Then she just hits a baseball and that's it.

I don't get it.

[Master Moron]

I'm just not really familiar with Lee Majors is all :P

They currently show a commercial with Lee Majors selling a bionic hearing aid on late night cable television. The tagline is "It won't cost you 6 million dollars, but you'll think it's worth it."

[Lonestarr]

In the beginning of The Cleveland Show pilot episode Peter says "Cleveland Jr. aged faster than Kathleen Turner." we then see a cutway with Turner talking to her manager (I think) and she has gotten a leading role in a movie. "The Babe". Then she just hits a baseball and that's it.

I don't get it.

In the 80s, Turner was a stunning woman who specialized in playing femme fatales or 'babes' (Body Heat, for example). Over the years, she got...shall we say, heavier. Her manager meant the Babe as in baseball legend Babe Ruth.

[JTurner954]

Two come to mind:

A cutaway where Peter is in a class, refuses to take a test, and throws the test at the instructor. The intructor says "Congratulations. That was the test" with Peter running out of the classroom with some song playing. What's the reference?

In the episode where they show a flashback to Nate Griffin coming to America: The captain is asleep and wakes up on his own raft made of logs and falls into the water. A song is playing about having a great summer. What's the reference?

[Blackstar]

In the episode where they show a flashback to Nate Griffin coming to America: The captain is asleep and wakes up on his own raft made of logs and falls into the water. A song is playing about having a great summer. What's the reference?

It's from the 1979 Summer camp movie Meatballs.

[defunctzombie]

Uncle Sam's nipples.

Someone explain to me how this is funny.

This isn't a troll on the show, I'm genuinely curious as to how this is a joke.
I'm guessing it's a jab at being abnormal. I've heard people making fun of this thing before on other television shows.

[Rick Jones]

Two come to mind:

A cutaway where Peter is in a class, refuses to take a test, and throws the test at the instructor. The intructor says "Congratulations. That was the test" with Peter running out of the classroom with some song playing. What's the reference?

The song is "I'm Free" by Kenny Loggins. I don't what the reference is aimed at. I kind of figured it might be Footloose or something (haven't seen the movie in decades).

[JD08]

The song is "I'm Free" by Kenny Loggins. I don't what the reference is aimed at. I kind of figured it might be Footloose or something (haven't seen the movie in decades).
Seth Mcfarlane says it's reference to 80's movie crap.

[Monterey Jack]

Seth Mcfarlane says it's reference to 80's movie crap.

So, just like 90% of the jokes on Family Guy.

[Lonestarr]

I just know that the bit in "Road to the Multiverse" where Meg struts down the street is taken from something. Any ideas?

[OnePark]

So, just like 90% of the jokes on Family Guy.
Family Guy relies on a lot of current stuff too, with a lot of 90's movies. That's Robot Chicken you're thinking of, my friend.

[Desensitized]

I'm guessing it's a jab at being abnormal. I've heard people making fun of this thing before on other television shows.But there's no real punchline. The scene just sort of ends suddenly.

[dth1971]

Thought I would bump this thread, but here's another Family Guy joke I don't get from a Season 3 episode during a cutaway to Peter and Lois' wedding: "Milk, milk, lemonade, around the corner fudge is made!"

[Blackstar]

Thought I would bump this thread, but here's another Family Guy joke I don't get from a Season 3 episode during a cutaway to Peter and Lois' wedding: "Milk, milk, lemonade, around the corner fudge is made!"


It has to do with the human body, and that's all I'm going to say about it.

[Paradox295]

Adam West's 'What?!' or 'Watch!' random short cutaways in the most recent season

[Kryten]

Adam West's 'What?!' or 'Watch!' random short cutaways in the most recent season

That's just random. Something the manatees thought was funny at the time, I guess.

[dth1971]

How about from a circa 2001 Family Guy episode:

Peter checks his e-mail on his internet computer...

PETER: "Oh boy, I got an e-mail from Mr. Pewterschmidt!"

...then a fist comes out of the computer screen and punches/hits Peter.

[Bunai]

How about from a circa 2001 Family Guy episode:

Peter checks his e-mail on his internet computer...

PETER: "Oh boy, I got an e-mail from Mr. Pewterschmidt!"

...then a fist comes out of the computer screen and punches/hits Peter.
lol it should be obvious by now that Peweterschmidt hates Peter.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

I think he's talking about how is that actually possible that he was able to punch Peter through the computer. That's just one of those "cartoon gags that can't be explained but are funny anyway". Bonus Stage and Ed Edd n Eddy have done similar gags as well just for the "lulz".

[Bunai]

^
ah I should have included that part pff. Some people just expect a lot of FM jokes to be referenced, when many are specific toward the show and are just random.


I was watching an episode today where Rupert gets accidentally sold at a yard sale, and Stewie and Brian make a cross-country odyssey to retrieve him. There's a really weird bit where they're in a helicopter that just crashed and is slaloming down the side of a mountain, and they're both screaming and Brian looks over and suddenly Stewie is dressed in a red devil costume (replete with fangs) and is laughing maniacally.
:confused:
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The devil reference is around 33 secs time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEZv0FUPtcc

[Mesousa]

"Look, Chris, it's a family of wasps."

This many years and I still don't get it. Could be a reference to a series, but...jeez it's really that obscure.

[Daxdiv]

"Look, Chris, it's a family of wasps."

WASPs refers to White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. It's use to called people of elite background, social status, and presumed power that they hold. They're mostly upper class, practice the Protestant religion, are well-educated, and usually comes from the background of English, Scottish, or Welsh descent.

[dth1971]

How about this as Brian and Stewie play Yahtzee:

STEWIE: "Yahtzee!"
BRIAN: "Yay!" (or is it "Gay!"?)
STEWIE: "YOU SUCK!"

[Bloody Marquis]

How about this as Brian and Stewie play Yahtzee:

STEWIE: "Yahtzee!"
BRIAN: "Yay!" (or is it "Gay!"?)
STEWIE: "YOU SUCK!"
It makes fun of people who would actually shout "Yahtzee!" when winning the game.

[The Man in Black]

Here's one from an episode tonight:

New Brian asks Lois to sing karaoke with him, she goes to and says something like "Okay everybody, Rita Coolidge's less talented sister here!" Even Stewie replies with "In what way is that a joke?" I haven't really tried to look anything up yet. I guess I was wondering if any of you guys get it.

[NovelleX]

I recall this joke being made, but I can't remember exactly which episode it was in, maybe the quote itself can spark it for you!

I think it's the one where they're applying Meg to Brown so she could get into a good college and then they speak to the Dean or something like that...I think it's the Luke Perry episode.

"Meg? It's just three letters. It's HARDLY a name at all."

"Well yeah, I wanted to name her Twiki but Lois said kids wouldn't get the reference."

He's right, I sure don't. :sad:

[TnAdct1]

I recall this joke being made, but I can't remember exactly which episode it was in, maybe the quote itself can spark it for you!

I think it's the one where they're applying Meg to Brown so she could get into a good college and then they speak to the Dean or something like that...I think it's the Luke Perry episode.

"Meg? It's just three letters. It's HARDLY a name at all."

"Well yeah, I wanted to name her Twiki but Lois said kids wouldn't get the reference."

He's right, I sure don't. :sad: Basically, Twiki was the name of the robot from the 1980's Buck Rogers TV show.

[DarthGonzo]

Basically, Twiki was the name of the robot from the 1980's Buck Rogers TV show.

Are you sure it's Twiki and not Twiggy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twiggy

[NovelleX]

Are you sure it's Twiki and not Twiggy?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twiggy

I'm sure it was Twiki, I remember there being a K-sound, and also because it just seems more....Peter-ish if he went for the more obnoxious choice than a simple bash at a celebrity.

[Dantheman]

Here's one from an episode tonight:

New Brian asks Lois to sing karaoke with him, she goes to and says something like "Okay everybody, Rita Coolidge's less talented sister here!" Even Stewie replies with "In what way is that a joke?" I haven't really tried to look anything up yet. I guess I was wondering if any of you guys get it.

I think the joke is that Lois was comparing her singing skills to Rita Coolidge (a singer from the 1970s and 80s who did adult contemporary), by using her as measure of coolness like an unhip relative would, etc.

That's all there is to it, I guess.

[TnAdct1]

I'm sure it was Twiki, I remember there being a K-sound, and also because it just seems more....Peter-ish if he went for the more obnoxious choice than a simple bash at a celebrity. Agree with that. After all, he give Chris the middle name Cross (as in 1980's singer Christopher Cross) and Stewie the middle name Gilligan.