Jokes in Family Guy You Don't Get

[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.

 

[Goldstar!]

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.

 

[Goldstar!]

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.

 

[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?

 

[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?

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! How'd that slip through MacFarlane's 80's obsession?