Some part of me hates the fact they didn’t parody the Shining in this Stephen King parody anthology. Sometimes you really wonder what goes on in Seth McFarlane’s mind. Even more bizarre than this is the random scene with a naked Bill Clinton talking to his military advisors. Somehow this escalates to the point where the US military put Petoria, just the Griffins’ country but really just their house, under siege. by setting up his own country and annexing Joe’s pool. Basically Peter goes to extreme lengths to get a swimming pool…. Narrowly missing out on the top three best Family Guy episodes is E. With this being Family Guy there’s a pop culture parody with McFarlane mocking the infamous Dallas it was all a dream…. And obviously he declares himself Mayor for Life. How does he accomplish this? He leads survivors to a Twinkie factory where he then founded New Quahog. Obviously Y2K happens and Peter Griffin is left in charge of rebuilding Rhode Island. 5: Da Boom (S2, E3)Īt the halfway point of the best Family Guy episodes is Da Boom aka what if Y2K actually happened. This episode arguably feels like the equivalent of Christmas dinner: just utterly overstuffed. And somehow McFarlane manages to fit in jokes about how French cows moo, reinforcing Quagmire’s grossness and the vagaries of bacon pants. On top of this, there’s at least four different pop culture parodies. So that only is enough to sell the episode but wait there’s more. So how to follow up an episode about a fat guy strangler? Well, an episode about a Jewish character, Mort, accidentally travelling back in time to Nazi Germany with Brian and Stewie trying to find him. Sure, why not? It’s not Family Guy is realistic…. How do they do this? They threaten Patrick’s invisible wife. This leads to Patrick strangling a lot of fat men before Lois and Brian can save Peter from falling victim to Patrick. ![]() So, how does Patrick Pewterschmidt meet Peter? Long story short, Lois realises Patrick is her brother and brings him back into her life. Case in point, Robert Downey Jr voicing the titular Fat Guy Strangler aka Patrick Pewterschmidt. Sometimes you do have to marvel at some of the celebrity voice acting roles in Family Guy. I feel like I’m missing out on one very key recurring character introduction and I can’t quite think of who it could be… 7: Fat Guy Strangler (S4, E17) Oh, something else also happens in this episode…. Eventually this leads Stewie and Brian to go all Office Space on the record. Why? Because Peter becomes obsessed with the song and starts comedically setting up the rest of the Griffins with Bird is the Word jokes. Now your love of this episode depends on one song: Surfin’ Bird by the Trashmen. ![]() Yet another example of the madness of Peter Griffin… 8: I Dream of Jesus (S7, E2) The less said about the fact she becomes drop dead gorgeous the better. So how does he get back to Lois? Well, he brokers a deal to help Death get a girlfriend. So, what happens in the episode? Well in a wonderfully twisted parody of It’s A Wonderful Life, Peter dies and is too stupid to learn any lessons from his mistakes. Add to this the fact he was voiced by Norm MacDonald. Unlike most animated cartoons Family Guy has Death appear as a semi-regular character. Cue the start of the Poltergeist parodies which somehow ends up with Carrot Top getting involved. So what does Peter do? He obviously takes the skull and uses it as an athletic cup. However, the only problem is that his garden is on top of native American remains. So what happens to cause a poltergeist to haunt the Griffins? Well, in a desperate attempt to one up Joe Peter decides to build a multiplex in his back garden. Kicking off the list of best Family Guy episodes is Petergeist aka the Poltergeist parody. So without further ado, here are the best Family Guy episodes. Overall, while Family Guy has definitely declined over the years there are still some funny characters like Stewie, the former world domination obsessed baby, and both Mayor Wests, Adam and Wild West (Sam Elliott). So besides giant chicken fights what else do the Griffins get up too? Well, a lot of heinous law breaking (which isn’t punished), beer drinking and a lot of cutaways. Oh, also randomly throughout the show Peter gets into fights with a giant chicken, Ernie. The show follows the Griffin Family, imagine the Smiths but even more dysfunctional, and their mad antics in Quahog, Rhode Island. Historyįamily Guy first aired on Fox in January 1999 and as mentioned above is deep into its 20th season. So, with Fox unlikely to cut it anytime soon, why not look back at the 10 best Family Guy episodes and rank them? Before I get into the list properly, here is some history about the show. Whatever your thoughts on Seth McFarlane’s creation, there is no denying the staying power of Family Guy which is now deep into its 20th season. There’s a joke I could make here about the fact we are lucky he’s a Family Guy… but I’m not going to make it.
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