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The [[Noid]] attempting to ruin Mayor West's pizza is a reference to the Noid from former [[Domino's Pizza]] television advertisements.<ref name="MacFarlane"/><ref name="Kunis"/> Stewie and Brian meeting [[Kermit The Frog]] at the underground car park is a reference to [[1976 in film|1976]] film ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the Presidents Men]]''.<ref name="Colton"/><ref name="MacFarlane"/> Mayor West is showing watching ''[[Jem (TV series)|Jem]]'' in his motel, a reference to the television program.<ref name="Kunis"/> Stewie is disguised as [[Veronica Lake]] when spying on Mayor West in the restaurant. Cleveland smashing Brian's taxicab and morphing into a [[black panther]] is a reference to ''[[Black or White]]''. |
The [[Noid]] attempting to ruin Mayor West's pizza is a reference to the Noid from former [[Domino's Pizza]] television advertisements.<ref name="MacFarlane"/><ref name="Kunis"/> Stewie and Brian meeting [[Kermit The Frog]] at the underground car park is a reference to [[1976 in film|1976]] film ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the Presidents Men]]''.<ref name="Colton"/><ref name="MacFarlane"/> Mayor West is showing watching ''[[Jem (TV series)|Jem]]'' in his motel, a reference to the television program.<ref name="Kunis"/> Stewie is disguised as [[Veronica Lake]] when spying on Mayor West in the restaurant. Cleveland smashing Brian's taxicab and morphing into a [[black panther]] is a reference to ''[[Black or White]]''. The title is a reference to "deep throat" fellatio that almost chokes the person "giving out." |
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"Deep Throats" is the twenty-third episode of season four of the television series Family Guy. It was written by Alex Borstein and directed by Greg Colton. Appalled at parking charges introduced by Mayor West, Brian decides to expose the corruption of the Mayor, despite the prospect of potentially destroying Meg's new career as the Mayor's intern. Meanwhile, Peter and Lois decide to participate in the Quahog community talent show with a folk singing act, as they did in the 1960s, but the couple become largely reliant on marijuana for inspiration, but eventually fail the competition for their poor performance, despite their beliefs they were singing well when under the influence of the drugs.[1]
Plot
Meg is employed as an intern on Mayor West. The family is impressed by this news, but Brian feels pressured as he is becoming the "new Meg" due to him not having a job. Brian decides to become a taxicab driver, but soon becomes intent on exposing the corruption of Mayor West after receiving a $400 parking ticket. After discussing his corruption beliefs with Meg, she argues that he is a nice person and that he should drop it. Stewie, after learning of Brian's intentions to expose Mayor West, decides to go with Brian and assist him. After meeting an informant in a parking lot (Kermit the Frog), Brian discovers where Mayor West will be on the night, and follows him to a motel with Stewie.
They arrive at a motel, they spy on West through the wall, and discover he is involved in a relationship with Meg. Seeing this relationship as an ideal opportunity to take West down, Brian photographs the two together in romantic scenes, threatening to release them to Meg. After Meg finds out about this, she confronts West, who says he and Meg should separate due to the negative media images which will follow if Brian does release the images. After secretly witnessing their talk about the images, Brian realizes he has made a mistake and Mayor West isn't as bad as he thought, and subsequently destroys the images, and later apologizes to Meg.
Meanwhile, Peter and Lois decide to participate in a community talent show with a folk-singing act they always used to do back in the 1960s. They are having a hard time, however, at writing new songs and start to smoke marijuana, thinking it will provide inspiration. Peter and Lois begin to behave bizarrely in their high state, which greatly disturbs the family. At the show, they initially appear to wow the entire crowd with their performance, but it later turns out that they blundered horribly and lost. Chris, who was in the audience at the show, explains that they were completely oblivious to this fact in their high state and thought they were singing well.
Production
It was originally intended for Mayor West to beat Meg up when she is applying for a job within his office, but the scene was never used.[2] The clay cars sketch was not animated by the regular show producers, rather it was drawn by Eileen Colehep, a woman who attended college with show producer Seth MacFarlane.[3] The voice of Bruce the performance artist was performed by Mike Henry, and was originally scheduled to last longer,[4][5] but it was reduced for unknown reasons.[2] The concept behind the storyline of Peter and Lois performing in pubs when they were younger relates to MacFarlane's father, who used to stage performances in bars. When he was performing, the woman who was to be MacFarlane's mother, came in to the bar and tracked his father down, asking for guitar lessons once she had found him.[3] The song which Peter and Lois were singing when remembering their performances they hosted in their earlier years was created by Alec Sulkin and Patrick Megan, producers of Family Guy.[4] Alex Borstein, voice actor of Lois Griffin had originally wanted Meg to be wearing a business outfit in the episode during her employment by Mayor West, but it was never allowed.[4][5]
The episode marks the first time in the series that Stewie has expressed an attraction for Brian.[3][5] The name of Peter and Lois' band was originally intended to be "Mouthful of Peter," but broadcasting standards insisted that the show producers change the name to "Handful of Peter."[2][3] In response to this, MacFarlane comments that "a handjob is more acceptable than a blowjob."[3] When performing for the Quahog Talent Competition, one of the lyrics to Peter and Lois' song was scheduled to be "God would do her from behind, even do it a second time," but it was never used.[2][3] Patrick Clark organized the format of the credits, which were different from the regular set.[3][6]
Peter singing "Carol of the Bells" was shortened for the televised version of the episode, with an extended version on the DVD.[3] Cleveland sticking his middle finger up to Brian after he fails to stop in his taxi was allowed on the televised version of the episode. This was permitted because MacFarlane rang the shows broadcasting standards and asked for their explicit permission, explaining that it was very distant, and they allowed it.[3] After smoking Marijuana, Peter and Lois are shown lying on top of each other on the sofa; in the television version, they are wearing underwear, but are completely naked on the DVD version.[3] When high on Marijuana, Lois's phrase "Brian, he's knocking on the back door, what should I do? Should I let him in?" was censored from television, as it is a reference to anal sex.[3]
Cultural references
The Noid attempting to ruin Mayor West's pizza is a reference to the Noid from former Domino's Pizza television advertisements.[3][5] Stewie and Brian meeting Kermit The Frog at the underground car park is a reference to 1976 film All the Presidents Men.[2][3] Mayor West is showing watching Jem in his motel, a reference to the television program.[5] Stewie is disguised as Veronica Lake when spying on Mayor West in the restaurant. Cleveland smashing Brian's taxicab and morphing into a black panther is a reference to Black or White. The title is a reference to "deep throat" fellatio that almost chokes the person "giving out."
Reception
On August 5, 2007, this episode was featured among a four-episode set of Family Guy on Fox, hosted by the stars of the film Superbad. "Deep Throats," alongside two other episodes of that set, were titled the "Worst TV Show of the Week" by the Parents Television Council, a frequent critic of Family Guy.[7]
References
- ^ "Deep Throats". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ^ a b c d e Colton, Greg (2005). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Deep Throats" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
{{cite AV media}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m MacFarlane, Seth (2005). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Deep Throats" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
{{cite AV media}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b c Borstein, Alex (2005). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Deep Throats" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
{{cite AV media}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b c d e Kunis, Mila (2005). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Deep Throats" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
{{cite AV media}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Clark, patrick (2005). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Deep Throats" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
{{cite AV media}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Schulenburg, Caroline (2007-08-10). "Worst TV Show of the Week - "Family Guy" on Fox". Parents Television Council. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
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