Watching Peter try and fit in with the cultured and mega-rich is good fun. Always love these early episodes featuring Lois's totally detached-from-reality parents, especially hearing her father's antagonistic quips.
3 Reviews
8/10
Analog_Devotee26 January 2022
The One Where Peter Tries To Become Cultured...
taylorkingston25 June 2016
Warning: Spoilers
I don't mind this episode. I don't love it, and it certainly isn't one of my favorites from the series, or even this season, but it's still worth watching.
In this episode, Peter has always wanted to be accepted by Lois' parents, so now he's making an effort to become more cultured, so he'll fit in more. He's eventually invited to play poker with Carter's friends, Bill Gates, Michael Eisner, and Ted Turner. He surprisingly is able to win them over. Meanwhile, Brian's libido is running a bit wild, and eventually has "relations" with one of Carter's prize racing dogs, which doesn't help Peter's case, and ends up being worthless to them again.
Best part of this episode: Peter.
Worst part of this episode: Brian.
Overall, I give this episode a 6 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Good.
In this episode, Peter has always wanted to be accepted by Lois' parents, so now he's making an effort to become more cultured, so he'll fit in more. He's eventually invited to play poker with Carter's friends, Bill Gates, Michael Eisner, and Ted Turner. He surprisingly is able to win them over. Meanwhile, Brian's libido is running a bit wild, and eventually has "relations" with one of Carter's prize racing dogs, which doesn't help Peter's case, and ends up being worthless to them again.
Best part of this episode: Peter.
Worst part of this episode: Brian.
Overall, I give this episode a 6 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Good.
Good episode spoiled by the unoriginal ending...
zone4621 February 2006
Warning: Spoilers
By Season 3, Family Guy was facing permanent cancellation. Many of the original writers that made the (superior) second season Family Guy at its best had left after a long hiatus from 2000-2001. Of course, I'd much rather watch Season 3 than the new crap they're shoveling out and calling Season 4...
Anyway, this episode. It had its moments, especially the interaction between Peter and Lois's dad. A prime example is when Peter tries learning French to be act more sophisticated around him:
Peter: Bonjour, Mr. Pewterschmidt.
Lois's Dad: Did Peter have a stroke?
But this episode as a whole is nothing special. The basic premise, Brian and his puppies, mirrors the Simpsons episode "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" which first aired about six years before this one. Some scenes, like the one at the racetrack, are very similar to the ones in that particular Simpsons episode. However, the biggest downer was the ending: the female was carrying puppies that looked like Ted Turner, clearly implying that Turner had sex with the dog. This ending was pretty much identical to a very early South Park episode entitled "Elephant Makes Love to a Pig," which originally aired in 1997. Now, I don't know if the writers of this episode saw that particular South Park episode (I doubt it), but the similarities between the resolutions knocks this episode down a few points for me.
Around this point in Family Guy's original run, the show was already experiencing a slow, downward slide, which had intensified by the end of the third season, and led to its eventual cancellation in early 2002 (along with pitifully low ratings). The resurrection of the show didn't help this slide at all. But, like I previously mentioned, I'd still rather watch this episode than any of Season 4, especially with crap-fests like "The Courtship of Stewie's Father", "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz", "Petarded" or "Brian the Bachelor" being produced. It's too bad popularity ruined a once-great show that at least ended while it was ahead (albeit unintentionally).
"Family Guy" (1999-2002)
Anyway, this episode. It had its moments, especially the interaction between Peter and Lois's dad. A prime example is when Peter tries learning French to be act more sophisticated around him:
Peter: Bonjour, Mr. Pewterschmidt.
Lois's Dad: Did Peter have a stroke?
But this episode as a whole is nothing special. The basic premise, Brian and his puppies, mirrors the Simpsons episode "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" which first aired about six years before this one. Some scenes, like the one at the racetrack, are very similar to the ones in that particular Simpsons episode. However, the biggest downer was the ending: the female was carrying puppies that looked like Ted Turner, clearly implying that Turner had sex with the dog. This ending was pretty much identical to a very early South Park episode entitled "Elephant Makes Love to a Pig," which originally aired in 1997. Now, I don't know if the writers of this episode saw that particular South Park episode (I doubt it), but the similarities between the resolutions knocks this episode down a few points for me.
Around this point in Family Guy's original run, the show was already experiencing a slow, downward slide, which had intensified by the end of the third season, and led to its eventual cancellation in early 2002 (along with pitifully low ratings). The resurrection of the show didn't help this slide at all. But, like I previously mentioned, I'd still rather watch this episode than any of Season 4, especially with crap-fests like "The Courtship of Stewie's Father", "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz", "Petarded" or "Brian the Bachelor" being produced. It's too bad popularity ruined a once-great show that at least ended while it was ahead (albeit unintentionally).
"Family Guy" (1999-2002)
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