Stewie B. Goode

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Family Guy Episode

"Stewie B. Goode"

Episode no.:

Prod. code:

4ACX05

Airdate:

May 21, 2006

Writer(s):

Chris Sheridan
Gary Janetti

Director:

Guest star(s):

"Stewie B. Goode" is an episode from season 4 of FOX animated television series Family Guy, consisting of the first part of Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story.

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Peter and Lois try to get Stewie to swim. After meeting the star pupil, Brad, Stewie can't stand him and attempts to beat him in a race and ends up barely leaving the starting line. Then he tries to kill Brad by luring him to the lifeguard tower (which has dynamite strapping to the legs) with a piece of marzipan but due to a delay of the TNT, Brad is able to finish the marzipan and walks away. Stewie is investigating what went wrong when the dynamite exploded, causing the lifeguard tower collapse on Stewie. He wakes in Hell and says it's not bad since he's sitting on a bed in a hotel room with a 'Welcome to Hell' sign above the head of the bed. But then Steve Allen walks in and gets ready to take off his clothes (refer to Cultural References below) but then Stewie is able to climb out of the collapsed tower and starts acting good. Then he starts treating Brian Griffin nice and then Brian brings a perfectly destroyed spider-web and said he ate the spider which results in Stewie calling him 'a bastard' and wacking him with a rolled-up newspaper. Then Brian says that Stewie should try to find something to make him kind and nice like Brian who drinks alcoholic drinks like a martini. This leads Stewie to wanting to drink yet Brian does not oblige but once gone, Stewie takes a glass. This leads to him becoming full-on drunk and since he won't stop, Brian decides to make Stewie so drunk he'll never want to drink again. After five martini's at the Drunken Clam, Brian and Stewie are so hammered and Stewie tries to drive them home and ends up crashing into the Drunken Clam. The next day, Stewie ends up with a hangover and Brian's plan works. This is actually Part One of Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story.

At the video store Peter starts ranting on how the new video store won't sell pornography. And at the same time Tom Tucker from Quahog News is there and wants to make Peter his own segment called 'You Know What Really Grinds My Gears?' and instantly becomes popular and Tom is jealous off Peter's fame without anyone acknowledging him. The next day he decides to try and screw up Peter's part but then the network head fires him. Then after a few days Tom Tucker finds out about Stewie being drunk and driving the car into the Drunken Clam and after that, the network head fires Peter and rehires Tom.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Notes

The episode title is a parody of the Chuck Berry song "Johnny B. Goode".
Mark Hoppus says the line, "You know what really grinds my gears?" as a reference to this episode on his podcast.
The things that grind Peter's gears are:

The part of the Bible that says you can't watch pornography.
The sheer length of the Bible.
How people haven't made a "Priest and a Rabbi" joke in years.
Lindsay Lohan
How he can't find the right droids. The reference to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is further driven home by the fact that two stormtroopers are shown watching the program.
That bread is square and bologna is round.
Parents who let their kids do whatever they want.
Being interrupted.
X-ray glasses from comics that don't work.
People in the 19th century.
America, which results in Peter saying "Fuck you!" (censored on TV version).

[edit] TV Edits/Alterations

The following items from the first third of Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story were not in the TV version of this episode:

The special opening credits are replaced by the standard theme song.
The red carpet premiere featured at the beginning of the DVD.
The first few gags at the swimming pool were cut, going straight to Peter trying to get Stewie to swim.
Lois telling Peter that "they never should've replaced [him] on Roseanne" and the cut-away that follows.
Stewie finishing shaving his "coin purse" and remarking that it bares an odd resemblance to Michael Chiklis. Also, the cut-away featuring an episode of The Shield with Chiklis and "Det. Scrotes" (Stewie's testicles) is gone.
Stewie saying grace at the dinner table and Peter bringing up his great aunt Ella Fitzgerald Griffin (and the cutaway where Ella Fitzgerald Griffin blinds Ray Charles while singing).
The scene where Stewie and Brian play Pac-Man in the Drunken Clam.
When Peter is describing a porn film to the worker at Lackluster Video, the phrase "stuff comes out" is muted.
The scene where Stewie is naked and has 'Property of Roger Moore' tattooed on his chest is replaced by Stewie wearing pajamas and finding a handkerchief with R. M. sewn on it.
The scene when Gandhi says "And the black people are like, 'hey, bitch!'" is replaced by saying, "And Americans are like..."

[edit] Cultural Reference

A cutaway shows Stewie as "Short Round" from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

It shows a scene from The Prince of Tides where they censor Barbara Streisand's nose because the new video store is against non-Christians. Family Guy is using the stereotype that Jewish people have big noses.

Peter once hosted Family Feud, a show in broadcast syndication, with repeats shown on GSN.

Someone mistakes Peter for Michael Moore.

A scene shows Stewie and Casper playing ball and as Stewie throws it into the street and Casper fetches it, he gets run over and then says he was going to off himself on Tuesday.

In hell, Stewie meets Steve Allen and thought he was going to have sex with him but really just wanted Stewie to fix his collar.

After Stewie comes back to life, Steve Allen tries to watch TV in hell, but the only show that is on is Who's the Boss.

A scene shows Elmer Fudd hunting, shooting, and killing Bugs Bunny, which Brian labels as "disturbing."

Peter once provided nighttime heat for Lara Flynn Boyle using his stomach fat.

Stewie tells a fan to catch a foul ball while attending a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field, which is reference to Steve Bartman, a fan whose actions may have affected the outcome of Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series between the Cubs and the Florida Marlins when he caught a ball which could have been caught by the Cubs outfielder, Moisés Alou.