The Son Also Draws

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“The Son Also Draws”
Family Guy episode
Peter and Lois argue after Lois gambles the car away.
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 6
Written by	Ricky Blitt
Directed by	Neil Affleck
Guest stars	Bobby Slayton, Suzie Plakson, Patrick Bristow
Production no.	1ACX06
Original airdate	May 9, 1999
Season 1 episodes
Family Guy - Season 1 January 31, 1999 – May 16, 1999
Death Has a Shadow I Never Met the Dead Man Chitty Chitty Death Bang Mind Over Murder A Hero Sits Next Door The Son Also Draws Brian: Portrait of a Dog

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"The Son Also Draws" is an episode of Family Guy from season one. The title is an allusion to Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises. The episode guest-stars Bobby Slayton as Leonard Cornfeathers.

1 Plot summary
2 Notes
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot summary

Chris hates being in the "Youth Scouts" (a parody of the Boy Scouts of America) and wants to quit, but is afraid to tell Peter. He is finally kicked out, and Peter insists on driving the family to Youth Scout headquarters, in New York to get Chris readmitted.

While they are gone, Brian is unable to find the television's remote control and his intelligence drops sharply after watching daytime programming that was interrupted by several episodes of One Day at a Time.

The family stops at a Native American casino when Peter needs to go for a poo (because Peter had a prune smoothie and saw a lot of signs that reminded him of going to the bathroom), but Lois quickly becomes addicted to gambling and loses the car. After hearing that Lois has gambled the family car away, Peter tries to get the car back by claiming to be Native American ("My great-grandfather's name was Chief Grand Cherokee"), and the doubtful elders demand that he go on a vision quest to prove his heritage.

Chris accompanies Peter into the wilderness, hoping to tell him that he only wants to draw instead of being in the Scouts. Delirious from hunger, Peter begins talking to trees and sees a vision of his spiritual guide, The Fonz.

He finally listens to Chris' complaints and realizes that his son is a talented artist. They return to the casino and reclaim their car, ending the episode with a parody of NBC's "The More You Know" public service announcements.

[edit] Notes

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This episode provides a back story for the later episode "A Picture Is Worth a 1,000 Bucks", in which Chris' painting talent is discovered by a New York art dealer. Peter's attitude towards Chris' drawings in this episode is similar to his attitude towards Chris' painting at the beginning of the later episode. In the episode "Fore Father", Chris shows an interest in animation.
This episode also provides a back story for the religion that Peter later creates that worships the Fonz in "The Father, the Son and the Holy Fonz".
Peter's line at the end, "Canada sucks", created hate mail from angry Canadian viewers. In response, Seth MacFarlane points out that Ricky Blitt, the episode's writer, is Canadian himself.
When Peter is hugging Chris in the forest, the trees begin singing the chorus from Harry Chapin's "Cats in the Cradle", just before they catch fire.
Peter finds Lois playing poker in the casino similarly to an episode from The Simpsons called "$pringfield", when Homer finds Marge gambling.
The Youth Scouts member who berates Chris while Chris is drawing next to a tree looks very similar to Butt-head from 'Beavis and Butt-head'. As a reference to this, Chris draws the scout with his face on his butt.
When Peter has his Indian flash back, he sings an excerpt from the song "Neutron Dance" by the Pointer Sisters.

When the racers line up at the starting line, Speed shows up and jumps out of a soapbox car that resembles his race car, the Mach 5. Pops comes out from the audience at the race and tries to convince Speed that he should not be in this race and that he isn't Speed's real father. In their conversation, they have purposefully bad lip sync, a parody of the series, and each sentence Speed and Pops says ends in "Ha ha!".

[edit] References

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Callaghan, Steve. "The Son Also Draws". Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 34–37.
Delarte, Alonso. "Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 1". Bob's Poetry Magazine March 2005: 13–14. http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02Mr.pdf