Mr. Saturday Knight (5 Sep. 2001)

Tired of being stuck at his dead end job, Peter decides to invite his boss, Mr. Weed, over for dinner in hopes that he we'll give him a promotion. Not long after Peter gets his promotion, ... See full summary »

Directors:

Michael Dante DiMartino, Pete Michels,

Writers:

Seth MacFarlane (creator), Seth MacFarlane (developed by),

Stars:

Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Seth MacFarlane	...	Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Glenn Quagmire / Tom Tucker / Additional Voices (voice)
Alex Borstein	...	Lois Griffin / Loretta Brown / Tricia Takanawa / Barbara Pewterschmidt / Additional Voices (voice)
Seth Green	...	Chris Griffin / Neil Goldman / Additional Voices (voice)
Mila Kunis	...	Meg Griffin (voice)
Lori Alan	...	Diane Simmons (voice)
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Mr. Weed (voice)
David Berry	...	(voice)
John G. Brennan	...	Mort Goldman (voice) (as Johnny Brennan)
Adam Carolla	...	Death (voice)
Jackson Douglas	...	Vacuum Repairman (voice)
Charles Durning	...	Francis Griffin (voice)
R. Lee Ermey	...	Coach (voice)
Will Ferrell	...	The Black Knight (voice)
Ralph Garman	...	Gene Rayburn (voice)
Mike Henry	...	Bruce the Performance Artist / Minstrel / Friar (voice)

Storyline

Tired of being stuck at his dead end job, Peter decides to invite his boss, Mr. Weed, over for dinner in hopes that he we'll give him a promotion. Not long after Peter gets his promotion, his boss chokes on a roll and dies. After Mr. Weed's funeral Peter and his fellow factory workers are informed that the factory is being torn down. With some persuasion from Lois, Peter then decides to fulfill his lifetime dream of being a Renaissance Fair knight.

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Plot Keywords:

jousting | black knight | cleveland steamer | male prostitute | blouse ripping | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Details

Release Date:

5 September 2001 (USA)

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Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In a spoof of a scene from _The Sound of Music (1965)_, Peter calls his children using a boatswain's pipe (or whistle or call; "boatswain" is pronounced, and sometimes spelled, "bo's'un"). The boatswain's pipe has been in use by navies around the world since at least since the 13th century. Its two tones (high-pitched and lower), sounded in sequence, can produce over a hundred signals.

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Goofs

When the kids are singing their goodnight song Stewie climbs up and rests his head on the landing, but in the next shot his head is resting on the 2nd step down from the landing.

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Quotes

Tom Tucker: The crowd has fallen deathly ill... silent... sorry.

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Crazy Credits

Features a medieval version of the end credits tune.

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Connections

References Star Trek (1966)

User Reviews

An awfully dull and excruciating episode with pitiful gags

This is an awful episode that just barely raises a few laughs here and there, but is just loaded with recycled gags and ridiculous one liners and situations that are more so embarrassing than they are funny. After attending Chris's class parent day, Peter is laughed at for his job at the toy factory on the assembly line. Ashamed of himself, he sets out to get a promotion under Lois's encouragement by inviting the boss to dinner. It inevitably turns out to be a disaster, as the boss chokes to death on a roll. Peter then tries to flush him down the toilet but you know... it just doesn't work. After the funeral, the employees at the factory discover that their possible homosexual boss had made plans for the factory to be demolished with all them still inside it upon his death. Peter needs a new job, but after failing at everything he tries, he decides to achieve his lost dream of becoming a knight. And so, he enrolls in the Knight school.

Knight school turns out to be like some sort of military boot camp and the gags are all deliberately derived from "Full Metal Jacket" as the instructor yells at them calling them maggots and so forth. As bland as stale bread this one. Painful to watch and is pretty melodramatic.