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Family Guy: Season 9, Episode 2Excellence in Broadcasting (3 Oct. 2010)Brian does a 180 on Rush Limbaugh and befriends him after he reads one of his books. |
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Lois Griffin
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Chris Griffin
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Meg Griffin
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Mike Brady
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George W. Bush
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Joyce Kinney
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Ollie Williams
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Rush Limbaugh | ... |
Himself
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Carol Brady
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Danny Smith | ... |
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Alec Sulkin | ... |
John McCain
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When Brian learns that Rush Limbaugh is going to be at the Quahog Mall for a book-signing, he decides to go down there and give him a piece of his left-wing mind. But when Rush unexpectedly comes to Brian's rescue, Brian has a political change of heart Written by Fox Publicity
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book signing | swarming | reference to scooby doo | brady bunch spoof | george w. bush |Parents Guide:
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Rush Limbaugh: I want to take a moment to give a shout-out to my good friend Ken Lay, faked his own death, listening in on a ham radio somewhere in international waters. Smooth sailin', Kenny Boy.
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Set to the tune of "The Company Way"
Music and Original Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Parody Lyrics by Patrick Meighan
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First episode of Family Guy to feature the updated widescreen opening credit sequence. See more »Quotes
[on his radio show]Rush Limbaugh: I want to take a moment to give a shout-out to my good friend Ken Lay, faked his own death, listening in on a ham radio somewhere in international waters. Smooth sailin', Kenny Boy.
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"Republican Town"(uncredited)
Set to the tune of "The Company Way"
Music and Original Lyrics by Frank Loesser
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Family Guy is funny when it sticks to what it does best, stupid quick jokes, surrealist cut aways and a plot that is essentially irrelevant but serves the purpose. Understand that these are not criticisms of the show, since it can still manage to come up with some good situations and hilarious lines from time to time.
This episode however fails entirely for the fact that it seems to be trying to make some kind of political point, at the cost of humour. Whenever Family Guy attempts parody, satire or a vaguely serious theme it just falls flat on its face and gently suffocates in the mud. The writers need to stop trying to be like South Park and stick to what they do best.
With the first episode of series nine being an hour long yawn fest of a humour devoid parody and this episode being almost entirely boring I can only hope that this was just filler and the rest of the season picks up.