Road to Rhode Island

Road To Rhode Island is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. First aired on May 30, 2000. Written by Gary Janetti and directed by Dan Povenmire. Guest starring Victoria Principal as Dr. Amanda Rebecca. Production #2ACX12.

Plot summary

Brian volunteers to pick up Stewie from his vacation at his grandparents' summer home in Palm Springs, where Stewie frames a maid for dinner amusement. At the airport bar, Brian gets very drunk and loses the plane tickets home. Hitchhiking back to Quahog, they pass by a puppy mill near Austin, Texas, Brian's birthplace. Brian's mother was turned into a table by the puppy mill owners. With Stewie's reluctant help, Brian gives his mother a proper burial. On a train back to Quahog, Brian and Stewie sing "We're on the Road to Rhode Island," a parody of a song from the movie Road to Morocco.

Meanwhile, Lois urges Peter to watch relationship videos with her, but the videos turn out to be pornography. Peter becomes addicted to the videos...by himself, much to Lois' chagrin. She manages to get on the end of one of the tapes in black lingerie to entice Peter.

This episode is included in the "Freakin' Sweet Collection" with the deleted Osama Bin Laden scene.

Notes

This is the episode with the infamous deleted Osama bin Laden scene, now only to be found on "The Freakin' Sweet Collection" DVD. Stewie sings a musical number to distract airport baggage handlers from noticing the weapons in his luggage, then remarks that he hopes bin Laden doesn't know show tunes. The camera pans to show bin Laden singing as his luggage goes through the detector. This episode was aired more than a year before the 9/11 attacks. In the commentary, Brian mentions that the moral is that "the FBI should watch Family Guy more often".

See also "Road to Europe".

Cultural references

• Stewie thinks his phone number is 867-5309, thanks to Tommy Tutone.
• The car radio plays "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" by Culture Club.