Favorites of Family Guy: Volume One

No Meals on Wheels

Season 5, Episode 14 of Family Guy!

I remember the first time I saw this episode—sitting next to my dad while he lied down, a few weeks before Christmas. Around us were all sorts of decorations; red tinsel and pots of poinsettias, my mom's favorite. Originally, my dad was a Family Guy skeptic—someone who thought the show stupid and mindless. Today, he loves the show and quotes it often when joking around with me...now we're both looking forward to season 24!

 

Anyways, this episode is one of my favorites, not just because of the sentimental value, but because of how offensive it was 🤣! My dad did not expect any of it at all, especially the 'scarejew' at the beginning. To think that Electric Man, Big Pete's House of Munch, and Crippletron are all in the same episode is pretty awesome! 

 

Electric Man (Kneel before Christ! ZAP!!) got big laughs out of both of us! Peter thinking he's Jesus makes it so much funnier. The Quonset hut and the kiosk (Decoys, Lois, Decoys!) was also pretty enjoyable. And of course, who else but Quagmire?...taking it the wrong way🤣

 

 

"Come on down to Big Pete's House of Munch where the elite without feet meet to eat." -Tom Tucker

 

I believe this is the main plot, but I'm not sure as the plot has been all over the place! The Crippletron fight was definitely the highlight of the episode! It makes me laugh every time I see it! When Peter is in the rubble asking to be saved, it is a nice callback to earlier with Ben Stiller's big ears. The Mark Harmon bit was also pretty funny!

 

All in all, a very well rounded episode albeit the most unfocused ever lol. A good contender for my top 5! (I will have an entry on this around my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving!) 

 

 

And now I leave you with a quote..."Joe, what are all these parallelograms doing here?"