Bango Was His Name Oh/References

Cultural References

• On Peter and Lois's trip to Las Vegas they see the Jew Man Group, a parody of the Blue Man Group playing the Jewish Hava Nagilah.
• Peter is fast-forwarding to the commercials, and the one he’s watching is a parody of the American Diabetes Association with Wilford Brimley.
• Peter states going with Meg on their last crusade, which refers to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade where Peter identifies a coffee mug with the name Jesus on it as The Holy Grail.
• In the desert, Stewie and Brian think they see a Dr Pepper Machine and race to it, only to find it’s a mirage and actually an RC Cola Machine.
• Stewie states that his “father” having relations with Lois is more disgusting than his cousin Quark Griffin.
• After Stewie begins to drive, he puts a John Deere hat and the Smokey and the Bandit theme song begins playing as he drives off.
• Lois asks Chris who the women are in [Sex and the City and Chris lists Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Scrappy-Doo, the nephew of Scooby-Doo, who appeared on a bunch of cartoons, including three animated Scooby Doo movies. Then he guessed Bosley from the campy 1970's action show Charlie's Angels, Tootie from the 1980s sitcom The Facts of Life, and singer Sheena Easton.
• When Chris cannot name the fourth member of Sex and the City (Charlotte) Lois orders a torturer called Endo to electrocute him. This is a direct reference to Lethal Weapon where Riggs is being tortured in the same manner by the same character.
• There are at least two Star Wars references in the episode. The wipe directly following the RV crash is a standard wipe used in many Star Wars movies. A second reference is used when several Jawas are seen farting and thrashing Stewie's rental car. Stewie even speaks Jawanese proclaiming "Utini!" before quoting C-3PO from Star Wars Episode IV, "Filthy creatures."
• In a moment of self-parody, when Stewie jumps from the upper floor window of the San Francisco Park Barrington Hotel, he is shown as being "played" by a stunt man, who wears a moustache and a bald cap, in a poor disguise of Stewie. Many viewers have confused this for a portrayal of video game character "Super Mario", the Italian plumber, to whom he certainly bears a resemblance. When the "stunt double" lands in the dumpster, a classic "Texas switch" is portrayed, (as often used in the "Naked Gun" movies) with the real Stewie emerging from the trash.
• When Stewie follows the taxi which Stu has taken, it is a parody of the car chase in the 1968 movie Bullitt starring Steve McQueen.
• When Stewie finds Stu in the trolley, Stu says "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, this is not good, this is very bad, very bad!" The "very bad" part is probably a reference to the movie Rain Man during Raymond's emotional outburst about the hot water in the tub.
• When Stewie comes up to Brian, Brian says he is paying the bills,to which Stewie responds that Peter pays the bills, to which Brian answers, "It's at this girl's house." This is a reference to Jillian, Brian's girlfriend.

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