Brian the Bachelor/References

• When Stewie swats the spoon away from his face and says “Well, I guess the pilot was JFK, Junior,” he is referring to the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr, who died while piloting a plane. Stewie then says sadly, “Wow, even I found that to be in bad taste.”
• After Brian rejects a donkey for group date with Brooke, Prince Adam takes the animal and transforms him into Battle-Cat, and himself into He-Man.
• The show is centered around a parody of the ABC show The Bachelorette.
• The first thing that Chris’s pimple says is “Feed me,” like Audrey II from the Little Shop of Horrors.
• The message Chris spray-paints on the wall, "That's enough, John Mayer", refers to the singer-songwriter whose albums have been widely panned by some music fans.
• A sexually suggestive Snorks gag is seen after Chris spray-paints the mini-mart wall.
• In one of the confessions Brian gives for The Bachelorette, he sings a few lines from “At This Moment” by Billy Vera and the Beaters.
• One of Chris’ pimples demands, “Where are all the whiteheads at?” This is a reference to Cleavon Little’s ploy to goad the Klansmen to leave the line of villains in Blazing Saddles: “Where are all the white women at?” (or more generally, a reference to the stereotype of black men preferring white women).
• The story of the talking pimple is reminiscent of the films Little Shop of Horrors and How to Get Ahead in Advertising.
• When Herbert hops outside Chris’ window on a ladder, the whole scene up to when he falls down is a parody from the film Animal House.
• When Mort Goldman throws the pot of hot coffee on Peter, it is a direct parody of the ending of the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
• Brian and Brooke share an interest in jazz musician John Coltrane—“early Coltrane, before he got clean.” (Coltrane was a heroin addict until 1957.) She is also interested in Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster. (She also jokingly lists DJ Jazzy Jeff.)
• Michael Eisner gives Brian a “parting gift” from ABC after Brian is finished with the show. But the gift turns out to be the bill for the show’s mansion, to which Michael Eisner runs while childishly declaring “No givesies backsies!”

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