Death Lives/References

• A flashback to Peter and Lois’ courtship reveals that their song is “Baby, I Love Your Way” by Peter Frampton, who appears as himself to sing it at the end (according to the DVD commentary, Seth MacFarlane asked Frampton if he’d be willing to sing altered lyrics, a suggestion that was not well received).
• Also in this flashback, Death wonders why he used to wear a hippie-style robe, saying “I must have been high” in reference to the 1970s.
• Chris and Stewie read an Archie comic book featuring the character Jughead.

Peter tries to get back in his body through the mouth, because he refuses to go in the back way.

• To impress Lois, Peter uses his stomach to imitate actor Arte Johnson.
• Peter tries to pass off the premise of the pulp hero The Shadow as his personal revelation.
• For an unknown reason, Death has a picture of actor Edward James Olmos (and Olmos’ ass) in his wallet.
• Peter confuses the chasing Ku Klux Klan members with ghosts.
• Peter encourages Death by arguing “Robert Reed got Florence Henderson.” Reed and Henderson played Mike and Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch.
• Peter and Death shop for clothes at The Gap.
• When Death arrives at Peter Frampton’s house to persuade him to visit the golf course, Frampton protests, saying that Death should be “at Keith Richard’s house” (a joke Frampton himself pitched, according to the DVD commentary). Death also asks Frampton to bring “the thing that makes your guitar go ‘wah wah wah,’ ” referencing Frampton’s famous use of a talkbox to make his guitar “talk.”

• When Death enters the pet store, he cannot talk to the girl working at the counter because all the animals break out in an uproar. This references the concept that animals are more 'tuned' into seeing supernatural things (ghosts, demons, and apparently Death). In many shows, you see animals going crazy when a supernatural entity is in the room.
• When the guys are out golfing, the small ball-caddy runs across the screen saying "Out of me way! they're after me Lucky Charms!" and Quagmire says that he paid him $10 to say that. That tagline was used by General Mills to promote their cereal Lucky Charms which uses a leprechaun as the spokesperson. When kids would chase him (not for the pot of gold as leprechaun's are rumored to have) he would spout of this expression.

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