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This is the first episode of season five in Europe, New Zealand and Australia. This episode and all subsequent episodes until “Untitled Griffin Family History” aired as the fifth season and are released as a three disc set on Region 2 in Europe and on Region 4 in New Zealand and Australia in November 2006.

Brian's cousin Jasper, and his boyfriend Ricardo, appear for a couple of frames while Stewie rides through a gay pride parade. (Ricardo was introduced in "Brian Does Hollywood" and appears again with Jasper in "You May Now Kiss the...Uh...Guy Who Receives."

The FCC song in this episode was voted #2 on the Museum of Television and Radio special "TV's Funniest Moments" which aired on FOX on June 1, 2007 behind The Chris Rock Show segment "Black Progress."

Censorship

• According to the DVD commentary, the part where Quagmire passes out after overhearing Peter saying, “I like eating red carpet!” (in his mind referring to Lois' hair color) originally had Quagmire holding a running hose instead of a newspaper, but the FOX Standards found it too obscene because running hose would have looked too much like a penis ejaculating when Quagmire passed out.
• Also, the cutaway where Peter gets raped on his 16th birthday (in a parody of the end of the movie Sixteen Candles) originally had Jake Ryan undoing the belt to his pants, but FOX objected.
• The version of this episode that is on the DVD has a different sequence of the part where Peter decides to put original programming on PTV after obtaining success from airing uncut versions of old sitcoms:
  • TV Version: Cheeky Bastard and Midnight Q were shown after Peter decides to put original programming on PTV. When Lois complains about the new shows and Peter says, “There’s nothing offensive about my programming,” it then goes to The Side-Boob Hour, the scene then cuts to the outside of the Griffin house and Lois can be heard saying, “The Side Boob Hour?!” followed by a cut to Lois telling Peter that she called the FCC about his offensive programming.
  • DVD Version: The Side Boob Hour is shown first, followed by Cheeky Bastard and Midnight Q. A fourth show, called Douchebags (a parody of the MTV show Jackass) is shown, where Cleveland and Peter are at a bridge over a highway doing an episode called “I Dare You to Crap Off of That.” Peter craps off the bridge (because Cleveland dared him) and his feces lands on the windshield of Lois’s car, causing it to crash. The scene then cuts to Peter telling Lois that she shouldn’t be mad since she was the one who drove into oncoming crap. Lois doesn’t buy the excuse and points out that Stewie (who was in the car with her at the time of the accident) is so traumatized from the experience that he’ll never ride in the car again (with a shot of Stewie cowering in the corner next to the speaker, mumbling, “Turn off the windshield wipers. They don’t work; they’re just making it worse”) before it cuts to Lois telling Peter that she called the FCC about Peter’s offensive programming. This accounts for Stewie being first seen next to the speaker for his first contribution to The FCC Song.

According to DVD commentary, the Douchebags segment was supposed to air on TV, but only if edits were made to the sequence (i.e., Peter isn’t supposed to be shown pulling down his pants, the wet, plopping sound of Peter’s feces hitting the windshield can’t be heard). Instead of adhering to the censor’s notes, the scene was taken out altogether and further edits were made to cover it up.

“Explicit” Scenes from the FCC song

Near the end of the FCC musical number, a montage of explicit scenes is shown. Many of them are scenes from previous episodes of Family Guy.

• Explicit scenes from the FCC song:
  • Stewie, dressed in leather bondage gear, spanks Brian, who is tied up and ballgagged.
  • Peter, in a skimpy pink bikini, flashing his boobs on Howard Stern’s radio show.
  • Peter, with his pants down, farts while Stewie lights it what appears to be a disposable lighter. He and Brian watch, wearing welder's visors.

• • Peter, naked, on a date with a blow-up doll (that looks similar to the one Quagmire danced with on “Peterotica” during his “Make ’Em Laugh” musical number).
  • Justin Timberlake removes Peter’s nipple covering in a parody of the Janet Jackson incident.
  • Peter sucks on a popsicle, simulating oral sex (a reference to an incident on The Gong Show where two girls seductively suck on orange popsicles as part of their act).
  • Peter, Brian and Stewie, in nightgowns, having a pillowfight.
  • Brian, wearing a miner’s cap, puts on rubber gloves, presumably about to give Peter a cavity search.
  • Peter chokes Lois with a watermelon slice (“Emission Impossible”).
  • Amanda Rebecca, the woman from the marriage counseling videos, rips off her blouse (“Road to Rhode Island”).
  • Peter hurriedly covers up his genitals with a pillow as a door is opened (“Road to Rhode Island”)
  • Stewie admires himself wearing lipstick (“Emission Impossible”).
  • Dave Campbell, naked, bends over to feel the lawn (“From Method to Madness”).
  • Stewie humps a Miss Piggy doll (“Brian Does Hollywood”).
  • Peter, naked, makes pelvic thrusts at Meg (“From Method to Madness”).
  • Stewie gives a public speech and realizes he is naked (“He’s Too Sexy for His Fat”).
  • Peter licking his boob (“He’s Too Sexy for His Fat”).
  • Quagmire gets his penis slammed in a window (“Lethal Weapons”).
  • Lois in a leather S&M outfit (“Let’s Go to the Hop”).
  • Stewie sucks on Peter’s nipple (“I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar”).
  • Peter, without pants, passes out on the laps of Meg and her friends (“Jungle Love”).
  • Jeff Campbell, naked, squirts a super-soaker covering his penis (“From Method to Madness”).
  • Peter makes orange juice using his nipple (“The Story on Page One”).

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