Road to Rhode Island/References
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Cultural references
- In the puppy mill flashback scene at the beginning of the episode, Brian notes that he has an “Excedrin headache.”
- On a train back to Quahog, Brian and Stewie sing “We’re on the Road to Rhode Island,” a parody of a song from the 1942 movie Road to Morocco. The episode itself is a parody of/homage to the “Road to” movies. In the song, there is a reference to the 1991 road movie Thelma and Louise. The song mentions several places in Rhode Island, including the City of Newport and Brown University. It also references the banishment of the founders of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from the Massachusetts Bay Colony due to religious persecution.
- Stewie thinks his phone number is 867-5309 thanks to the Tommy Tutone hit “867-5309/Jenny.”
- A scene of Brian in a bar dealing with a girl is inspired by the film Leaving Las Vegas.
- The radio in the car Brian and Stewie steal plays “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?” by Culture Club.
- While driving, Stewie and Brian play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, a game in which people link an actor or actress to Kevin Bacon by six (or less) films.
- During the scene where Brian and Stewie are standing next to his mother, Stewie spots a picture of Jesus and makes the comment "Look at Jesus standing over there by himself, you think those bulldogs would invite him to their card game." Assumingly referring to one of the "Dogs Playing Poker" paintings by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge.
- While eulogizing Brian’s mother, Stewie gives an unusual retelling of the Biblical story of Abraham and Isaac.
- Stewie asks Brian to tape the episode of The Brady Bunch where Bobby saves Greg’s life and Greg becomes Bobby’s slave. However, it was actually Peter whose life Bobby saved in that episode (“My Brother’s Keeper”).
- Peter says, “This is going to be worse than the time we had to sit through your uncle Jerry’s snuff film” referring to snuff films which are tapes that supposedly record real deaths.
References
- S. Callaghan, “Road to Rhode Island.” Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 90–95.
- A. Delarte, “Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 2” in Bob’s Poetry Magazine, 2.May 2005: 20 http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02My.pdf
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