Sometimes it’s hard to imagine a network called FOX — a name that refers to Bill O’Reilly’s “fair and balanced” reporting, Jack Bauer saving us all, and American Idol having such a good Sunday. night lineup The sheer genius of The Simpsons is followed by the hilarious satire of The Family Guy and the wonderful humor of American Dad.
Unfortunately I was fishing too late to see everything but the last half of The Simpsons, so I had to to grasp things completely in the running. Then came Family Guy, and damn, it was funny. The Dark Angel of Death himself — voiced by Adam Carolla — sends Peter back to 1984 as if he wanted one more time.
When Peter hangs the boys at the Drunken Clam, he begins to regret his life, feeling that he has been cheated out of his wild days. The Angel of Death (voiced by Adam Carolla) manages to talk him back to when he was 18, so Peter could have one “wild night”. Apparently, Peter Snails does everything.
There’s a great line from Brian (the dog) as the puppy (and hot) Lois comes into the scene. “18 year old Lois… son of a dog!” When Peter beat what happened to Lois at a critical time, Brian says to young Lois: “Can I have my oingo boingo in your basement?” Great stuff! Then Peter Ringwald Molly Ringwald ends up wondering why she’s with Peter by saying “I like to hook up with random bar guys”. He’s a shoemaker when Death comes to tell Peter it’s time to go and tells Molly Ringwald “Good to see you Molly, I’ll come back to your life later.”
When Peter and Brian returned to the present, everything changed. Peter is now married to Molly Ringwald, and Lois is married to Quagmire. Judd Nelson shows up and says “I crash here once or twice a week”. Then it really starts to get good.
Many great things seem to have been done differently by Peter and not by his wife Lois. Brian explains everything to Peter, who doesn’t really understand. They begin to learn what else to change. they are amused because “Chevy” is hosting the Tonight Show. Then when they have dinner with the Quagmires, they find out that Al Gore is president and has just killed Osama Bin Ladin. In the market, Peter insists on trying to fix everything. Brian tells him that maybe we can just call it a “wash” because Al Gore is president and we flying cars powered by vegetable oil , a “strong, well-funded education system” zero tolerance for gun control and universal health care. As everyone lives longer and goes down in crime, Death seems harder to find.
With a stroke of luck, Death shows up and Peter wants to let him go so they can go straight. When Morse says he’s had a very busy day because “Dick Cheney, the President of Halliburton, shot Justice. Scalia in the hunting case, and a bullet through he went and killed Karl Rove and Tucker Carlson.” Brian says, “Oh my God, Peter! You can’t marry Lloyd!”
Of course, Death frees Peter and after several trials he is able to do the right thing. But not without alot more laughs! In Back to the Future, Peter must stab Quagmire, and Brian must sing 80s song.
After last week’s episode in which Lois ran for mayor on the “9/11” platform, which also had Kieth Olbermann as guest voice, it’s hard to imagine that this week could be any better. If you don’t watch the show regularly, you don’t know what you’re missing. And if you missed the last season, catch it on reruns!
