Death Lives
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"Death Lives" is an episode from the third season of the FOX animated series Family Guy. It is the 34th episode of Family Guy. It guest stars Adam Carolla as Death, Laura Silverman as Amy, Peter Frampton as himself, and Estelle Harris as Death’s Mother.
[edit] Plot summary
On their wedding anniversary, Peter sends Lois on a scavenger hunt so he can go play golf at Barrington. There, he is struck by lightning, soils himself and has a near-death experience. Death tries to show Peter that his marriage is in trouble; in exchange Peter helps Death get a date with a pet shop clerk, named Amy.
The initial visit by Death to Amy's shop has gone badly, because the animals inside do not like Death and go crazy.
Death takes Peter back in time to his courtship of Lois. Peter did not make a good impression on Lois’s father, Carter Pewterschmidt, who knocked Peter out with an early Etruscan statue and had his servants drop him off a plane into the ocean.
He was rescued by the U.S. Navy ship which Quagmire served on. Quagmire introduces himself as an ensign, though he is not wearing the appropriate uniform. Peter enjoys a rousing musical number performed by Quagmire and his shipmates. Back ashore, Peter gets a ride with Cleveland back to Rhode Island. Cleveland's vehicle is a van tricked out for seduction, it is even named "Hot Chocolate." They are pursued by members of the Ku Klux Klan whom Peter mistakes for ghosts. Peter literally ends up rolling into Carter's private sauna. Carter offers Peter one million dollars to stay away from his daughter. Peter tears up the check, declaring Lois "worthless." Lois, who has heard, comes in to thank Peter.
Death manages to score a date with Amy by talking to her outside of the shop. Peter realizes that he has not appreciated his wife as much recently and once he's back in his body, he asks Death to pay a visit to Peter Frampton.
When Death arrives at Framption's house to persuade him to visit the golf course, Frampton protests, saying that Death should be "at Keith Richards' 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 talk box to make his guitar "talk").
Lois discovers Peter at the golf course and prepares to confront him, but Frampton appears, playing "Baby, I Love Your Way", which is "their" song. Peter presents this as his anniversary gift to her. Lois is deeply moved, asking Peter how he thought of all this; Peter responds by saying he had help from "a very special friend." At the end of the episode, however, Death does not enjoy his date with Amy, as she harps on about animal rights. He then discreetly kills her.
[edit] Notes
- The episode “Peterotica” reveals that Lois’s father offered her $10 million after her marriage to Peter.
- This is not the only episode to focus on Peter going back in time to save his relationship with Lois. In the later episode, "Meet the Quagmires", Peter goes back to the time when he was dating Lois. He loses his chance to kiss her, prompting Lois to marry Quagmire instead.
[edit] Censorship
- Cuts made in syndication:
- The scene where the golf caddy dwarf gives Peter's ball a spit shine is cut.
- The part where Death's mom tells him to put his jacket on is cut.
- The two scenes in Peter's flashback where Quagmire shaves his pubic hair and asks Peter if it looks like a Q were cut.
- After Death tells the girls at the beach that he lives with his mom, and Peter covers his face in disbelief, the part where the girls laugh and walk away, followed by getting his leg knocked away by a volleyball is removed.
- Death's line at the store, "I have no ass. I'm minus an ass." is shortened to "I have no ass."
- Cleveland's line "Your mother's a bitch" is changed to "Your mother smells".
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- Chris and Stewie read an Archie comic book featuring the character Jughead.
- At a flashback Peter uses his stomach to imitate actor Arte Johnson to impress Lois.
- 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.
- Peter tries to pass off the premise of the pulp hero The Shadow as his personal revelation.
- The ball cleaner screams, "Out of me way! They're after me Lucky Charms!" A reference to the Lucky Charms cereal commercials.
- Death has a picture of actor Edward James Olmos (and Olmos’ ass) in his wallet.
- 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.
[edit] References
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- S. Callaghan, “Death Lives.” Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 148 – 151.
- A. Delarte, “Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 3” in Bob’s Poetry Magazine, 2.August 2005: 41 http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02Au.pdf
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