And the Wiener Is...

"And the Wiener Is..." is an episode of Family Guy. Guest starring Patrick Duffy as Jack. The title is a reference to the saying "And the winner is..."

Plot summary

Peter is sure that Chris will never beat him at anything, from skating races to stacking dinnerware on top of his head. But at the sauna, he discovers Chris has a bigger penis. Suddenly insecure, Peter tries buying a long, red car (which is caught in a collision and shortened to an extreme amount as a bus full of pretty models drive by) and joining the National Gun Association (parodying the National Rifle Association).

Meanwhile, Meg tries out for cheerleading but is accepted into the flag girl squad instead. At the game she is pelted with stale meat, and Lois devises a plan for revenge. Meg is reluctant at first, but goes along with Lois's cunning ideas.

Notes

• The American Dad! episode "Stannie Get Your Gun" also references the National Gun Association.
• The FOX version of this episode has a warning about sexual content.

Cultural references

• While ice skating, Lois says, “I’m that pretty, dark-haired figure-skater with the horse teeth, you know, the one who got what she had coming,” a reference to Nancy Kerrigan.
• After Brian threw a snowball at Stewie, Stewie says: "Made my brown eyes blue with that one," referencing the Crystal Gayle hit "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue."
• Stewie then attacks Brian with a snowball cannon, exclaiming, "Now is the winter of your discontent," paraphrasing a well-known line from Richard III by William Shakespeare.
• The marching band plays Eddy Grant's 1983 hit “Electric Avenue.”
• Peter refers to himself as “the white Larry Bird,” despite the fact that the NBA star is white.
• In a fantasy sequence, Stewie sings Elton John's “Rocket Man,” imitating William Shatner’s infamous performance of the song at a 1978 science fiction film awards ceremony.
• On the NGA’s shooting range, a Storm Trooper from the Star Wars film series shoots a cutout of Luke Skywalker and misses every time, a reference to films where the main stars never seem to get hurt badly.
• Also on the shooting range, a blind man is seen shooting and "hitting the broad side of a barn", as the famous saying goes.
• The NGA’s cartoon featuring “Petey the Pistol” is a parody of the NRA’s featuring Eddie Eagle.
• The NGA film ends with the lesson, "guns don't kill people, dangerous minorities do." This is a parody of National Rifle Association's infamous slogan "guns don't kill people, people kill people," as well as a parody of the stereotype associating gun ownership advocates with white supremacists.
• While hunting, Peter takes the name Rooster Cogburn, the main character of the 1969 western True Grit.

Goofs

When Joe is sliding down the hill on his wheelchair, after kevin falls off Joe starts kicking his legs even though he doesn't get movement back to them until he falls off.

References

• S. Callaghan, "And the Wiener is..." Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1-3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 144 - 147.
• A. Delarte, "Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 3" in Bob's Poetry Magazine, 2.August 2005: 40 - 41 http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02Au.pdf