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{{Infobox Scientist
{{Infobox Television episode
|name = Vint Cerf
| Title =Meet the Quagmires
| Series =Family Guy
|image = Vinton Cerf in Lisbon-20070325.jpg
| Image =[[Image:FGmeetquagmires.jpg|220px]]
|image_width = 300px
| Caption =Glenn and Lois Quagmire, and their children.
|caption = Vint Cerf in [[Lisbon]], March 2007.
| Season =5
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|6|23}}
| Episode =18
|birth_place = [[New Haven, Connecticut]]
| Airdate =[[May 20]], [[2007 in television|2007]]
|death_date =
| Production =5ACX13
|death_place =
| Writer =Mark Hentemann
|residence =
| Director =Dan Povenmire
|citizenship = American
Chris Robertson
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| Guests =
| Episode list =[[List of Family Guy episodes]]
|field = [[Computer science]]
| Season list = {{Infobox_Family_Guy_Season_5}}
|workplaces = [[IBM]]<ref name="vita">[http://www.icann.org/correspondence/cerf-testimony-08feb01.htm#Vita Cerf's ''curriculum vitae'' as of February 2001], attached to a transcript of his testimony that month before the [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet]], from [[ICANN]]'s website</ref>, [[UCLA]]<ref name="vita"/>, [[Stanford University]]<ref name="vita"/>, [[DARPA]]<ref name="vita"/>, [[MCI Inc.|MCI]]<ref name="vita"/><ref name="washpost">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/gore032199.htm Gore Deserves Internet Credit, Some Say], a March 1999 ''[[Washington Post]]'' article</ref>, [[Corporation for National Research Initiatives|CNRI]]<ref name="vita"/>, [[Google]]<ref name="google">[http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/vintcerf.html Cerf's up at Google], from the [[Google]] Press Center</ref>
| Prev =[[It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One]]
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| Next =[[Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest]]
|known_for = [[TCP/IP]]<br>[[Internet Society]]
|prizes = [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]
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'''"Meet the Quagmires"''' is the eighteenth and final episode of the fifth season of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] [[List of animated television series|animated series]] ''[[Family Guy]]''. It aired on [[May 20]], [[2007]]. The title of the episode refers to the movies [[Meet the Parents]], and [[Meet the Fockers]].
'''Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf'''<ref name="vita"/> ({{IPA2|sɝf}}; born [[June 23]], [[1943]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[computer scientist]] who is the "person most often called '[[People known as the father or mother of something#Technology|the father]] [[History of the Internet|of the Internet]]'."<ref name="washpost"/><ref>[http://tap.gallaudet.edu/emergency/nov05conference/Remarks/Goldberg.asp Making Televised Emergency Information Accessible] from the [[Gallaudet University]] website</ref><ref>Although its a title he objects to (see [http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38005-1.html?topic=interview Interview with Vinton Cerf], from a January 2006 article in ''[[Government Computer News]]''), Cerf is willing to call himself one of the Internet's fathers, citing [[Bob Kahn]] and [[Leonard Kleinrock]] in particular as being others with whom he should share that title.</ref> His contributions have been recognized repeatedly, with honorary degrees and awards that include the [[National Medal of Technology]],<ref name="vita"/> the [[Turing Award]],<ref name="turing">[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/16/technology/16internet.html?oref=login Cerf wins Turing Award] Feb 16, 2005</ref> and the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]].<ref name="whitehouse">[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051109-10.html 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients] from the White House website</ref>


==Plot==
Cerf has worked for [[Google]] as its [[Vice President]] and Chief [[Technology evangelist|Internet Evangelist]] since September 2005.<ref name="google"/> In this role he has become well known for his predictions on how technology will affect future society, encompassing such areas as [[artificial intelligence]], environmentalism, the advent of [[IPV6]] and the transformation of the television industry and its delivery model.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2007/09/08/dlbroad08.xml The Daily Telegraph], August, 2007</ref>


After hearing [[Glenn Quagmire|Quagmire]] brag about his sexual exploits, [[Peter Griffin|Peter]] feels that he has missed out on enjoying the single lifestyle. [[List of characters from Family Guy#Supernatural characters|Death]] is summoned to The Drunken Clam on a false alarm, and he grants Peter's wish by sending him (along with [[Brian Griffin|Brian]]) back to [[1984]] for one night. Appearing to others as his 18-year-old self, Peter cancels his scheduled movie date to see ''[[Zapped!]]'' (which actually came out on 1982, not 1984) with [[Lois Griffin|Lois Pewterschmidt]], instead accepting an invitation from [[Cleveland Brown|Cleveland]] to go and party at a bar. Peter enjoys the evening, and is making out with actress [[Molly Ringwald]] when Death appears to return him to the present.
==Career==
Cerf's first job after obtaining his B.S. in Mathematics from [[Stanford University]] was at [[IBM]], where he worked for less than two years as a [[systems engineer]] supporting [[QUIKTRAN]].<ref name="vita"/> He left IBM to attend graduate school at [[UCLA]] where he earned his [[master's degree]] in 1970 and his [[PhD]] in 1972<ref name="UCLAEngineering2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/magazine/Spring05/turing.html|title=UCLA School of Engineering Alumnus Chosen for Prestigious Turing Award|publisher=[[UCLA]] Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science|date=Spring 2005}}</ref>. During his graduate student years, he studied under Professor [[Gerald Estrin]], worked in Professor [[Leonard Kleinrock]]'s [[data packet]] networking group that connected the first two nodes of the predecessor<ref name="CNN1999_09_02"/> to the [[Internet]] (the [[ARPANet]] <ref name="CNN1999_09_02">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/02/internet.anniv/|publisher=[[CNN]]|title=Internet predecessor turns 30|date=1999-09-02}}</ref>), and "contributed to a host-to-host protocol" for the ARPANet<ref name="ACM2005_02_16"/>. While at [[UCLA]], he also met [[Robert E. Kahn]], who was working on the [[ARPANet]] hardware architecture<ref name="ACM2005_02_16">{{cite web|url=http://campus.acm.org/public/pressroom/press_releases/2_2005/turing_2_14_2005.cfm|publisher=[[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]]|date=2005-02-16|title=INTERNET PIONEERS CERF AND KAHN TO RECEIVE ACM TURING AWARD}}</ref>. After receiving his doctorate, Cerf became an [[Professor#Assistant professor|assistant professor]] at [[Stanford University]] from 1972-1976, where he "conducted research on packet network interconnection protocols and co-designed the DoD TCP/IP protocol suite with Kahn.<ref name="ACM2005_02_16"/><!-- better to use third-part sources, according to Wikipedia policy at [[WP:Reliable sources]] -->
[[Image:Vinton Cerf-20070512.jpg|thumb|right|Cerf playing [[Spacewar!]] on the [[Computer History Museum]]'s [[PDP-1]], [[ICANN]] meeting, 2007.]] Cerf then moved to [[DARPA]] in 1976, where he stayed until 1982.


Back in the present day, Peter discovers that his past actions have had drastic effects on the world: he and Molly have been married for 20 years; Lois is married to Quagmire; [[Chris Griffin|Chris]], [[Meg Griffin|Meg]] and [[Stewie Griffin|Stewie]] have Quagmire's chin, nose and mannerisms; [[Judd Nelson]] frequently crashes at Peter's house, [[Chevy Chase]] is host of ''[[The Tonight Show]]''; and [[Al Gore]] is [[President of the United States|President]] of a much wealthier, cleaner, safer, healthier, better educated and more technologically advanced [[United States]] where he killed [[Osama bin Laden]] (with his bare hands) who was hiding within the cast of ''[[MADtv]]''. [[Dick Cheney]], who is just known as the chairman of [[Halliburton]], has just shot dead [[Antonin Scalia]], [[Karl Rove]] and [[Tucker Carlson]]. Brian explains to Peter (through use of a blackboard which is a reference to [[Back to the Future Part 2]]) that by missing out on his date with Lois and making out with Molly, he altered the timeline. Over Brian's objections about leaving the perfect world Al Gore could have possibly created, Peter begs Death to return him to the past so he can undo his mistake. Back in the past, Peter is determined to accept Lois' invitation, but stupidly blows his opportunity again and again, and ends up repeatedly asking Death for a do-over. When Peter parties again with Cleveland instead of keeping the date, he asks Death for another chance. Death, however, is fed up with Peter's bumbling and refuses to give him another chance, and Lois is upset with Peter for missing their date. Peter and Brian sneak into the country club dance to prevent the kiss that caused Lois to fall in love with Quagmire. After Lois informs Peter that he'd had his chance and blown it, Peter almost gives up, but then demonstrates his passion by punching out Quagmire and kissing Lois, winning back her heart. He asks her to marry him, and she accepts. Brian sings [[Rick Astley]]'s hit [[1987]] single "[[Never Gonna Give You Up]]." Peter then accidentally elbows Ernie the Giant Chicken. Ernie looks angrily at Peter, but is held back by another party goer, and is told that he'll probably never see Peter again.
As vice president of MCI Digital Information Services from 1982-1986, Cerf led the engineering of MCI Mail, the first commercial email service to be connected to the Internet. Cerf rejoined MCI in 1994 and served as Senior Vice President of Technology Strategy. In this role, he helped to guide corporate strategy development from a technical perspective. Previously, he served as MCI's senior vice president of Architecture and Technology, leading a team of architects and engineers to design advanced networking frameworks, including Internet-based solutions for delivering a combination of data, information, voice and video services for business and consumer use.


Afterwards, Peter and Brian return to present day where they find that life is seemingly back to normal - until [[Roger (American Dad!)|Roger]] from ''[[American Dad!]]'' appears to be living with them.
In 1997, Cerf joined the Board of Trustees of [[Gallaudet University]], a university for the education of the deaf and hard-of-hearing.<ref>[http://news.gallaudet.edu/newsreleases/index.asp?ID=2898 Dr. Vinton G. Cerf Appointed to Gallaudet University's Board of Trustees], from that university's website</ref> Cerf is hearing impaired.<ref>[http://deafness.about.com/cs/celebfeatures/a/vintoncerf.htm Vinton Cerf - Father of the Internet, Vinton Cerf<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


A synth-pop version of the theme music plays over the end credits.
Cerf joined the board of the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]] (ICANN) in 1999, and served until the end of 2007; he used to be the ICANN Chair.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/biog/cerf.htm ICANN Board of Directors - Vinton G. Cerf]</ref>


==Continuity==
Cerf is a member of the Bulgarian President [[Georgi Parvanov]]'s IT Advisory Council, a group created by Presidential Decree on [[March 8]], [[2002]].<ref>[http://www.president.bg/en/adm_sit.php IT Advisory Council (PITAC)] from the official website of the [[List of Presidents of Bulgaria|President of Bulgaria]]</ref> He is also a member of the Advisory Board of [[Eurasia Group]], the political risk consultancy.<ref>[http://www.eurasiagroup.net/about/index_people.php Eurasia Group<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
This episode contradicts Lois and Peter's history as established in several earlier episodes. Major continuity contradictions include:
*In [[Death Lives]] it is revealed that Peter met both [[Glenn Quagmire|Quagmire]] and [[Cleveland Brown|Cleveland]] some time after becoming involved with Lois. However, in this episode he and Lois appear to know both of them well before they even started dating.
*Peter inadvertently elbows Ernie the Chicken in the face, which sets in motion the numerous fight scenes; but in [[Da Boom]], which is non-canon, the fight started when Ernie gave Peter an expired coupon.
*In the episode [[Let's Go to the Hop]] it's established that Lois is two years younger than Peter. In this episode, she should have been aged 16.


==Cultural references==
Cerf is also working on the [[Interplanetary Internet]], together with [[NASA]]'s [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]. It will be a new standard to communicate from planet to planet, using radio/laser communications that are highly tolerant to signal degradation.<ref>[http://www.ipnsig.org/ The InterPlaNetary Internet Project IPN Special Interest Group]</ref>
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*Eighteen-year-old Lois' entrance at Newport Country Club is a homage to ''[[Caddyshack]]'', complete with [[Kenny Loggins]]' "Mr. Night" playing.
*The Drunken Clam, in 1984, is known as "St. Elmo's Clam", a reference to the [[Brat Pack]] movie ''[[St. Elmo's Fire (film)|St. Elmo's Fire]]''. However, the movie was actually released in 1985, a year after the episode is set.
*When dancing in the club, 18-year old Cleveland is wearing the same jacket as seen in [[Michael Jackson]]'s "[[Thriller (music video)|Thriller]]".
*There are many references to the ''[[Back to the Future trilogy]]''. For example, Peter asking "[[Ronald Reagan]] - the actor? He's president?" is a homage to a scene in ''[[Back to the Future]]'' in which Doc Brown asks the very same question. The same movie was parodied near the end of the episode, where there is a dance similar to the one in the movie and Brian, in [[Marty McFly]]'s role, plays the song ''[[Earth Angel]]''. In another reference to the same movie, when Lois is dancing with Quagmire, Brian looks at a photo from the future and finds that Peter's children are fading from the picture, just like Marty did. The scene where Brian uses a chalkboard to explain to Peter why the present is different than it was before they traveled to the past is similar to a scene in ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'' in which Doc Brown uses a chalkboard to illustrate to Marty how their actions in the past changed the present. Also [[Rick Astley]]'s cousin Marvin calls him in the same way that Marvin Berry called his cousin [[Chuck Berry|Chuck]] in ''[[Back to the Future]]''.
*Also during Never Gonna Give Up, another Michael Jackson reference is made when a group of people of people are doing dance moves from the ""[[Beat It]]"" music video.
*[[Pinhead (Hellraiser)|Pinhead]] is seen in a part of this episode, and Peter makes a reference to the ''[[Hellraiser]]'' film.
*After waking up in the alternate time line, Peter asks Brian, "Did you ever see that episode of the [[Twilight Zone]]? You know the one where the woman wakes up in a hospital and all the doctors are pigs?" The Twilight Zone episode he is referring to is "[[The Eye of the Beholder]]."
*The opening of ''[[The Jetsons]]'' is parodied. When the theme reaches the line "Jane, his wife", the normal gag from the opening in which [[George Jetson]] takes a bill and attempts to hand it to [[Jane Jetson]], only to have her take his wallet, occurs. As she begins to fly away with his wallet, however, he grabs her wrist, telling her "I pulled out this bill for you. So you take this and I'll keep the wallet." She then says "I was only going to buy groceries," to which he responds "Bull crap."
*When Quagmire talks about the "Fourth Hole", he says that you have to know just where to look for it, like the entrance to [[Hogwarts]], the school from the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books and movies.
*A poster for the movie ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'' can be seen hanging on the wall of Peter's living room in the alternate timeline.
*When Brian is showing Peter his alternate timeline theory, Peter says, "That's more ridiculous than the theory of why [[Tom Cruise]] runs in all his movies", leading to a cutaway of Tom Cruise running from his [[homosexuality|gay]] thoughts.
*When time traveling, the effect used is the same one used in ''[[Quantum Leap (TV series)|Quantum Leap]]''. Peter appearing as his normal self in 1984, but appearing to everyone else as an 18 year old is another Quantum Leap reference.
*[[Osama bin Laden]] is said to have been hiding within the cast of ''[[MADtv]]'' (with Quagmire claiming that "...it's the one place no one would look", making light of the fact that ''MADtv'' isn't as critically successful as its rival sketch show, ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''). Supervising Producer [[Alex Borstein]], who also voices [[Lois Griffin|Lois Pewterschmidt]] (among others), was a cast member on ''[[MADtv]]'' from Season 3 till Season 7.
*The song that Peter and Cleveland dance on two separate occasions in St. Elmo's Clam during the 1980s scenes is "[[Axel F]]", the theme to ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]''.
*When Peter meets Quagmire's two sons (Chris and Stewie in the unaltered timeline), they seem to be playing a [[PlayStation 2]] [[video game console|console]].
*Seeing as how Meg, Chris and Stewie's appearance doesn't change except for their chin (Quagmire's chin) it is only possible that the children gained all their physical characteristics from Lois while they only inherited Peter's chin and nose.


==Censorship==
In February 2006, Cerf testified before the [[U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce|U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation]]'s Hearing on “[[Network Neutrality]]”.<ref>[http://commerce.senate.gov/pdf/cerf-020706.pdf Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce]</ref>
*Brian asks eighteen year-old Lois if he can "[[Wham]]" his "[[Oingo Boingo]]" into her "[[Velvet Underground]]" in the FOX version. The version shown on Cartoon Network uses the line, "I would eat your poo."
*On the FOX version, when Brian is hitting on the 1980s woman and her boyfriend confronts him, the scene then cuts to Peter making out with Molly Ringwald in a booth at the bar. On Cartoon Network, there is an additional scene where the 1980s man tells Brian he'll kick his ass anytime, anywhere, and Brian challenges the man to meet him on top of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, at 8:00 in the morning.
*When Quagmire is first shown with Lois in the FOX version, he tells her that he wants to play "Schoolgirl and Guy Who Has Sex with the Schoolgirl". On Adult Swim, the game is "Hide and Go Anal".
*At the prom, when Lois says, "Ow, something poked me.", Quagmire says, "It's o.k. it's o.k. It's just my penis." on TBS and Adult swim, but on Fox, "penis" is changed to "wang".


==Notes==
Cerf currently serves on the board of advisors of [[Scientists and Engineers for America]], an organization focused on promoting sound science in American government.<ref>http://www.sefora.org/board_of_advisors.php</ref>
*Brian comments that ''Never Gonna Give You Up'' was "written by a [[homosexuality|gay]] guy". There is no evidence that seems to support this claim, and it's intent is unclear. The original performer, [[Rick Astley]], is not gay, and none of the [[Stock Aitken Waterman|three men]] that wrote the song are either (at least not openly).

*The way Brian supplied the inspiration to Rick Astley (when his cousin Marvin had him listen to it over the phone) seems to suggest an [[ontological paradox]], as the true origins of song are seemingly non-existent in the Family Guy universe.
In 2008 Cerf chaired the [[Internationalized domain name|IDNAbis]] working group of the [[IETF]].<ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/wg/idnabis IDNAbis WG]</ref>

==Awards and honors==

Cerf has received a number of honorary degrees, including doctorates, from the [[University of the Balearic Islands]], [[ETH]] in [[Switzerland]], [[Capitol College]], [[Gettysburg College]], [[George Mason University]], [[University of Pisa]], [[University of Rovira and Virgili]] ([[Tarragona]], [[Spain]]), [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]], University of Lulea (Sweden), [[University of Twente]] ([[Netherlands]]), [[Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications]], [[Polytechnic University (New York)|Brooklyn Polytechnic]], UPCT (University of Cartagena, [[Spain]]) and Royal Roads University (Canada)

Further awards include:
[[Image:CerfKahnMedalOfFreedom.jpg|thumb|220px|Cerf and [[Bob Kahn|Bob E. Kahn]] being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bush]]
[[Image:CerfParvanov.jpg|thumb|220px|Cerf and Bulgarian President Parvanov]] being awarded the St.St. Cyril and Methodius in the Coat of Arms Order]]
*Prince of Asturias award for science and technology
*Fellow of the [[Association for Computing Machinery]]
*[[Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award]]
*[[SIGCOMM Award]] for "contributions to the Internet [spanning] more than 25 years, from development of the fundamental TCP/IP protocols".<ref>[http://www.sigcomm.org/awards.html SIGCOMM Awards<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*In December 1997 he, along with his partner Robert E. Kahn, was presented with the [[National Medal of Technology]] by President [[Bill Clinton]], "for creating and sustaining development of Internet Protocols and continuing to provide leadership in the emerging industry of internetworking."<ref>http://www.ostp.gov/html/motmos.html</ref>
*He received the [[Living Legend Medal]] from the Library of Congress in April 2000
*Dr. Cerf was selected as a Fellow of the [[Association for Women in Science]] (AWIS) in 2000
*Cerf and Kahn were the winners of the [[Turing Award]] for 2004,<ref name="turing"/> for their "pioneering work on [[internetworking]], including .. the Internet's basic [[communications protocols]] .. and for inspired leadership in networking."<ref>[http://awards.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=8047952&srt=all&aw=140&ao=AMTURING ACM: Fellows Award / Vinton G. Cerf<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*In November 2005, Vinton Cerf and Kahn were awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President [[George W. Bush]] for their contributions to the creation of the Internet.<ref name="whitehouse"/>
*He and Robert Kahn were inducted into the [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]] in May 2006
*Vinton Cerf was awarded the St.St. Cyril and Methodius in the Coat of Arms Order in July 2006 <ref>[http://isoc.bg/it-delegation.html ISOC-Bulgaria: IT-delegation in Sofia</ref>
*Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn were each inducted as an Honorary Fellow of the [[Society for Technical Communication]] (STC) in May 2006
*He and Robert Kahn were awarded the [[Japan Prize]] in January 2008.<ref>[http://www.japanprize.jp/prize/2008/e1_cerf_kahn.htm 2008 (24th) Japan Prize Laureate<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*Dr Cerf was inducted into the [[Worshipful Company of Information Technologists]] and given the [[Freedom of the City]] of London in April 2008.

==Partial bibliography==
[[Image:Vinton Cerf.jpg|thumb|Cerf speaking at the [[National Library of New Zealand]].]]
[[Image:Vint Cerf, Bangalore 2007 3.jpg|right|thumb|Cerf at a conference in Bangalore.]]
[[Image:VintCerfJI3.jpg|right|thumb|Cerf at 2007 Los Angeles ICANN meeting.]]
[[Image:Cerfs up.jpg|right|thumb|License plate circa 1996.]]

===As author===
*''Zero Text Length EOF Message'' (RFC 13, August 1969)
*''IMP-IMP and HOST-HOST Control Links'' (RFC 18, September 1969)
*''ASCII format for network interchange'' (RFC 20, October 1969)
*''Host-host control message formats'' (RFC 22, October 1969)
*''Data transfer protocols'' (RFC 163, May 1971)
*''PARRY encounters the DOCTOR'' (RFC 439, January 1973)
*'' 'Twas the night before start-up'' (RFC 968, December 1985)
*''Report of the second Ad Hoc Network Management Review Group'', RFC 1109, August 1989
* ''Internet Activities Board'', RFC 1120, September 1989
* ''Thoughts on the National Research and Education Network'', RFC 1167, July 1990
* ''Networks'', [[Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Networks]], September, 1991
* ''Guidelines for Internet Measurement Activities'', October 1991
*''A VIEW FROM THE 21ST CENTURY'', RFC 1607, April 1, 1994
*''An Agreement between the Internet Society and Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the Matter of ONC RPC and XDR Protocols'', RFC 1790, April 1995
*''I REMEMBER IANA'', RFC 2468, October 1998
* ''Memo from the Consortium for Slow Commotion Research (CSCR'', RFC 1217, April 1 1999
*''The Internet is for Everyone'', RFC 3271, April 2002

===As co-author===
* Vinton Cerf, Robert Kahn, ''A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication'' ([[IEEE]] Transactions on Communications, May 1974)
* Vinton Cerf, Y. Dalal, C. Sunshine, ''Specification of Internet Transmission Control Program'' (RFC 675, December 1974)
* Vinton Cerf, [[Jon Postel]], ''Mail transition plan'' (RFC 771, September 1980)
* Vinton Cerf, K.L. Mills ''Explaining the role of GOSIP'', RFC 1169, August 1990
* Clark, Chapin, Cerf, Braden, Hobby, ''Towards the Future Internet Architecture'', RFC 1287, December 1991
* Vinton Cerf et al, ''A Strategic Plan for Deploying an Internet X.500 Directory Service'', RFC 1430, February 1993
* Vinton Cerf & [[Bob Kahn]], ''Al Gore and the Internet,'' [[2000-09-28]]<ref>[http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200009/msg00052.html IP: Al Gore's support of the Internet, by V.Cerf and B.Kahn [ I second<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* Vinton Cerf et al, ''Delay-Tolerant Networking Architecture (Informational Status)'', RFC 4838, April 2007

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Meet_the_Quagmires Meet the Quagmires] at [[Family Guy]] [[Wikia]] wiki.
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*[http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/display.phtml?id=118 Oral history interview with Vinton G. Cerf]. [[Charles Babbage Institute]] University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Cerf describes his involvement with the ARPA network, including his work for the Network Measurement Center at UCLA, and his relationships with Bolt Beranek and Newman, Robert Kahn, Lawrence Roberts, and the Network Working Group. Aso discusses development of the TCP/IP protocol, IPTO funding at Stanford University, his decision in 1976 to become a program manager for networking projects at IPTO, and the military use of IPTO networking projects.
*[http://www.govtech.com/gt/video/?fr_story=bf85a3498f6108148c41aa2af293f4722847eb6f&rf=bm Vint Cerf video lecture "The Internet in 2035"]
*[http://www.govtech.com/gt/video/?fr_story=84cecf4a6c208ea97fd568a8a99a40faebf044e6&rf=bm Vint Cerf video interview on the evolution of the Internet]
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/cerf.html Internet Pioneers - Vint Cerf]
*[http://icannwiki.org/Vinton_Cerf ICANNWiki on Vint Cerf]
*[http://ondemand.video.t-online.hu/mte/070402_vint_eloadas_angol_szeles.wmv Vint Cerf on "Freedom of the Internet"], 45 mins., official web stream of presentation for Hungarian "TV University", March 2007
* [http://www.deaflife.com/back_issue/listing/113.html DeafLife features on Vint Cerf, November 1997]
* [http://www.hwswworld.com/uploaddownload/interview/vint.mp3 Vint Cerf Frontier Visionary Interview with Frontier Journal]
* Vint Cerf lecture [http://www1.city.ac.uk/news/archive/2008/04_april/16042008_2.html "Tracking the Internet into the 21st Century"] for the [[Worshipful Company of Information Technologists]] at [[City University London]] in April 2008.

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"Meet the Quagmires"

"Meet the Quagmires" is the eighteenth and final episode of the fifth season of the FOX animated series Family Guy. It aired on May 20, 2007. The title of the episode refers to the movies Meet the Parents, and Meet the Fockers.

Plot

After hearing Quagmire brag about his sexual exploits, Peter feels that he has missed out on enjoying the single lifestyle. Death is summoned to The Drunken Clam on a false alarm, and he grants Peter's wish by sending him (along with Brian) back to 1984 for one night. Appearing to others as his 18-year-old self, Peter cancels his scheduled movie date to see Zapped! (which actually came out on 1982, not 1984) with Lois Pewterschmidt, instead accepting an invitation from Cleveland to go and party at a bar. Peter enjoys the evening, and is making out with actress Molly Ringwald when Death appears to return him to the present.

Back in the present day, Peter discovers that his past actions have had drastic effects on the world: he and Molly have been married for 20 years; Lois is married to Quagmire; Chris, Meg and Stewie have Quagmire's chin, nose and mannerisms; Judd Nelson frequently crashes at Peter's house, Chevy Chase is host of The Tonight Show; and Al Gore is President of a much wealthier, cleaner, safer, healthier, better educated and more technologically advanced United States where he killed Osama bin Laden (with his bare hands) who was hiding within the cast of MADtv. Dick Cheney, who is just known as the chairman of Halliburton, has just shot dead Antonin Scalia, Karl Rove and Tucker Carlson. Brian explains to Peter (through use of a blackboard which is a reference to Back to the Future Part 2) that by missing out on his date with Lois and making out with Molly, he altered the timeline. Over Brian's objections about leaving the perfect world Al Gore could have possibly created, Peter begs Death to return him to the past so he can undo his mistake. Back in the past, Peter is determined to accept Lois' invitation, but stupidly blows his opportunity again and again, and ends up repeatedly asking Death for a do-over. When Peter parties again with Cleveland instead of keeping the date, he asks Death for another chance. Death, however, is fed up with Peter's bumbling and refuses to give him another chance, and Lois is upset with Peter for missing their date. Peter and Brian sneak into the country club dance to prevent the kiss that caused Lois to fall in love with Quagmire. After Lois informs Peter that he'd had his chance and blown it, Peter almost gives up, but then demonstrates his passion by punching out Quagmire and kissing Lois, winning back her heart. He asks her to marry him, and she accepts. Brian sings Rick Astley's hit 1987 single "Never Gonna Give You Up." Peter then accidentally elbows Ernie the Giant Chicken. Ernie looks angrily at Peter, but is held back by another party goer, and is told that he'll probably never see Peter again.

Afterwards, Peter and Brian return to present day where they find that life is seemingly back to normal - until Roger from American Dad! appears to be living with them.

A synth-pop version of the theme music plays over the end credits.

Continuity

This episode contradicts Lois and Peter's history as established in several earlier episodes. Major continuity contradictions include:

  • In Death Lives it is revealed that Peter met both Quagmire and Cleveland some time after becoming involved with Lois. However, in this episode he and Lois appear to know both of them well before they even started dating.
  • Peter inadvertently elbows Ernie the Chicken in the face, which sets in motion the numerous fight scenes; but in Da Boom, which is non-canon, the fight started when Ernie gave Peter an expired coupon.
  • In the episode Let's Go to the Hop it's established that Lois is two years younger than Peter. In this episode, she should have been aged 16.

Cultural references

  • Eighteen-year-old Lois' entrance at Newport Country Club is a homage to Caddyshack, complete with Kenny Loggins' "Mr. Night" playing.
  • The Drunken Clam, in 1984, is known as "St. Elmo's Clam", a reference to the Brat Pack movie St. Elmo's Fire. However, the movie was actually released in 1985, a year after the episode is set.
  • When dancing in the club, 18-year old Cleveland is wearing the same jacket as seen in Michael Jackson's "Thriller".
  • There are many references to the Back to the Future trilogy. For example, Peter asking "Ronald Reagan - the actor? He's president?" is a homage to a scene in Back to the Future in which Doc Brown asks the very same question. The same movie was parodied near the end of the episode, where there is a dance similar to the one in the movie and Brian, in Marty McFly's role, plays the song Earth Angel. In another reference to the same movie, when Lois is dancing with Quagmire, Brian looks at a photo from the future and finds that Peter's children are fading from the picture, just like Marty did. The scene where Brian uses a chalkboard to explain to Peter why the present is different than it was before they traveled to the past is similar to a scene in Back to the Future Part II in which Doc Brown uses a chalkboard to illustrate to Marty how their actions in the past changed the present. Also Rick Astley's cousin Marvin calls him in the same way that Marvin Berry called his cousin Chuck in Back to the Future.
  • Also during Never Gonna Give Up, another Michael Jackson reference is made when a group of people of people are doing dance moves from the ""Beat It"" music video.
  • Pinhead is seen in a part of this episode, and Peter makes a reference to the Hellraiser film.
  • After waking up in the alternate time line, Peter asks Brian, "Did you ever see that episode of the Twilight Zone? You know the one where the woman wakes up in a hospital and all the doctors are pigs?" The Twilight Zone episode he is referring to is "The Eye of the Beholder."
  • The opening of The Jetsons is parodied. When the theme reaches the line "Jane, his wife", the normal gag from the opening in which George Jetson takes a bill and attempts to hand it to Jane Jetson, only to have her take his wallet, occurs. As she begins to fly away with his wallet, however, he grabs her wrist, telling her "I pulled out this bill for you. So you take this and I'll keep the wallet." She then says "I was only going to buy groceries," to which he responds "Bull crap."
  • When Quagmire talks about the "Fourth Hole", he says that you have to know just where to look for it, like the entrance to Hogwarts, the school from the Harry Potter books and movies.
  • A poster for the movie Sixteen Candles can be seen hanging on the wall of Peter's living room in the alternate timeline.
  • When Brian is showing Peter his alternate timeline theory, Peter says, "That's more ridiculous than the theory of why Tom Cruise runs in all his movies", leading to a cutaway of Tom Cruise running from his gay thoughts.
  • When time traveling, the effect used is the same one used in Quantum Leap. Peter appearing as his normal self in 1984, but appearing to everyone else as an 18 year old is another Quantum Leap reference.
  • Osama bin Laden is said to have been hiding within the cast of MADtv (with Quagmire claiming that "...it's the one place no one would look", making light of the fact that MADtv isn't as critically successful as its rival sketch show, Saturday Night Live). Supervising Producer Alex Borstein, who also voices Lois Pewterschmidt (among others), was a cast member on MADtv from Season 3 till Season 7.
  • The song that Peter and Cleveland dance on two separate occasions in St. Elmo's Clam during the 1980s scenes is "Axel F", the theme to Beverly Hills Cop.
  • When Peter meets Quagmire's two sons (Chris and Stewie in the unaltered timeline), they seem to be playing a PlayStation 2 console.
  • Seeing as how Meg, Chris and Stewie's appearance doesn't change except for their chin (Quagmire's chin) it is only possible that the children gained all their physical characteristics from Lois while they only inherited Peter's chin and nose.

Censorship

  • Brian asks eighteen year-old Lois if he can "Wham" his "Oingo Boingo" into her "Velvet Underground" in the FOX version. The version shown on Cartoon Network uses the line, "I would eat your poo."
  • On the FOX version, when Brian is hitting on the 1980s woman and her boyfriend confronts him, the scene then cuts to Peter making out with Molly Ringwald in a booth at the bar. On Cartoon Network, there is an additional scene where the 1980s man tells Brian he'll kick his ass anytime, anywhere, and Brian challenges the man to meet him on top of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, at 8:00 in the morning.
  • When Quagmire is first shown with Lois in the FOX version, he tells her that he wants to play "Schoolgirl and Guy Who Has Sex with the Schoolgirl". On Adult Swim, the game is "Hide and Go Anal".
  • At the prom, when Lois says, "Ow, something poked me.", Quagmire says, "It's o.k. it's o.k. It's just my penis." on TBS and Adult swim, but on Fox, "penis" is changed to "wang".

Notes

  • Brian comments that Never Gonna Give You Up was "written by a gay guy". There is no evidence that seems to support this claim, and it's intent is unclear. The original performer, Rick Astley, is not gay, and none of the three men that wrote the song are either (at least not openly).
  • The way Brian supplied the inspiration to Rick Astley (when his cousin Marvin had him listen to it over the phone) seems to suggest an ontological paradox, as the true origins of song are seemingly non-existent in the Family Guy universe.

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