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Death Is A Bitch

Written by Neil Goldman and Garrett Donavan and directed by Bob Jaques

Peter's death wish comes true!

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Reference	Details
60 Minutes: After Dark		Lois and Peter are watching this at the start of the episode.
Airport 75		See "Karen Black" reference. Note that in the newscast the backing picture says "Airport '00".
Antonio Banderas		See "Desperado" reference.
Boz Scaggs		Death gives Peter the Complete Boz Scaggs album.
Calista Flockhart		Death sarcastically says to Peter that he's Calista Flockhart.
Chow Yun Fat		Chow Yun Fat (from The Killer) can be scene in the Drunken Clam when everyone is shooting each other.
Dawson's Creek		Death instructs Peter to kill the cast of Dawson's Creek.
Desperado		During the shoot-out in the bar, we can see Antonio Banderas jump in front of the camera, shooting a gun. This is a reference to the movie he was in, "Desperado".
Dirty Work		Peter makes a reference to Norm MacDonald's (voice of Death in this episode) film Dirty Work when he says "Forget it, there is no way I am going to do your dirty work."
DuMont Network		Death mentions that the Griffins' television is so old it could probably pick up the DuMont Network which went bust in 1955.
Entertainment Weekly		Death mentions that the new Entertainment Weekly has a picture of him sneaking up on Tom Snyder.
Fatty Arbuckle		Peter mistakes what Dr. Kaplan tells him, thinking that he has the dead comedian Fatty Arbuckle in his breast.
Flo Jo		Reference is made to the famous female track star when Peter is running away from Death.
Game of Life		Lois and Death play the board game the Game of Life during the episode.
Hitler		A hilarious reference to Hitler is made in a flash scene in which in a world without death, Hitler is hosting his own chat show in LA.
Karen Black		Karen Black saves the day by landing the airplane like she does in the film Airport 75.
Mr.Bungle		Stewie records the chorus of the song "Squeeze Me Macaroni" on his voice recorder : "Knick knack paddywhack and give your dog a bone"
Oscar Wilde		Stewie makes reference to this Irish play write.
Paula Cole / I Don't Want to Wait		"I Don't Want to Wait", the theme music to Dawsons Creek, plays near the end of this episode.
Saturday Night Live		Stewie references Norm MacDonald's Weekly Update from SNL with a "Note To Self"
The Omen		Stewie uses a tricycle to push Lois off a balcony, a reference to the 1976 thriller, "The Omen"
Three's Company / Mr. Roper		When Death says that he is going to have to rest at the Griffins' house Peter replies "You can't stay here … how are we going to explain you to Mr. Roper?"
Titanic		An alternate ending to Titanic is shown when the main characters can't die because there is no death.
Tom Snyder		See "Entertainment Weekly" reference.
Yahoo!		Stewie tell's death that he has a Yahoo! email address: "What's your email? Mine is loismustdie, all one word, @yahoo.com."

Reference

Details

60 Minutes: After Dark

Lois and Peter are watching this at the start of the episode.

Airport 75

See "Karen Black" reference. Note that in the newscast the backing picture says "Airport '00".

Antonio Banderas

See "Desperado" reference.

Boz Scaggs

Death gives Peter the Complete Boz Scaggs album.

Calista Flockhart

Death sarcastically says to Peter that he's Calista Flockhart.

Chow Yun Fat

Chow Yun Fat (from The Killer) can be scene in the Drunken Clam when everyone is shooting each other.

Dawson's Creek

Death instructs Peter to kill the cast of Dawson's Creek.

Desperado

During the shoot-out in the bar, we can see Antonio Banderas jump in front of the camera, shooting a gun. This is a reference to the movie he was in, "Desperado".

Dirty Work

Peter makes a reference to Norm MacDonald's (voice of Death in this episode) film Dirty Work when he says "Forget it, there is no way I am going to do your dirty work."

DuMont Network

Death mentions that the Griffins' television is so old it could probably pick up the DuMont Network which went bust in 1955.

Entertainment Weekly

Death mentions that the new Entertainment Weekly has a picture of him sneaking up on Tom Snyder.

Fatty Arbuckle

Peter mistakes what Dr. Kaplan tells him, thinking that he has the dead comedian Fatty Arbuckle in his breast.

Flo Jo

Reference is made to the famous female track star when Peter is running away from Death.

Game of Life

Lois and Death play the board game the Game of Life during the episode.

Hitler

A hilarious reference to Hitler is made in a flash scene in which in a world without death, Hitler is hosting his own chat show in LA.

Karen Black

Karen Black saves the day by landing the airplane like she does in the film Airport 75.

Mr.Bungle

Stewie records the chorus of the song "Squeeze Me Macaroni" on his voice recorder : "Knick knack paddywhack and give your dog a bone"

Oscar Wilde

Stewie makes reference to this Irish play write.

Paula Cole / I Don't Want to Wait

"I Don't Want to Wait", the theme music to Dawsons Creek, plays near the end of this episode.

Saturday Night Live

Stewie references Norm MacDonald's Weekly Update from SNL with a "Note To Self"

The Omen

Stewie uses a tricycle to push Lois off a balcony, a reference to the 1976 thriller, "The Omen"

Three's Company / Mr. Roper

When Death says that he is going to have to rest at the Griffins' house Peter replies "You can't stay here … how are we going to explain you to Mr. Roper?"

Titanic

An alternate ending to Titanic is shown when the main characters can't die because there is no death.

Tom Snyder

See "Entertainment Weekly" reference.

Yahoo!

Stewie tell's death that he has a Yahoo! email address: "What's your email? Mine is loismustdie, all one word, @yahoo.com."

Note
This is the only episode in which Norm MacDonald provides the voice of Death.
At the end of Hitler's talk show, he displays a phone number that one can call if they would like to view the show live. That number is 213-DU WERDEST EINE KRANKENSCHWESTER BRAUCHEN. Translated to English, the German part of the number means "You will need a nurse." This saying is a German death threat.

Note

This is the only episode in which Norm MacDonald provides the voice of Death.

At the end of Hitler's talk show, he displays a phone number that one can call if they would like to view the show live. That number is 213-DU WERDEST EINE KRANKENSCHWESTER BRAUCHEN. Translated to English, the German part of the number means "You will need a nurse." This saying is a German death threat.

Character	Voice	Notes
Adolf Hitler	Seth MacFarlane
Brian Griffin	Seth MacFarlane
Chris Griffin	Seth Green
Cleveland Brown	Mike Henry
Death	Norm MacDonald
Diane Simmons	Lori Alan
Dr. Hartman	Seth MacFarlane
Giant Squid	UNKNOWN
Lois Griffin	Alex Borstein
Meg Griffin	Lacey Chabert
Peter Griffin	Seth MacFarlane
Quagmire (Glen Quagmire)	Seth MacFarlane
Stewie Griffin	Seth MacFarlane
Tom Tucker	Seth MacFarlane
Tricia Takanawa	Alex Borstein

Character

Voice

Notes

Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane

Seth Green

Mike Henry