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Road To Rhode Island

Written by Gary Janetti and directed by Dan Povenmire

Stewie is staying at his grandparents house in Palm Springs, and when time arrives for him to return home, Brian offers to go and fetch him for Lois. But Stewie loses their plane tickets and the two of them have to go on a long journey across country to get home with a stop off at Austin, Texas, Brian`s birth place.

Meanwhile, back in Quahog: Lois gets Peter hooked on a marriage guidance video, and Chris is driving his sister Meg crazy with his little games.

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Road To Rhode Island on DVD

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Family Guy Volume 1 (region 1)
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Reference	Details
"Morocco Bound" / "Off on the Road to Morroco"		"Off on the Road to Rhode Island" is a parody of the song "Off on the Road to Morroco" by Bob Hope.
A Chorus Line / ``I Hope I Get It``		In the Bin Laden scene (edited out of post-9/11 copies) Bin Laden sings part of the song ``I Hope I Get It`` from the Broadway musical ``A Chorus Line``.
Cirrhosis		Stewie calls Brian Cirrhosis the Wonder Dog. Cirrhosis is a liver condition usually due to heavy drinking.
Culture Club`s ``Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?``		Stewie mentions that he likes Culture Club`s ``Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?`` in the stolen car. Culture Club were a popular 1980s band from the UK lead by Boy George.
Katherine Hepburn		Peter asks Lois to do her Katherine Hepburn impression in this episode, like from the movie ``Philidelphia Story`` (1940), not ``On Golden Pond`` (1981).
Masochism		They mention a masochist in the song
On the Good Ship Lollypop		Stewie sings this song to smuggle weapons trhough customs.
Osama Bin Laden		Osama Bin Laden is trying to smuggle weapons through customs. Sadly this scene has been cut from all showings of the episode (including the DVD's) since 9/11.
Philadelphia
Scarface		The scene in which Stewie overhears two people arguing over a drugs deal (``You got the money?``, ``Yeah, I got the money, you got the stuff?``) is a reference to the movie Scarface.
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon		Stewie and Brian are playing ``Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon`` in the car, on their way home. The basic premise of the game is that no matter what actor or actress you start with, you can inevitably link movies or roles back to Kevin Bacon within 6 steps.
The Brady Bunch
The Ernest movies
Thelma and Louise		Thelma and Louise are mentioned in the song.
Tommy TuTone`s ``867-5309/Jenny``		Stewie dials 867-5309 when trying to call home, then shouts ``Damn you Tommy TuTone!`` in reference to the Tommy Tutone 1980s hit ``867-5309/Jenny``.

Reference

Details

"Morocco Bound" / "Off on the Road to Morroco"

"Off on the Road to Rhode Island" is a parody of the song "Off on the Road to Morroco" by Bob Hope.

A Chorus Line / ``I Hope I Get It``

In the Bin Laden scene (edited out of post-9/11 copies) Bin Laden sings part of the song ``I Hope I Get It`` from the Broadway musical ``A Chorus Line``.

Cirrhosis

Stewie calls Brian Cirrhosis the Wonder Dog. Cirrhosis is a liver condition usually due to heavy drinking.

Culture Club`s ``Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?``

Stewie mentions that he likes Culture Club`s ``Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?`` in the stolen car. Culture Club were a popular 1980s band from the UK lead by Boy George.

Katherine Hepburn

Peter asks Lois to do her Katherine Hepburn impression in this episode, like from the movie ``Philidelphia Story`` (1940), not ``On Golden Pond`` (1981).

Masochism

They mention a masochist in the song

On the Good Ship Lollypop

Stewie sings this song to smuggle weapons trhough customs.

Osama Bin Laden

Osama Bin Laden is trying to smuggle weapons through customs. Sadly this scene has been cut from all showings of the episode (including the DVD's) since 9/11.

Philadelphia

Scarface

The scene in which Stewie overhears two people arguing over a drugs deal (``You got the money?``, ``Yeah, I got the money, you got the stuff?``) is a reference to the movie Scarface.

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

Stewie and Brian are playing ``Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon`` in the car, on their way home. The basic premise of the game is that no matter what actor or actress you start with, you can inevitably link movies or roles back to Kevin Bacon within 6 steps.

The Brady Bunch

The Ernest movies

Thelma and Louise

Thelma and Louise are mentioned in the song.

Tommy TuTone`s ``867-5309/Jenny``

Stewie dials 867-5309 when trying to call home, then shouts ``Damn you Tommy TuTone!`` in reference to the Tommy Tutone 1980s hit ``867-5309/Jenny``.

Note
Brian's mother is named Biscuit.
This episode got Family Guy nominated for Oustanding Animated Series Award in the 2000 Emmy's. (The Simpsons won the award in the end for the episode Behind The Laughter).

Note

Brian's mother is named Biscuit.

This episode got Family Guy nominated for Oustanding Animated Series Award in the 2000 Emmy's. (The Simpsons won the award in the end for the episode Behind The Laughter).

Character	Voice	Notes
Barbara Pewterschmidt	Alex Borstein
Brian Griffin	Seth MacFarlane
Chris Griffin	Seth Green
Lois Griffin	Alex Borstein
Meg Griffin	Mila Kunis
Osama Bin Laden	Seth MacFarlane	This scene has been cut from broadcasts of the episode post 9/11 and is not on the DVDs.
Peter Griffin	Seth MacFarlane
Rupert
Stewie Griffin	Seth MacFarlane

Character

Voice

Notes

Barbara Pewterschmidt

Alex Borstein

Seth MacFarlane

Seth Green

Alex Borstein