Family Guy Musical References — Page 4

I've Got James Woods is to the tune of I've Got You Two from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

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Peter in West Side Story

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I forgot that the "My Fair Lady" episode with Stewie and Eliza also has Peter, Quagmire, Cleavland, and Joe doing a little Fosse bit while they are in prison (falsely accused of burning down the clam). Gotta love some Fosse jazz hands!

And, if you can't tell by my avitar, Roger doing "Xanadu" was one of my favorite bits on "American Dad" ever!

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So there was a musical reference on Family Guy this evening that is driving me nuts trying to figure out. It was the episode where Brian is trying to become an artist and they go to New York.. and Peter sings this song about Meg and making her popular or something.. and these are the lyrics.

Peter: (singing) I had a dream,
And it’s all about you, Meg Griffin.
Not much you can do, Meg Griffin.
You can’t dance
You can’t sing
No, you pretty much can’t do a thing,
Never fear,
Daddy’s here,
Honey, you going to make our name famous.
You’ll be larger than life,
I’ll be proud you fell out of my wife.
You’ll be known far and wide,
Like the princess who died.
I’m going to make you famous, wait and see
Honey, I’m going to do this for you,
But it’s really for me…! (holds the last note through the act break)

Can anyone help me out with show or song name?

I was just watching a family guy dvd when I read this and 2 seconds later stewey say's "You're the worst thing to happen to musical theater since Andrew Lloyd Webber". hahah i think that line is hilarious not bein a big webber fan (like his music, not his shows... well not MOST of them) and it was funny it was referenced when reading this. I bet they reference musicals in more episodes then they dont but idk...

The woman who voices Lois is Alex Borstein, formerly of MAD TV - most famous for her "Miss Swan" character - the Korean lady who says "He looka like a man!"

Updated On: 5/8/08 at 11:03 AM

This show is hands down one of the best out there for this reason (among many others).
The thing I want to know is if they will ever put out a CD of all the songs?
That would sell like hotcakes.
The Simpsons have put out 3 CDs of all the songs from their show, so I think someone needs to talk Seth into doing the same.
I know I would sure buy a copy, as would, it seems, a good portion of the people on the boards here!

Updated On: 5/8/08 at 11:49 AM

There was one episode where Stewie sang a song from HMS Pinafore, I showed my partner the day before we went to see the Gilbert & Sullivan Players group performance, throughout the entire show, he kept seeing Stewie singing and couldn't stop laughing.

For an off-Broadway reference, there was also "The Jew Man Group".

Was there a cd of the live released?

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I've casted my Family Guy Sweeney Todd:

Sweeney: Peter
Mrs. Lovett: Lois
Anthony: Chris
Johanna: Jillian
Judge Turpin: Stewie
Beadle: Brian
Pirelli: Either Quagmire or Herbert, but I think Herbert would be really funny.
Tobias: Jake (the upside down face kid)
Mr. Fogg: Bruce the gay guy

Edit: Meg: Beggar Woman. I forgot to write that down the first time :/

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Updated On: 5/21/08 at 10:10 PM

gertie, who is jillian?

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I would suggest Meg as the beggar woman...but Sweeney needs to be somewhat remorseful after killing her and Peter couldn't muster up that emotion.

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In a recent episode, the two vaudevillians came back as ghosts (Stewie shot them in an earlier season) and sang the old, old, old, Al Jolson song (of course, the mere fact that it's an Al Jolson song makes it old, old, old) "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday on Saturday Night?"

I love "Family Guy" anyway, but I had to five him a tip of my hat for knowing that song!

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