"Family Guy Viewer Mail #1" is an episode of Family Guy, first aired on February 14, 2002. The episode consists of three segments, each suggested by a viewer. This was the last original episode to air before the series was temporarily cancelled by FOX.
Plot summaries
Brian and Stewie introduce the show, consisting of three short stories in response to requests they have received from viewers.
"No Bones About It"
Peter finds a genie in his beer who offers him three wishes. His first wish is to see what Kelly Ripa is like off-camera; she is actually a horrible alien who eats living men's still-beating hearts. His second wish is for his own theme music, which plays everywhere he goes and whatever he does. On a city bus, a brawny man (Bill Goldberg) grows irritated with Peter's bus-riding theme music and threatens to break every bone in his body. Peter quickly wishes that he was boneless and collapses into a fleshy heap of jelly. He ends up in Hollywood and finds work as a stuntman's human airbag. Peter misses his family, though, and when a doctor offers him an experimental surgery to implant bones into his body, he takes the chance. The operation is successful, but he is horribly misshapen; he learns that Lois donated her neck and right leg, Meg donated her legs, Chris donated his arms, Brian donates his nose and left arm and Stewie donated his skull, the torso came from a drifter they picked up, and they all amble away together. As they are leaving the hospital, Peter says he's suprised this was covered by his HMO.
"Super Griffins"
After being exposed to toxic waste from a tanker truck, the Griffins develop superhuman powers. Stewie's head grows larger and he gains telekinetic abilities; Chris is able to start fires by thought; Peter can change into any person, animal or object; Lois becomes super-strong; Brian can move at incredible speeds; and Meg can make her fingernails grow longer or shorter on command. The Griffins vow to use their powers for good, but they soon use them for personal gain, threatening to kill anyone who disobeys them. Mayor West douses himself in toxic waste, hoping for powers with which to fight the Griffins, but develops lymphoma instead. With Mayor West in the hospital the Griffins see the error of their ways and dedicate themselves to good and helping West recover.
"Li'l Griffins"
In a parody of The Little Rascals, five-year-old Peter, Brian, Quagmire, Joe (who is pulled around in a wagon), Cleveland, and Mayor West belong to the "We Hate Broads Club". When young Lois Pewterschmidt joins their school, however, Peter and Quagmire are love-stricken. Attempting to impress Lois, both boys promise to spend the night in a spooky abandoned house to prove their courage. When they see an apparently real ghost, however, they all flee in terror. Lois chooses Mort Goldman as her new boyfriend. Peter and Quagmire swear off girls forever in disgust; thirty-five years later they are still womanless but, without the distraction of women, they have become incredibly wealthy billionaires (though they substitute relations with women by having sex with buttered bagels).
References
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- S. Callaghan, "Family Guy Viewer Mail #1". Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 152–155.
External links
| Preceded by “Road to Europe” |
Family Guy Episodes | Followed by “When You Wish Upon a Weinstein” |
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