Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey

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“Bill and Peter’s Bogus Journey”
Family Guy episode
Bill Clinton and Peter Griffin steal a pig.
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 13
Written by	Steve Callaghan
Directed by	Dominic Polcino
Guest stars	Roy Scheider as himself
Production no.	5ACX07
Original airdate	March 11, 2007
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"Bill and Peter’s Bogus Journey" is the thirteenth episode of season five of Family Guy; originally airing on March 11, 2007.^[1] The plot follows Peter deciding to become physically fit; however, Peter ends up in the hospital after attempting to impress former US President Bill Clinton. Depressed at the prospect of becoming old, Peter is taken out by Clinton, thus giving him a new outlook on life; however, Lois is displeased by this as she believes Clinton to be a bad influence on Peter. Lois and Peter end up sleeping with Clinton, despite not originally intending too. Meanwhile, Stewie and Brian attempt to be toilet trained by buying an instructional video, but Brian persists to leave his feces in the garden, thus making Lois force him to wear a diaper.^[2][3] Guest stars on the episode were Roy Scheider and Barclay DeVeau.^[4] Several scenes throughout the episode were censored, as they were deemed inappropriate for television airing.^[5]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Censorship 4 Cultural references 5 Reception 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Plot

After being attacked by an octopus at the aquarium, Peter decides to become physically fit. After spending a mere fifteen minutes at the gym, Peter believes he is now fit, so when former US President Bill Clinton's car breaks down outside their house, he attempts to lift it without a jack, which results in him being hospitalized.

Depressed at the concept of becoming old, he confides in Clinton, who tells him age is a state of mind. When Peter recovers, Bill takes him out to help him realize he can still have fun; however, after smoking weed, they steal a pig with the intent of eating it alive, though it ends up destroying the Griffin house kitchen the next morning, thus leading Lois to believe Clinton is a bad influence on Peter. Lois goes to discuss with Clinton the bad effect he is having on Peter, but ends up having sex with him. In disbelief about the incident, Peter goes to stay at Quagmire's house. Lois is wracked with guilt and visits him, telling him that the only way to mend their relationship is if Peter sleeps with someone else. Though uncertain that it will work, Peter chooses to sleep with Barbara Pewterschmidt, Lois' mother. After she agrees, Lois prepares to leave her parents' house, but Peter comes after her, telling her he can't and won't sleep with anyone else and forgives her. After going to tell Clinton they cannot be friends anymore, Peter too, sleeps with Clinton.^[2]

Meanwhile, Lois has grown fed up with stepping in Brian's feces in the lawn and forces him through toilet training himself. Brian and Stewie attempt to learn how to use the toilet, but fail and buy a toilet training video instead, which does not seem to help. Lois forces Brian to wear a diaper to prevent him from defecating in the garden, but he pretends to be using the toilet as not to be told off by her, and begins to leave his feces at Mayor West's house.

[edit] Production

Seth MacFarlane and other show producers had suffered a lot of trouble to come up with a funny scene set in an aquarium;^[6] in total, five or six scenes had been made, but all were never broadcast because they were deemed not entertaining enough by the producers.^[7] Former US President, Bill Clinton was asked to perform the voice of himself, but declined, so MacFarlane performed it.^[6][7] Animations of Clinton in the episode were originally intended to be a lot fatter, but were reduced down "because he's lost a lot of weight."^[7] Conway Twitty performed two brief musical shows in the episode; MacFarlane comments that he loves these scenes.^[7] The scene of Lois and Peter mocking Stewie's picture which he drew after pretending to like it was originally designed for Prick Up Your Ears, but was moved as that latter episode was exceeding its time limit.^[7] The two people typing on their laptops in Starbucks was a scene originally designed for the introductory sequence of Chick Cancer,^[6][7] as was the scene of Peter having to push Uma Thurman's eyes back together when they move away from her head.^[6] The aftermath scene of Lois essentially sleeping with Clinton was discussed extensively in the writer's room for the effects it may have on the show.^[6] When Peter visits Bill, he enters the hotel room and says "Hey, Bill, I took this money from Lois's purse, but I don't think she'll notice because she is here...humping you?", the emphasis was performed by Danny Smith, even though MacFarlane voices Peter.^[7] A deleted scene was made showing Peter bringing Quahog news reporter Tricia Takanawa home to have sex with, originally intending to make Lois watch, but couldn't bring himself to do it, however, this scene was deleted and replaced with Peter's wishes to sleep with Lois's mother.^[5] The final scene of the episode showing Mayor West delighted that he has grown sausages (although it is really Brian's waste) was one of several alternate scenes for the ending of the episode; other alternatives had been for Brian to leave his waste at Cleveland Brown or Mort Goldman's house, but in the end, the production crew decided to go with Mayor West.^[7]

[edit] Censorship

There are "multiple versions of this episode," with some not being shown on Fox or Adult Swim, and with some only being shown in the DVD version,^[5] with at least five scenes throughout the episode not being broadcast on Fox.^[5] When Peter says "that guy is really horny" when Bill Clinton breaks down outside his house, this was censored as it is referring to Fellatio.^[7] Roy Scheider played the man on the toilet training video; on the DVD and TBS version, he exclaims "Now here's Susan Saint James to help me wipe," however on the TV version, he says "Now here's Susan Saint James to powder my ass" On Fox, the scene of him pulling his trousers down and undoing his zipper was censored, thus moving straight on to the scene of Brian and Stewie reacting to the video.^[7][5] After sex, Clinton asks Lois if she would like a little 'NAFTA', which he describes to be 'Nother Afternoon Fucking That Ass; this was censored on Fox.^[5] Clinton asking Lois, after they had sex if she was up for a little "exit polling" was censored on Fox in order to cut his following line of "It depends on what your definition of the word jizz is."^[7]

[edit] Cultural references

During the hospital scene, Clinton and his bodyguards play the theme from Night Court, with Clinton on saxophone.^[7] The Thing from the Fantastic Four is shown being handed an orange rock by a civilian in a reference to the John Wayne Bobbitt incident.^[7] While Peter and Bill are hanging out at Chuck E. Cheese, they play Dance Dance Revolution to Aqua's "Barbie Girl".^[7]

[edit] Reception

This episode received negative reception from the Parents Television Council, calling it the "worst TV show of the week" for August 10, 2007,^[8] commenting that "the episode: Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey treated audiences to another half-hour of the most depraved and disrespectful programming imaginable."^[8] IGN's Ahsan Haque commented that "Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey has a few truly hilarious moments, but the main storyline ends up taking a backseat to an overabundance of unfunny manatee jokes,^[9] concluding to give the episode a final rating of 7.1/10.^[9] The episode achieved a Nielsen rating of 4.8/7 upon its original broadcasting — around 7.88 million viewers tuned in.^[10]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• "Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey" at Family Guy Wiki.
• "Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey" at TV.com
• "Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey" at the Internet Movie Database