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"Business Guy" is the ninth episode in the eighth season of the American
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''
Family Guy ''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 31, 1999, following Super Bowl XXXIII, with the rest of the first season airing from April 11, 1999. Th ...
''. It originally aired on
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in the United States on December 13, 2009. The episode centers on
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as he assumes temporary control of his father-in-law
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's billion-dollar empire after he suffers a
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and is in a
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. Peter immediately becomes power hungry, however, and develops several ridiculous items, prompting
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and Carter, after he recovers from his coma, to try to trick him into relinquishing control of the company. The episode was written by Andrew Goldberg and Alex Carter, and directed by
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. It received mixed reviews from critics for its storyline and many cultural references, in addition to receiving
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from and being reported to the
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by the
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. According to
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, it was viewed in 7.67 million homes in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by
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,
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,
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,
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and
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, along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series. "Business Guy" was released on
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along with ten other episodes from the season on December 13, 2011.


Plot

The Griffins are invited onto the Pewterschmidts's yacht, where
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becomes seasick and vomits.
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is reminded of his
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when this happens, and is shocked to find out that
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has never had one and does not know what it is. Upon returning to
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, Peter takes him to a
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to simulate a bachelor party. In his excitement, Carter suffers a
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and falls into a
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.
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is hired to treat him, but he throws his rule book out the window and punches Carter in the face to ensure that he is comatose. Carter's video
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is discovered, in which he gives Lois control of his billion-dollar
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, Pewterschmidt Industries, even though she does not know how to run a
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. Peter, however, is inspired by House's "live-without-rules" regime and decides to control the company himself. On his first day on the job, Peter dismisses the entire
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for being unable to keep up with his ideas and hires his friends to manufacture ridiculous items. Soon after, Carter reawakens from his coma and finds what Peter has done with his company. Carter confronts Peter in his former office and demands for him to relinquish control of the company, but he refuses; he instead forces him to work as a
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, have and invite people to his mansion for a ''Big Bang Theory'' viewing party, pay a compliment to a sharply dressed Asian man, and clean out the fridge in the employee lounge. Carter is embarrassed, so he and Lois trick Peter into surrendering the company by scaring him into believing a
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will eat him if he does not. A seemingly real swamp monster scares Peter out of the office, chases Lois and a disguised Carter, before being found out as House. In the end, Lois cheers Peter up by revealing that the contract he signed allows him to keep the corporate plane. Peter is delighted and jumps in a
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, but he and his family grow alarmed when he actually remains in midair.


Production and development

The episode was co-written by Andrew Goldberg and Alex Carter, both having written episodes for the show previously. The episode was directed by series regular
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, before the conclusion of the eighth production season, in his second episode of the season. Series regulars
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and James Purdum served as supervising directors, with Andrew Goldberg and Alex Carter working as
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s for the episode. Karin Perrotta was the associate producer of this episode, in her ninth episode of the season. "Business Guy", along with the eleven other episodes from ''Family Guy''s eighth season, was released on a three-disc
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set in the United States on December 13, 2011. The sets include brief audio commentaries by various crew and cast members for several episodes, a collection of deleted scenes and animatics, a special mini-feature which discussed the process behind animating "
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", a mini-feature entitled "The Comical Adventures of ''Family Guy'' – Brian & Stewie: The Lost Phone Call", and footage of the ''Family Guy'' panel at the 2010
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. In addition to the regular cast, actor
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made his second appearance in the series, the first being "
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"; Laurie lampooned his role as ''
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'' protagonist
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. Actors
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and
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reprised their roles as
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and
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from ''
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'' respectively.
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of ''
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'' and
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also guest star in the episode. Recurring guest voice actors
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, Chris Cox,
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, Danny Smith,
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and
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also made minor appearances. Actor
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appears in the episode as well.


Cultural references

In the opening scene, Carter reveals that he has never had a bachelor party, leading Peter to profess that he will help solve Carter's dilemma, just as
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helped him. Peter is then introduced to the Hamburger Helper mascot Helping Hand, as well as his mentally challenged brother — Cheeseburger Helper — who insists on adding cheese to the meal. After taking Carter to the Quahog strip club, Peter decides to pay a mistress to give him a lapdance, causing Carter to suffer a heart attack from sexual arousal. This then prompts Quagmire to ask what is wrong with him, to which Carter replies that he is having "a heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack! You oughta know by now!," which is taken from a line in the
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song "
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". The bedtime story that Peter refers to when talking to Lois about how she makes him sad is the "Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb" from the German children's book ''
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''. Returning home from firing the board of directors, Peter calls attention to
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, formerly the voice of
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before being replaced by
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, when he notes that he can also fire Lois for "misbehaving." In introducing new products for Pewterschmidt Industries, Peter decides to create several unorthodox items, which include a cereal line for
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entitled "Jeremy Irons Cereal," a "Scream in a Box," as well as an
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, which Carter later uses at the hospital, with the system's two settings,
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, and Bill Cosby's impersonated voices. Once Carter Pewterschmidt wakes up from his coma,
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and
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appear as
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and
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in the episode when Carter is forced by Peter to hold a viewing party for the
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comedy sitcom ''
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'', which Carter is reluctant to do at first, but soon begins to enjoy the show. In an attempt to get the company back from Peter, Carter and Lois trick him into thinking a
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is out to get important businessmen, and if he does not sign the company back over to Mr. Pewterschmidt, he will be eaten. Gregory House also dresses as a swamp monster, however, and causes Lois to become confused, until she unmasks the monster in the style of ''
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''. House then interjects by speaking in
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's original English accent, as opposed to the American accent used on the television show in which he stars.


Reception

In a slight drop from the previous week, the episode was viewed in 7.67 million homes, in its original airing in the United States. The episode also received a 3.8 rating in the 18–49 demographic, edging out ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. Receiving mixed reviews from critics, the episode was deemed "a throwback to the earlier more successful seasons." Ahsan Haque of
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praised the storyline as consistent "from start to finish." Jason Hughes of
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also praised the "inside jokes" in the episode, as well as the ''Scooby-Doo'' sequence as "a flash of satiric brilliance." In contrast, Emily VanDerWerff of ''
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'' called the storyline "an excuse jokes," giving the episode a B− rating. Glenn Diaz of
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praised Laurie's performance in the episode, stating that "his scenes were among the funniest on the episode." The TV Critic's Robin Pierson rated the episode 55, praising the storyline and Laurie's cameo while criticizing a non sequitur parody of ''
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''.


Controversy

Although it did not name this episode its "Worst TV Show of the Week", the
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filed an indecency complaint about "Business Guy" two days after its airdate, citing the lapdance sequence as a possible violation of federal law regarding broadcast decency.


References


External links

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