Cultural References
When Brian finds out that he has a son, Stewie, with much anticipation, yells "Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!" in reference to The Jerry Springer Show. Dylan ties Meg to a chair and makes her watch 178 hours of Monty Python that were not funny or memorable. In a scene Sonny the Cuckoo Bird being subjected to a psychological evaluation, where the tester presents to him a bowl of the cereal to test his reaction, this is a reference to his famous motto "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!". When Brian finds his magician outfit, Peter is seen wearing a "Count Crotchula" costume, this is a reference to the breakfast cereal and character of the same name, Count Chocula. In a scene Dorothy says goodbye to the Cowardly Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow, all of them from the film The Wizard of Oz. When Peter gets his hair cut by Dylan he grows it back explaining that he is made out of Play-Doh.
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