From Method To Madness - Cultural References

Cultural References

After Stewie and Olivia have their big fight, Stewie calls her a "Bebe No-Worth". This is a play on words to the actress and dancer, Bebe Neuwirth, who was in the cast of Cheers and appeared on Broadway in Chicago in which she sang the hit song "All That Jazz." When Stewie is playing the French horn, he claims that the name of the song is "Me Farting" by Chopin. In the car after meeting the nudists, Chris cannot stop saying "Boobies!", so Lois uses a Neuralyzer. The Neuralyzer is a device they use in the 1997 science fiction film Men in Black. To critique Stewie's solo acting exercise, Olivia quotes Anne Robinson's catchphrase on The Weakest Link, "You are the weakest link, goodbye!", prompting Stewie to launch a lengthy tirade in which he asks "Have you any Titanic jokes to throw at me as long as we're hitting these phenomena at the height of their popularity?" When Peter proves his concern about child acting, a cutaway shows an adult version of Elroy Jetson, a child character from The Jetsons, getting kicked out of a pub bruised and drunken. It goes on to show grown up Bamm-Bamm, the child from The Flintstones, has now became a taxi driver. When the crowd boos Stewie's one-man show after Olivia leaves, one audience shouts that this show was worse than Seussical. This was referencing to the negative reception from the Broadway musical about the works of Dr. Seuss.