It’s not easy to get permission from George Lucas to do a serious "Star Wars" parody. How "Family Guy," easily one of the most perverse and irreverent shows on TV, talked Lucas into the "Return Of The Griffins" episode for its season opener is anyone’s guess, but it was absolutely worth the price of admission. The episode did what "Family Guy" does best, pop-culture references (what "Star Wars" parody would be complete without a "Doctor Who" joke?) and jaw-droppingly crude humor.
Plenty of that crude humor is provided by the ultra-creepy old pedophile Herbert, who fills in as the Obi-Wan of the story, including a performance of "(I Had)The Time Of My Life" addressed to Chris. All of the humor comes in the traditional "Family Guy" 60-gags-a-minute style, and even throwaway lines like Peter’s "Hey kid, don’t get penis-y" are clever. Wikipedia has a giant page of the pop-culture references in […]
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