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Season 9, Episode 2, Aired

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When Brian learns that Rush Limbaugh is going to be at the Quahog Mall for a book-signing, he decides to go down there and give him a piece of his left-wing mind. But when Rush unexpectedly comes to Brian's rescue, Brian has a political change of heart.moreless
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  • Stop spewing political views on your show Seth!

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    By That_TV_Dude, Jan 02, 2012
    Well I guess there is a more pointless episode of Family Guy than Brian Sells a Best Seller, and German Guy. This episode was just another episode for Seth to express his political views through Brian once more. The episode is about Brian finding out that Rush Limbaugh is at a bookstore and goes down there to give him a piece of his mind. The first problem is continuity. If you recall the episode where Lois became a FOX reporter, then you should know that Rush was played by Fred Savage in disguise. Seth has apparently thrown continuity out the window, and decided to just forget about that fact. You know an episode is going to be bad when it fails to follow continuity. After being saved by Rush from being mugged, Brian joins the Republicans. Now this is where the real humor should kick in. Family Guy making fun of the Republicans, an maybe the Democrats sounds excellent right? Right? Well apparently Seth forgot that an episode like this needed humor. There was no riffing on the political parties at all. All we were treated to was Seth giving his political views through Brian, and it was stupid and boring to say the least. There was such great potential, and Seth decided to ditch it. There were never any funny moments in this entire episode, and the fact that it was nothing but political stuff was just unneeded. Seth how much more of this political stuff do you want to show us? If you want to express your political views go create a blog about it or something, and don't do another episode like this ever again. Hopefully Seth has learned his lesson, and you are better off avoiding this episode at all costs.moreless

  • Another boring Family Guy episode...

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    By fsaenz0125, Dec 29, 2011
    When Brian learns that Rush Limbaugh is going to be at the Quahog Mall for a book-signing, he decides to go down there and give him a piece of his left-wing mind. But when Rush unexpectedly comes to Brian's rescue, Brian has a political change of heart.
    This episode was really boring. The plot was done poorly. Also, that song was kinda a minute long and it was kinda bored me to death. Policites are not my favorite thing. It is just boring. I didn't like that Brian moves out with Rush Limbaugh. I hope we don't see another episode like this again. The other parts that made me laugh were Brian smelling the bag, Stan Smith's (from American Dad) cameo, the conservation during dinner, and the very last part. Other than those, it was just boring. 4/10moreless

  • Politics, great.

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    By jmbsonic555, Oct 10, 2011
    When Brian learns that Rush Limbaugh is going to be at the Quahog Mall for a book-signing, he decides to go down there and give him a piece of his left-wing mind. But when Rush unexpectedly comes to Brian's rescue, Brian has a political change of heart.

    Nobody cares that you are political Seth, dang.

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  • I can't believe that I love this episode. I usually hate "Family Guy" episodes that have political views but there was just something about this episode that made me love it.moreless

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    By tigerdude22, Sep 18, 2011
    I know I'm gonna get many "thumbs down" for this and that's it because I love to see if a user likes or hate a show/episode. I'm kinda embarrassed also because it seems like I'm the only one that loves this episode. There was something about this episode that made me really love it. I didn't find the political view in this episode to be too bad. Brian bring a little preachy was a little annoying but I'll actually let it slide. The political view really wasn't a huge deal to me. I want to agree with the other users who are saying that this episode was awful but I thought it was an excellent episode in my opinion. Please don't hate me other users who hate this episode. One of my favorite parts of this episode was definitely when Brian and Rush Limbaugh were singing that musical number "Republican Town"... I just thought that it was a very catchy song and it's the best musical number since "A Bag of Weed" song in the Family Guy episode "Episode 420". There were many funny parts that I got a very good laugh at. One of the parts that did make me laugh hard was the fact that Rush Limbaugh can actually kick butt and what makes it funnier is that he is doing it in Street Fighter style. The ending of the episode was excellent as well. Overall, political episodes of this cartoon usually irritate me and get me offended but I actually didn't think the political view in this episode was that bad... like I said in the beginning of this view, it's okay if I get a bunch of "thumbs down" because I know that everyone has their own opinions. 10/10moreless

  • Well, what can i say about this episode... The jokes were raunchy, the plot was mediocre, and the family was as always, disfunctional.

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    By ttireland98, Aug 08, 2011
    Well, what can i say about this episode... The jokes were raunchy, the plot was mediocre, and the family was as always, disfunctional. I loved it, welcome back Family guy!!! Honestly there's no reason to not love this episode, as always the well thought humor was very stupid yet still somehow brought a smile to my face, and they had an unusual but fitting guest star, Rush Limbaugh. Other than new laughs there were still many old elements in this episode such as Brian having a bandwagon opinion, Stewie plotting to take over the world, and Peter being flat out dumb. All in all, this was a great episode of the increasingly humorous Family Guy.moreless
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    • Brian has found the baloney while talking to Lois, after he has read whole book. He certainly should have found it earlier, during the reading.

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    • Brian: Why is Limbaugh coming here? Don't they have bookstores at the Nazi fascist...fascist fat camp where he where he go, where where he is a counselor? Stewie: I tell you what, Brian, if you want, we'll give you another crack at that.

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    • Aside from being animated more smoothly and being shown in high definition, the new title sequence is almost a shot-for-shot remake of the original one. There are three minor changes though: The Griffins' wedding picture is now visible in the background while Lois and Peter sing. Just like in the show itself, Chris no longer wears earrings. During the chorus, the generic dancers dancing along the stairs are replaced by prominent recurring characters: Glenn Quagmire, Joe Swanson, Adam West, Mort Goldman, Tom Tucker and Carter Pewterschmidt on the left and Tricia Takanawa, Bonnie Swanson, Jillian Russell, Angela, Joyce Kinney (who takes Diane Simmons' place starting from this episode) and Barbara Pewterschmidt on the right.

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    • The Karate Kid The way Rush Limbaugh saves Brian and the moves he uses is straight from The Karate Kid.

    • Brain's song "Repubican Town" is a parody of (and sung to the tune of) "The Company Way" from the Musical "How to Suceed in Business Without Even Trying"

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