Mr. Saturday Knight

Season 3, Episode 9, Aired
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Peter's boss comes to dinner at the Griffin house but soon dies. The Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory is turned into the Happy-Go-Lucky Terminal Disease Institute. Unemployed, Peter begins his search for a job and ends up going after his lifelong dream of becoming a knight at a traveling Renaissance Fair. Caught in a compromising position with the infamous Black Knight's wench, he must defend his family's honor in an duel with the Black Knight.moreless
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  • Didn't like it that much for two reasons

    3.5
    "Bad"
    By jmbsonic555, Oct 10, 2011 Report Abuse
    Peter's boss comes to dinner at the Griffin house but soon dies. The Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory is turned into the Happy-Go-Lucky Terminal Disease Institute. Unemployed, Peter begins his search for a job and ends up going after his lifelong dream of becoming a knight at a traveling Renaissance Fair. Caught in a compromising position with the infamous Black Knight's wench, he must defend his family's honor in an duel with the Black Knight.

    What I liked:
    -Electric Company
    -Peter not being able to control the volume of his voice
    -Bruce and his fatass
    What I didnt like-

    Death of Mr. Weed
    The jousting thing

    3.5/10moreless

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  • good

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    By futuramarama, Mar 18, 2011 Report Abuse
    Peter's boss, Mr. Weed, comes to dinner and is impressed so much he promotes Peter, but he soon dies from choking. Peter is sad but happy about his new promotion, until a video will reveals that the toy company is to be demolished. Now Peter needs to find a new job. Will he be able to find one that sticks?

    Good episode. Parts I found funny; Peter as a prostitute, the cutaway involving the guy cleaning the vacuum, the "clink" noises, the ending of the episode it was a funny episode. My only main beef is how Peter beat the Dark Knight. Mort towing his car because "Nobody makes a fool out of Mort Goldman!" Um Mort, the Dark Knight didn't make a fool of you; you did, by running away on your horse when you were going to duel him. So, you towing his car is totally unjustified. This wouldn't bother me so much if it wasn't why Peter beat the Dark Knight, but he beat the Dark Knight because he was distracted because Mort (stupidly) towed his car as payback for "making a fool out of him", which the Dark Knight did not do. Overall though this was a good episode, this thing in the plot though is kind of a stupid loophole or whatever the right word is. Bmoreless

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  • Death of Mr, weed

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    By fenway98, Jan 08, 2011 Report Abuse
    When Peter's boss Mr. Weed comes to dinner at his house, he dies. The toy factory closes down, and Peter is out of a job. He applies for a job at the rennesance fair, and sees that the black knight, who saved his life works there. The knight kicks Peter out, but at the day of the joust, Peter jousts him and wins.

    This was a pretty good episode. I liked seeing the kids singing, and Mort was really funny too. I also liked Bruce's random apperance, and Death's dog, who was also funny too. Overall Grade: 85%/ B+

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  • Good concept, and this was an interesting episode!

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    By amazing_race, Feb 26, 2010 Report Abuse
    I found this episode to be quite funny and enjoyable, but I still prefer some of the last few episodes over this one.

    I liked the concept of Peter trying to be a knight, but I was sort of disappointed that his former boss had to be killed off.

    There were loads of funny scenes, and that was perhaps the best part of this episode, but I think that once again, it wasn't up to the standard of the last one, or a couple before that.

    I would recommend this, because it was quite funny, but I wouldn't recommend this episode as highly as the last few.moreless

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  • Started strong and faltered towards the end.

    8.5
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    By ZaleIsBackAgain, Jul 23, 2009 Report Abuse
    Although sometimes it gets a little annoying that Family Guy uses so much pop culture references that sometimes you don't know what they're alluding to, at least most of the ones used here are universal, such as The Electric Company, which brings back a couple memories, and Margot Kidder's infamous bipolar disorder. Though most importantly unlike the later episodes, this episode doesn't really rely on pop culture references as much and contains a couple of original gags and jokes of its own, most notably when Morte was trying to imitate the sound of his boner hitting his armour, and Peter's lance getting stuck to Meg's earring, which I found disturbingly hilarious. Overall a pretty good episode.moreless

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  • Trivia

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    • In Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington, Mr. Weed is depicted as a member of the toy factory's management staff, not the owner. He wouldn't have had the authority to will the destruction of the factory. Edit
    • When Peter exits the car before entering the Renaissance Fair the door opens the opposite way. (This was pointed out on the DVD) Edit

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    • First appearance of Ollie Williams, Channel five's "Blackuweather" forecaster. Edit
    • The episode features a medieval version of the end credits' tune. Edit
    • Adam Carolla plays Death. His co-star on The Man Show, Jimmy Kimmel plays Death's dog. Edit

  • Quotes

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    • Peter: Are you training to be a jouster too? Mort: Yes. I'm trying to overcome my terrible fear of swords. A man in a pirate costume stabbed me in the ear when I was nine, and again when I was thirty! Edit
    • Tom Tucker: And now here's Ollie Williams with the BlaccuWeather forecast. Ollie? Ollie Williams: It's gon rain! Edit
    • Death's Dog: Hey, did someone choke on a roll in here? Brian: No, no, no. I spit it up. Death's Dog: Oh. (He leaves the house) Edit

  • Allusions

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    • Title The episode title alludes to the 1992 film Mr. Saturday Night starring Billy Crystal, about the life and career of a popular Jewish comedian. Edit
    • The Electric Company Peter: ..I'll have to go back to my job at the Electric Company The Electric Company is a kids educational show, someway like Sesame Street. In the show two shadowed faces, face to face, sound out words, just like Peter and the unknown character did, regularly on 'The Electric Company'. Edit
    • Peter: We had bad luck with dinner guests. Remember when Margot Kidder was here?
      Margot Kidder was in the Superman movies with Christopher Reeves. She suffered from serious bipolar disorder which lead to intense delusions later in life. She went missing for three days and was found wandering the streets, homeless, by police. Edit

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