Wasted Talent

Season 2, Episode 20, Aired
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When the local brewery has a contest offering tours of the plant, Peter and his friends go on a drinking binge trying to find the winning beer can. Through a stroke of dumb luck, Peter and Brian actually find one of the winning "scrolls". In a Willy Wonka homage, Peter and Brian start the tour, but are quickly kicked out after drinking the "Beer that wasn't supposed to be tasted." ''''Meanwhile, Lois's students have a big piano recital/competition coming up - and Lois is praying one of her students wins. She thinks she's got a lock on it when she signs a new student, Ling, a piano prodigy. However, in her enthusiasm, Lois works Ling too hard and she drops out! In an odd twist, Peter - in a drunken stupor over being booted from the contest - sits down at the piano and plays brilliantly! Lois is thrilled and keeps Peter drunk long enough to win the piano recital.moreless
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  • excellent

    10
    "Perfect"
    By fsaenz0125, Feb 08, 2012 Report Abuse
    When the local brewery has a contest offering tours of the plant, Peter and his friends go on a drinking binge trying to find the winning beer can. Through a stroke of dumb luck, Peter and Brian actually find one of the winning "scrolls". In a Willy Wonka homage, Peter and Brian start the tour, but are quickly kicked out after drinking the "Beer that wasn't supposed to be tasted." ''''Meanwhile, Lois's students have a big piano recital/competition coming up - and Lois is praying one of her students wins. She thinks she's got a lock on it when she signs a new student, Ling, a piano prodigy. However, in her enthusiasm, Lois works Ling too hard and she drops out! In an odd twist, Peter - in a drunken stupor over being booted from the contest - sits down at the piano and plays brilliantly! Lois is thrilled and keeps Peter drunk long enough to win the piano recital. This episode was execellent. The plot was interesting. Parts that I liked/laughed are pretty much from that tour, the gag when Peter hurt himself, Stewie beating up the boy playing the piano, Peter playing the piano when he's drunk, and a couple others. Overall a perfect episode. 10/10moreless

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  • Kinda boring at times

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    By jmbsonic555, Oct 10, 2011 Report Abuse
    When the local brewery has a contest offering tours of the plant, Peter and his friends go on a drinking binge trying to find the winning beer can. Through a stroke of dumb luck, Peter and Brian actually find one of the winning "scrolls". In a Willy Wonka homage, Peter and Brian start the tour, but are quickly kicked out after drinking the "Beer that wasn't supposed to be tasted." Meanwhile, Lois's students have a big piano recital/competition coming up - and Lois is praying one of her students wins. She thinks she's got a lock on it when she signs a new student, Ling, a piano prodigy. However, in her enthusiasm, Lois works Ling too hard and she drops out! In an odd twist, Peter - in a drunken stupor over being booted from the contest - sits down at the piano and plays brilliantly! Lois is thrilled and keeps Peter drunk long enough to win the piano recital.

    What I liked- The beginning half of the episode

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  • Another great one

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    By fenway98, Feb 14, 2011 Report Abuse
    Pawtucket Pat is opening up his factory for a tour, and everyone is trying to find the scroll in the bottle so they can get a tour. Peter wins one, and he takes Brian with him. The drink the beer that isn't ready yet, and get kicked out.

    Lois discovers that Peter can play the paino when he's drunk, so she puts him in her competition, and he wins it.

    This was a fantastic episode. There were so many great parts, like the whole factory scene, and Stewie beating up the kid, and Stewie during The Sad walking away song.

    Overall Grade: 95%/A-moreless

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  • One of they're best

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    By Southparkfa, May 16, 2010 Report Abuse
    In this episode, Peter goes on a manhunt for a chance to enter the Pawtucket Brewery, and eventually finds his "golden ticket". Meanwhile, Lois trains kids for the upcoming piano compettion, but none of them are good enough to win first place. Then she discovers Peter can play piano really well, if he's drunk enough. This episode is a blast to watch, whether it's the Willy Wonka factory pardoy or whether it's Lois attempting to keep Peter buzzed long enough to win the piano compettion, there's not a dull moment or when your not laughing. This is easily my second favorite episode of season 2 (Road to Rhode Island is my all-time favorite episode) and I can heartedly reccomend this episode. 9.5/10moreless

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  • One of the greats!

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    By amazing_race, Nov 27, 2009 Report Abuse
    This is another one of my favorite episodes! I throughly enjoy the concept of this, it is funny the whole way through!

    I loved the idea of the 'silver scrolls' in the beer bottles and that everyone was looking for them, and as usual, Peter finds one.

    I also loved the fact when Peter became drunk and became a god on the piano. That was just ridiculously funny!

    However, the best scene, without doubt, was the 'Oompa Loompa' song, that kicked Joe out of the Pawtucket Brewery. That is one thing I will not be forgetting anytime soon!

    I hope we have more great episodes like this one!moreless

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    • When Peter has a drink and puts it on the piano, it disappears. Edit
    • The book Meg reads when Lois tells her about the competition is named Popularity for Dummies. Edit
    • When Lois first discovers Peter's talent, the night goes by and he's sober. After losing his talent Brian gives him another drink and he immediately gets his talent back. How can Peter get drunk a few seconds after drinking? Edit

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    • Adam Carolla replaces Norm MacDonald as Death in this and all subsequent episodes featuring the character. Edit

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    • Peter: (sigh) My last beer. Here goes! (Peter swallows the beer and looks in the bottle) Peter: (sighs and drops the beer bottle) I bet the scroll makes the beer taste terrible. (coughs) O-Oh god. (Peter vomits and looks at the ground) Peter: What the hell? (picks up and examines what appears to be the scroll) I found it! I found the last scroll! Guy #1: He found it! Guy #2: Oh my god! Guy #3: Run home, Peter! Run as fast as you can! (Peter runs home, but he trips when he gets there) Peter: Ahh!! (sszzzes, does it about 10 times) Edit
    • Mayor Adam West: All right, listen to me you long-neck bastard. You give me the scroll, and I'll make you the head of sanitation services for the entire city. It's a do-nothing job, sweetcake. Edit
    • Tom Tucker: That's right. I made it up. I thought that if everyone thought the last scroll was found, they would stop looking giving me the edge to find it myself. But what I did was wrong. So as an act of contrition I will now insert this carnivorous earwig into my brain. (Puts the earwig in his ear) Huh, kind of tickles. (He takes a deep breath and then falls to the ground screaming) Oh god! It's eating out the back of my eye! Edit

  • Allusions

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    • The X-Files The song Peter is playing in the bar is the theme from a popular TV series and film - X-files. Edit
    • The Mary Tyler Moore Show At the piano recital, Peter playes the theme song from The Mary Tyler Moore Show which also includes a parody of the scene from the opening of her show, with Mary in the audience, tossing her hat in the air. Edit
    • The Flintstones After Peter mourns the apparent loss of his chance to get the last scroll, The Great Gazoo appears, calling Peter a "dum-dum" much like he used to call Fred and Barney on the animated show The Flintstones. Edit

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