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Plot summary

Lois is named director of the Quahog Players theatre group production, and she decides to produce The King and I. Joe Swanson, despite being paraplegic, is named choreagrapher. Lois names Peter producer in the hopes of keeping him out of the way, but Peter gradually takes over, radically changing the play. He gets the play mentioned on the news by casting newscaster Diane Simmons as Anna, trying his best to make the play perfect for Lois and him. Lois Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) is a cartoon character on the TV show Family Guy by Seth MacFarlane. ... The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on the book Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. ... Lieutenant Joseph Joe Swanson is a fictional character in the Fox animated television show Family Guy. ... Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is the protagonist in the American animated television series Family Guy. ...

Peter announces he’s giving the role of Anna to Diane Simmons.

Peter also adds material inspired by The Jerry Springer Show and Flashdance. Lois finally quits out of extream anger over Peter and leaves Peter as the director. Peter’s constant changes frustrate Diane into quitting, so he plays Anna himself. Lois plans on making Peter miserable by making changes to everything that comes to her mind, starting with breakfast, adding fish and undone eggs. Image File history File links FGTheKingisDead. ... Image File history File links FGTheKingisDead. ... The Jerry Springer Show is an internationally known American television tabloid talk show, hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician. ... Flashdance is a musical and romance film released in April 1983. ...

Peter’s version of The King and I depicts a post-apocalyptic future set in the ruined world of 2015 AD after the 9th nuclear war. The world "is a grim future filled with lots of explosions and partial nudity," ruled by an oppressive king, played by Brian. ANNA is an "Automoton Nuclear Neo-human Android", a robot ninja from the planet England sent to rid the world of the king's tyranny. ANNA, not confused by the bikini-clad Siamese "children’s" (actually women) all-female sex orgy, kung fu fights with the king and defeats him, changing Siam into the United States of America. Apocalyptic science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization, through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. ... For the video game developer, see 2015, Inc. ... The word nuclear means of or belonging to the nucleus of something. ... For other uses, see robot (disambiguation). ... Jiraiya, ninja and title character of the Japanese folktale Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Alternative meaning: Kung Fu (TV series) Kung fu or gongfu (功夫, Pinyin: gōngfu) is a well-known Chinese term used in the West to designate Chinese martial arts. ...

Lois attended the premiere just to see Peter get humiliated for ruining the story but, to her astonishment, anger, dissapointment and disbelief, the show is a hit. Then, she insults the audience for applauding that show, claiming that the show is an example of pure trash. She seemingly embarrasses Peter, but Peter then lets out an unusually long fart onstage that everyone hears, and they clap again, completely ignoring Lois, and making Peter one of the most popular people in Quahog. Later, Peter comes back from a celebration party, but thanks Lois for giving him the chance to express himself and making the show possible (as if she had quit to make him popular, though it is clear that she did this to get him infamous). Lois, feeling a bit guilty for the way she acted, admits she was insupportive of Peter's work, and also admits that the show must have been good in the way that people found it entertaining. Peter is touched by her words and promises to get her the job as director again next year.

Notes

• This is the last episode (going by production order) that Lacey Chabert provides the voice of Meg.
• Brian mentions Meg’s ability to do bird calls, which is demonstrated in the episode “A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Bucks.”
• This episode reveals Diane Simmons's original maiden name, Diane Seidelman.
• William Shatner shows up to opening night, even though he was presumably killed when Meg ran him over in the episode "I Never Met the Dead Man." He is seen giving a standing ovation.
• Peter claims that he has "soul and passion that only comes with hundreds of years of black oppression." It’s notable that he eventually finds out that one of his ancestors is black.
• Peter once again assumes the role of A.N.N.A. in Family Guy Video Game!.
• Shortly before Peter stops farting, you can see a majority of the one-shot characters who appeared in all the other episodes from the first season production line; some of these episodes were broadcast after this episode aired.
• Peter's fart at the end of the episode has been described by Seth MacFarlane as "the longest fart in television history".
• There's a scene where Lois is talking and Meg's glasses disappear, but shortly after, they reappear.

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Cultural references

• Peter's replacing Loretta with a star to further the publicity, is a subtle nod to The Bad and The Beautiful in which the producer replaces his director to further his own goals.
• Peter’s toy, Mr. Zucchini Head, is a parody of Mr. Potato Head. Peter puts a small cap atop the head of Mr. Zucchini resembling a condom, a pair of rounded shoes resembling testicles, and flips a switch in its back causing it to vibrate, rendering it little more than a vibrator.
• During Peter's daydream about being a "big Hollywood producer," wearing a Star of David, Peter proclaims "I'm the king of the world!" before falling off a cliff. The line is a reference to Leonardo DiCaprio's line in the movie Titanic.
• Lois mentions the “mindless jobs” of famous creative people. She is correct that Moby Dick author Herman Melville worked as a customs agent and scientist Albert Einstein worked in the patent office, although it was the Swiss patent office, not that of the US. Also, Michelangelo’s father, and later the artist himself, owned a rock quarry but he was never a laborer in one.
• When auditioning for the play, Brian sings “If Ever I Would Leave You” from the musical Camelot.
• Stewie auditions with the “winter of our discontent” soliloquy from Shakespeare’s Richard III, which he will repeat again in the beginning of “And the Wiener Is...." He balls up his blanket and stuffs it into his shirt to give the illusion of a humpback, for which Richard III was notorious.
• Stewie “quotes” “first lady of the American stage” Helen Hayes in telling Lois “I’m going to kill you.” This is not an actual quote from Hayes. This is similar to that of Brian in Love where he states that "Rodgers" rhymes with "eliminate".
• Thinking the audition a mere formality, Peter gives an off-key rendition of the theme song of children’s television series Land of the Lost.
• Cleveland says he once met singer/actress Pearl Bailey at a book signing.
• A flashback shows an independent film starring Diane during her college days. It includes many clichés of student films, including a non-linear plot, gloomy music, surreal images, and a pointless close-up of an object.
• A cutaway shows a writing team of monkeys writing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, a reference to the infinite monkey theorem.
• Stewie says that Peter is the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber.
• Peter makes a reference to Rent.
• The theatre marquee says “A Peter Griffin Joint,” a nod to director Spike Lee, whose films are credited as “A Spike Lee Joint.”
• Before the play, Brian rehearses lyrics to “Sussudio” by Phil Collins.
• Sean Penn’s destruction of the camera is a reference to his assault of a paparazzo.
• When the monkeys are creating the Shakespeare line, one says, "No, they did that on last week's Marlowe," a reference to Shakespeare's rival playwright, Christopher Marlowe.
• Stewie states that Jay Leno is so charming that it is so fashionable to make fun of him.
• Peter calls Loretta's (after she has been replaced by Diane Simmons as Anna) character as "Miss Thing", a supposedly African-American play on the actual character Lady Thiang.

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References

• Callaghan, Steve. “The King Is Dead.” Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. 65–67.
• Delarte, Alonso. “Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 2.” Bob’s Poetry Magazine May 2005: 13–14. http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs02My.pdf