"Family Guy" Returns

Oh, my dear Lord.

After a long hiatus from being cancelled from FOX (and the subsequent comeback from booming DVD sales), "Family Guy" made its triumphant return last night with its season premiere. After almost being spoiled on Saturday from bootleggers that I work with, I waiting long and hard for the episode to be shown at 8:00 p.m.

I damn near missed it though, as Katie and I drove to Sioux Falls to order our wedding bands (which added another big bill to my credit card) and I was freakin' out because I wanted to be home by 7:30 p.m. (at this time, I thought "Family Guy" was going to be on then). After a short trip to Barnes & Nobles, we jetted out of Sioux Falls and drove 90 mph back home, just in time for "The Simpsons!"

"Ah, Katie ... 'The Simpsons' are on instead..."

Eh ... but the "Family Guy" episode surpassed my expectations, starting off with Peter getting out of bed naked -- but, since Peter is overly obese, all parts were covered up.

References to "The Honeymooners" was classic. Ralph threatens with his classic line, "One of these days, Alice..." and Alice responds, "yeah, yeah, to the moon..." -- ends up with Ralph actually clocking Alice and her crashing through a table in the classic "Family Guy" crumpled form.

There's the part where Peter is talking about The Passion of the Christ and how if he was Jesus, he do something about the guy who was whipping him. Then there's the "dream sequence" of Peter playing Jesus, telling the Roman soldier to "Stop it."

The comic book part when Peter and Lois were driving to Cape Cod during their second honeymoon was great.

Plus, Peter talking about how "intense" it was when he couldn't sit down in a chair. Instead, he threw himself on it and crashed in yet again, classic "Family Guy" crumpled form.

But Katie was proud of the Mt. Rushmore scene, where Mel Gibson dies after falling off George Washington's head and Peter and Lois finally consumate their second honeymoon on top of Mt. Rushmore.

Great!