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"You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives" is the 25th episode from Season 4 of FOX animated series Family Guy. The title of the episode refers to the phrase said by the clergy at the end of a wedding: "You May Now Kiss The Bride". 8.3 million watched this episode finishing 2nd for the night on FOX behind The Simpsons' 8.7 million.
Plot summary
Brian’s gay cousin Jasper comes to Quahog with his Filipino boyfriend, Ricardo. They reveal they’re going to get married, causing Lois much discomfort.
Mayor Adam West has made a solid gold statue of Dig ’Em for the servicemen who died in the “recent Gulf conflict”, putting the city in enormous debt. In order to distract his constituency, he proposes a bill outlawing gay marriage. Meanwhile, Chris falls for Alyssa, a beautiful Young Republican girl, and joins the party to impress her.
Brian vows to stop West, eventually getting 10,000 people to sign a petition to oppose the bill, but Lois, who is conflicted about gay marriage, refuses to sign. Feeling rather spiteful about the situation, she takes Stewie to visit her parents. Before Brian can present the petition to the mayor, Chris burns it because Alyssa has agreed he may touch her breasts if he destroys the petition. Brian gets 10,000 more signatures within 24 hours non-stop, but West doesn’t change his mind. In an act of desperation, Brian takes a security guard’s gun, and holds the mayor hostage.
Lois hears about Brian on TV, then finds out that her parents do not love each other, and have taught her to believe that a straight couple who do not love each other have more right to marry than a gay couple who love each other. She changes her mind on gay marriage, deciding love is more important in marriage than whether it involves a man or woman. She returns to Quahog to apologize to and convince Brian to free the mayor. Since the hostage situation has distracted the entire town from the Dig 'Em scandal, Mayor West decides to cancel his ban on gay marriage and, after Brian gives him a key for a Volkswagen Scirocco (which Stewie had found earlier in a candy jar at his grandparents' house), he drops the hostage charges. Jasper and Ricardo then get married in the backyard of the Griffin house.
Production
Seth MacFarlane said he came up with the idea for the episode while writing a pilot with two gay men. He said it was "infuriating and idiotic" that two gay partners "have to go through this fucking dog and pony act when they stop at a hotel and the guy behind the counter says, 'You want one room or two?'" He said he is "Incredibly passionate about [his] support for the gay community".[1]
Cultural references
Mayor West builds a statue of Dig 'Em, the Sugar Smacks mascot.[2] Stewie takes over air traffic control, and causes Matthew McConaughey's private plane to crash into the ocean.[2]
Recepction
The episode got mixed reviews from television critics. Bob Sassone from TV Squad said that he could not stop laughing from seeing the episode, said that it was very funny.[2] Michael Drucker from IGN said that this episode was particularly weak.[3]
References
- ^ http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid51793.asp?page=3
- ^ a b c "Family Guy: You May Now Kiss The...Uh...Guy Who Receives Guy". TV Squad. Retrieved Octuber 3, 2009.
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