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Another sad stray from our political circus ‘08.  Here is another attempt at getting paid on the side.  It did not work out as planned, so here is for all to read for free……………………

In Family Guy Patriot Games, Peter becomes a star for the New England Patriots after meeting Tom Brady at his 25^th high school reunion.  Peter’s ridiculous antics spoof the many aspects of professional football (Peter repeatedly spanking a player for a job well-done, a towel fight in the shower with Tom Brady, and his terrible attempt at acting in his role in a television commercial).  The episode hits a low spot about halfway through when Peter goes into a lengthy (almost two and a half minutes) and not so funny song and dance number to put extra, unneeded emphasis on his showboating ways.  Family Guy Patriot Games gets back on course when Peter is booted from the Patriots and is traded to the hilariously named London Silly Nannies, the worst football team in all of Europe.  Peter then goes on to pump the Silly Nannies full of steroids and then challenge the New England Patriots to a grudge match.             

I found the Stewie and Brian storyline in Family Guy Patriot Games to be much funnier than the main story and it completely steals this episode.  With Stewie acting as a bookie and Brian the gambler refusing to pay, Stewie gives Brian’s life a hilarious living hell with Goodfellas style beatings, demanding “Where’s my money, man!  You got ‘til five o’clock, you hear me, you ‘til five o’clock…clean yourself up.”  I think these are some of the funniest Stewie and Brian interactions (and bloodiest) in the history of the show.  After repeated beatings, Brian finally pays up only to torture Stewie with the knowledge that revenge is inevitably on the way.

Family Guy Patriot Games is not the funniest episode ever, but it does deliver all that is expected from a Family Guy episode with its jump-cut jokes and its senseless storyline.  

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