Season: 7 Episode: 2
Total Episode Count: 112
First Aired: October 5, 2008
Guest Starring: Perez Hilton, Ike Barinholtz
Featuring: Peter Griffin, Lois Griffin, Brian Griffin, Chris Griffin, Meg Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Jesus Christ
Also Appearing: Cleveland Brown, George W. Bush, Marlee Matlin, Jay Leno, Tom Tucker, God, Mayor Adam West, Paris Hilton, Perez Hilton, Dane Cook, Star Jones, Dave Coulier, Effeminate cow, Nicole Ritchie
Musical Numbers: Surfin’ Bird, Me and Jesus (DVD only)
Director: Mike Kim
Writers: Brian Scully
Plot:
While attending the Nifty Fifties Diner, a 1950s-themed restaurant, Peter Griffin hears his favorite song, “Surfin’ Bird” by The Trashmen,” on the jukebox. One of the employees removes the record because it’s a 1960s song and thus wouldn’t exist in the ’50s, so Peter offers to trade Meg Griffin (directing him to an attractive, unrelated woman) for sex in exchange for it. He begins driving everyone crazy by endlessly playing and singing to it, and even squanders the family’s savings to make a public service announcement where he can do so on TV. Before they completely lose their minds, Stewie Griffin and Brian Griffin steal the record in Peter’s sleep. The next morning, Peter blames the family for the record’s disappearance—Stewie and Brian had smashed it à la Office Space —before going out in an attempt to buy another copy. The clerk at the Dead Format Records store tells Peter they have sold all 63 copies at once (to “a dog and a baby”) before Peter notices that the clerk looks familiar, ultimately realizing he is Jesus Christ.