Another Family Guy Reference? You Be the Judge

[Convincing John]

Hi everyone,

With all the references to the Muppets we have seen on "Family Guy", there may be another one (though obscure). Although, you can decide for yourselves:

At the end of the episode One If By Clam, Two If By Sea an obviously inexperienced insurance agent is on the case to unmask Nigel's insurance fraud scheme.

At the end of the episode, Nigel confesses to Lois that he burned down the pub and framed Peter. The insurance agent bursts out of the closet and says:

"Mr. Pinchley, I heard everything! What you've done is a textbook example of insurance..." here he squints at the open textbook and is supposed to say 'fraud', but instead says "Froud!"

Yep, he says the word "Froud" loud and clear. Now even though it's supposed to be a display of this agent's mispronunciation of the word "fraud", there just might be a Dark Crystal or Labyrinth fan among the folks who keep slipping those Muppet references in.

If the clip comes on YouTube, I'll post it here so you guys can check it out and decide for yourselves.

Convincing John

 

[Teheheman]

Or, you could just watch the DVD if you have it.

Daniel

 

[Drtooth]

while we're on the subject, the end of "North by North Quahog" features Mount Rushmore talking to itself. I just counted that one, myself.

(BTW: I don't think Froud is totally a refference... it could just be a malaprop)

 

[Convincing John]

Could be. Then again, you never know if some references are intended or not. Kind of like that Dr. Teeth reference you found here.

Since there's Muppet fans (obviously) among the Family Guy writing staff, I just wondered if some of these same guys may be Froud fans as well.

The talking Mt. Rushmore...I'll have to look that one up.

Convincing John

 

[minor muppetz]

Or, you could just watch the DVD if you have it.

Daniel

Is that episode on DVD yet? I thought it was from the fifth season, which hasn't been released on DVD yet.

 

[Teheheman]

I believe that it is part of the 2nd volume, or the first one, I can't remember.

Daniel

 

[MuppetMarc]

I don't think it was. I believe the only refs to the Dark Crystal have been on South Park and Billy and Mandy. I would watch that episode again if my brother hadn't taken all the Family Guy dvds to college with him.

 

[Drtooth]

Could be. Then again, you never know if some references are intended or not. Kind of like that Dr. Teeth reference you found http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showpost.php?p=440522&postcount=328

It took three tries of watching that one. When I first noticed it, I didn't realize much... the second time I noticed it looked familiar. Third time I watched it with my Dr. Teeth figure in hand, and knew it HAD to be him.

But then again, the Froud thing can be a refference. Not saying it could, but not saying it can't. When the Family Guy Files site was still around, they had much vauger things listed, and I agreed with them.

I did mention Brain Froud in a comic once, but for no apparent reason. I can't post it here, or tell you any details, but it's waaaaaay too silly for anyone out side of myself to get anyway.

 

[TheJimHensonHour]

(BTW: I don't think Froud is totally a refference... it could just be a malaprop)

wait you mean it's one of those pink things from the dom delaweese(sp) episode of the muppet show? hahaha

 

[alorindanya]

I didn't catch what was going on, but all I heard was Stewie say "I'm sure they meant Fragglie Rock."