Talk:Road to Europe

a baby’s arm holding an apple
I believe this term was popularized (and may have originated) from a circa 1960 Lenny Bruce routine that ended up in his book How to Talk Dirty and Influence People (ISBN 0-67-175108-5) &mdash; Bruce attributes the term to one of his mother's neighbors, who could have been repeating something she had heard elsewhere. The Bruce text:

"Filipinos come quick; colored men are build abnormally large ('Their wangs look like a baby's arm with an apple in its fist'); ladies with short hair are Lesbians; if you want to keep your man, rub alum on your pussy.

Such bits of erotic folklore were related daily to my mother by Mrs. Janesky ..."

You can find this quote in the book's description (and the excerpt) at Amazon.

The earliest use I've seen of this exact wording Stuey uses was on The Tubes's song "What Do You Want From Life", from their eponymous 1975 album.

I would guess the joke (on Family Guy) is that the rhythm and syntax of that phrase sound plausibly British to american ears. That aside, I don't consider the slang use of this term especially British (supporting link given in prior version: ), but I wouldn't know first-hand. I certainly hear it used in american vernacular. – edgarde 19:11, 24 September 2006 (UTC) (updated 21:16, 25 September 2006 (UTC))

This phrase was used in the third Austin Powers movie, which may lead to its "Britishness", although I believe that this episode aired before that movie's release.NozeDive (talk) 15:19, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Fancruft
Like many Family Guy articles, this contains much WP:TRIVIA that might be well-suited for the Family Guy wiki, but lacks sufficient real-world notability for Wikipedia.

Relevant essays:
 * WP:EPISODE
 * Manual of Style (writing about fiction)

Relevant guidelines:
 * WP:Notability (fiction)
 * WP:PLOT

Serious problems with most Family Guy articles:
 * Re-telling every memorable joke. This almost never works and is unencyclopedic. See WP:EPISODE.
 * Spotting every time Peter Chris is drawn inconsistently. See WP:AVTRIVIA.

/ edgarde 23:24, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

“Sie werden Deutschland nicht beleidigen!”
Why the hell does this have a "citation needed" tag, every native speaking German can tell you this is perfectly right. Removed.
 * Well, also those that have it as second language and have been practicing the language for so many years. TheBlazikenMaster 20:45, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

OK the "Trivia" section that was removed needs to be incorporated into the main text somehow because I actually go to this page just to look up information like that (i.e. German dialogue) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.231.61.202 (talk) 19:33, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Why not check on a FG fan-site instead? That is a more appropriate location for trivia.  Please review WP:NOT again.  DP 76764  (Talk) 20:12, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

This was the final episode produced prior to the show’s initial cancellation, though not the final one aired.
How about Family Guy Viewer Mail? TheBlazikenMaster 20:30, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

This episode has production code 3ACX13, while i believe Viewer Mail was 3ACX12. With the higher production code it just means they started on this one last. Grande13

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The Line about the Beer hall

I believe the Beer hall ine at the end of the scene in Munich was a reference to the Munich Beer hall Putch considering that before that they had made fun of Germanies Nazi history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.115.82.239 (talk) 21:19, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Cambridge Don
In the Jolly Farm Revue episode Stewie is watching just before he gets the idea to run away, Mother Maggie asks the kids what they want to be when they grow up and the third says "A Cambridge Don". To what does this refer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.196.203.225 (talk) 23:54, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

It's a reference to one of Britain's top universities, Cambridge. A don is something like a lecturer, but is only used for the "classic" universities usually, like Cambridge. 86.160.94.194 (talk) 23:51, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Alternative title
I just watched the episode on BBC3 and they called it "european roadshow" so i've put in a redirect. 86.160.94.194 (talk) 23:51, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes that's what they're calling it right now. Should it be added to the article? – anemone projectors – 22:20, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Ace and Peter
I don't think Ace Frehley and Peter Criss provided their voices for this episode. They are not listed in the credits. Chris Cox is credited as "Guy Dressed as Ace Frehley". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.61.167.20 (talk) 19:23, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

European Road Show or Road to Europe?
I haven't seen any consensus among critics, or otherwise to suggest the title is the former and not the latter. Would there be any objetions if I were to be so bold as to move the content under an article with the title "Road the Europe"? BlueNoise ( Désorienté? It's just purple ) 21:08, 28 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure I understand the question. The article is already named Road to Europe with European Road Show as a redirect. DonIago (talk) 17:28, 3 November 2022 (UTC)