Have You heard?

It is a ripe Rhode Island morning. Three-Fourths of the Griffin men are present at the kitchen table. Dog and writer/actor Brian begin to read the Quahog Informant. Peter, father and head-of-the-household asks Brian to view said periodical. As Peter flips through the Informant he confusingly grunts into the paper. Peter inquisitively asks about the absence of an important piece, which he had thought to be missing from his periodical.

Concerned, Brian asked Peter for further explanation. Peter claims:

“Well there seems to be an absence of a certain ornithological piece; a headline regarding mass awareness of a certain avian variety.”

Inquisitively, Brian wonders what Peter is talking about, Stewie, Peter’s baby, then quickly warns Brian to not be so inquisitive. Suddenly, Peter jumps up from his chair and with an animated glaze in his eyes, starts metrically pumping his arms up-and-down. As Brian stares questioningly in Peter’s direction, Peter begins to clarify that,

“Oh, well a bird-bird-bird. B-bird’s is the word. Brian! Don’t you know about the bird? Well Peter’s gonna tell you about the bird! Oh, well a bird-bird-bird. B-bird’s is the word. Surfi-“

Suddenly, in the midst of his explanation, Peter starts to experience what seems like a seizure. He cannot speak clearly, and muscle spasms are overtaking his regular bodily movements. Peter suddenly falls to the floor, shakes and vocalizes uncontrollably. After a few moments, he takes a deep breath, and falls lifeless onto the tile floor. As drool is foaming out of the side of his mouth, Brian rushes over to help. Flabbergasted, Brian asks if Peter is all right. In the middle of his inquiry, Peter wakes up to finish his explanation.

“Bah-pa-pa Ooh-mow-mow, Bah-pa Ooh-mow-mow, Bah-pa-pa Ooh-mow-mow, Bah-pa Ooh-mow-mow, Bah-pa-pa Ooh-mow-mow, Bah-pa Ooh-mow-mow, Bah-pa Ooh-mow-mow!”

As Brian stares blankly at Peter rhythmically pumping his arms up-and-down, Stewie pulls a revolver from his baby jumper and proceeds to put the barrel in his mouth. Although he did not succeed in taking his life, these actions show that songs that are repetitive in nature can ultimately cause an individual to want to inflict bodily harm on himself or others.



(Parry, I chose to focus on a scene from Family Guy instead of a movie. I hope you can understand:)