Wasted Talent

Wasted Talent is an episode from the second season of the FOX Animated Television Series '' Family Guy ''. First aired on July 25 , 2000 . Written by Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman, and directed by Bert Ring. Guest starring Adam Carolla as Death. Production code 2ACX15.

PLOT SUMMARY

Lois desperately searches for one piano student who can beat her rival Alexis's student at the piano competition. Meanwhile, Peter drinks even more Pawtucket beer than usual in an attempt to win a tour of the brewery. Lois discovers that Peter can play piano perfectly when drunk, and enters him as her student in the piano competition.

MODIFIED CREDITS

The sad "Walking Away" song from the Hulk TV Series , which Peter played earlier at Stewie's request, is heard instead of the theme. Stewie again imitates Bill Bixby hitchhiking as a car and a truck roll by.

CULTURAL REFERENCES

Roughly the first half of the episode is an homage to the film '' Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory ''. Pawtucket Pat and his Chumbawumbas are a parody of Willy Wonka and his Oompa Loompa s. Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket and Jack Albertson as Grandpa Joe are depicted during the tour of the brewery.

The Mexican actor Pawtucket Pat hires to stage the shooting is none other than Cheech Marin .

The Chumbawumba characters are a reference to the band Chumbawamba who are best known in the US for their 1997 hit " Tubthumping ," the lyrics of which reference the pleasure of drinking.

The Great Gazoo from '' The Flintstones '' appears.

Peter's piano repertoire is movie and TV show Theme Song s, including '' Dallas '', '' Nine To Five '', '' The Incredible Hulk '', '' The X-Files '' and '' The Mary Tyler Moore Show ''.

Mary Richards throws her hat in the air at the end of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' theme as she did in the opening credits of that show and the hat stays it the air and she is frozen and people see it happening.

Lois compares Peter to "the idiot" ( David Helfgott ) from '' Shine ''.

The last scene, with the last brain cell in Peter's brain, parodies '' The Twilight Zone '' episode " Time Enough At Last ."

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