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After getting pulled over for drunk driving, Brian is sentenced to do volunteer work caring for a cranky, reclusive old woman. Peter, meanwhile, has grown a full beard, only to have a rare breed of swallow lay its eggs inside it. As Peter grows more fond of the baby birds living under his nose, Brian discovers that his elderly charge has a far more interesting past than he ever suspected.

Although first aired in January 2002, the episode was completed prior to September 11, 2001. As Brian sings "You've Got A Lot To See" to a woman who has not left her house since 1960, they both see images of buildings constructed in the following years, including a lingering shot of the World Trade Center twin towers.

The binary number in the Helen Keller cutaway is "0110 1001" or "69".

The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics - You've Got a Lot to See.

Lois and Brian singing their conversation along to the piano student's exercises is taken almost exactly from Meredith Wilson's 1957 musical "The Music Man."

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    • Author: Doukree
    The cultured canine Brian's latest date turns out to be a disaster, and the fact that he has to explain how it all went wrong with a hastily improvised song during Lois's piano lesson only adds to his misery. He gets pulled over for drunk driving and is sentenced to community service, where he is assigned to the outreach to the elderly programme, visiting and cooking for an elderly recluse named Pearl who hasn't left the house in thirty years. They don't get along until Brian discovers that Pearl was once "the jingle queen" who attempted a serious music crossover, only to be booed off the stage at Carnegie Hall by an audience who wanted her to sing her old advertising tunes, rather than arias from Carmen.

    This is a great episode, full of clever one-liners, quickies, throwaway comments and a superb production number from Brian, done in the style of the Genie's showstopper 'Friend Like Me' from Disney's ALADDIN, which not only has excellent lyrics ("Political correctness has raised the bar, a word like 'redneck' is a step too far, today you'd say 'country music star'...") but a tune that wouldn't shame a West End show, and if Seth MacFarlane is Brian's singing voice too, then he deserves sincere congratulations!
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    • Author: Conjulhala
    With two stories, both worthy of being their own episodes, "Family Guy" dives into a more sophisticated brand of adult humour. Although not the funniest episode I can recall, it really shows other adult cartoons like the simpsons and "King of the Hill" that there's a new kid on the block, and he's good.

    If there was an award for the most sentimental moment in television cartoon history, the end of this episode should, in my opinion, win hand's down. With a Primetime Emmy winning song, "You've Got A Lot To See," and acclaim from some tough critics it's apparent that, as television shows go, this is the best of the best.
  • Episode cast overview, first billed only:
    Seth MacFarlane Seth MacFarlane - Peter Griffin / Brian Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Glenn Quagmire / Dr. Elmer Hartman / Announcer / Ben (voice)
    Alex Borstein Alex Borstein - Lois Griffin / Pearl Burton / Miracle Worker Mother (voice)
    Seth Green Seth Green - Chris Griffin / Neil Goldman (voice)
    Mila Kunis Mila Kunis - Meg Griffin (voice)
    Lori Alan Lori Alan - Diane Simmons (voice)
    Mike Barker Mike Barker - Ben Franklin Bear (voice)
    A.J. Benza A.J. Benza - Himself (voice)
    Gary Cole Gary Cole - James 'Grizzly' Adams (voice)
    Adria Firestone Adria Firestone - (voice)
    Melora Hardin Melora Hardin - Patsy Ramsey (voice)
    Butch Hartman Butch Hartman - (voice)
    Mike Henry Mike Henry - Cleveland Brown (voice)
    Phil LaMarr Phil LaMarr - Judge (voice)
    Jane Lynch Jane Lynch - (voice)
    Nicole Sullivan Nicole Sullivan - Tina, Brian's date (voice)
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