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Bookie of the Year
Season 13, Episode 6
Air date October 12, 2014
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Bookie of the Year is the 6th episode of Season 13 of Family Guy. It is the 306th episode, overall.

Synopsis[]

Lois decides it’s time for Chris to work out his anger management issues by taking up a sport. Chris surprises everyone and becomes a star baseball pitcher, which turns Peter into a gambling father, as he bets on his son’s baseball games. Meanwhile, Stewie, Brian and Frank Sinatra Jr. attempt to open an Italian restaurant.

Plot[]

The family attends the Feast of San Gennaro, an Italian festival where Chris' temper gets out of control on a carnival game and Lois convinces Peter that they need to deal with anger issues. He takes Chris down to a road where they pitch rotten apples at cars, but when Chris hits the door to the baseball coach at his high school, he gets an invitation to join the team. Getting his chance in the middle of a game, a guy makes nasty comments about Chris coming in to pitch in his first game, Peter bets him $100 that he gets the strike out and wins.

Peter treats the guys to drinks and they convince him to make bets with the other dads. With the guy's help, he cleans up as Chris racks up the strikeouts. As the guys enjoy their money, Chris makes the news and they fear that it will tip off their suckers, indeed, the betters avoid them so they hatch a plan to get people to bet for Chris and then have him fail with Peter's influence. But when Lois finds out that Chris is imbibing in alcohol in order to lose the game, she confronts Peter about it. He admits his scheme so she calls him a jackass and orders Chris to do his best to win, despite that Peter may lose his shirt on the outstanding bets. He tells the guys and they decide to take action on their own, although they believe that Peter was secretly implying this course of action. Disguising themselves as high school students, they attack Chris and break his pitching arm. They tell Peter the “good news” and he rushes to Chris' side, only to find out that he isn't upset because he believes that he can pitch just as well with his other hand due to working out from masturbating and proceeds to break Quagmire's arm with a pitch. Later, Peter reveals that Chris managed to knock out his coach and then pitched the rest of the game so badly that Peter and the guys win their bets, although Peter ended up kissing a guy over another matter.

At the festival, Stewie and Brian run into Frank Sinatra, Jr. where he pitches the idea that they should open an Italian restaurant. He leads them to an empty storefront and when things are slow to start on their opening night, they talk Frank into becoming the face of the restaurant and business picks up. However, Brian finds out they are losing money because Frank is giving away the food. The confront him and he agrees to quit comping meals, but it has become so ingrained with the crowd that they refuse to pay and all walk out. Frank heads out as well, leaving Stewie and Brian to close the restaurant before setting fire to it.

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Quotes[]

Frank Sinatra, Jr.: Stewie! Elliot!
Brian: It...it...it's actually "Brian". We've...we've met many times before.
Frank Sinatra, Jr.: Then who's Elliot?
Brian: I ... I really wouldn't know.
Stewie: This is a bad start to whatever we're doing.
Stewie: You uh...you keep meatballs in your jacket?
Frank Sinatra, Jr.: Oh, yeah. All my pockets are lined with Reynolds Wrap. I learned that from my old buddies, Dean Martin, Jr., Joey Bishop, Jr., and Sammy Davis, III.
Announcer: Step right up. Everybody take a chance on Whack-A-Big Pussy.
[Chris is seen playing Whack-A-Big Pussy, which is a game with Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero from "The Sopranos"]
Chris: This is not what I thought it was! RAAAAGH!
[Chris gets angry and starts smashing the game]
Lois: Oh my God, Chris is out of control!
Peter: I know. It must be all the violence in movies and sex on TV.
Lois: Ohhhh.
Peter: See, I listen.
[Chris throws an apple at Coach Doyle's car, striking the door]
Coach Doyle: Hey! Which one of you threw that apple at my car?
Peter: He did it. He dragged me out here. I wanted to be in school sir.
Coach Doyle: Where'd you get a cannon like that kid?
Chris: I work out my right arm three times a day.
Coach Doyle: Hmm, free weights?
Chris: No, mostly jpegs of Helen Hunt on my hard drive.
Peter: Alright, Chris! Wow, I've never seen him run onto a baseball field when he wasn't chasing a duck or being chased by a duck. Is that a duck over there?
Chris: Oh my God, A duck!
[Chris runs off to chase a duck and comes running back, being chased by an entire flock]
Chris: It was a trap!
Peter: This sucks even worse than when I stubbed my toe.
[Cutaway to Peter stubbing his toe, while walking through church]
Peter: Aaagh! Why does everything bad always happen to me!?
[A dead guy in a coffin is seen, lying under a crucifix]
Peter: Answer me, guy in box and guy on cross!
Peter: Hey, champ. Whatchya doin'?
Chris: My Spanish homework.
Peter: Oh, well then maybe I'll just say this to you in Spanish. Chris, estoy muy contento que usted tenido un éxito en el béisbol, pero, ahora quiero que pierdas intencionalmente el gran juego.
Chris: Bueno, yo estoy feliz que este teniendo un interés en mis actividades y ha sido muy divertido para... ¿QUEEEEEEE?
[Lois walks in on Chris drinking what looks like a bottle of whiskey]
Lois: Chris, what the hell are you doing?
Chris: Calm down, this is how they package Snapple now. They're trying to trick kids into drinking it.
Lois: You may not believe this, but there was a time when Snapple ruled the nation.
Chris: Preposterous!
Lois: It's true, even Jerry Seinfeld drank it and he was the president of the 90's.
Stewie: Hey, Frank. We've got to talk. You've got to stop giving away all the food for free.
Brian: Yeah, otherwise there's no way we're gonna make a profit.
Frank Sinatra, Jr.: Oh, we don't have to worry about money. I might be doing a duets thing with that Lady Googa.
Stewie: Uh huh, that's wrong. Anyway, the restaurant's going to go under if you keep giving away food.
Frank Sinatra, Jr.: Alright, alright.
Stewie: Thank you, Frank. I appreciate you trying it my way.
[A guy gives Frank money]
Frank Sinatra, Jr.: Thank you.
Brian: What was that?
Frank Sinatra, Jr.: Oh, I get $40 every time somebody says "My Way" ... Nancy gets $60.
[Chris sees Cleveland, Quagmire, and Joe in disguise as teenagers]
Chris: Oh, hey, fellow teens. Wait a minute, teenagers don't have wheelchairs!

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Trivia[]

  • A copy of the script posted to Twitter by writer Daniel Peck had Mike Kim listed as the director. Jerry Langford is the director listed in the broadcast of the episode.
  • Capital and Reprise, mentioned during the song "Frank's Restaurant", are both record labels. Reprise was founded by Frank Sinatra, after leaving Capital in order to have more control over his recordings.
  • "Centerfield" by John Fogerty plays as Chris pitches.
  • Peter and Lois break the Fourth Wall when he quotes lyrics from the Theme Song.
  • In the uncensored extended cut of the episode, Lois' concern over Chris' anger issues is met with a suggestion by Peter to push it to see if he turns into The Incredible Hulk.

Cultural References[]

  • The title is parody of the phrase "Rookie of the Year."
  • While singing about the portion size during "Frank Restaurant", Frank imitates Marlon Brando's Vito Corleone from The Godfather. The "horse's head" mentioned is a reference to a scene in which a severed horse's head is placed in the bed of a film producer that refuses to deal with Vito.
  • Peter recalls an incident during which Beyoncé's sister Solange attacked Jay Z in an elevator.[1]
  • Frank mentioned that Nancy gets $60 every time someone mentioned "My Way", referring to his sister and father Frank Sinatra's signature song.
  • Brian and Stewie's turning out the lights on Frank's Restaurant, Jr. is a homage to the final episode of Cheers, in which Sam also turned out the lights for the final time in the bar. The title card that follows lists the producers of Cheers.

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