Description

After attending a redneck comedy show, Peter purchases a pickup truck and decides to become a redneck. Peter begins behaving as if he were a redneck, eventually painting over the entire rear window of his pickup, which results in him reversing the car into his neighbor Quagmire's car. After destroying the car, Peter drives Quagmire to the airport, as he is due to fly an airplane. While at the airport, Peter steals the fuel used for Quagmire's airplane, naively believing it will make his pickup fly, resulting in Quagmire's plane crashing safely shortly after, due to a lack of fuel. As a result, Quagmire loses his job and is forced to live with the Griffins until he can find another place to work. Peter claims he is no longer going to be a redneck, although this fails to comfort Quagmire over his loss. The group then sets out to get Quagmire his job back by incapacitating the pilots of another plane, causing it to need to be rescued by Quagmire, making him a town hero. The plan backfires, however, as Quagmire does not get on the plane in time. Quagmire eventually contacts Peter, Cleveland and Joe via air traffic control and instructs Peter on landing the plane safely.

Pop Culture Connections - Outgoing

It refers to these television series...

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

This Television Series is referred to by Airport '07 part of Family Guy Season 5
We see the Griffins watching Carl Sagan's Cosmos edited for Rednecks.
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Little House on the Prairie

This Television Series is referred to by Airport '07 part of Family Guy Season 5
The style of the end credits in the episode is a reference to the television series Little House on the Prairie, with Quagmire running through the field of wildflowers.
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Will & Grace

This Television Series is referred to by Airport '07 part of Family Guy Season 5
The faux introduction after Peter and Lois' conversation is a reference to Will & Grace.
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It refers to these movies...

Airplane!
part of Airplane

This Movie is referred to by Airport '07 part of Family Guy Season 5
The scene of the airplane taking off as Peter and his friends prepare to drug the pilots is a reference to Airplane!. e plane in the episode shares its flight number, 209, with the aircraft from the Airplane! film. Other music from Airplane! is used as Quagmire is assisting Peter in landing the airplane safely.

Babe
part of Babe

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This Movie is referred to by Airport '07 part of Family Guy Season 5
The mice that say "three weeks later" is a reference to 1995 film Babe.
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Last Holiday

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This Movie is referred to by Airport '07 part of Family Guy Season 5
During Peter and his friends' highjacking of the plane, Peter makes a reference to the film Last Holiday (which happen to be the plane's in-flight-movie) calling it "Queen Latifah on skis". After Peter successfully lands the plane, he, Joe, and Cleveland watch the ending of "Last Holiday" (which is different from the actual ending of the movie) where Queen Latifah's character is shown failing to perform a snowboarding jump via a ramp and getting injured.
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Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
part of Star Wars

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This Movie is referred to by Airport '07 part of Family Guy Season 5
After Quagmire crashes the plane, his co-pilot is shown to be Nien Nunb, a reference to 1983 science-fiction film Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.

Top Gun
part of Top Gun

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This Movie is referred to by Airport '07 part of Family Guy Season 5
Peter imagining flying his pickup truck through the air and greeting fighter jet pilots is a reference to 'Top Gun'.
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It refers to these books...

The Pet Goat (My Pet Goat)
written by and

This Book is referred to by Airport '07 part of Family Guy Season 5
Adam West is shown reading this book to an elementary classroom. It is a reference to how President George W. Bush continued reading the book with an elementary school class for seven minutes after being informed of the September 11 attacks.

Other Connections and Related Pop Culture

Family Guy Season 5

# Title Air Date
Family Guy
5:1 Stewie Loves Lois Sep 12, 2006
5:2 Mother Tucker Sep 17, 2006
5:3 Hell Comes to Quahog Sep 24, 2006
5:4 Saving Private Brian Nov 5, 2006
5:5 Whistle While Your Wife Works Nov 12, 2006
5:6 Prick Up Your Ears Nov 19, 2006
5:7 Chick Cancer Nov 26, 2006
5:8 Barely Legal Dec 17, 2006
5:9 Road to Ruper Jan 28, 2007
5:10 Peter's Two Dads Feb 11, 2007
5:11 The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou Feb 18, 2007
5:12 Airport '07 Mar 4, 2007
5:13 Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey Mar 11, 2007
5:14 No Meals on Wheels Mar 25, 2007
5:15 Boys Do Cry Apr 29, 2007
5:16 No Chris Left Behind May 6, 2007
5:17 It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One May 13, 2007
5:18 Meet the Quagmires May 20, 2007

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