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Look at that.

Look at the cake.

Happy birthday, Charlie and Uncle Craig.

And Uncle Craig's written in a different color.

Oh, poor Uncle Craig.

Hey, is that your ex -girlfriend, Olivia?

God, what's she doing here?

She was always such a nightmare.

Olivia?

Oh, my God, do I look okay?

I hate this shirt.

Switch shirts!

Frank, where the hell is everybody?

This was supposed to be our big opening night.

I'll tell you what the problem is.

Every successful restaurant has a hook or a gimmick.

That's what we're lacking.

No, we're not.

Frank, you're the hook.

That's right.

We just need to make you the face of the restaurant.

It may be the five loaves of garlic bread I ate this morning talking, but I think that's a swell idea.

So Goby gets up on the lift.

Don't mind me.

Just grab myself a cup of mud.

I like mine black.

Black as night.

Black as sin, know what I'm saying?

Ha!

Haven't introduced myself.

Guys in my crew call me the Ratchet.

Brian, it's not your break.

Get out there and help the customers.

Brian?

Who are you, my father?

Ha!

This guy.

Get out there!

Yes, sir.

That guy's got no idea how hard I'm working.

Bird!

A bird got in!

Awesome!

Have a good life, Mr. G.

Your penis is out.

Would you like to come in?

Hi, Peter Griffin, Leering Dad.

Quick question.

In Shake It Off, you invite us to get down to, quote, this sick beat.

Yet the beat you then provide is rather mild.

My question is this, may I lick your legs?

Damn it.

This doesn't seem to be working.

Well, obviously, Lois.

You can't just go to a park and list a bunch of boring facts.

You gotta spice things up, like I did when I was a lounge singer with uneven lyric density.

This is a song I wrote for my beautiful girlfriend.

Her name is Kim.

I don't understand why your father has such problems with us, Kim.

mostly I think it's because I don't make my car payments on time

but also because I was dating someone else at the same time as Kim hey I'm your abusive dad

and I've been drinking all day from this here jug oh my god is that a jug full of porn hey

Widow Douglas I want to live with my dad shut your hoe

now come on I need to use your pee I'm taking a wagon test in the morning

I wish you wouldn't drink so much stop counting my drinks now get over here so I can whip you Ow!

Crap!

No!

Yeah, that's right, bitch.

Now it's your turn.

No!

Feel too crinkly.

Try again.

Feel too crinkly.

You're done la funny.

This must be so difficult for you.

It is.

There's a lot of choices here.

But I ain't talking to you.

Look at these two lumps.

I broke his modern penis, Dad.

Why are you still wearing that Santa?

Well, the guy at the mall asked me to stay on till Christmas, and I said yes, because being Santa's awesome.

You wear this suit, it's like a free pass.

People let you do anything you want.

What are you talking about?

Oh, it's the stuff of dreams, Lois.

Free burritos, free orange chicken, free pretzels.

Did you make it out of the food court?

I made it to the border.

I got a free iPhone case and a tiny license plate.

It says Cory.

Yep.

Cost me zilch.

We interrupt this program with a special report.

A flight from San Francisco to Quahog has lost contact with air traffic control.

Oh, my God.

That's your father's flight.

Government officials are monitoring the situation closely.

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I'll be here to update you as this story progresses.

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Coming up on the midday news, a couple in their 30s gets married without their dog being in the wedding.

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You're not gonna believe their story.

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Peter, I don't know what you're so excited about.

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Rob Gronkowski is probably the worst neighbor we could ask for.

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You know he's gonna be partying day and night.

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It's not like it's that tasty piece of ass Julian Edelman.

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Now there's a patriot you can get excited about.

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I know he's a wide receiver, but if he's given, I'm taken.

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I'll take it all.

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I'll take it wherever.

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Anyway, go suck up your big dumb mother.

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I'll be here hookin' G to thoughts of Edelman.

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This place is awesome!

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Totally!

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Hey, did you see

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Tom Sizemore in the bathroom with a ladle?

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You've been playing the exact same song for 14 hours.

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That means you're great.

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I was right about you guys.

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Weird you turned that into a compliment about yourself.

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Well, I'm on cocaine.

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Now, before I go, I'm just gonna old man drink this glass of water.

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Now to take an old man pee.

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Ow.

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Ow.

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Ow.

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Ow.

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Ow.

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Ow.

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Hey, listen, Quagmire, you're our friend.

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All right, we hate to see you like this.

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I don't have any friends.

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Only sex people from the phone.

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You gotta stop this.

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It looks like you haven't left this room in weeks.

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No need to leave.

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They all come here.

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Sometimes they bring burgers and cheese.

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Hey, come on, Quagmire.

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Let's go for a walk, huh?

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Get some fresh air.

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Oh, for God's sake.

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You're gonna have a baby in your butt, man.

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Come on, Stewie, give your dog something to post on Facebook.

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Something to post on Facebook.

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Let's go.

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All right, and nobody's blocking.

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Oh, my God, Stewie. Are you okay?

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Back off.

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He may have a concussion.

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A concussion?

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You do me an honor, Lieutenant, but my dance card is full.

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Nice move, Griffin.

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Way to go, Meg!

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Wow, newcomer Meg Griffin is lighting up the track with some amazing moves.

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Amazing?

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Damn right amazing.

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Okay, everybody, we're going to do some double play drills.

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Oh, yeah, a little infield.

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Let's flash some leather, huh, guys?

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Who wants to play second?

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I will.

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Lois, why don't you take second?

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How could he not see that?

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I even held up my arm with my other hand.

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That is the most noticeable way to raise your hand.

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All right, ladies, I'm going to put this as gently as I can, but it appears that someone's rectum fell out on the stairs.

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Now, whose is it? Be honest.

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All right, that's fine.

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But let's just agree on a rule that if your rectum falls out on the stairs, it's on you to pick it up.

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Look at that, Brian.

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Our day has just begun, and there's a line out the door.

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I know.

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We're raking it in.

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This is a hell of a lot easier than when I delivered pizza in New Orleans.

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What the hell?

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We're all just blocking the street.

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We're all just blocking the street.

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Well, these kids are not staying here.

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You gotta take them.

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How can I take them when I was never here?

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Wow, she's like the Mexican David Blaine.

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Wait, is David Blaine Mexican?

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He's something.

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Peter, forget that.

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What are we gonna do?

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Chris can't just be stuck with these babies.

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Ah!

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Whoa, that was close.

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You almost dipped one of your yabos in the marinara.

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Let me help you with those.

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Why, thank you.

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That's so sweet.

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You're the first person who looks anything like my husband who's offered to help in any way.

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Oh, you must be Peter's wife, Lois.

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I'm Larry.

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It's nice to meet you, Larry.

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A weird hands full pinky shake?

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Well, that's it.

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We didn't get best drama, either.

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This is hopeless.

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We've tried everything.

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No, Lois, we haven't.

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But that's just what we're gonna do.

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Everything.

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We're gonna try for every single Emmy category, starting with best stunt performance.

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Peter, I don't think that's a category.

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Oh, okay.

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Best documentary.

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Wow, that's, uh, that's some view.

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I know, isn't it?

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You see that rock formation over there?

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We're gonna fly right through the center of it.

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It's called threading the needle.

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Totally intense.

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Uh -huh, uh -huh, yeah.

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Or how about this?

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Maybe you jump off this cliff, and I spin around over there and sing

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Sound of Music.

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Or we could just go home and watch

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Sound of Music.

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Goat meat, get your goat meat here.

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Cleveland, are those?

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Yeah, I have dibs on whatever silliness

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Peter loses interest in.

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Remember this?

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To the Cleveland copter!

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The mustache obscures my view!

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Welcome to my prescription pad.

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Get it?

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We're dead.

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We're getting shot.

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Calm down.

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Heads up, sometimes my knob plays peekaboo through my pee hatch.

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So I hear you guys need some benzos.

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Yup, we gotta dry this dog up.

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Hang on, hang on, hang on.

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This is my favorite part of the song.

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Aquila!

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Oh, I'm thinking of a different song.

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The End The End The End The End

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The End The End The

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End The End The End The End

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The End Peter, don't!

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It's suicide!

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I still think this is a drastic measure.

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Yeah, I messed up, but what about all the stupid things Peter's done?

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He's never been kicked out, and his life...

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My life is not the issue here!

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Peter, calm down.

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Did you eat breakfast this morning?

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I had a banana and a coffee.

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Why am I so fat?

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I'm sorry, Brian, but this is the way it has to be.

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All right, then.

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I guess this is goodbye.

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Brian, wait!

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This collar is ours.

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It has our address on it.

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Peace, dude.

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We gotta go!

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We gotta go now!

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Dear Lord, please send me a 6 '7 blonde woman who likes to drink until she blacks out.

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I think we got our prayers crossed.

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Stewie, get out of there.

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Stewie!

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Stewie!

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Gotta get his attention.

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Man, just short.

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Oh, God.

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Time for figgy pudding.

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Yay!

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Seems like they're having a good time without you.

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Oh, they're just pretending to have fun.

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I'm sure they miss me.

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We should probably call Durd.

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You mean Dad?

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No, the fat guy who sleeps with Mom.

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You guys talking about dud?

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More champagne, miss?

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Miss?

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Oh my.

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It's been a long time since anybody's called me miss.

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Wow.

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Merry Christmas, huh?

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Damn it, Stewie.

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Just sit there, will ya?

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I'll get us up.

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I didn't want your help.

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Well, you need it, so it's happening.

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This isn't going to make me forgive you, you know.

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That's fine.

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I'm going to say uncomplimentary things about your ass the whole way.

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Go ahead.

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You know, maybe it's appropriate that you're my ride up.

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Rupert always called you my bitch.

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Want to know some of the other things he called you?

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Fat lassie.

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Watson, I don't know how to tell you this, but the murderer we've been looking for, it's your fiancé, Constance.

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You lie.

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You're just jealous.

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Well, let's go to her place and I'll show you.

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Oh, sorry.

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Today was y 'all's cleaning day.

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Y 'all want me to come back later?

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Maybe, yeah.

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Maybe another day.

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That's fine.

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I'll pull out.

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Just go easy.

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It really hurt on the way in.

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Ow, ow, ow.

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Ow, ow, ow, ow.

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Are we ready to attack?

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We are, and many people will die.

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What the hell's that?

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Are we ready to attack?

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We are, and many people will die.

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Oh, my God.

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Those evil frat boys are planning to kill

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Spring Break, and they only had time to record two lines of dialogue.

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Are we ready to attack?

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We are, and many people will die.

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Hey, Jerome.

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Hey, Peter.

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I have some bad news.

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My mama, she's dead.

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Oh, man, that sucks, Lois.

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Your friend is probably just jealous.

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Peter!

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There's nothing left for me here, so I'm coming home tomorrow.

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That painting's all I got to remember her by.

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You take good care of it, Peter.

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It's my prized possession.

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I'll see you tomorrow.

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We're taking a swift boat deep into the jungle.

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That song again.

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My penis would even play

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Fortunate Son while I was visiting a whorehouse.

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Let me, let me, I know men that song don't...

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Oh, Lord, that's horrible.

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There must have been some other song you heard.

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Yeah, there was.

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That There's Something Happening Here song.

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Meadows, snowflakes, breeze through a cornfield, a soaring bird, rain on a metal roof.

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Hey, Peter, I'm gonna need you to fill out your time card.

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Yeah, sure, I'll have it by the end of the day.

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It's okay.

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We'll hire new people and start again tomorrow.

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Peter, I can't believe your talk show is such a huge hit for the brewery.

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And thanks to that, I'm now a huge social media star.

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Oh, my God, what the hell is that?

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Hello, Griffin family.

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I'm coming to you live via

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Living Room Hologram.

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I'm Parker Stanton.

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CEO of Boop, the most powerful company in Silicon Valley.

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Do you know Mr. Skin?

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We'll talk later.

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Plagmire, have you lost your mind?

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I'm holding this gun until you start thinking straight.

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Use it on yourself.

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There's more than one bullet.

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Yeah, on second thought, maybe you should hold this.

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You know, maybe you should hold this, Peter.

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Peter, you could get free tacos with me.

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It worked! Does reincarnation exist?

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It does.

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As past human lives or as animals?

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Both.

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Who have I been?

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You were Henry VIII.

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Wow!

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Let me finish.

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You were Henry, the eighth guy to have sex with Rock Hudson at one of his pool parties.

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Aw.

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How many more shows is John Stamos gonna get?

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Zero.

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Good.

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That's.. that's good.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Family Guy - No, but I’m ready for therapy”. This video has 380 sentences and 2280 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:01. The speaker talks at a steady 142 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
suck verb	/sʌk/	To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
hook noun	/hʊk/	A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
shake verb	/ˈʃeɪk/	To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
jealous adjective	/ˈd͡ʒɛl.əs/	Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity.
stairs noun	/ˈstɛɹz/	A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
goat noun	/ɡoʊt/	Any ruminant of the genus Capra.
concussion noun	/kəŋkˈəʃɪn/	An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.
flash verb	/flæʃ/	To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
horrible adjective	/ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/	Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
thread noun	/ˈθɹɛd/	A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
pizza noun	/ˈpi.tsə/	A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
prayer noun	/pɹɛɚ/	A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
hire verb	/ˈhaɪɹ/	To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
sake noun	/ˈseɪ̯k/	Cause, interest or account.
intense adjective	/ɪnˈtɛns/	Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
calm down verb		To become less excited, intense, or angry.
get out verb		To leave or escape.
back off verb		To move backwards away from something.
come back verb		To return to a place.
fill out verb	/fɪl ˈaʊt/	To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
get down to verb		To start focusing on doing something serious
get out of verb		To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
get over verb		To overcome.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Black as sin, know what I'm saying?
Who are you, my father?
Would you like to come in?
Let's flash some leather, huh, guys?
Lois, why don't you take second?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been drinking · You've been playing · we've been looking
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	Haven't introduced · has lost · haven't left
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	person who looks · woman who likes · guy who sleeps
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be stuck · been kicked

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 99 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thread /ˈθɹɛd/, leather /ˈlɛðɚ/, eighth /eɪtθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, concussion /kəŋkˈəʃɪn/, flash /flæʃ/, possession /pəˈzɛʃn̩/, prescription /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: documentary /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/, reincarnation /ˌɹiːɪŋkɑː(ɹ)ˈneɪʃən/, uncomplimentary /ˌʌn(ˌ)kɑmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like suck, hook, shake.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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