Sunday, February 4, 2007

Peter's Prostate Exam

I was watching Family Guy on T.V. once and saw a really funny episode. For those of you who haven’t heard of or watched this show, here is a little background information. This is a comedy about an everyday American family. The members of the family are: Peter, the father of the family who doesn’t take responsibility seriously, but instead loves to get drunk, Louis, the mother who plays the role of a stay at home mom, Meg, the daughter which is a the outcast and always is forgotten, Chris is the son whose the oldest child that has a pet monkey, Brian is the talking family dog who like Peter loves to drink and is secretly in love with Louis, Stewie (my favorite) is the evil baby genius who is plotting for world domination. I know you’re probably thinking that there are a lot of funny episodes on family guy, but this is my all time favorite. This Youtube clip is from the show where Peter was forced to get a prostate exam by his wife.
In this clip it begins with Peter and his Doctor in the doctor’s office. Peter is then asked to bend over the table and with complete shock Peter screams and jumps away from the doctor holding his butt to the cabinet and then the walls. He yells to the doctor what the hell he was doing with his finger up Peter’s butt hole and the doctor responds by saying that that was part of a prostate exam. Peter storms out of the office running home with his pants down. He gets home and tells Louis but gets mad at her for saying the same thing the doctor said. He runs up stairs and on his way gets traumatized by the T.V. which has a bunch of commercials with fingers in it and his son and monkey holding up fingers. Then they’re at a court room where Peter is testifying against the doctor. In his testament he claims that the doctor was kissing his neck and feeling around his butt and squeezing it. The judge had also got a prostate from the same doctor and didn’t remember it being so bad until Peter asked him to think about it again and convincing to change his mind. The judge imagines himself being harassed and pounds the gavel saying that the doctor was guilty.
As a member of a boarder online community the context of this video clip affects me by making my stomach hurt because laughing too hard. This clip over exaggerates Peter’s experience with his first prostate exam. I don’t think in reality anyone would actually go as far as Peter did. The person that posted the clip on Youtube did alter it by cutting out the dialogue and events that weren’t as funny and skipping to the hilarious parts. The clip still shows the events in order though. This clip is humorous because it targets many age groups that can relate to it in many ways. The ways it relates to people is through their own experience or what they imagine it to be like. This clip illustrates how I imagine a prostate would be like and shows a great over exaggeration on the thought of getting prostate exams.

2 comments:

Fu said...

I loved this episode, I laugh so so hard while watching Peter's reaction to that prostate exam. Haha, it seems that Family Guy is making fun of everything. I loved the show and I used to be an addict to it. I like how you gave you audience a brief background to the Family Guy. I know not all of us watch cartoons and it is important for the audience to gain a bit of background knowledge before watching the content of the video it self. Keep it up Nancy, and for a freshman you are doing a great job for the first semester of college.

C-4 said...

it doesn't matter where, when, or what is going on... if family guy is on... then quality intertainment is on... HAHAHAHA!!! And best of all i think you chose one of the most wrong but oh so hilarious episodes... i mean... no guy should ever have to go through that HAHAHA!!! but you kept it clean and understandable through out your essay making it a good read. it is nice to see some one who finds family guy funny, it's actually suprising how many people hate it.