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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
November 22, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
November 27, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
August 9, 2010	Good article reassessment	Kept
September 21, 2010	Good topic candidate	Not promoted
February 15, 2011	Good topic candidate	Promoted
Current status: Good article

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Initial section[edit]

As of today, there are no references to this episode title on the official Family Guy website. There are references at Planet-FamilyGuy.com, the Family Guy fan wiki and TV.com, so hopefully I've not been led astray on this one. Cromulent Kwyjibo 23:02, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As of today, familyguy.com -> Upcoming Events -> Upcoming Events -> September confirms that the September 17 episode is indeed titled "Mother Tucker." Cromulent Kwyjibo 16:59, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I definately see a lot of KLSX in WQHG, but, are we certain that this isnt based on an east coast station with a similar format? The only show I realy see that would fit the one on family guy is Conway and Whitman or John and Jeff, neither of whom do mornings.

Censoring[edit]

I noticed that in the episode on Adult Swim, the audio from when the sausage launcher thing launches at the girl and she says "that one felt like my dad" is edited out, but the wierd audio sounds "incest in the morning, 97.1, SUPPRESSED MEMORIES" is still in there

^Its true. The Fox rebroadcast of this episode has that part dropped. I just saw it on TV and noticed it was missing.--Ragemanchoo 03:54, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Missing from the UK DVD too. Rehevkor (talk) 01:51, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Song request[edit]

During the sequence where Thelma & Tom are treating Peter as a child a version of Barbra Streisand’s ‘Medley’ is playing. Does anyone know who is the artist of this version? Joneboi 04:09, 23 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I found what I was looking for. The song is called "Give Me the Simple Life" perfomed by June Christy. [1] Joneboi 08:24, 23 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mother Tucker[edit]

“This title parodies a swear word. The trick is to replace the ‘T’ in Tucker with an ‘F.’ ” Doesn’t that sound stupid?—172.200.29.195 19:14, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds less stupid than the previous version, which was “This title parodies a swear word. The hint is to replace the ‘T’ in Tucker with a ‘F.’ ” Felicity4711 00:05, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Phrase Reference[edit]

I've noticed the reference at the end of the episode to a phrase in a The Simpsons Episode ("Deep Space Homer" 1F13) when Quagmire and Cleveland are shown in the radio station and after their intro the announcer voice says "In Rod We Trust", which happens to be the same phrase on the Time magazine featuring the inanimate carbon rod in The Simpsons episode mentioned above - Kranis00 02:27, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mh, thanks for pointing that out! However, there is no comment about this on the DVD, nor does there seem to be one available on the internet, so that means adding it in without a reference would be making a mockery of the policy. Thanks anyway, Qst 21:33, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA review[edit]

Here are some suggestions for you, by section, to work on while the GA is on hold.

. Some more wikilinks would be nice, some portions could have used them.
. The plot section is a little long, but I'm presuming that it's all essential, so don't cut it down if it'll have a detrimental effect on the article.
. In the Reception section, I wasn't sure if certain things were quotes, please check and put quotation marks as needed.
. The repetition of "Iverson also commented..." in the Reception section was way too repetitive, try using some synonyms.
. There are still some statements left unreferenced, please check that at least all numbers/statistics and quotations are cited.

That's basically it, I'm fixing the grammar/spelling/capitalization, and the article is on hold for 1 week, otherwise it automatically fails. Regards, Neranei (talk) 21:57, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In response[edit]

Wikilinks → Done
Plot section → Done (only a bit, as most of it is valuable information)
Reception section quotations and repetition → Y Fixed [2]
A few unsourced statements → Y Referenced — if there are any more, please contact me, rathering than failing it, please.

— Qst 13:06, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA Passed[edit]

Successful good article nomination[edit]

I am glad to report that this article nomination for good article status has been promoted. This is how the article, as of October 21, 2007, compares against the six good article criteria:

1. Well written?: Yes, you did well cutting down the plot section.

2. Factually accurate?: Passed

3. Broad in coverage?: Passed

4. Neutral point of view?: Passed

5. Article stability? {{{stable}}}

6. Images?: Passed (nice ones too.)

The only suggestion I could give is to make it a little bit less in-universe. It was a little confusing at first with all of the names, so I suggest that you work on it, but that's it. If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to Good article reassessment. Thank you to all of the editors who worked hard to bring it to this status, and congratulations. Regards, Neranei (talk) 17:04, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Neranei. This review has been most helpful for improvements of the article :) Qst 17:33, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stewie Flashback[edit]

Does anyone know what the scene with Stewie acting as a church figure is referencing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.180.85.70 (talk) 18:01, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's from the film "Harold And Maude." Peter mentions it just before the cutaway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.222.208 (talk) 06:30, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural References[edit]

I just thought I'd add another movie reference. When Stewie plays the "Don't you do it" sound on the radio it's a direct quote of Richard Gere as Zach Mayo in "An Officer And A Gentleman". Kurisu rs (talk) 14:19, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for participating in the encyclopedia, but most cultural references which are added have to be removed, unfortunately. Family Guy articles see a lot of unreliable, unsourced and poorly-written additions of cultural references. The only decent reference to use for cultural references is if they're talked about in the DVD commentary. Websites such as TV.com and the Internet Movie Database are trival, and thus inappropriate. Feel free to discuss. :-) Qst (talk) 14:23, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any rule defining or actually banning "trivial" websites, or did you just make that up? DarthSquidward (talk) 00:00, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stewie uses a sound clip from the movie Philadelphia with tom hanks and Denzel Washington Yami (talk) 19:43, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone help me. My contributions says i contributed to this article in the cultural references but i can't remember what is was. Yami (talk) 19:43, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's a reference to Little Britain, when Peter points and says "I want that one" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.229.241.173 (talk) 17:42, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Evil Brother[edit]

Shall we mention about Thaddeus? (Peter Griffin's evil twin) 190.49.158.90 (talk) 00:40, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

mothertucker or muther does tucker?[edit]

On the Adult Swim verson its "Mothertucker" but on Fox its called "Mother Does Tucker" should we put this on there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ArcangelLaMarivilla (talk • contribs) 21:49, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reception section sorely lacking[edit]

I find it highly unlikely that only one man gave an opinion on this episode; the entire reception section is both short and supported by a single source. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 19:21, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GAR[edit]

Mother Tucker[edit]

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Result: Kept Ω phois 02:25, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I feel that this article is in serious need of an overall copyedit. Its reception section also consists of just two brief reviews (one of which is from a review of the entire season) and the ratings. This flaw was noted in the talk page by another editor more than a year ago, but was neither responded to nor dealt with since. I also feel that this article may not be notable (Wikipedia:Notability) enough, since its entire notability is pretty much based on one review. Everything else is primary sources. A quick look at the talk page shows that the initial review was very superficial, so I would like a community assessment of it. Ω phois 09:57, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You know, it's not that difficult to expand an article. You could have contacted me on my talk page about your concerns, as there is no need for a good article reasssessment. I've expanded the article, copyedited it, and added another review to the reception section. Thanks for the help. Gage (talk) 15:19, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The production section currently gives information about a "Weenie and the Butt" scene. This is mentioned nowhere else in the article, so anyone not familiar with the episode would have no idea what it is referring. I would suggest an extra sentence explaining what occurs in the scene and why the sound effects mentioned are relevant. Ω phois 01:36, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Still don't see why a GAR was necessary to address such issues as minor as that one was. Gage (talk) 02:12, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing as myself and others have alerted your project to these issues in the past to no avail, it was necessary. Ω phois 02:22, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So it constituted no alert whatsoever, and was only brought up because the season was nominated at WP:GT? Gage (talk) 02:29, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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