I Dream of Jesus is the second episode in the seventh season of the
American animated television series Family Guy. It originally aired on
Fox in the United States on October 5, 2008. In the episode, Peter
finds Jesus Christ (voiced by Alec Sulkin) working at a record shop,
and convinces Jesus to make his second coming.Directed by Mike Kim and
written by Brian Scully, the title of the episode refers to the
television series I Dream of Jeannie. The episode makes a prominent
use of the song "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen. The episode guest
starred Chris Cox, Ike Barinholtz, Amanda MacDonald, Niecy Nash,
Sulkin and Paris and Perez Hilton. The episode received mixed reviews
from critics, with the more negative reviews going to the portrayal of
Jesus, while the positive reviews went to the "Surfin' Bird" plot.
According to Nielsen Media Research, "I Dream of Jesus" was Fox's
most-watched program the evening it first aired, with 8.4 million
views. Seth MacFarlane was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance and the Annie Award for his role as
Peter Griffin in this episode. This was one of three episodes (along
with "Road to Germany" and "Family Gay") submitted the year Family Guy
was nominated for the "Outstanding Comedy Series".The family goes to
Nifty Fifties Diner, a 1950s-themed restaurant, and they see waiters
dressed up as celebrities from the 1950s, including James Dean,
Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley. Peter hears his favourite song The
Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird" on the jukebox. He obtains a record of it
from the restaurant upon a restaurant worker's realisation that the
song actually came out in the 1960s, and is therefore inappropriate
for a 1950s diner. Peter repeats the song over and over on the way
home in bed and even when waking up Lois in order to annoy his family.
He asks Brian for the news paper and reads it and says that he thought
that it will be big news. Afterward, he sings the song again and falls
to the ground. However, the final straw of the family's hatred of
Surfin' Bird is when Peter foolishly spends over six thousand dollars
of the family fortune to buy himself a two-minute clip on TV saying
that "I dream of an America where everybody knows that the bird is the
word" and singing the song again.Stewie and Brian steal the record
while Peter is asleep one night and destroy it. In a fit of rage,
Peter accuses the others, saying they had a motive as he changed his
will and left everything to the record. Oblivious to the fact that
Lois, Chris and Meg have evidence to prove they did not take it he
accuses them of conspiring to destroy his record, and suspects his
kids for possible motives. He then furiously goes to the town's only
record shop the next morning to buy another copy, but it turns out the
stores had already been visited by "a dog" and "a baby" (Brian and
Stewie) who bought all the copies. Peter is frustrated, but gets
distracted as he recognizes the record sales clerk to be Jesus Christ. I Dream of Jesus Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter