Mother Tucker is the second episode of the fifth season of the
animated comedy series Family Guy, an episode produced for Season 4.
It originally aired on Fox on September 17, 2006. The episode follows
Peter's mother, Thelma, divorcing Peter's father, Francis, and dating
news anchorman Tom Tucker. Peter becomes closely attached to Tucker,
only for his mother to end the relationship suddenly, leaving Peter
feeling abandoned. Meanwhile, Stewie and Brian are employed as DJs on
a local radio station, but have creative differences over the tone of
the show, which eventually forces Brian to quit.The episode was
written by Tom Devanney and directed by James Purdum. It received
mixed reviews for its storyline, and many cultural references.
According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 9.23 million homes in
its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by Jon
Benjamin, Max Burkholder, Phyllis Diller, Phil LaMarr, Joe Lomonaco,
Tamera Mowry, Anne-Michelle Seiler, Tara Strong, Nicole Sullivan, Gore
Vidal, Gedde Watanabe, and Wally Wingert along with several recurring
guest voice actors for the series. "Mother Tucker" was released on DVD
along with twelve other episodes from the season on September 18,
2007.Peter's mother, Thelma, visits the Griffin family home, and
alerts her son, Peter that she has finally left his father, Francis.
In an attempt to find her a new husband, Peter's wife, Lois, takes her
to a meeting for "single people," where she meets local news anchor
Tom Tucker. Thelma and Tom begin dating, which upsets Peter, causing
him to attempt to sabotage the new relationship. He is eventually
persuaded by Tom that he should let his mother be happy, and the two
begin bonding. Eventually, his mother suddenly ends the relationship,
however, causing Peter to believe it is his fault. The next day, Peter
learns that it is important for fathers and sons to spend time
together, and tells Tom that he should spend more time with his own
son, Jake, instead.Meanwhile, after interrupting a broadcast of local
radio station WQHG's program "Weenie and the Butt", Brian gets his own
radio talk show, when one of the station's producers compliments his
speaking voice. Attempting to have an intelligent dialogue with his
listeners, and distancing himself from "Weenie and the Butt"'s
constant overuse of sound effects, Brian is immediately heckled by
Stewie's prank phone calls. After first planning to cancel Brian's
show, the station's producer announces that he loved the calls, and
eventually decides to hire Stewie as co-host. Stewie then turns
Brian's sophisticated talk show into a lewd, raucous, shock jock-style
comedy show called "Dingo and the Baby", much to Brian's chagrin, who
is reluctant to accept the new format. Upon discovering that people
love the new show, however, Brian decides to play along with Stewie's
idea. However, when author Gore Vidal, whom Brian had contacted for an
interview on his original show, walks into one of his "Dingo and the
Baby" broadcasts and leaves in disgust, Brian quits his job in shame.
The show is soon replaced by one featuring Cleveland and Quagmire,
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