Road to Rupert
9th episode of the 5th season of Family Guy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Road to Rupert" is the ninth episode of the fifth season of Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 28, 2007. It is the third episode in the Road to... series of episodes in Family Guy. The episode follows Stewie after Brian accidentally sells Stewie's beloved teddy bear, Rupert, during a yard sale. In an attempt to retrieve him, Stewie and Brian discover that the family Rupert was sold to are former neighbours who had since moved to Aspen, Colorado. As a result, Stewie and Brian travel across the United States to get Rupert back. Meanwhile, Peter has his driving license revoked for careless driving and is forced to be driven around by Meg, which annoys him.
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Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 9 | ||
Directed by | Dan Povenmire | ||
Written by | Patrick Meighan | ||
Production code | 5ACX04 | ||
Original air date | January 28, 2007 (2007-01-28) | ||
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The episode was written by Patrick Meighan and directed by Dan Povenmire. It received divided reviews, with the negative reviews going to the "personal driver" plot and the positive going to the "Rupert" plot. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 8.8 million homes in its original airing. The episode feature guest performances by Max Burkholder, Phil LaMarr, Rob Lowe, Ted McGinley, Stephen Stanton, Connor Trinneer, Audrey Wasilewski, George Wendt and Dave Wittenberg. SpongeBob SquarePants voice actors Tom Kenny and Bill Fagerbakke lent their voices to the episode as SpongeBob and Patrick respectively from archive music of the "Campfire Song Song" from the episode “The Camping Episode”, but remain uncredited.
"Road to Rupert" was the third and final Road to... episode directed by Dan Povenmire, as he had left to create Phineas and Ferb (2007-2015) with Jeff "Swampy" Marsh.