False Sense of Maturity

I think I’ll keep up with the Fox animation theme.  When it comes to satirizing religion, the new season of Family Guy is on a roll. The first episode of the season featured Richard Dawkin’s The God Delusion, and the most recent episode, titled “I Dream of Jesus,” takes on religion from a totally different angle. Title character Peter Griffin finds Jesus working at a record store (he wanted to get away from God, who had just quit smoking), and the two quickly develop a blasphemous friendship, with Jesus turning miracles as a form of entertainment. Jesus also takes the time to tell off George Bush, noting that the president has failed at following his example.

Later, at the encouragement of Peter, Mr. Christ goes on a sacrilegious publicity tour. During an appearance at the MTV Movie Awards, Jesus comes armed with the Pussy Cat Dolls, and jokes “Hey, it a pleasure to be here with you six interchangeable women. The last time I was down here on Earth, I only hung around with one whore.” Take that, Catholic League!

Jesus then gets out of control with his partying and overdoses and dies. Luckily for him, he has the superpower of resurrection. Jesus decides to return to heaven, and not come back to Earth until he has matured. The full episode is available here.