Big Man on Hippocampus

The episode opens with the Griffin family watching television. A commercial for local auditions of the syndicated game show Family Feud is shown, prompting them to try out the next day. The Griffins are chosen for the show and reach the final round. During a fight with Richard Dawson about welching on the prize money, Dawson shoves Peter into the podium, causing him to hit his head. This causes him to forget everything about his life, including his family and friends. Lois tries to jog his memory by reintroducing him to his old self, including his children and his sex life. Unfortunately, this causes Peter to believe that he's free to have sexual relations with others in his newfound "bachelorhood." That night, Peter enters the master bedroom and tells Lois to move over to have sex with another woman. Deeply angered, Lois decides to move out to a low-budget apartment and taking the children with her. When Quagmire finds out, he jumps on the opportunity to pursue a relationship with Lois. When Brian returns home to warn Peter about the consequences of this development, Peter reveals that he had regained his memory after Ernie the Giant Chicken hit him on the head with "an odd number of objects" earlier that day. Alerted by Brian's warnings, Peter rushes to reclaim Lois, just as Quagmire's plans had been delayed by impotence when Lois confessed that she "trusts" him. Peter then professes his love for her, and desire to be with her for the rest of his life, causing Lois to love him again. The two walk home, happy in their reunion, leaving Quagmire as he frustratedly attempts increasingly drastic measures to "resuscitate" his genitalia using: a penis pump, intravenous therapy, and a crash cart with a defibrillator in his closet. ==Production and development==

guest starred in the episode. This episode was written by Brian Scully, older brother of long-time Simpsons writer and producer Mike Scully. In addition to the regular cast, actor Dwayne Johnson made a brief live-action appearance in the episode, appearing as himself, along with two action figures of Peter and Lois, which he proceeds to bang on top of each other in order to illustrate a censored sex scene. Actress Adrianne Palicki and voice actor Rick Pasqualone also guest starred in the episode. Recurring guest voice actors Alexandra Breckenridge and Ralph Garman, along with writers Steve Callaghan, Mark Hentemann, Danny Smith, Alec Sulkin and John Viener, also made minor appearances. Actors Patrick Warburton and Adam West made appearances as well. ==Cultural references==

'' and meet host Richard Dawson The episode contains numerous in-jokes and references to other events. As the episode opens, the family sees an announcement about auditions for the game show Family Feud. Deciding to try out, the family is quickly chosen, along with the family of show writer Steve Callaghan. Then, during the Fast Money round, when Lois was asked to name a favorite holiday, Stewie answered 9/11. When Peter is introduced to Meg, he exclaims "D'oh!", to which Lois replies "No, Peter, that's not your catchphrase", an allusion to Homer Simpson in The Simpsons. Stewie introduces himself and Brian as Tomax and Xamot respectively and tells Peter they are twins who can feel each other's pain, which is a reference to these characters from the G.I. Joe franchise. In a further attempt to restore Peter's memory, Lois decides to show Peter footage of their honeymoon, which is reminiscent of the Corona commercials with its scene of a bottle of beer placed between the couple, as they are both sitting on a beach. After Lois decides to leave Peter, she is shown shopping for groceries at the Quahog Market. Quagmire sneakingly approaches her from behind, saying his "giggity" catchphrase to the shark motif composed by John Williams for the 1975 film Jaws. The title is a pun on the common phrase Big Man on Campus, but with campus changed to hippocampus, a reference to Peter's amnesia in the episode. ==Reception==

The episode was viewed in 8.1 million homes, and received a Nielsen rating of 3.9/9 in the 18–49 demographic. In addition, it was also the second most viewed and second highest rated show on Fox's Animation Domination lineup, losing slightly to The Simpsons, but continued its lead over both The Cleveland Show and American Dad! in total viewership and ratings. Reviews of the episode were negative, citing the storyline as "safe," "without any offensive jokes for the sake of being offensive." Ahsan Haque of IGN praised the "cohesive story" as " on its simplicity," but criticized the series for continuing to broadcast in the 4:3 format, as opposed to widescreen like MacFarlane's other two shows. Despite the somewhat negative criticism, the episode still ended up on the most downloaded episodes list on iTunes 2010 Rewind. Australian channel 7mate received criticism for airing the episode on 12 August 2014, 14 hours after the suicide of Robin Williams, who features in a cutaway implying that he is overrated. A spokesperson for the channel subsequently stated "it was a coincidence". ==References==