Brian the Bachelor

Brian quickly becomes obsessed with Brooke and stalks her, leaving several unanswered messages on her answering machine, and even trying to serenade her outside her apartment, angering her into throwing her telephone at him.

He goes to the Swansons' house and sets a bag of feces on fire on their porch, and writes "That's enough, John Mayer" in spraypaint on the wall of the Quahog Mini-Mart.

An outraged Lois goes to Goldman's Pharmacy the next day to get some astringent to get rid of Doug, only to find there has been a break-in, and someone has destroyed Mort's entire stock of acne medication.

[3] During the sequence where Brian and Brooke are talking in the barn, originally, the two horses in the background were intended to begin mating, but the sketch was never used.

[3][4] The episode was originally to feature a sequence showing Chris breaking entry into Goldman's Pharmacy in order to destroy the acne medication wearing a Balaclava, but the scene was never shown.

[2] Chris shown waving his shirt above his head and being watched by Herbert through the window is a reference to 1978 comedy film National Lampoon's Animal House.

The sequence of Peter and Lois at Mort Goldman's pharmacy after the store vandalism is a reference to Fast Times at Ridgemont High, with Jeff Spicoli coming out of the restroom.

[5] Brian's phone call to Brooke after she selects him as a final contestant makes references to the Billy Vera song At This Moment.

"[8] By contrast, Family Guy, Volume 3, included a negative review by Francis Rizzo III (aka Turdboy) of DVD Talk: "Among the more frustrating trends in the series is its willingness to stretch an unfunny joke to its very limits.