Road to ... (Family Guy)

They are a parody of the seven Road to ... comedy films, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour.

These episodes revolve around Stewie Griffin and Brian on a road trip in a foreign, supernatural or science fiction, settings outside the show's normal location in Quahog, Rhode Island.

"Road to" episodes typically consist of three parts following a series of theatrical or cultural-themed credits, and beginning with a segment at the Griffin family home in Quahog, Rhode Island.

This segment usually establishes a conflict that Stewie and Brian must overcome by leaving Quahog and the rest of the Griffin family.

Family Guy creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane came up with the idea to create the episodes, being a fan of the original film series.

[22] As a result, series regular Greg Colton, who had worked on "Brian Goes Back to College", "No Meals on Wheels", and also "8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter",[23][24] took over Povenmire's role as director of the "Road to" episodes.

The next installment was titled "Road to Germany", which follows Brian and Stewie going back in time to rescue their neighbor Mort Goldman from the Nazi invasion of Poland.

Though it was not originally intended to be a "Road to" episode, Greg Colton convinced series creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane and "Spies Reminiscent of Us" director Cyndi Tang to change the episode's title from "Sliders",[29] parodying the science fiction television series Sliders.

[31] The sixth episode was announced at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, and follows Brian and Stewie on an adventure to the North Pole.

The episode was the first Road show to be produced and broadcast in high-definition,[32] the first to be a full hour in length, and was directed by Colton.

We get to learn about Brian's origins and also see a bit more Stewie's slow transformation from evil genius to the insecure and desperate homosexual that we've reluctantly grown accustomed to seeing in recent episodes."

[11] In a subsequent review by IGN of "Road to Germany", Haque again gave the episode high marks for its "exciting storyline, and some hilariously offensive humor".

[35] In addition, "Road to the Multiverse" was the highest rated episode of the eighth season, in terms of total viewership.

During her review of Road to Germany, Alex Rocha of TV Guide wrote, "it seemed that the show has taken a slight fall back.

[40] In 2011, "Road to the North Pole" won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation.

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Dan Povenmire was the director for the first three "Road to" episodes until he left to create his own series Phineas and Ferb .
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Series creator Seth MacFarlane came up with the idea to create the series of episodes.