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To Love and Die in Dixie

"To Love and Die in Dixie" is the 12th episode of the
third season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. "To Love and Die in Dixie"
Country music singer Waylon Jennings, who died three Family Guy episode
months after the episode aired on television in the United
Episode no. Season 3
States, guest-stars in his last appearance on the show.[1]
Episode 12
Dakota Fanning also guest starred on the episode. The title
is a reference to a line in the traditional Southern song Directed by Dan Povenmire
"Dixie".[2] Written by Steve Callaghan

The episode was written by future showrunner Steve Production code 3ACX09
Callaghan, and was directed by Dan Povenmire.[3] It Original air date November 15, 2001
features the first appearance of the recurring character John
Guest appearances
Herbert, an elderly pedophile with a perpetual lust for Peter
and Lois' teenage son Chris Griffin.
Brian Dunkleman as Southerner
Dakota Fanning as Little Girl
Plot
Harland Williams as Jeff
Needing extra money, Chris decides to get a newspaper Foxworthy / Sam's father
route, to help pay for a birthday gift for a girl he likes. Waylon Jennings as himself
Among those on his paper route is an old man named Rachael MacFarlane as Barbara
Herbert who is sexually attracted to Chris. Chris later gives
his crush a present, but his clumsiness and over-eagerness Kathleen Wilhoite as Sam
scares her off. Nevertheless, he decides to retain the paper
route. Shortly thereafter, however, Chris witnesses a robbery at a convenience store, and his bike
ends up being stolen by the burglar as a getaway vehicle (even though he takes the bike but runs on
foot). Later, at the police station, Chris identifies the thief from a police lineup. However, Peter
shows up and tells the thief (unknowingly) that he is here to pick up Chris who was going to "finger
the guy who held up the convenience store" and then proceeds to give the thief a picture of Chris,
along with various other personal information. When the thief escapes and swears vengeance on
Chris, the family is placed in the Witness Protection Program where they are relocated to
Bumblescum, a tiny town in the deep South, to which Meg complains, although Lois remains
somewhat optimistic.

Deciding to embrace the South, Peter decorates his car like the General Lee, though he fails to roll
the passenger window down for Brian when beckoning him to enter. He then becomes sheriff with
Brian as his deputy, although the two neglect their responsibilities in order to drink. Stewie joins a
hillbilly jug band, Meg becomes the most successful and popular student among her classmates
(besting Oinky the Pig), and Chris makes a new friend named Sam.

Later, when Peter interferes with a Civil War reenactment, claiming the North won the war,
despite how they were being portrayed in the play, Sam's dad says Chris and Sam can no longer be
friends and Peter and Brian have to answer to the civil war survivors. Not knowing of this, Sam
unexpectedly kisses Chris, and Chris assumes Sam is gay. As Chris writes in a journal about what
happened with Sam, Brian hears the story (as Chris was speaking out what he wrote), and he
explains that kissing Sam seemingly felt right.

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When the two meet again, Chris explains to Sam that even though he is flattered that Sam likes
him, he is not interested in a romantic relationship and feels that they are probably better off as
just friends. Just before the two go swimming, Chris finds out that Sam is a girl, and due to his bad
experiences around girls, Chris now feels awkward around Sam. At a party that is held that night,
Sam explains to Chris that he had no problem talking to her, when he thought she was a guy, so
she tells Chris to think of her as a boy who he can make out with.

After the FBI agents who were hired to look over the Griffins home in Quahog accidentally reveal
the location of the family (telling the criminal where Meg was, but not Chris), the criminal tracks
the family down in Bumblescum, and attempts to kill Chris. During the confrontation, however,
the criminal is shot and killed by Sam's father.

With the criminal gone, the Griffins return to Quahog with Chris having to leave Sam behind. Once
they are home, they realize that someone had left 113 messages on their answering machine, all of
which turn out to be from Herbert, who is looking for Chris.[4]

Production
Dan Povenmire, who directed the episode, was granted substantial
creative freedom by series creator and executive producer Seth
MacFarlane. Povenmire recalled that MacFarlane would tell him "We've
got two minutes to fill. Give me some visual gags. Do whatever you want.
I trust you." Povenmire praised this management style for letting him
"have fun." Povenmire brought realism, and material from his own
experiences, to the visual direction of Family Guy.[5][6]

For this episode,[7] Povenmire drew inspiration from his own childhood
in the deep south for a sequence for a background scene where a
Steve Callaghan wrote "redneck" character nonchalantly kicks a corpse into the nearby river.[5]
the episode. Also, there was a running gag of raccoons jumping out of things and
scratching Peter in the face.

In addition to the regular cast, actors Brian Dunkleman and Kathleen Wilhoite, voice actors
Dakota Fanning, Harland Williams, and Rachael MacFarlane, and singer Waylon Jennings, guest
starred in the episode. Recurring guest voice actors and writers Mike Henry and Danny Smith
made minor appearances.

References
General

Callaghan, Steve (2005). Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. Orion Books.
ISBN 0-7528-7399-7.

Specific

1. "Waylon Jennings marched to his own outlaw beat" (https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/200

2/2002-02-13-jennings-obit.htm). USATODAY. February 14, 2002. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
2. "Family Guy: To Love and Die in Dixie episode on TV.com" (http://www.tv.com/family-guy/to-lov
e-and-die-in-dixie/episode/72408/summary.html). TV.com. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
3. "Mark Hentemann and Steve Callaghan Take Over Family Guy" (http://www.movieweb.com/ne
ws/NEaGsfagwuqtdc). MovieWeb. September 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-29.

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4. "Family Guy "To Love and Die in Dixie" Episode Guide" (http://www.tvfanatic.com/shows/family
-guy/episodes/season_3/to-love-and-die-in-dixie/). TV Fanatic. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
5. Callaghan, pp. 174
6. Callaghan, pp. 142
7. Callaghan, pp. 171

External links
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"To Love and Die in Dixie" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0576976/) at IMDb

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