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"And I'm Joyce Kinney" is the ninth episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 16, 2011. The episode follows housewife Lois after she becomes close friends with the local news anchor Joyce Kinney. In an attempt to become closer, the two decide to get drinks together, and reveal their darkest secrets. Wanting to fit in, Lois reveals her participation in a pornographic film as a teenager. The next day, Kinney unveils the story on the local news, much to the anger of Lois, who quickly becomes an outcast in her local church.
It was written by Alec Sulkin and directed by Dominic Bianchi. It received mostly mixed to negative reviews from critics for its storyline and many cultural references, in addition to receiving criticism from the Parents Television Council. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 7.08 million homes in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by Kirker Butler, Colin Ford, Christine Lakin, Rachael MacFarlane, Helen Reddy and Jennifer Tilly, along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series.
Plot
As the family gathers around the television to watch the local news, Lois admits her fondness of the new co-anchor, Joyce Kinney. Later that day, the family attends church, and while there, Lois learns of a local bakesale, and decides to bring her own baked goods. Going to the store to buy ingredients, Lois notices Kinney shopping there as well, and approaches her. The two quickly become close friends, and they decide to spend the day together at the news studio. That night, Lois and Joyce decide to get a drink together, and share stories. Reluctant at first to tell Joyce her darkest secret, she soon reveals that she was in a porn film as a teenager, before she met Peter. Expecting Joyce will keep it a secret, as she promised, she is shocked when the local news reveals her participation in the making of the pornography, and Lois is made a social outcast.
Confronting Joyce about the story, Lois questions her intentions, with Joyce revealing that the two attended high school together, where she was known as Joyce Chevapravatdumrong. She also reveals that Lois humiliated her in front of the entire school, by placing a hotdog in her mouth and pulling down her skirt while blindfolded, and has sought revenge ever since. At church the next day, Lois and her family enter, and are immediately demanded to leave by the preacher. Becoming extremely depressed, Lois is persuaded, after some coaxing by Brian, to confront her church by showing the film. The porno causes the church to reaccept her, and admit the Griffin family back into their congregation.
Production
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"And I'm Joyce Kinney" was written by series regular Alec Sulkin, in his first episode for the season. The episode was directed by series regular Dominic Bianchi, shortly after the conclusion of the eighth production season, also in his first episode for the season. Series veterans Peter Shin and James Purdum, both of whom having previously served as animation directors, served as supervising directors for the episode, with Alex Carter, Andrew Goldberg, Elaine Ko, Spencer Porter and Aaron Blitzstein serving as staff writers for the episode. Composer Walter Murphy, who has worked on the series since its inception, returned to compose the music for "And I'm Joyce Kinney".
The episode served as a continuation of the season premiere, in which local news anchor Diane Simmons was killed, along with several other secondary characters, after falling over a rocky cliff. News anchor Joyce Kinney was brought in as a replacement for Simmons on the local news, alongside Tom Tucker. The character is voiced by actress Christine Lakin, who has guest starred in various roles throughout the course of the series.
In addition to the regular cast, former series writer and current The Cleveland Show writer Kirker Butler, actor Colin Ford, actress Christine Lakin, voice actress Rachael MacFarlane, sister of series creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane, actress Helen Reddy, and actress Jennifer Tilly guest starred in the episode. Recurring guest voice actors Ralph Garman, writer Chris Sheridan, writer Danny Smith, episode writer Alec Sulkin and writer John Viener made minor appearances throughout the episode.
Cultural references
Instead of the usual opening sequence, a parody of the television series The Incredible Hulk was shown. Joyce Kinney's original last name, Chevapravatdumrong comes from Family Guy writer and co-producer Cherry Chevapravatdumrong. There is also a Facebook parody reference. The porn film Lois starred in, "Quest for Fur", is a reference to the film Quest for Fire.
Reception
"And I'm Joyce Kinney" was broadcast on January 16, 2011, as a part of an animated television night on Fox, and was preceded by American Dad!, The Simpsons and the second episode of the animated series Bob's Burgers. It was followed by Family Guy creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane's spin-off, The Cleveland Show. It was watched by 7.08 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings, despite airing simultaneously with Desperate Housewives on ABC, Undercover Boss on CBS and the Golden Globe Awards on NBC. The episode also acquired a 3.7 rating in the 18–49 demographic, beating American Dad!, The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers and The Cleveland Show, in addition to significantly edging out all four shows in total viewership. The episode's ratings decreased significantly from the previous week's episode, largely due to the lead-in that had been provided by the NFL Wild Card game that preceded the "Animation Domination" line-up.
Television critics reacted mostly mixed to negative toward the episode, calling the storyline "pretty dull." In a simultaneous review of the episodes of American Dad!, The Simpsons and Bob's Burgers that preceded the show, and the episode of The Cleveland Show that followed it, The A.V. Club's Rowan Kaiser wrote, "I don't have much to say about tonight's Family Guy. Last week, we had some comments about how Family Guy seems to be willing to play with its format this season. That didn't happen this week at all." Kaiser went on to criticize the flashback involving Lois and Joyce in high school, stating, "Having a previously unknown flashback as the big reveal feels like cheating, if you're inclined to view Family Guy as consistent." He concluded his review by praising "the burning bush" joke, and ultimately giving the episode a C- rating, the worst rating of the night, being beaten by the American Dad! episode "Fart-break Hotel", The Cleveland Show episode "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Roberta?", The Simpsons episode "Flaming Moe", and the Bob's Burgers episode "Crawl Space". In slightly more positive review of the episode, Jason Hughes of TV Squad praised the episode for some of its "silly side jokes," but felt disappointed by the ending to the show, commenting, "it didn't follow any real logic [...] It was an easy way out, as if they'd written themselves into a corner." Hughes also criticized the episode for its dependence on cutaway gags, writing, "at least there were some funnier moments in this one. Unfortunately, a lot of those came in the cutaways. And I thought we were starting to move away from a dependence on them." Hughes went on to comment that he felt confused by Stewie possibly being fathered by a porn star, adding that "it would be far more likely that Chris or Meg was fathered by the porn star."
Television watchdog group the Parents Television Council, a regular critic of Family Guy, as well as series creator and executive Seth MacFarlane, deemed the episode the "Worst TV Show of the Week" during the week of January 16-22, 2011. In an extremely negative review of the episode, the group criticized the episode for its portrayal of "pornographic images and dialogue," and went on to write, "Given Family Guy's habitual use of blasphemous imagery and language on his various shows, it comes as no surprise that MacFarlane would concoct a scene in which a pornographic film is shown in the middle of a church service." In the conclusion of their article, the group stated, "Religion is often ridiculed and belittled on television; but no program offends more rudely than Family Guy."
References
- ^ Sulkin, Alec; Bianchi, Dominic; MacFarlane, Seth (2011-01-16). "And I'm Joyce Kinney". Family Guy. Season 09. Episode 09. Fox.
{{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter|serieslink=ignored (|series-link=suggested) (help) - ^ Hughes, Jason (2010-10-04). "Sundays With Seth: 'American Dad' Celebrates Its 100th Episode". TV Squad. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
- Lang, Derrik (2009-08-13). ""Family Guy" Censored Abortion Episode Performed Live". Associated Press. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
- "And I'm Joyce Kinney - Credits". TV Guide. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
- ^ Hughes, Jason (2010-01-17). "Sundays With Seth: 'American Dad,' 'Family Guy' and 'Cleveland Show' Recaps". TV Squad. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- Gorman, Bill (2010-01-17). "TV Ratings Sunday: 'Golden Globes' Down A Fraction; 'Desperate Housewives,' 'Brothers & Sisters' At Series Lows". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- Seidman, Robert (2010-01-11). "TV Ratings Sunday: With Help from NFL Fox Animations Surge, 'Bob's Burgers' Strong ; 'The Cape' Premieres OK". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ^ Kaiser, Rowan (2011-01-17). ""Fart-break Hotel"/"Flaming Moe"/"Crawl Space"/"And I'm Joyce Kinney"/"How Do You Solve A Problem Like Roberta?"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Family Guy on Fox - Worst TV Show of the Week". Parents Television Council. 2011-01-21. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
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