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marks an episode with not enough content., marks an incomplete episode. Series veterans Peter Shin and James Purdum, both of whom having previously served as animation directors, served as supervising directors for the episode, with episode writer Alex Carter, along with Andrew Goldberg, Elaine Ko, Spencer Porter and Aaron Blitzstein serving as staff writers for the episode. In Seth MacFarlane's irreverent and twisted comedy, we are treated to the follies of the Griffins a not-so-average middle class family. Lois is shown posing over her battered opponent, a visual nod to Muhammad Ali posing over a knocked out Sonny Liston. Pilot (1998) Family Guy Recurring guest voice actors Ralph Garman, writer Danny Smith, writer Alec Sulkin and writer John Viener made minor appearances. This is the second time that song is heard in “Family Guy”.

[4] In a slightly more neutral review of the episode, Jason Hughes of TV Squad praised the episode's "nonsensical humor" and its acknowledgment of Cleveland Brown and The Cleveland Show. "[8], "20th Century Fox – Fox In Flight – Family Guy", "Lois Throws a Mean Right Hook on an All-New "Family Guy, "Sundays With Seth: 'Cleveland Show,' 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' Recaps", "TV Ratings Sunday: NBC Wins with Football; Football Fuels Fox; 'Desperate Housewives' Drops", "TV Ratings: Sunday Night Football Wins; Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters, Simpsons, Cleveland, Family Guy, American Dad Rise", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baby,_You_Knock_Me_Out&oldid=973593149, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description for single episodes, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 18 August 2020, at 03:08.

It originally aired on Fox in the United States on November 14, 2010.

Badly beaten, Lois continues to be beaten by Jackson, who suddenly hits her with a big left hook, causing her to become nearly unconscious. As she continues fighting, however, she eventually decides to go into retirement, only to be challenged by the top ranked fighter in all of Rhode Island.
Let's go! Unable to understand how she won the fight, Lois becomes reluctant to fight anyone else.

As the match begins, Lois becomes an easy target for Jackson in the first round. I can't watch it over and over, and I can't say that it's in my Top 10 episodes of Family Guy, but it is worth a watch.

In a ceremony honoring Lois, held by Mayor Adam West, she is called out by Deirdre Jackson, an undefeated champion fighter who was said to have killed three women in the ring, and she challenges Lois to a match. Metacritic TV Episode Reviews, Baby, You Knock Me Out, Lois competes in a boxing match. This episode of Family Guy seems to me like too much of a rip off of the Simpsons episode A Streetcar Named Marge.

Recurring guest cast members Adam West and Patrick Warburton appeared in the episode as well.

Baby, You Knock Me Out. Announcing his excitement for his upcoming birthday, Peter eagerly awaits to receive his gifts.


During a fight, however, Lois' nose is broken, and she becomes reluctant to fight any longer. That's ripping off the part in A Streetcar Named Marge, where Marge was picturing Ned Flanders as Homer! The plot of the episode parodies the film Rocky III, with the character of Deirdre Jackson being a female replica of Clubber Lang from the third film of the series. Composer Ron Jones, who has worked on the series since its inception, returned to compose the music for "Baby, You Knock Me Out".