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American Dad!: A Smith in the Hand

When the school wants Steve to take a sex-ed class, Stan decides to teach Steve himself about the birds and the bees and the evils of masturbation. However, after a accident involving his crotch, Stan becomes addicted to applying ointment.

Meanwhile, after Hayley chastises him for being lazy, Roger opens a bar in the attic.


8.5/10 (4 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 1x9
Production Number: 1AJN10
Airdate: Sunday September 18th, 2005

Director: Pam Cooke
Writer: David Hemingson


Guest Stars
Kevin Michael RichardsonKevin Michael Richardson
voiced Principal Brian Lewis | TV Announcer
Recurring
Mike Barker (1)Mike Barker (1)
voiced Terry Bates | Deer | Dr. Heisler
Recurring
Mike Henry (1)Mike Henry (1)
voiced Senator #2
Recurring
Peter MacKenzie (1)Peter MacKenzie (1)
voiced Dr. Grossbard | Senator #1
Recurring
Scott MenvilleScott Menville
voiced Timmy

Featuring
Rachael MacFarlaneRachael MacFarlane
voiced Nurse
Recurring
Seth MacFarlaneSeth MacFarlane
voiced Greg Corbin | Film Narrator
Recurring
Main Cast
Seth MacFarlaneSeth MacFarlane
voiced Stan Smith / Roger / Greg Corbin
Wendy SchaalWendy Schaal
voiced Francine Smith
Rachael MacFarlaneRachael MacFarlane
voiced Hayley "Dreamsmasher" Smith
Scott GrimesScott Grimes
voiced Steve Smith
Dee Bradley BakerDee Bradley Baker
voiced Klaus Heissler
Episode Notes
Langley Falls Post Newspaper Headline



Stan checks in at the "Bates Motel", which is an abbreviation for "masturbates".

TheCIA doctor is in the middle of performing open-heart surgery on Vice President Dick Cheney when Stan calls. Cheney has had operations like this in real life.

"Dr. Heisler, Plastic Surgeon - We'll Make You Do-able Again." is what the sign on Dr. Heislers office building says.

The name on Hayley's fake ID is "Dr. Ernestine Chow."

One of the TV Networks in Langley Falls is W-ANG studios. Naturally appropriate considering the plot of the episode.




Music
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Carmina BuranaO Fortuna 


Episode Quotes
Francine: What's going on?
Stan: Steve fell off a ladder. He's dead inside. We're gonna go save America.
Klaus: Francine, you seem oddly unfazed.
Francine: No, no, I'm shocked and confused. It's just that I paralyzed my face to make me look prettier.
Klaus: Oh, why didn't you say you were having work done? I would have gladly gone halfsies on the super boob.

Roger & Klaus: Francine!
Roger: Good to see you, Mrs. S. You just missed happy hour, but we may still have some crab cakes. Miguel, tenemos crab cakes?!
Francine: I don't want any crab cakes.
Roger: Good, because there's no Miguel or crab cakes.

(Another Avalanche covers them in snow)Moose #1: Why do we keep grazing here?
Moose #2: I don't know. I do not know.

Stan: Okay, now that the square is gone, we can really rap. So, what do you need to know?
Steve: Um, everything, I guess. I talk a big game, but I actually know very little about sex.
Stan: Well, you don't have to worry about it because you're not having it.
Steve: Oh, but I guess I just thought I should know...
Stan: You don't need to know! That's the beautiful mystery of sex.
Steve: Well, I guess not, but I...
Stan: See, if I tell you about it, it won't be a mystery. It'll just be a fact, an ugly, moist fact, squatting on your brain like an octopus. And you don't want an octopus squatting on your brain, do you, son?
Steve: No.
Stan: And that's where babies come from.

TV Announcer: Watch Paris and Nicole debase themselves as they desperately cling to their last shred of stardom.

Steve: So, you're saying I should never ever have sex before marriage?
Stan: That's right, or angels will kill you.

Paris & Nicole: (On TV) We're gonna show you boys a new meaning of the words "hard time."



Episode Goofs
During Stan's sex-ed class with Steve, a green calendar appears on the wall in the background where there wasn't one before.


Hayley rips Roger's clothes off right before she reaches into his orifices to obtain her license but after Roger's pancreas bites her he's completely dress again.


The number of bar stools change from 5 to 4




Cultural References
A Smith In The Hand

The episode title is a spoof of the phrase "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

Visual: The Simple Life - Life Without Parole

This is a take-off of FOX's show The Simple Life that starred Paris Hilton & Nicole Ritchie


Roger: Oh, what fresh hell is this?

A famous quote often used by writer Dorothy Parker when she would answer the phone.

When Francine enters Roger's Place, Roger and Klaus yell "Francine!".
This is a reference to the long running sitcom Cheers (1982-1993).

Also, the name ‘Roger's Place’ is an allusion to the spin-off of All in the Family, Archie Bunker's Place (1979-1983).


One of the Faces of Evil Stan shows is that of terrorist Osama bin Laden (1957-2011)


One of the Faces of Evil Stan shows is that of terrorist Fidel Castro (1965-2011)


One of the Faces of Evil Stan shows is that of terrorist Kim Jong Il (1942-2011)


Paris: Takin' it off here boss

This is a reference to the 1967 Paul Newman film “Cool Hand Luke”, with the characters “Luke” (Newman) and “Dragline” (George Kennedy) being seen.


Francine uses a Swiffer to clear the kitchen floor.


Visual: 'Bates Motel

Stan goes to the 'Bates Motel to relieve himself. This is a reference to the classic 1960 Hitchcock horror film, Psycho.
Naturally the way it's spelled in this episode is short for Masturbates.




Other Episode Crew

CreatorSeth MacFarlane  |  Mike Barker (1)  |  Matt Weitzman
Executive ProducerMatt Weitzman  |  Mike Barker (1)  |  Seth MacFarlane
Co-Executive ProducerKenny Schwartz  |  Rick Wiener  |  David Zuckerman  |  David Hemingson
Supervising ProducerCraig Thomas  |  Carter Bays
ProducerDan Vebber  |  Kara Vallow
Co-ProducerBrian Boyle
Consulting ProducerBrad Johnson (2)
Associate ProducerMark Douglas (1)
EditorBobby Gibis
CastingLinda Lamontagne
Staff WriterChris McKenna (2)  |  Alison McDonald  |  Steve Hely  |  Matt McKenna
MusicRon Jones (1)
Production AssistantTravis Bowe  |  Robert Hunter (2)  |  Michael Wittenberg  |  Ray Valenzuela  |  Erin Sirpenski
Production CoordinatorAmy Reynolds  |  Sheikh 'ubi' Ubaid Mahmood  |  Christopher Collins (2)
Assistant EditorEric Brown (2)
Post Production SupervisorLaura Stupsker
Production SupervisorCharles Song
Storyboard ArtistZeke Johnson  |  Bob Bowen
Supervising DirectorRon Hughart
Production ManagerTanya Calderon  |  Todd Garfield
Executive Story EditorNahnatchka Khan (1)  |  Neal Boushell  |  Sam O'Neal
Main Title ThemeWalter Murphy
Assistant DirectorJoe Daniello
Animation ProducerDiana Ritchey
Storyboard RevisionistJohn Drake O'day  |  Erik Kuska  |  Steve Wong
Writing AssistantKeith Heisler  |  Erik Durbin
Production ControllerLiddane Sanders
AssistantLaura Hilker  |  Matt Fusfeld  |  Andy Goldberg
 

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