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American Dad! :: Of Ice and Men (02x07)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: Of Ice and Men
Episode #: 02x07
Production Number: 2AJN10
Original Airdate: Sunday November 26th, 2006
10/10 (1 Vote cast)
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Country: Aired On:
UK (FX) Mar 06, 2008
Episode Crew
Director: John Aoshima
Writer: Brian Boyle
 
Episode Summary
 
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In the distant future, Klaus (now an elderly human male with a son) tells the story of how Francine discovered Stan's passion for figure skating and how Steve and his friends fought over a Russian mail-order bride.
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Curtis ArmstrongvoicedSchmuley “Snot” LonsteinRecurring (10th appearance)
Daisuke Suzuki (1)voicedToshiRecurring (9th appearance)
Eddie Kaye Thomas (1)voicedBarryRecurring (11th appearance)
Ivana MilicevicvoicedSvetlanaRecurring (first appearance)
Martin MullvoicedFather DonavanRecurring (second appearance)
Mike Barker (1)voicedTerry BatesRecurring (16th appearance)
Austin MajorsvoicedThomas 
Rainn WilsonvoicedKight (Clifford), Driver 
 
Main Cast
 
Seth MacFarlanevoicedStan Smith, Roger, Greg Corbin
Wendy SchaalvoicedFrancine Smith
Rachael MacFarlanevoicedHayley "Dreamsmasher" Smith
Scott GrimesvoicedSteve Smith
Dee Bradley BakervoicedKlaus
 
Episode Notes
 
Langley Falls Post front page headline: "Turkey Uprising Fails!"
 
Apparently, unless the Klaus and his Grandson thing was done for joke purposes only, Klaus does escape from his fish body some time in his life and raises a family.
 
 
Featured Songs
 
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
ABBAMamma Mia 
Laura BraniganGloria 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Stan: That's for me to know and you to find out, and I never want you to find out, so it's for me to know.
 
Francine: This is the first time in 20 winters we've done anything together. And now, you're dumping me to skate with Roger?! Why, Stan, why?!
Stan: Well, honey, I-
Francine: I'll tell you why. Because winning some stupid contest means more to you than your own wife!
Stan: Yes. Thank you! That would have sounded awful coming out of my mouth.
 
Clifford: Stop, maiden woman! No further shall ye venture without the password.
(Francine farts)
Clifford: Ugh! What in God's name is wrong with you?
Francine: I thought that was the password.
Clifford: It's not a word. It's a terrible, terrible abomination.
 
Stan: Roger? Where did you learn to skate?
Roger: On my planet. You really haven't read my MySpace page, have you? You say you have, but you really haven't.
 
Klaus' Grandson: Whoa, whoa, whoa. You were a fish?!
Klaus: Oh, yeah, that. But Stan, he was a new man, and he-
Klaus' Grandson: Hold on a second. You were a fish! Don't you think that's a better story than two grown-ups ice skating?
Klaus: I was also roommates with Rick Schroeder. You want to hear about that?!
Klaus' Grandson: Yeah!
Klaus: (sigh) Okay. Rick Schroeder sucks. He just, he...he just sucks. He sucks so hard. Rick Schroeder uses women. The end.
 
Roger: Wow, Stan, you have a real problem with competition. There's no way you can enter that contest.
Stan: You're right. I'm not going to put my wife's life in danger just for a set of wigs.
Roger: Come again?
Stan: The prize is a lousy set of wigs.
Roger: The prize is a set of wigs?
Stan: Yes.
Roger: Wigs you'd probably just put in the attic and never check on to see if anyone were playing with them or borrowing them to audition for the community theater?
Stan: Exactly.
Roger: Stan, you've gotta skate in this competition, for Francine. She hasn't been this happy in ages.
Stan: But...you just said I shouldn't-
Roger: That was a test. You failed. God, you're selfish! (Slaps Stan) Bad Stan. Oh, oh, I meant to say, "Bad Stan" and then slap you. Bad Stan! (Slaps Stan again) I don't know, I like it both ways.
 
Svetlana: Marriage is business contract. I must protect my interests.
Steve: Where did you hear that garbage?
Hayley: It's not garbage. I found her living in your closet, Steve. She's a Russian bride, not a Russian whore. She doesn't have to act like a whore until one of you marries her.
Steve: But you're not married and you're a total whore!
Hayley: That's because I was born in America.
 
 
Cultural References
 
Of Ice and Men

The episode title is a spoof on the title of the classic book: Of Mice and Men.
 
The Princess Bride

The scenes where Klaus tells the story to his grandson are taken based off scenes from the movie The Princess Bride (1987).
 
The Flinstones

One of the wigs Roger puts on (the orange one, to be specific) is the same exact hair style Velma Flinstone from The Flinstones had.
 
Roger: You really haven't read my MySpace page, have you? You say you have, but you really haven't.

Roger is referring to MySpace.com, "A place for friends". Myspace serves as an online "meeting" place to meet up with old friends, new friends, or perhaps find a date. Millions of people all over the world have their own personal "myspace" page.
 
Skating Scenes

Several of the skating scenes in the episode are based off scenes from skating movies. The first one being when Stan nods "yes" to his old skating partner in the flashback, and she nods back "no"; this was taken from the movie Cutting Edge.

In the scene where the song Gloria is playing; this scene from taken from the movie Flashdance.
 
Roger: You call that a Salchow?! It looks like you have mad Salchow disease! That's right, your skating has a spongiform encephalopathy, bitch!

Roger is putting a spin on "Mad Cow Disease", a deadly disease that killed many in foreign countries.
 
 
Other Episode Crew
 
CreatorSeth MacFarlane  |  Mike Barker (1)  |  Matt Weitzman
Executive ProducerSeth MacFarlane  |  Mike Barker (1)  |  Matt Weitzman
Co-Executive ProducerJim Bernstein  |  Kenny Schwartz  |  Rick Wiener  |  David Zuckerman  |  Michael Shipley
Supervising ProducerJosh Bycel  |  Jonathan Fener  |  Dan Vebber
ProducerBrian Boyle  |  Nahnatchka Khan (1)  |  Kara Vallow
Associate ProducerMark Douglas (1)
EditorBobby Gibis
CastingLinda Lamontagne
Staff WriterLaura McCreary  |  Erik Durbin
MusicRon Jones (1)
Production AssistantChris Long  |  Ashley J. Long  |  Mike Kalec  |  Tom Welch  |  Adam Catino  |  Parker Deay  |  Thomas Horvath
Production CoordinatorAmy Reynolds  |  Glenn Buswell
Assistant EditorPaul Mahotz
Post Production SupervisorEli Dolleman
Story EditorSteve Hely  |  Chris McKenna (2)  |  Matt McKenna
Storyboard ArtistEric Fredrickson  |  Paul Lee (1)
Supervising DirectorRon Hughart  |  Anthony Lioi
Production ManagerTanya Calderon
Main Title ThemeWalter Murphy
Casting AssistantHeather Shannon
Assistant DirectorBob Bowen
Animation ProducerDiana Ritchey
AudioMichael Wittenberg
Storyboard RevisionistJeff Rebner  |  Paul Cunningham  |  John Drake O'day  |  Harry Sabin  |  Jessie Romero  |  Steve Wong
Writing AssistantMatt Fusfeld  |  Keith Heisler
Production ControllerLiddane Sanders
AssistantLaura Hilker  |  Travis Bowe  |  Andy Goldberg  |  A. Spencer Porter
Storyboard SupervisorBrent Woods
Retake DirectorAlbert Acosta  |  Kevin Thresher
 
 
Episode Goofs
 
 
 
Episode References
 
 
 
Analysis
 
 

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