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{{Infobox television episode
| series       = [[Family Guy]]
| image        = FamilyGuyBrianJasperPromoimage.jpg
| caption      = Promotional image, featuring [[Brian Griffin|Brian]] and his [[Homosexuality|gay]] cousin Jasper at the airport.
| season       = 4
| episode      = 25
| airdate      = {{Start date|2006|04|30}}<ref name=MSN>{{cite web|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode/family-guy/you-may-now-kiss-the-uh-guy-who-receives/|title=You May Now Kiss the ... Uh ... Guy Who Receives|publisher=MSN|access-date=2009-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328214407/http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode/family-guy/you-may-now-kiss-the-uh-guy-who-receives/|archive-date=2012-03-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| production   = 4ACX28
| writer       = [[David A. Goodman]]
| director     = [[Dominic Polcino]]
| guests       = *[[Michael Clarke Duncan]] as Boy on mushrooms
*[[Ralph Garman]]
*[[Rachael MacFarlane]]
*[[Chad Morgan (actress)|Chad Morgan]] as Alyssa
*[[The Proclaimers]] as themselves
*[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] as Chris on mushrooms
*[[Stark Sands]] as Justin Hackeysack
'''Uncredited:'''
*[[Curtis Armstrong]] as Dudley Dawson (Deleted Scenes)
| season_article = Family Guy season 4
| episode_list = List of Family Guy episodes
| prev         = [[Peterotica]]
| next         = [[Petergeist]]
}}

"'''You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives'''" is the 25th episode of the [[Family Guy season 4|fourth season]] of ''[[Family Guy]]''. The episode originally aired on April 30, 2006, on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]].<ref name=MSN/>  In the episode, [[Brian Griffin|Brian's]] gay cousin Jasper comes to [[Quahog, Rhode Island|Quahog]] with his boyfriend Ricardo to get married. Mayor [[Adam West (Family Guy)|Adam West]] tries to ban [[same-sex marriage]] to divert attention from a bad investment he made with the taxpayers' money. Brian fights for gay marriage and ends up taking Mayor West hostage to get his view across.

The episode was written by [[David A. Goodman]] and directed by [[Dominic Polcino]].<ref name=MSN/> The episode received positive reviews from critics. The week it aired, the episode had an estimated 7.8 million viewers. The episode features guest performances from [[Michael Clarke Duncan]], [[Ralph Garman]], [[Rachael MacFarlane]], [[Chad Morgan (actress)|Chad Morgan]], Charles Reid, Craig Reid, [[Kevin Michael Richardson]], and [[Stark Sands]], as well as several recurring voice actors for the series.

==Plot==
[[Brian Griffin|Brian]]'s [[gay]] cousin [[List of characters from Family Guy#Brian's family|Jasper]] comes to Quahog with his [[Filipino people|Filipino]] boyfriend Ricardo, and he announces that they are going to get married. Everyone is delighted &mdash; except for [[Lois Griffin|Lois]], who is against [[same-sex marriage]]. Later, Mayor Adam West reveals in the city center a solid gold statue of the [[Honey Smacks]] mascot Dig 'Em, and dedicates the statue to the servicemen who died in what he refers to as the "[[War in Iraq|recent Gulf conflict]]". The cost of the statue puts the city in debt. In order to distract the angered townspeople, he proposes a bill outlawing same-sex marriage. Meanwhile, [[Chris Griffin|Chris]] falls for Alyssa, a beautiful girl who belongs to the [[Young Republicans]], and joins the group to impress her.

An enraged Brian vows to make West change his mind, getting 10,000 people to sign a petition to oppose the bill. Lois refuses to sign and takes [[Stewie Griffin|Stewie]] to visit her parents. Before Brian can present the petition to the mayor, Chris burns it because Alyssa has offered to let him touch her breasts if he destroys the document, much to Brian's anger. Brian manages to get 10,000 more signatures on a new petition to show to Mayor West, but West refuses to change his mind and throws the petition out of his office window. Out of desperation, Brian takes a security guard's gun, and holds the mayor hostage.

Lois hears about Brian on TV, and then discovers that her parents do not love each other, and even raised her to believe that heterosexuals who hate each other have every right to marry while homosexuals who love each other don't. Horrified, Lois changes her mind on same-sex marriage, deciding that gay couples who love each other have the right to be together. She returns to Quahog to convince Brian to free the mayor, saying that if he pursues this any further, he will be hurting his own cause. Brian agrees, and ends the hostage situation. Since it has distracted the town from the Dig 'Em scandal, Mayor West agrees to drop the ban on gay marriage. Mayor West also agrees to drop the hostage charges against Brian in exchange for a key for a [[Volkswagen Scirocco]] (which Stewie discovered at his grandparents' house). Jasper and Ricardo get married in the backyard of the Griffin house, with West himself conducting the ceremony.

==Production==
[[File:Seth MacFarlane by Gage Skidmore 5.jpg|right|150px|thumb|alt=A closeup of a man's face, the man has black hair, and slight stubble on his chin and above his lip.|MacFarlane came up with the idea for the episode while writing a pilot episode with two gay men.]]

Written by [[David A. Goodman]], and directed by [[Dominic Polcino]],<ref name=MSN/> series creator [[Seth MacFarlane]] came up with the idea for the episode while writing a pilot episode featuring two gay men. MacFarlane describes himself as "incredibly passionate about [his] support for the gay community", and finds it to be "infuriating and idiotic" that two gay partners "have to go through this fucking [[Dog and pony show|dog and pony act]] when they stop at a hotel and the guy behind the counter says, 'You want one room or two?'"<ref name=Advocate>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-176130015/seth-macfarlane-big-gay.html|title=BGF: Seth MacFarlane|publisher=Advocate|author=Voss, Brandon|access-date=2009-09-05 | date=2008-02-26}}</ref>

In addition to the regular cast, [[Michael Clarke Duncan]], [[Ralph Garman]], [[Rachael MacFarlane]], [[Chad Morgan (actress)|Chad Morgan]], Charles Reid, Craig Reid, [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] and [[Stark Sands]] guest starred in the episode. Recurring guest voices include [[Lori Alan]], [[Alexandra Breckenridge|Alex Breckenridge]], [[Johnny Brennan]], writer [[Mike Henry (voice actor)|Mike Henry]], writer [[Chris Sheridan (writer)|Chris Sheridan]], writer [[Danny Smith (writer)|Danny Smith]], writer [[John Viener]], and actor [[Adam West]], who portrays [[Mayor West|an exaggerated version of himself]]. Actor [[Patrick Warburton]] has a guest appearance as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?id=20060407fox19|title=FAMILY GUY|work=The Futon Critic|access-date=2009-10-04}}</ref>

Censor issues required multiple changes to the episode. The line when Peter says, "It's not like we're going to have a gay sex orgy in the living room," was originally, "Come on Lois, we're not going to drill [[Glory hole (sexual slang)|glory holes]] in the living room."<ref name=Seth>{{cite video | people=MacFarlane, Seth|date=2006|title=Family Guy volume 4 DVD commentary for the episode "You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> The show received a [[Standards and Practices|broadcast standards request]] that the anti-gay video the priest shows Lois say "[[Pat Robertson]] Industries," so as not to make it look like Fox had an opinion about homosexuals.<ref name=Seth/> The writers had a problem with Lois being against gay marriage, as they felt they were not portraying her in a way that is consistent with other episodes as she expressed a more liberal viewpoint on many past issues on the show and even expressed a generally more accepting view of gays in the episode ''[[Brian Sings and Swings]]''.<ref name=DVD/> The DVD version has a deleted scene during the backyard wedding ending where Ricardo (who doesn't speak English) asks Stewie what's going on and Stewie (who speaks [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]) tells Ricardo that he'll find out on his wedding night.

==Cultural references==
Mayor West builds a statue of Dig 'Em, the [[Honey Smacks|Sugar Smacks]] mascot, which causes controversy and causes West to ban gay marriage.<ref name=Squad/> Stewie takes over air traffic control, and causes [[Matthew McConaughey]]'s private plane to crash into the ocean.<ref name=Squad/> The film ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'' is also referenced in the episode.<ref name=DVD>{{cite video|date=2006|title=Family Guy volume 4 DVD commentary for the episode "You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> West also swallowed a [[Stratego]] board game and an older issue of ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine which features the actor [[Paul Hogan]].<ref name=Squad/><ref>{{cite episode |title= You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives|series=Family Guy |series-link=Family Guy|network=Fox|season= 4|number=25|quote='''Mayor West''': "Does anyone wanna play Stratego, I have Stratego" (He holds up a Stratego box.)}}</ref> A cutaway gag involves Peter in the band [[The Proclaimers]], in a recording for the song "[[I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)]]", while another involves [[Popeye]] at Dr. Hartman's office, where he is told his bulging forearms are full of tumors and his speech patterns are the result of a stroke.<ref name=DVD/>

==Reception==
"You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives" had an average of 7.82 million viewers and ranked 82nd out of 215 programs airing that week.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Medianet|date=2006-05-02|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=050206_06|title= Weekly Program Rankings|access-date=2009-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329105458/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=050206_06 |archive-date=2012-03-29}}</ref> Bob Sassone from [[TV Squad]] wrote that he could not stop laughing throughout the episode, feeling that there is "just something really funny about gay dogs getting married and a giant gold statue of Dig 'Em, the Sugar Smacks mascot".<ref name=Squad>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/04/30/family-guy-you-may-now-kiss-the-uh-guy-who-receives/|title=Family Guy: You May Now Kiss The...Uh...Guy Who Receives Guy|work=[[TV Squad]]|access-date=2009-10-03|archive-date=2012-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509194557/http://www.aoltv.com/2006/04/30/family-guy-you-may-now-kiss-the-uh-guy-who-receives/|url-status=dead}}</ref> While reviewing the ''Family Guy: Volume 4''  DVD, Nancy Basile of [[About.com]] called the episode "sharp".<ref name=about>{{cite web|url=http://animatedtv.about.com/od/fgdvdreviews/gr/fgdvd4.htm|title=Family Guy Volume Four DVD|publisher=[[About.com]]|author=Basile, Nancy|access-date=2009-12-05|archive-date=2011-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718234236/http://animatedtv.about.com/od/fgdvdreviews/gr/fgdvd4.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb episode|0799099}}

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