Road to Rupert

"Road to Rupert"
Family Guy episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 9
Directed by	Dan Povenmire
Written by	Patrick Meighan
Production code	5ACX04
Original air date	January 28, 2007
Guest appearance(s)
Credited: Max Burkholder as Timmy Cordray Phil LaMarr as Black Guy in Gettysburg Rob Lowe as Stanford Cordray Ted McGinley Stephen Stanton Connor Trinneer as Victim of Sharon Stone Audrey Wasilewski George Wendt as Norm Peterson Dave Wittenberg as Woody Boyd Uncredited: Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star Gene Kelly (archive footage) as Joseph Brady
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"Road to Rupert" is the ninth episode of the fifth season of Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 28, 2007. The episode follows Brian after he inadvertently sells Stewie's teddy bear, Rupert, during a yard sale. In an attempt to retrieve him, Stewie and Brian travel across the United States, eventually discovering he is with a child living in Aspen, Colorado. Meanwhile, Peter has his driving license revoked for careless driving and is forced to be driven around by Meg, which annoys him.

The episode was written by Patrick Meighan and directed by Dan Povenmire. It received divided reviews, with the negative reviews going to the "personal driver" plot and the positive going to the "Rupert" plot. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 8.8 million homes in its original airing. The episode feature guest performances by Max Burkholder, Phil LaMarr, Rob Lowe, Ted McGinley, Stephen Stanton, Connor Trinneer, Audrey Wasilewski, George Wendt and Dave Wittenberg. SpongeBob SquarePants voice actors Tom Kenny and Bill Fagerbakke lent their voices to the episode as SpongeBob and Patrick respectively from archive music of the "Campfire Song" from the episode The Camping Episode, but remain uncredited.

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