Family Guy has done a lot of three-part anthology-style episodes over the years. The series has been relying on the format more and more in recent seasons, and it’s easy to see why. These anthology episodes are joke machines, so they suit Family Guy ’s “jokes first, story and character development second” approach.

The show has done anthologies of Stephen King stories, HBO shows, music biopics, dream jobs, and Biblical passages. These anthologies account for some of Family Guy ’s best episodes , but they also account for some of its worst.

Rock Hard

Stewie and Brian as Elton John and Bernie Taupin in Family Guy

Music biopics are ripe for parody, especially since they’ve become a dime a dozen in the past decade, but “Rock Hard” is Family Guy ’s weakest anthology episode. Prop

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