Horton Hears Domestic Violence in the Next Apartment and Doesn’t Call 911

(part of my ongoing Unexpected Literary References series)

In the Family Guy episode titled “Love Blactually” (Season 7, Episode 1, Aired Sep 28, 2008) Stewie picks up a copy of Horton Hears Domestic Violence in the Next Apartment and Doesn’t Call 911, an obvious riff of Dr. Suess’s Horton Hears a Who. Well, the title is a riff, anyway; Horton Hears a Who, content-wise, contains slightly less wife-beating.

This isn’t the first time a Seth McFarlane cartoon has referenced Dr. Suess.