Intercontextuality

I find that satirical cartoons such as the Simpsons and Family Guy have many humorous examples of intercontextuality. I have picked out a few of my favorite examples from Family guy:
• Pawtucket Pat Brewery episode “beer room song”- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxyny7ZzrHM

• Family guy’s banned joke about The Simpsons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYtlCR0V4cM

• You cant touch Me(from the Petoria Episode)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDw9y2zFIF8

The first one is definitely one of my favorite examples of intercontextuality in family guy. It is a play on the scene from the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. In this episode, Peter, the main character finds the final golden ticket for a tour of the Pawtucket Pat brewery in a beer bottle. He goes on a quest to find one by drinking tons of beer and on his final beer, when things aren’t looking to hot for him, he drinks his last beer and proceeds to puke up the final golden ticket. They also make fun of the scene where Willy Wonka comes out of the factory limping then dives and rolls and pops up perfectly fine. Well in family guy, Cheech Marin drives by and shoots Pawtucket pat, only to find that it was all a joke. The link that I provided is a parody to the song that Wonka sings in his candy room right when they enter the factory.
The next one makes fun of the Simpsons, which was retaliation for the Simpsons making fun of Family Guy. There have been many examples of the shows making fun of each other as an example of intercontextuality.
The Final link is a parody of MC Hammer’s “U cant touch this”. Its vey funny and well crafted. He also takes a direct shot at hammer in the rap.
In summary, Family Guy does a great job of incorporating and satirizing popular culture into their own show.