Last night, once again, the animated FOX comedy Family Guy included a Star Trek reference. This one was a Next Generation call out that may be a bit obscure for the mainstream, but shows again that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is a Trekkie. You can watch it below.

What kind of gift would Peter want

The reference came when the Griffin family was appearing on The Family Feud and Peter was asked to name a gift, here is the clip. (via Hulu, USA only, sorry)

The gift of a flute that Peter is referring to is the ‘Ressikan Flute’ that Picard played in the classic Next Generation episode "The Inner Light". Picard learned to play the flute while living a lifetime while under the influence of an alien probe. Here is the final scene after Picard has returned from the probe’s control and is given the flute.

The flute would make a great gift. The actual prop (which actually doesn’t work as a flute) was sold at the Christies Star Trek auction in 2006. The estimated price was $1200, but the winning bid was $40,000.



Lot #537 from the Christies 40 Year’s of Star Trek Auction

Come On Paramount – let them do Wrath of Khan

Once again TrekMovie implores Paramount, CBS, Bad Robot, anyone, let Seth MacFarlane and Family Guy take a crack at Wrath of Khan. They really want to do it and clearly love Trek, so why not do it?