With Cheryl Tiegs as a disconsolate, wordless beauty sitting at a roadside rest stop.

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You know, my mom came up in an era where it was Christie Brinkley and Cheryl Tiegs representing brands.

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Along the way, Bud has several inexplicable encounters with women, including a wordless and tepid make-out session with Lily (Cheryl Tiegs), found wide-eyed and miserable, at a highway rest stop.

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Brian dates Cheryl Tiegs to make Quagmire jealous.

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Starting with Cheryl Tiegs in the 1970s, and then followed by Christie Brinkley, Elle Macpherson, and Kathy Ireland, dozens of companies ranging from the beauty, auto, and clothing industries have seen their profiles enhanced by hitching their wagons to a select group of stunning women.

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The hour-plus-long film, which debuted this year at the Sundance Film Festival, features interviews with household names like Christie Brinkley, Beverly Johnson, Calvin Klein, Isabella Rossellini, Christy Turlington Burns and Cheryl Tiegs alongside industry pioneers such as Carmen Dell'Orefice, China Machado, Eileen Ford, Pat Cleveland and Bethann Hardison.

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