Family Guy Returns
Sunday, May 1st, 2005 - 9:24pm
So what did everyone think? I thought it was hit and miss, I'm glad it's back though.
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I thought it was pretty damn funny, but then I knew that about a week ago when I downloaded the premiere
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I thought it was pretty good, hope it gets better, glad its back too.
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I think it was censored by my local station.
33 minutes of solid static, until they started American Dad late.
Most likely wasn''t an accident.
Are you in Mississippi? I remember the big hubub that flamed up when NYPD Blue showed up.
I think if they were not going to show Family Guy they would put something else on. Also, not to be nitpicky only the government can censor something. I''d e-mail the station and see what''s up!
For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. ~Ron Shelton, Bull Durham, 1988
Family Guy was pretty good, American Dad... eh... it just can''t seem to keep my attention.
I''m glad to see it back on, hope Fox decides to keep it around this time.
Anyone buy the Live in Vegas CD? Just wondering what it was like...
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All of it was pretty funny. I turned the TV off when the other shoe came on.
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Better recheck your first amendment Ulairi. ANY BUSINESS can ""censor"" anything if they want to. It''s a business, and they can do whatever they want with the products they are selling. If they don''t want to stock a certain racy book in your local book store, that''s their business. If the local Fox affiliate choose to not air a certain show, there is absolutely nothing you can do about it (aside from calling and complaining...).
Now, if George W. tried to make a law saying that ""The Family Guy"" was offensive and the US government was going to regulate it and censor it, they you MIGHT have a case for 1st Amendment protection (although, look what theyre doing every day with the FCC? How that is legal, I''m never sure... ANYway...).
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Family Guy was pretty hilarious, if you ask me. There was plenty of stuff I was rolling at. Between Brian rubbing his ass along the carpet (mostly funny because my dog did it for the first time in my mom''s new house this weekend and she flipped), Peter''s attempts at talking dirty, and the hooker''s vision... oh man, I was tearing up.
American Dad, still looked awful. We watched most of it, and I was just... ugh. Like the only joke that even made me laugh was the parts with Donald Trump coming in to try to get royalties. Other than that, nada.
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I was really pleased with the new Familiy Guy - it was actually as amusing as a number of the old episodes. It''s almost as if they just jumped back on where they left off - good stuff!
But censorship is something the only government can do. When a business makes a choice they are doing it based on what they think suits their business best, short term or long term. It is free choice. If I choose not to stock your book in my store, I''m not censoring you, I''m just not doing business with you. If W. wants to change your book or it cannot be released, that is censorship.
For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. ~Ron Shelton, Bull Durham, 1988
So just to be clear, you were being ""nitpicky"" about his use of the term censor? Man, you''re right.
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It is one of those things that I''m just nitpicky about. I think it comes from being in college and hearing that everyone is censoring everything.
For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. ~Ron Shelton, Bull Durham, 1988
Pretty much anything with Brian and Stewie was hilarious. When Brian says ""upside down face"" and Stewie turns oh - so - slowly to look at him....I was crying.
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I laughed even more when Tom Tucker himself actually said ""It''s not my fault if this has turned his life upside down face"". I was already dying, and it just got worse after that. Then you get brian dragging his ass all over Tucker''s rug, and I was just flat out gone. Best 3 minutes of the whole episode.
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Ah, right. I guess it isn''t censorship. Selective programming. Just pisses me off.
I know of friends with a dozen strong gathered to laugh in unison, only to get static. I had everyone I could contact tune in, and I was the one not able to see it. If it was a planned thing, they would have had another program on. Seems like they were offended and decided not to show it last minute. Big dollar Palm Beachers don''t want their feelings hurt. Judging from the Jesus jokes I''ve been hearing about (and the Iraq jokes) they''re just a bunch of uptight conservative/religious... err, poopieheads (showing restraint.)
EDIT: They say they screwed up the programming schedule, and by the time they found what they should have been showing (had it mislabeled as two American Dad episodes) it was too late. Lies... pure lies. Conspiracy to keep me from watching it.
Hit and miss. Legions better than AD though.
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Can someone tell me who the heck that guy in the last 5 seconds was (supposed to be)?
Edit; Good grief, I''m typoing all over the place tonight.
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It was the greased up deaf guy. He was in an episode where the town was supposed to catch him. I think it had to do with a city picnic or something.
I loved the episode. I missed Family Guy so much and I remember why I do after this.
I fell off my chair from laughter because of that.
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Yeah, this was from the episode where Brian starts doing coke. Peter''s company has a company picnic, and one of the events is trying to catch the greased up deaf guy. The whole joke behind the voice being that most talking deaf people have no TRUE control over what they sound like... thus they come off sounding a bit goofy. Peter ALMOST wins this event before winning the event involving being hunted with the rest of the company for a free vacation.
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I liked the intro where Peter lists every other show started and cancelled on Fox while they were gone. It wasn''t a short list, even Firefly was in there.
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That and last night''s Robot Chicken was a complete nostalgia trip for me...
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Did anybody catch the Simpson''s episode before that with Ray Romano?
Wasn''t that weird how they let him advertise his show on CBs so many times?
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Well, the initial comment was weird, but understandable, since they just announced the show is ending.
The bit during the credits, though, was HILARIOUS. My roommate and I were ROLLING.
""So... if I turn my radio on...""
""TV.""
""RIGHT, TV... so I turn my radio to ABC...""
""Uh, it''s CBS.""
""Ok, CBS, and what time is this on the radio if I wanted to watch it?""
""9pm, and it''s TV.""
""So let''s pretend I wanted to watch this show. I would turn my radio on when, exactly?""
""Um, TV. 9pm""
Et Cetera.
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Wait, where can I download the premiere? =D
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If you found THAT hilarious, you must have been ROLLING some pretty primo weed.
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No, seriously. It was funny.
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No, hearing the long list of FOX shows that have come and gone in Family Guy''s absence was funny. That bit between Ray and Homer was older than dirt and twice as humorless.
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light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
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'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce