Fox Considering a Return of "Family Guy"

wo1verin3 writes: "USA Today is reporting that all is not lost and due to exceptionally strong DVD sales Family Guy may return with as many as 35 new episodes! A DVD set of the show's first 28 episodes, released in April, has sold nearly 1 million copies, making it this year's top-selling TV show and the No. 4 television title ever, according to Video Store magazine."

Comments

Blah, bring back Futurama

[kaltkalt]

Futurama was smarter, funnier, and provided lots of could-be "prior art" for future patent lawsuit defenses.

Re:Who cares...I mean yay!

[Evil Adrian]

A sense of humor?

Wow, back on Fox?

[trp642]

I figured they'd end up on UPN with Buffy and the gang...

Chris Griffin: Where do you think you go when you die?
Southern boy: I learned from church that if you're good you go to heaven but if you're bad, you go to a place where the dead believe they're still living and they pray for death but death won't come.
Chris Griffin: UPN?

Re:Stewie

[Comatose51]

Victory is ours!

Re:Family Guy..

[calebtucker]

Everyone can thank me. I told the fox network executives that my kid was dying and his last wish was to have another season of Family Guy.

Re:Family Guy..

[dwillden]

Everyone can thank me. I told the fox network executives that my kid was dying and his last wish was to have another season of Family Guy.

So please, everybody forwards this post on to at least 10 friends. Fox is tracking this post and will donate one additional episode for every ten thousand forwards.

Re:Better Than The Simpsons?

[Noren]

Some tidbits:

Brian: Hola! Um...me, me llamo es Brian. Ahh, uh, um lets see, uh, nosotros queremos ir con ustedes.
Mexican: Hey, that was pretty good! But actually when you said, "Me llamo es Brian," you don't need the "es." Just, "Me llamo Brian."
Brian{relieved}: Oh, you speak English!
Mexican: No, just that first speech and this one explaining it.
Brian{confused}: You...you're kidding right?
Mexican: Que?

(Evil genius toddler attempting to phone home)
Stewie: Hello, operator, hello? Oh that's right, you have to dial in the numbers these...hmmm, I should know this, oh yes, 867-5309, that's it! No wait, that's not right...DAMN YOU TOMMY TWOTONE! *sigh* Well, I guess there's only one way to find out... 111-1111, Lois? ... DAMN! 111-1112, Lois? ... DAMN! 111-1113, Lois? ... DAMN! {commercial break}

Favorite stewie quotes

[Bigmell]

My favorite quotes, cant remember them exactly but i'll try...

Meg: Happy Birthday Stewie! You want some ice cream?

Stewie: yes, but NO SPRINKLES! For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you.
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Mom: You look as happy as when you were born

Stewie: But of course, that was my victory day, the fruition of my deeply laid plans to escape from that curse-ed ovarian bastille. (looks at mother who has his mind control device) Return the device woman!

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Stewie: Excellent! The weather machine is nearly completed! What do you say to that broccoli? (broccoli just sits there)... STOP MOCKING ME!
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Mom: Stewie, why dont you play in the other room.
Stewie: Why dont you BURN IN HELL!
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Stewie: (in diaper) I say, am I to spend the entire day wallowing around in my own feces?
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Stewie: (Captured in airport trying to escape by security guard) Damn you! You're one of them arent you? What are they paying you? I'll double it! I'll give you whatever you want! Money! Women! (looks at him precariously) Men?
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Stewie: (to Mom) Ohhh blast you and your estrogenical treachery!
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Stewie: Well well Mother... We meet again!
Mom: Stewie I thought I tucked you in an hour ago?
Stewie: Not tightly enough it would seem! And now you contemptible harpy I shall end your oppressive reign of matriarchal tyranny.
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Stewie: (to mom) Damn you vile woman! You've impeded my work since the day I escaped from your wretched womb.

Im sure there are lots more :)

Re:The question is

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

BREAKING NEWS!!!
Guy on Slashdot proves that not everyone can come up with good plot ideas for popular television shows. Further reinforces the long-known truth that people don't have the ability to evaluate their own ideas in a reasonable manner.

Maggie and Stewie blowing up Springfield? Yeah....

Re:Better Than The Simpsons?

[interociter]

It's the humor of repetition. If you do something funny once, it's funny. A second time is less funny. The third time establishes a deliberate pattern, which is funny. 4, 5 and 6 are far less funny because you're milking it. The seventh time is comic gold because you've established that you are deliberately taking it way beyond the point where it would be funny, which is funny. Don't do 8. Just don't. You know who does 8? Paul Reiser.

Specific example: In the Simpsons episode where Sideshow Bob is out of prison on work release, and he keeps stepping on rakes. The longer it goes, the funnier it is. The third time the bit is repeated, he keeps stepping on one rake after another, which is hilarious.

Caveat: If what you're doing isn't funny, no amount of repetition will save you. Case in point: "You like-a the juice?"

Final point: there's very little that's less funny than someone talking in technical terms about why something is funny.