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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."
Family guy has more witty comedy packed into a half hour than any other show I've seen... it's offensive at times (Stewie often plots to kill his mom, and unlike Homer who's funny because of his ignorant, Peter is ignorant and often often *mean*). Still, if that sort of humor doesn't bother you there are some real gems in each episode, real "laugh out loud" moments, which is rare nowadays.
~Berj
what the "banned episode" is about? too lazy to google ;-)
It's called "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein", and it's about Peter getting into financial trouble and making a wish for a Jew to come save him, because he thinks all Jewish people are financial geniuses. I thought it was relatively tame compared to some of the other things they've done, particularly the "Special People's Games" episode. In any case, the episode is available on DVD Volume 2, and it's a joy to watch.
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"Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part that wonders what the part that isn't thinking isn't thinking of"-TMBG
The show is very clever. Some of the things they parody are brilliant.
Ever seen the episode where Stewie says "I know what it takes to be cool" and then imagines himself doing an Elton John "Rocket Man" spoken word exactly like the one William Shatner did?
Ever seen the episode with the National Gun Association? They talk about how child gun safety is a top priority. They then show a video with a kid talking to a puppet gun (Petey the Pistol, I believe). Petey says he gets lonely and wants the kid to hold him. He also says "when you squeeze me, I make the bad people go away". Insanely funny...
I know I'm not doing these two scenes in particular justice, but the show really is great. Find a friend who has the DVDs and give them a watch or check out the episodes on Adult Swim.
Seth MacFarlane (the creator) said that Stewie was based on Rex Harrison, who was Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady. I can definitely see that.
~Scotty B.
Even when they played it on Cartoon Network, it wasn't completely uncensored. They changed Peter's line "Even though they killed my lord," to "I don't think they killed my lord."
The sad part is that they kill great shows to promote ones with far less lasting power.
Indeed. *cough* Firefly *cough*...
--grendel drago
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. --Seneca
From what I heard from when Seth Green was on Love Line. It was a huge fan success with a fanatical following but there was one guy way way WAY up the ladder at Fox that just didn't get the show and didn't like it. He made the decision to switch the times around and drop airings from the schedule at random (a surefire way to get a ratings drop if you want a show pulled).
How do you like that eh? The best show on television with a huge fanbase pulled because of one ass-hat at the top. That's Hollywood for you. But hey, at least we have gems like American Idol and Joe Millionaire (1 and 2) to fill the quality TV gap left by Family Guy. I hope that exec gets slapped and sterilized.
If whales learn how to use weapons we're all screwed!
They also cut out the "although they killed our Lord" from the Wish Upon a Weinstein episode. And the Osama Bin Laden references are cut of adult swim and the dvd. The Osama references were cut at the request of the creator. Apparently, he was almost killed on 9/11 and thus had it pulled. I think it's a shame, because that bit was really freaking funny, but it's harder to get pissed at that cut than at a lot I've seen.