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Fox Considering a Return of "Family Guy"

Posted by Cliff on from the don't-make-baby-stewie-cry dept.

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."

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  1. Good cartoons are quite rare nowadays by zeux · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When I was younger (12 to 15 years ago) we had great cartoons on TV in France.

    They were really interesting and informative. For instance we had a cartoon called 'Les mysterieuses cites d'or' (something like 'The mysterious gold cities'). It was a story in about 30 episodes that took place in South America in the 16th or 17th century.

    Through this cartoon I learned lots of things on Incas and other cultures. It was really cool and after each episode they put a very short film with real facts explaining something that appeared in the cartoon just before (a culture fact, etc).

    Nowadays cartoons seems to use more and more slang and violence. I think that's a pity...

    What kind of cartoons did you have in USA 20 years ago ?

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  2. This is even on topic! by rufo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There was a Family Guy episode with some radio making Soviet Russia jokes - I don't remember the details. It's in the first DVD set.

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    1. Re:This is even on topic! by clbyjack81 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      "There was a Family Guy episode with some radio making Soviet Russia jokes - I don't remember the details"

      Peter makes a deal with the mob to get a new car. When he is showing it to Lois for the first time they get in and turn on the radio. Over the speakers comes, "In Soviet Russia, car drives you!"

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  3. Re:Best news... by vex24 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Ah, I finally scrolled down far enough to find the comment I was going to write.

    So how long will Katey Sagal's series last without John Ritter? Like 5 more episodes? Futurama has untapped potential, and is targetted at the right market; young male geeks with too much disposable income.

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  4. Re:Buck Fush: +1, Patriotic by gcaseye6677 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    MAKE THE PIE HIGHER
    by George W. Bush

    I think we all agree, the past is over.
    This is still a dangerous world.
    It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses.

    Rarely is the question asked Is our children learning?
    Will the highways of the internet become more few?

    How many hands have I shaked?
    They misunderestimate me.
    I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.

    I know that the human being and the fish can coexist.
    Families is where our nation finds hope, where our wings take dream.
    Put food on your family!
    Knock down the tollbooth!
    Vulcanize Society!
    Make the pie higher! Make the pie higher!