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Family Guy's Stewie to Host Talk Show
blake3737 writes "Stewie, of Family Guy Fame, will be joining the ranks animated talk show hosts, such as Space Ghost (Tad Ghostal). He will be hosting an internet talk show. " Somewhere Brak is crying.
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Just one more reason to think Family Guy has totally sold out. What's next, a spin-off featuring Cleveland and Quagmire as they move to Texas?
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I wonder if he'll allow Bill Cosby to come on as a guest. :)
I don't get it.
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Nah, no one will ever buy that...
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Depends upon your perspective on Stewie and/or Family Guy. At first Stewie was a megalomaniacal infant with Peter Lorre's voice, now he's some amalgamation of sleazy teenager/adult in an infant body with some of the imagination of a toddler (i.e. holding a phone call with Grover while Brian sits in a cubicle outside his office.)
I dunno. I don't think I can come up with any real questions other than, "Why is this a good idea?"
I find myself constantly challenged to actually turn on the TV to watch Family Guy
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I mean, its stewie - which is great, but if McFarlen makes up the questions for the interviews, it would be fabulous, becuase hes a very deep guy and a brilliant philosopher.
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If he does get his own talk show he'll have ample opportunity to unleash his mind-control device on an unsuspecting populace!
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Well, it's looks like he's cashing in on that gold! Stewie is definitely one of the funniest characters on Family Guy. I just hope they don't ruin it with this farce of a talk show.
I loved this show when it first came out. Of course the network didn't support it well and it got canceled. My how times have changed because this show has taken off much to the credit of the loyal fan base which resurrected the show. I hope FOX remembers who was right in the future when another show like this comes along. And good luck to you Stewie and you new found success :)
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Stewie rules. He's a modern day edition of The Brain (from Pinky and The Brain) without all the bumbling.
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This would've been slightly better news had it landed on Adult Swim.
The cash cow is being milked, and Jasper's milking it.... creepy.
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I think it's time for another one of my sexy parties.
Cmon mods, that was funny, and totally on topic.
What the deuce?
The first guest should be Lois!
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This will probably suck just as much as the new family guy. Maybe it'll be a weak copy of Conan O'Brian, except stewie will be less animated due to restraints from his high chair.
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This may be a way for writers to work out some jokes, etc. before they hit prime time. Additionally, they can use feedback from the web-based show to drive the overall direction of the TV series. It's good to see that they know who their audience is, to some extent...
Come on, they can't put "peanut butter jelly time" into a cartoon on TV without realizing that they should reciprocate with some TV character-based internet cartoons.
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is the voice of Stewie. So, I take it that he's doing the show?
It will be an all out "Sexy Party"
I don't really see this lasting long... The first few episodes will be catchy, cause it's something new (particularly something new involving Stewie Griffin) - but after a while, where can you go with it?
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A talk show hosted by Brian, on the other hand, that would be great.
he has finally found a way to take over the world
What the Deuce?
I for one welcome our new infant overlord. I'd like to remind him as a trusted web personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to listen to his webcast.
Oh, wait... wrong cartoon...
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Brian should be Stewie's side kick. that would be, quite possibly, the greatest thing ever.
"Just call me Girly Blank"
The child actor that plays Stewie is really going to suffer medical conditions if they keep up the dosage on the growth-suppressing hormones and the constant use of that oddly-shaped skull helmet. Let's be realistic here. The damn kid should be starting high school by now. Let's hope they have recast for the internet thingy. I hear Seth MacFarlane inseminated one of the surrogates Michael Jackson used for this very purpose.
Bush: I'm happy to be on your show and to entertain these folks.
Stewie: Well, I'd love to stay and chat, but you're a total bitch.
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Uh, yeah, like we need a Charlie Rose wannabe. Ba-Zing!
Because if it is, I'm sure the discussion will happen at a lightning pace.
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It's funnier on TV, sorry.
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And it's basically been cancelled by Fox after three seasons. Like Futurama they really didn't give it much of a shot:
Cancelling episodes in season 2
Cutting back to 13 episodes in season 3 and yanking it from sweeps
ABC and Showtime have both made overtures of interest, so naturally Fox hasn't said "it's cancelled". I wish they would; it's obvious they can't market the show worth a damn.
But how would you? It's smart, funny, and many of the jokes require knowledge of current events. And it's on Fox. What's going to lead in to it, Meet Your New Mommy? Reality Makeover Tour?
Anyone who was a Simpsons fan when it was a good show abandoned it a long time ago so it couldn't even hold viewers in a Sunday 8:30 timeslot.
To paraphrase David Cross: A show that wins critical acclaim and multiple awards that can't keep viewers. Perhaps the problem isn't the show, but the people in marketing who don't know how to sell it.
It was much nicer the way I put it.
Basically Fox needs to drop it so Showtime or ABC can pick it up and give it the chance it should have.
It's funny; any hard core Seinfeld fanatic I know picked up on Arrested Dev immediately and have loved it from the get-go. Fox never understood that.
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In all seriousness it's been at least 6 years since "The Simpsons" was up to the standard that they set.
Family Guy is straight up humour. The Simpsons tries for a broader range. Personally, I'd rather watch Family Guy.
I love Family Guy, but I must agree. Stewie has Bart Simpson syndrome where he's supposed to be funny inherently because he's a rebellious youth with witty quips. Unfortunately he just steals the spotlight from the main character, who we all know is Peter/Homer.
Yes some co-workers and mysefl (all IT folks) were discussing Family Guy over lunch. But does it have a big enough geek following for this to be "News for Nerds"?
Or will slashdot post anything these days?
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(When reading the preceeding, please substitute Stewies voice for the default sound of a donkey braying that you usually hear.)
Stewie rules. He's a modern day edition of The Brain (from Pinky and The Brain) without all the bumbling.
Or the comedy.
Seriously. Stewie is just a badly-written rip-off of Dogbert which was shoe-horned into a badly-written rip-off of The Simpsons.
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How is Stewie going to host a talk show? Nobody can understand him except other youngsters, and Brian. Are we going to have an interpreter?
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True. Family Guy is just like the Simpsons. Except its still funny.
Sorry, space ghost is just so damn bland. None of the jokes make any sense (other then simple repitition). It's very tiresome and dull.
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I think you have him confused with this man.
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spoken like someone who has never worked with indian or chinese programmers.
/done lots of work with overseas programmers
they're not superhuman robot coders or something. they're people just like you or I.
But its taken a lot less time for Family Guy to get less funny than when it began.
It's like sex, except I'm having it!
Stewie: How deliciously evil. It's like something out of Stephen King. [flashback] Stephen King: Now for my 300th novel, a couple... is attacked... by a giant lamp monster. Editor: You're not even trying anymore are you? *sigh* Editor: When can we have it by?
I agree with the anti-GOP political slant of the show, but the show has never been the least bit funny.
Sorry you caught some stupid mods. I got the joke, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
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Fox should sell Arrested to the highest bidder. I hope they do. I'd pay for Showtime in a heartbeat to see Arrested Development.
Problem with Fox is 90% of the content is brain-dead programming.
If someone can tell me how the thread below:
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linked in the footer of the a thread on a cartoon talk show host is related I will give you a standing ovation. I'm all for surfacing related content, but maybe it could use logic that the non-schizophrenic amongst us can understand?
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How the hell is the parent offtopic? It's a quote from Stewie under a story about Stewie. Wake up mods!
He does not expect the program to cannibalize viewing for the Fox series or other "Family" brand extensions like DVD.
This sentence is wrong in so many ways.
Besides, if we wanted cannabalize viewing we would just watch the Discovery Channel. But then again, to release something in different formats at the same time is an interesting idea.
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Everything is going to be like something else, normally multiple things. Otherwise people wouldn't recognize it, it wouldn't be funny, it'd just be alienating.
Simpsons were like the Munsters, which were a rip off of the Addams family, which was a rip off of the not-so-normaly typical nuclear family. Yeah, not a total rip off, not "goth" or "scary" but they went for all the stupid gags, making fun of the typical family, all that stuff the simpsons embodies.
Dogbert's just a badly written, unfunny version of superman-but-in-business-and-intelligence. All things are relative.
That's how it works.
So yeah, you can make a comparison, but it really doesn't matter. Stewie is far funnier than dogbert and doesn't have to rely on Deus Ex Machina 100% of the time.
Simpsons, eh, they were good, but they died years ago when they stopped making the show back in 1999. (And don't tell me otherwise damnit! I'm convined that the "new" simpsons episodes coming on aren't really the simpsons, but a really really really really bad parody of them)
Personally I think it's reaping what you sow. Fox panders to the low intelligent demographic, the trailer trash so to speak. Their endless parades of reality programming, their low-brow humor.
Any show that would require an audience or word of mouth is dead at inception on that network.
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Ah...I do say, a group of people who are either insightful, informative, redundant, funny, or trolls. Clearly none of which exist in my current confines. Except for maybe that troll-faced Meg and the dog who is very funny when trying to put on his lipstick which also has become quite redundant.
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Trust me, they care about entertainment in india too, why do you think there movies are all 4 hours long and contain a bit of everything in them.
Also, they are not magically efficient, just cheaper, and your probably inefficient, I'm a faster programmer then most the indians I know who develop, and there are a lot of them.
dont get me wrong i love stewie and his devient i will control the world mind, but i yet i wonder....will a talk show work for him? i think it's his interaction with the rest of the family that gives him that edge...a talk show? i just dont know...
Maybe so, but given your .sig, can we really trust your judgement regarding humor?
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I don't think this will automatically be a bad show. It could be funny, after all, Space Ghost did alright. Though I think the fact that it's on the internet will doom it to obscurity, since internet programs don't seem to have as big a following as traditional television shows.
I can't wait for this. Seth is an absolutely incredible talent, and Stewie's character is perfect for a role like this.
Maybe it'll be followed by "You know what really grinds my gears?".. =)
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How utterly pathetic. Family guy had *one* good season. Granted, it was really funny for that season, but that doesn't excuse this kind of ridiculousness. Stewie? Talk show? Please. The whole "Family Guy" thing was over years ago. Let's admit it and move on.
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look at how stupid you are.
Look.
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Animated talk show? What the deuce?
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Newsflash...not everybody likes the same characters. Hell, not everybody likes this show even.
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Stewie is far funnier than dogbert and...
... and doesn't have to rely on Deus Ex Machina...
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Okay, I'm going to assume that you either don't know who Dogbert is, or else you don't know what Deus Ex Machina means, because you are clearly very confused about something.
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
Smart move - These guys
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know who their audience is and
how to reach them...
For now we can always enjoy some of the better clips, such as the Great Fart Off...(for the intelligencia...)
http://www.funnyandfun.com/games/The-Great-Fart-O
Ahh, the warm glow of "Flamebait" down-mods for ripping a TV show for not being particularilly funny.
;)
Because everybody knows that differing opinions are always flamebait, especially on really important matters like cartoons.
Fanboys are so predictable sometimes.
Oh, and your favorite band still sucks.
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You can call my judgement regarding humor into question, but it's hard to deny that it's much less funny when it constantly references jokes from the previous (funnier) seasons.
It's like sex, except I'm having it!
Obviously, Dogbert actually relies on Dog ex Machina. ;)
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Sorry, I'm just not into Family Guy. The Simpsons it's not. (Please be gentle!)
That's like saying, "I'm just not into genital herpes, it's no syphilis!"
I can see where Dogbert can be labled like that*. He does seem to help Dilbert out of some scraps, and does it in 'god-like' and illogical ways. The two coming immediatly to mind are:
1. pouring water on the accountant witch who enslaved dilbert.
2. Putting the mutant cucumbers through the salad shooter
*I relise I am reading far too much into this :)
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So he will be a host to a talk show, even though nobody seems to hear him?
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Meg is great just because she gets ripped on so much.
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Stewie is my least favorite family guy character. I hate him.
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I still continue to love to hate the Lakers, though. If Magic Johnson wasn't enough to make me a fan of that squad, there's no way in Hell that Kobe ever will, 81 points or not.
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so stewie as a host is going to be a cross between Dennis Miller and Bill Mahr. I think it has potential, but to be honest i would prefer to see one with Quagmire and only female guests. Well maybe he could interview the guy who started "Girls Gone Wild."
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Fickle & finnicky, it sounds like you have an extremely narrow idea of what is funny. Please don't be a Neilsen family; I'm sick of people like you killing my favorite cartoons.
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Quote from TFA: "Stewie wouldn't be the first animated character to get his own talk show; that distinction belongs to "Space Ghost Coast to Coast," which aired on Cartoon Network"
Really? What about Max Headroom back in 1987.
"Stewie...doesn't...have enough depth.... Space Ghost works because...other characters..."
Can you see how these two ideas are contradictory?
You say Stewie doesn't have enough depth while simultaneously claiming Space Ghost works, even though HE doens't have enough depth either. Cognitive dissonance?
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What, you're not into STDs?
1) I don't have cable at my house (not even basic or bunny ears)
2) The show's material has significantly gone downhill in my opinion
Let me explain on point #2 a bit more
In the first two seasons, Family Guy was more of a spontaneous humor, entertaining because the jokes often came out of left field, having absolutely nothing to do in relation to what was going on. Season three got a bit more risqué, however they were still able to maintain their random sense of humor. Then, it got pulled from TV. Only after its success on DVD and Adult Swim (the first three seasons) did the networks realize they made a stupid mistake.
Then came season four, the new episodes. Judging from what I have seen on my brother in-law's TiVO (see reason #1) and from my freinds' opinions, I am not impressed. Most of the jokes are geared toward crude sexual humor. The writers only seem interested in pushing the line in this field. I personally don't find pedophillia jokes every single episode to be humorous. Most of the random humor has been lost, and to me, it's just not funny anymore.
Prove it.
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I look forward to this, unlike Space Ghost Im sure it will be funny.
Brain did not "bumble." He was often foiled by outside circumstances, and often by his associate. Those cases in which it was his plan's fault, usually it was 90% successful but that last little bit was enough to wreck the whole thing.
Hell, Brain'd be a much better ruler than Bush. I mean, if he ran, I'd vote for him rather than just about any Republican these days.
"Vote Brain in 2008. At least he's up front about his plans for world domination!"
Another psychopath in show business. What else is new?
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America's best and brightest talent are being wasted to videogames and anime.
so?
It's their right to choose that kind of life style. if they can manage somehow, and have time to game who cares if they could have accomplished more?
and those countries where people are working so cheaply now, well, as the money flows in, inflation will set in, and people won't work so cheaply anymore, it's a gradual process. eventually people will be willing to work for less, here simply because they need jobs.. once most are shipped overseas.
Meg also has my favorite line from the new incarnation of the series: "YOU CAN'T SELL ME, YOU FAT SON OF A BITCH!" Simple, but effective. Cracks me up every time.
Ah yes Brain, didn't congress vote to stone him.
Speaker:All in favour of stoning Brain.
Congress:Aye!
Brain:Wait congress doesn't have the right to stone.
Speaker:All in favour of giving congress the right to stone.
Congress:Aye!
A show cohosted by both Brian and Stewie would be much better than either one of them. They have a very entertaining dynamic that would play out well in an interview.
So I can hear Stewie say "For every sprinkle I find, I SHALL KILL YOU!!!"
No, he used-to be that. Now he's just a loud-mouthed child with limitless unfunny gags about repressed homosexuality.
He hasn't been interesting in a long time.
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It's funnier when a pixelated alien with 5000 dimensions says it.
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it brings on many changes, and i can take or leave it if i pleeeeeease. was that good man?
That was hilarious, and myself being the butt of the joke makes it no less funnier.
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Last time I checked, the japanese were the ones making all the anime and consuming 99% of it, and they are years ahead of us, you anonymous bastard. I believe video games are also huge there, probably with a bigger market saturation then north america. I dont know where this myth comes from that russians and indians are genetically better programmers.
Also, forgot to mention in my last post, linux isn't taking anyones jobs, it's a fucken hobby, sure it has business purposes, but all it does is create new jobs for people to operate linux systems. Last time I checked aside from redhat and some other major distro's, linux kernel developer was not the highest paying job on the market, as far as I'm concerned, the russians and indians can do all the kernel development they want on free, open software.
Yep, Brian is a great straight man. And its twice as funny that the straight man is a talking dog.
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Absolutely. You two said it. I *loved* Family Guy at first, and that is the single worst thing that happened to the series.
The other thing that got old was jokes involving Peter where the humor was supposed to derive from how long the joke was. An example would be Peter saying something to someone ("I'll bet you like hamburger"), then waiting for maybe five seconds and blinking while looking at that person. Then he'd say something to them with a sly grin ("C'mon, I'll bet you really like it"), then he'd go back to standing there. Repeat about four or five more times. I thought that one great thing about Family Guy was how quickly the humor kept coming -- you'd just be getting one joke when the scene would change, and other would be thrown in, and this was a deviation from that.
Any program relying on (nontrivial) preemptive multithreading will be buggy.
Sounds suspiciously like Space Ghost and that insect thingie.
Any program relying on (nontrivial) preemptive multithreading will be buggy.
I don't understand why people like Futurama so much. I've tried over and over to get into it. My friends love it. It just isn't funny, though. I laugh at Family Guy, and I like (well, liked back in the day...haven't watched it for a very long time) the Simpsons, but I just don't see the appeal of Futurama.
For example, I remember one episode where the characters were on a planet with robots, and the robots were trying to build a building. They dropped a new chunk of building in, and it completed a "tetris line" and part of the building disappeared. My friends thought that it was uproariously funny, but I just didn't understand where the humor came from.
The show never really became enough of a drama for me to empathize with the characters (maybe if the episodes were longer...I don't know), and there just wasn't much humor that I could see.
A good chunk of the show seemed to be simply having the characters act out stereotypes -- the spineless sidekick, the ditzy teen, the bitter jerk, and so forth -- and given how many of the lines were spent on reinforcing those stereotypes, I would imagine that some people had to find the fact that Fry was such a klutz funny...but it just never tickled my sense of humor.
I'll grant that graphically, the show was impressive -- the cel-shaded 3D rendering and the much-beloved Groening style. I just couldn't understand why people liked the writing.
Any program relying on (nontrivial) preemptive multithreading will be buggy.
Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't...nothing?
I don't care for Arrested Development. In fact, I can't find anyone at work or anyone I know online who likes the show. The War at Home is awesome though -- humor is the key. :)
I am the author of the parent, and I too am baffled by the 'insightful' rating.
I thought when I clicked submit, geez, this is kind of a stupid comment, but here we go, let's see what happens...
When I first read this I immediately thought of it being in short segments like Strongbad e-mails. I will wait and hold judgement until the first shows are released.
What, me worry?
A Ruthless, Abrasive , Arrogent Talk Show Host..who longs to take over the world.
Tucker Carlson?