# American Dad 9/11/05 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173 "2005-09-12T01:37:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/1 "2005-09-12T01:37:07Z")
Patrick Stewart likes 'em young? Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! “Do you have any Gatorade? I seem to have left all my electrolytes with your daughter.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/2 "2005-09-12T01:38:43Z")
Oh yeah, great _Real Genius_ references. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/3 "2005-09-12T01:45:39Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Patrick Stewart likes 'em young? Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! ‘I like little girls, they make me feel so good. I like little girls, they make me feel so bad.’ Heheh. Need to listen to that album now… ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/4 "2005-09-12T01:49:30Z")
Real Genius references? I like how they seem almost to have given up on trying to make Brian and Stewie’s…I mean _Roger_ and _Klaus_’s presence in the series have any true purpose whatsoever. The DVD commentary gag was pretty hilarious and the horror-movie reverse zoom thingie when Argentina \*69ed them made the entire gag. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/5 "2005-09-12T02:01:22Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Real Genius references? Bullocks had Stan doing menial chores like Prof. Hathaway had Kent doing in the movie. Also, Bullocks sleeps with Stan’s daughter. In the movie, Hathaway sleeps with another professor’s daughter (Deborah Foreman). ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/6 "2005-09-12T02:46:39Z")
Oh. I didn’t (obviously) read the menial task things as specifically a Real Genius reference, since suckups do the menial tasks in a lot of different movies. And the sleeping with his daughter as a RG reference is really stretching it. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/7 "2005-09-12T02:47:13Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I like how they seem almost to have given up on trying to make Brian and Stewie’s…I mean _Roger_ and _Klaus_’s presence in the series have any true purpose whatsoever. The DVD commentary gag was pretty hilarious and the horror-movie reverse zoom thingie when Argentina \*69ed them made the entire gag. I loved the DVD commentary joke. Especialyl during the fight when he goes, “Oh, we just missed the best joke in the episide. I’ll shut up now.” Because I watched a lot of Futurama w/ commentary, and they always say that…cause half the jokes are the best ones from the episode. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/8 "2005-09-12T10:58:45Z")
Does anyone know if Adult Swim is going to re-broadcast the new FG and AD episodes the way they did last season? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/9 "2005-09-12T11:11:46Z")
But amidst all the laughter, let’s not forget about poor Trahn “Jimmy” Ng. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/10 "2005-09-12T11:35:13Z")
Stan: some food based remark Hailey looks at Stan in disgust Stan: What? I’m hungry - He rode me like an animal for 3 hours, any idea what that is like? Hailey widens her eyes Stan: I’m not hungry anymore 🙂 Brian ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/11 "2005-09-12T12:13:05Z")
I also laughed at the “None of Your Business - Move Along” booth at the CIA carnival. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/12 "2005-09-12T12:13:38Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Stan: some food based remark > Hailey looks at Stan in disgust > Stan: What? I’m hungry - He rode me like an animal for 3 hours, any idea what that is like? > Hailey widens her eyes > Stan: I’m not hungry anymore > 🙂 > > Brian I laughed out loud at that one. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/13 "2005-09-12T14:26:46Z")
Funny stuff. Especially the “outtake” sort of scene at the end with the “actor playing Stan Smith” comes in the reading room, wearing glasses, and gives Trahn “Jimmy” Ng a hug. - Haley’s riding him for three hours response was great. - I liked the DVD commentary. I wonder if they’ll keep it going? I really dig watching AD (sometimes more than the night’s FG), but I have found that I have no desire to RE-WATCH them. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/14 "2005-09-12T15:02:26Z")
“Smith, do you know what I was thinking about last night as I was gazing at the back of your daughter’s head?” A terrifically funny episode. I was so-so on this show when it started, but it’s won me over. This was one of the strongest yet. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/15 "2005-09-12T16:24:22Z")
Didn’t Patrick Stewart make sex sound so dirty and unpleasant? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/16 "2005-09-12T16:25:02Z")
Indeed, he did. Good episode. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/17 "2005-09-12T19:37:03Z")
I’ve got to say that this episode of American Dad was the first time I ever thought a night’s AD was better than the night’s Family Guy. And the DVD commentary joke? Absolutely hilarious. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/18 "2005-09-13T17:26:34Z")
My PVR decided to go batty on Sunday and didn’t record it - any idea when it will be on again? ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/19 "2005-09-13T17:57:19Z")
I was really skeptical about _American Dad!_ when I saw the crappy first episode. It seemed like a poor copy of _Family Guy_. But this episode really shows that it has come into its own. It was really funny without reminding me of _Family Guy_ very much. Overall, the characters in _American Dad!_ now are more developed and seem less like their _Family Guy_ counterparts. The structure of the show is more coherent than _Family Guy_ (that’s not necessarily better, but it is a difference). The use of Patrick Stewart is great. And the “Stan’s a dumb conservative” shtik hasn’t gotten as tiresome as I thought it would. I still hate the fish and the alien, though. The DVD commentary gag in this episode was the first funny thing the fish has ever done. I’m glad they’ve mostly dropped the unfunny running gag in which Klaus has the hots for Francine, but they better find other funny things for the fish to do (akin to the DVD commentary gag) or flush it down the toilet. Disconnecting Klaus from reality more often for weird fourth-wall-breaking gags like the commentary joke would be a good thing. And Roger is just plain annoying, Paul Lynde voice and all. A few episodes ago when he “died,” I had brief hopes that he’d stay croaked. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173/20 "2005-09-13T19:12:38Z")
I’m still waiting for the return of that subplot about the guy who found his wife was sleeping with his buddy. You know that thing ain’t over! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-9-11-05/321173.md?page=2)