# Family Guy 11/11 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080 "2007-11-12T02:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/1 "2007-11-12T02:22:59Z")
As soon as I saw the CIA building, I wondered…hmm, crossover? then to hear Patrick Stewart’s voice as Dir. Bullock, I knew the inevitable was about to happen 🙂 “Get out, Joe” “It’s Stan” “Sorry, you look kinda famili…” Classic, a Family Guy/American Dad crossover was inevitable, it was done well, even if it was quite predictable 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/2 "2007-11-12T02:42:03Z")
Whoa, didn’t see the _American Dad_ crossover coming until they pulled into the CIA parking lot. I liked Stewie nodding off and then firing the gun wildly. I also liked the “dream sequence is giving them the finger” bit. Too bad the series is on hold. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/3 "2007-11-12T03:21:09Z")
I haven’t been watching much TV lately but I did catch tonight’s Fox line-up. Was the common theme of killing off a character publicized? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/4 "2007-11-12T03:22:56Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] I haven’t been watching much TV lately but I did catch tonight’s Fox line-up. Was the common theme of killing off a character publicized? [/QUOTE] Well, it was publicized that Lois is ready to kill Stewie after he tried to kill her last week, and that Cotton Hill may or may not die. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/5 "2007-11-12T03:34:52Z")
Speaking of…am I the only who is sad about Cotton? Probably. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/6 "2007-11-12T05:04:03Z")
[QUOTE=pepperlandgirl] Speaking of…am I the only who is sad about Cotton? Probably. [/QUOTE] Nope. He was a great character. His death was fitting though. I thought this episode was hilarious and especially the give and take between Stewie and Brian at the end. I nearly cried when they did the Sopranos thing. Great stuff, I’m awaiting it’s return. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/7 "2007-11-12T05:48:53Z")
I hate the reset button. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/8 "2007-11-12T06:03:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, it was publicized that Lois is ready to kill Stewie after he tried to kill her last week, and that Cotton Hill may or may not die. But _The Simpsons_ was also based around the apparent deaths of two characters and _American Dad_ climaxed with the apparent death of a character. I’m surprised Fox didn’t advertise their “Killer Sunday Line-up”. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/9 "2007-11-12T06:28:48Z")
Maybe they’re killing all of the shows for the duration of the writers’ strike… ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/10 "2007-11-12T13:30:46Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] Well, it was publicized that Lois is ready to kill Stewie after he tried to kill her last week, and that Cotton Hill may or may not die. [/QUOTE] > [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > Speaking of…am I the only who is sad about Cotton? > > Probably. DAMN! I wasn’t exactly expecting King of the Hill spoilers in a Family Guy thread. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/11 "2007-11-12T13:38:00Z")
[QUOTE=MacTech] “Get out, Joe” “It’s Stan” “Sorry, you look kinda famili…” ) [/QUOTE] Yeah, I’m ashamed to say I didn’t get this. Can someone explain? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/12 "2007-11-12T13:55:44Z")
Not a lot of comedy shows, historically, have a scene where an infant is killed with a bullet to the forehead. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/13 "2007-11-12T13:59:52Z")
[QUOTE=RumMunkey] Yeah, I’m ashamed to say I didn’t get this. Can someone explain? [/QUOTE] Joe from _Family Guy_ and Stan from _American Dad_ both kind of resemble one another, at least as far as their chins go. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/14 "2007-11-12T14:13:09Z")
Are animated shows on hold like the others? I thought these were all completed before the season started? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/15 "2007-11-12T15:00:32Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Are animated shows on hold like the others? I thought these were all completed before the season started? [/QUOTE] Same here, I thought the production time on toons had them done far further into the future than live action shows. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/16 "2007-11-12T15:06:24Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Same here, I thought the production time on toons had them done far further into the future than live action shows. [/QUOTE] Animated shows can be tweaked right up until the last minute from what I understand. If _Family Guy_ needed some dialog changed and Seth’s out on strike, nothing doing. NPR reported that _Family Guy_ was on hold after this week. It could be a ploy by the network to try and force the crew to come back. ---
**Author:** ![Resistance\_is\_Character-Formin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@Resistance\_is\_Character-Formin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Resistance_is_Character-Formin)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/17 "2007-11-12T15:22:56Z")
I never expected to see a baby graphically killed by a gunshot to the head on prime-time TV. Pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/18 "2007-11-12T15:31:28Z")
My DVR stopped just before the end and I think I might have missed a couple of lines when Stewie & Brian are talking at the end ☹ (gah, I hate it when it does that) Loved Peter’s reaction when him and Lois trade bodies after being zapped. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/19 "2007-11-12T16:40:09Z")
[QUOTE=flickster] My DVR stopped just before the end and I think I might have missed a couple of lines when Stewie & Brian are talking at the end ☹ (gah, I hate it when it does [/QUOTE] Same here, it ran a bit long for some reason. An OK episode, I hate the rewind thing though. I just need to stop looking for logic in TV shows, cartoons especially. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080/20 "2007-11-14T19:43:31Z")
_Family Guy_ isn’t dead yet- much to Seth McFarlane’s anger. There are three episodes that are almost complete, that just needed to go through post-production. Although Seth McFarlane said it would be “a colossal dick move” on Fox’s part to complete the episodes without his input just because they needed TV shows during the strike, [that’s exactly what they did.](http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN1463913820071114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-11-11/426080.md?page=2)