# Family Guy 12/18 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246 "2005-12-19T03:21:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/1 "2005-12-19T03:21:42Z")
I can’t believe nobody else has started this thread yet…it’s been off for an hour! I loved the Sesame Street pinball thing. Didn’t we just discuss that in a thread recently? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/2 "2005-12-19T03:31:17Z")
Yup. I liked the whole Stewie in the bubble bit. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/3 "2005-12-19T03:35:23Z")
Simpsons did it! But it was funnier on Family Guy. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/4 "2005-12-19T03:43:47Z")
What was that live-action bit? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/5 "2005-12-19T03:52:20Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > What was that live-action bit? Paula Abdul’s “Opposites Attract” video with Peter taking MC Skat Kat’s place. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/6 "2005-12-19T03:55:28Z")
[You’re welcome.](http://www.wayofthemaster.com/) ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/7 "2005-12-19T04:00:33Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Paula Abdul’s “Opposites Attract” video with Peter taking MC Skat Kat’s place. Seeing as I have no clue who either Paula Abdul or MC Skat Kat are, no wonder I didn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/8 "2005-12-19T04:04:47Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Seeing as I have no clue who either Paula Abdul or MC Skat Kat are, no wonder I didn’t get it. You’ve never seen American Idol? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/9 "2005-12-19T04:08:53Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Seeing as I have no clue who either Paula Abdul or MC Skat Kat are, no wonder I didn’t get it. Back when she was a singer, she did a music video with a DJ named MC Skat Kat. However, in the video, he was represent by a cartoon cat. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/10 "2005-12-19T04:15:17Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Back when she was a singer, she did a music video with a DJ named MC Skat Kat. However, in the video, he was represent by a cartoon cat. IIRC, he was voiced by Arsenio Hall. One of my former roommates knew the guy that did the animation for the video. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/11 "2005-12-19T05:05:43Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > You’ve never seen American Idol? You say that like it’s a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/12 "2005-12-19T05:13:56Z")
Not one of their best. I liked the idea of a Fonz religion; Brian got a lot of religion is all made up commentary in. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/13 "2005-12-19T05:21:44Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > You’ve never seen American Idol? Which starts, oh fellow Idol afficianado, January 17th. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/14 "2005-12-19T17:16:36Z")
There were a few things that I laughed out loud at. Of course I can’t remember them now… When the Indian guy had the red dot on his forehead, Peter took him down thinking someone had a rifle zeroed in on him. _The View_, didn’t Star Jones take up half the screen?? Stewie said something really rude, yes, I loved it, but can’t remember it now. It’ll come to me eventually… It was a good episode, I’ll take it. ---
**Author:** ![Runestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/15 "2005-12-19T19:09:47Z")
When Brian spray-painted Stewie’s bubble black — I couldn’t stop laughing for ages after that. “Oh, I’ll get you dog…just as soon as I figure out where I am”. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/16 "2005-12-19T19:14:53Z")
I loved the man and woman walking out of the fertility clinic. Man: We can have a baby! Just close your eyes and imagine a bab.y Now put him in a bubble to protect him. Now let him loose in the world. _Stewie zoome past in his bubble_ Man: OK, now I want you to imagine Lindsey Lohan, only she’s naked, and doing a backwards crabwalk. Woman: Why? Man: JUST HUMOR ME! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/17 "2005-12-19T21:07:55Z")
Were there two episodes? The one we saw was 25 Rules for Buying My Daughter (or something like that). Meg and Neil, Stewie and a cute babysitter, dad starting a tab at the drugstore and buying all the greeting cards, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Marius\_the\_Epicurean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Marius\_the\_Epicurean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marius_the_Epicurean)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/18 "2005-12-19T21:17:54Z")
That was a repeat, AuntiePam. “We may plant sorgum this year,” and all that. The new one is 508, where Peter founds the Church of the Fonz, or the Holy Fonzie, or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/19 "2005-12-19T21:49:10Z")
Was anyone else expecting a Barry Zuckercorn reference? ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246/20 "2005-12-19T22:07:21Z")
That gag about _The View_ was ripped right out of Saturday Night live. There was a skit where all the women were clucking chickens, laying eggs, and then the farmer beheads Barbara Walters. It was Plagiarismo!, as the Simpsons said. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-12-18/336246.md?page=2)