# Family Guy 9/11/2005 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170 "2005-09-12T01:07:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/41 "2005-09-12T18:36:17Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > Yeah, I remember that they did a Helen Keller thing long ago, but a totally different gag. But I was thinking of something a lot more recent – it might have been another show, though. It was something really similar, because this one struck a real “deja vu” note, and I remember watching a similar scene with a friend and saying out loud at the time something like, “we’re bad people for laughing at that, aren’t we?” One of the previews they showed over and over and over for the recent Bad News Bears movie with Billy Bob Thorton had a Helen Keller joke that escapes me at the moment- could this be what you’re thinking of? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/42 "2005-09-12T20:16:30Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > One of the previews they showed over and over and over for the recent Bad News Bears movie with Billy Bob Thorton had a Helen Keller joke that escapes me at the moment- could this be what you’re thinking of? No, because I wouldn’t have paid any attention to a preview for that… Thanks, though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/43 "2005-09-12T20:22:26Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > Yeah, I remember that they did a Helen Keller thing long ago, but a totally different gag. But I was thinking of something a lot more recent – it might have been another show, though. It was something really similar, because this one struck a real “deja vu” note, and I remember watching a similar scene with a friend and saying out loud at the time something like, “we’re bad people for laughing at that, aren’t we?” Now that I’m thinking more about it, I wonder if I just saw a Family Guy preview that had that joke in it (albeit, shorter – without Stewie saying Marco so many times). Anybody remember if this joke “playing Marco Polo with Helen Keller” was actually in any of the “new season of Family Guy” previews? ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/44 "2005-09-12T21:02:40Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > Now that I’m thinking more about it, I wonder if I just saw a Family Guy preview that had that joke in it (albeit, shorter – without Stewie saying Marco so many times). Anybody remember if this joke “playing Marco Polo with Helen Keller” was actually in any of the “new season of Family Guy” previews? See post #39 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/45 "2005-09-12T21:18:16Z")
> [@SlickRoenick](#): > > See post #39 Whoops, thanks. Overlooked that. I swore I’d seen that gag before. My poor addled aging brain was overloading… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/46 "2005-09-12T22:42:45Z")
Thanks to the genius of James Woods, I think this is easily one of the better ones they’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/47 "2005-09-13T03:58:39Z")
Stewie’s “Where’s my money!” was the funniest. Someone’s gotta make a tshirt of that. ---
**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, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/48 "2005-09-13T04:32:37Z")
While the use of James Woods was excellent (especially since the high school has _always_ been called “James Woods Regional High School”: it’s not something they just made up for the purposes of the episode), I hope they don’t get into the habit of shoehorning in pointless guest stars like _The Simpsons_ has. ---
**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, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/49 "2005-09-13T17:13:38Z")
My PVR decided to go batty on Sunday and didn’t record FG or AD. If I’m reading right, they’ll be repeat on Adult Swim next Thursday? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/50 "2005-09-13T17:29:05Z")
When did the school get renamed from Buddy Cianci to James Woods? ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/51 "2005-09-13T17:34:23Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > When did the school get renamed from Buddy Cianci to James Woods? I think Buddy Cianci is the Junior High that Chris attends. They may use the same exterior shot for both schools. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/52 "2005-09-13T18:51:08Z")
So what did we think of the trailer for the Stewie movie? I’m trrying to figure out how Lois doing a striptease (or whatever it was) in front of a couple of guys in their living room comes about. ---
**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, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/53 "2005-09-13T19:06:15Z")
Anyone know exactly HOW uncensored it is going to be? Will it be South Park the Movie uncensored of pre-Janet Jackson uncensored? ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/54 "2005-09-13T23:00:38Z")
I’ve seen part of it. It didn’t strike me as being any more crude than what they normally broadcast, but I wasn’t specifically paying attention for that kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/55 "2005-09-13T23:11:52Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > When did the school get renamed from Buddy Cianci to James Woods? The _Junior_ High, where Chris goes, is named after Buddy Cianci. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/56 "2005-09-14T01:41:07Z")
Just for clarification, AD, as in Arrested Development, wll be premiering next Monday. AD, as in American Dad, I don’t really care about so I have nothing more to say. I’d totally forgotten the bit with Stewie and the hookers. Especially since it came right in the middle of his talking with Brian. It’s so good! ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/57 "2005-09-14T07:43:45Z")
> [@middleman](#): > > Anyone know exactly HOW uncensored it is going to be? > > Will it be South Park the Movie uncensored of pre-Janet Jackson uncensored? It will have all the swearing you expect from a straight-to-DVD production. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/58 "2005-09-14T12:49:12Z")
> [@Mr2001](#): > > It will have all the swearing you expect from a straight-to-DVD production. And none of the nudity. Just lotsa bleeps. However, “Quagmire’s Cross Country Tour” is something I don’t think they could have gotten away with on TV, bleeps or no bleeps. -Joe, _bleep!_ ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/59 "2005-09-14T16:03:07Z")
Is it wrong that I am disappointed that we don’t get full frontal Lois? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170/60 "2005-09-15T15:57:57Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > (continuing War at Home hijack) > > The one thing I thoguht WAS actually a bit edgy, and a little funny, was when the daughter proclaimed to be a technical verigin. :eek: > > Now, everyone I have ever known and talked to about this (which is a suprisingly high number of people) agrees that technical virgin is when a girl has had anal sex, but not vaginal. And possibly oral as well. I don’t think I ever recall it being used in the sense of “all the way to third base,” or “just oral.” It’s always been _maybe_ those two, but always anal sex, too. > > And anal sex on primetime TV is a little edgy. It’s the new…um…black guy dating the white daughter. :smack: Maybe we run with different crowds, but the me the term “techical virgin” always just meant a someone who’s done something sexual but not “real sex”. It could be anything. And somehow I don’t think Fox would slip an anal sex joke into an 8:30 show. I think this might be a case of them hoping a few people read WAY more into it than what they meant and think it’s really edgy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-9-11-2005/321170.md?page=4)