# Family Guy May 15th **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000 "2005-05-16T00:58:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/1 "2005-05-16T00:58:42Z")
What the hell? Tne chicken again? It was hilarious in the first episode but it just looks like they had a couple of minutes to fill in this episode. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/2 "2005-05-16T01:13:29Z")
I think they were going for the “WTF?” factor there, but let it go on just a bit too long for it to really work. In fact, I think it would have worked better like this: Peter: And second of all- [Chicken enters and punches Peter] Peter: Ow! I mean, ow! What-what the hell? I’m trying to have a conversation here! Do you mind? [Chicken looks sheepish and slinks off] Peter: Now, where was I? ---
**Author:** ![ZeroGyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47774/32.png) [@ZeroGyro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZeroGyro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/3 "2005-05-16T01:17:49Z")
Okay, that Chris and Peter in bed scene has to be up there in the most messed-up jokes from the whole series. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/4 "2005-05-16T01:23:23Z")
Wow that episode… well it sucked. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/5 "2005-05-16T01:23:57Z")
Heh, Star Wars ANH ending ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/6 "2005-05-16T01:24:49Z")
… Best. Ending. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/7 "2005-05-16T01:27:26Z")
The length of the chicken fight is what made it funny. It was over the top, just seeing the chicken again, and then to drag it out again made it extra funny. Plus we’ll be seeing him again as they clearly did the old sequel trick of showing the chicken’s foot (talon?) move again. Peter going into his son’s bedroom was funny. When the didn’t show whos room he went into next I was thinking “This is going to be so wrong if he goes into his daughters room next”. Ohhh yeah! heh heh ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/8 "2005-05-16T01:32:26Z")
it was nice seeing the rest of the Quahog gang as well ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/9 "2005-05-16T02:11:30Z")
Some freakin’ sweet jokes: [spoiler]- Quagmire hanging above the toilet. Great, shocking shot. I wasn’t expecting him there. - Brutus hauling the hobo away. - The chicken. Sorry, but it was hilarious. - Peter and Chris… and then Stewie. - The tricked-up Big Wheel. [/spoiler] It’s my favourite 22 minutes of the week. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/10 "2005-05-16T02:31:23Z")
Lordy, that was an awful episode. Reminiscent of late-season Simpsons in the complete lack of anything resembling a narrative arc. Liked the Keebler elves, though. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/11 "2005-05-16T03:14:57Z")
It was definately a weak episode, IMHO, but it did have it’s moments, like God accidentally starting a fire in the bar and Cleveland as the auctioneer, and Judd Hirsch building the nuke. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/12 "2005-05-16T03:51:22Z")
God: Jesus Christ! Jesus: Yes? God: Get the Escalade! We’re out of here! ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/13 "2005-05-16T04:24:22Z")
> [@Gadarene](#): > > Lordy, that was an awful episode. Reminiscent of late-season Simpsons in the complete lack of anything resembling a narrative arc. Some of the reactions are surprising me a little. I actually thought it was a pretty good episode, and probably the best of the ‘new ones’ so far. It was very Family Guy - there’s a lot of random jokes that don’t really make any sense, but that _is_ Family Guy. Narrative arc has never been a particular strength of the series, other than as a setting for a bunch of the jokes. As opposed to each of the Simpsons episodes tonight, which probably had marginally more coherent plotlines but made me laugh maybe once or twice each and made me cringe too many times to count. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/14 "2005-05-16T05:35:43Z")
Eh, not so good. The Simpson’s episode the preceeded it was a lot better. ---
**Author:** ![user\_v1.05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/5daacb/32.png) [@user\_v1.05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_v1.05)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/15 "2005-05-16T05:42:53Z")
I agree with Kiros. I thought the Family Guy was excellent and definitely reminded me of the earlier seasons’ sense of humor. The American Dad that followed it was actually a pretty good combination of a coherent plot and WTF humor, but still not as good as Family Guy (and I seriously doubt it ever will be). ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/16 "2005-05-16T05:46:15Z")
“The elves came out of trees! Out of the trees!” ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/17 "2005-05-16T07:00:52Z")
I thought it was great, particulary the chicken fight. Yeah, it made no sense whatseover, but Raiders parody at the end was just perfect. The Kebler Elf thing and Judd Hirsh with the nuke was pretty good too. Also, I’m glad Peter mentioned the thing about Bonnie being perpetually pregnet. I was about to say the same thing myself. Though then again, I thought the last two were pretty good as well, even though last weeks wasn’t particulary popular around here. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Kenneth_Noisewater)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/18 "2005-05-16T07:08:04Z")
Ugh. I think I enjoyed American Dad as much as this - and even that had a consistent plot. The chicken? Yeesh. I hope this show doesn’t turn out like star wars or weezer ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/19 "2005-05-16T12:21:33Z")
> [@Enright](#): > > Peter going into his son’s bedroom was funny. When the didn’t show whos room he went into next I was thinking “This is going to be so wrong if he goes into his daughters room next”. I was expecting Brian. I knew that even FAMILY GUY wouldn’t have the guts to have to do that scene with Meg. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000/20 "2005-05-16T12:49:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Narrative arc has never been a particular strength of the series, other than as a setting for a bunch of the jokes. See, I disagree. Most of the season one and season two episodes, when the show really hit its stride, combined wonderfully random jokes with a really solid narrative structure. Take To Live and Die in Dixie, for example, or the one with the froglicking, or the one where Meg gets a job at the TV station, or the cult/Stewie’s birthday. Lemme ask you a question: What was the plot of last night’s episode? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-may-15th/304000.md?page=2)