# Family Guy: When you wish upon a Weinstein. What happened?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 3, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187 "2003-11-03T17:39:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/1 "2003-11-03T17:39:36Z")
For weeks Adult Swim’s been advertising When You Wish Upon a Weinstein was to be aired November 2 @ 11 p.m. I tune in and my digital cable guide tells me _Family Guy_ should be on. It’s not. Some anime’s playing.
A very disappointed JuanitaTech goes to sleep at 11:15 or so. What the hell happened?
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### Author:  [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/2 "2003-11-03T17:42:39Z")
Didn’t air last night, instead they had the final episode of Big O “The show must go on” with a very nasty prank to viewers at the beginning (showed what appeared to be a RERUN of “stripes” but then a card that said “just kidding” showed up and the real final ep aired.
Do not fret, The Family Guy episode will be on next week 😃
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### Author:  [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/3 "2003-11-03T18:08:39Z")
They were blabbing about the schedule change in their annoying bumpers that they write witty things on between commercial breaks.
Of course, no one ever reads those bumpers. Who wants to read television?
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### Author:  [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/4 "2003-11-03T18:38:26Z")
I read the bumpers. I love them. There’s this one about prime numbers that cracks me up everytime.
I missed the black and whites before the show as I didn’t tune in until 11:01 or so.
So I’ve got to wait until next week to see the ep? OK, that’s cool, I guess.
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### Author:  [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/5 "2003-11-03T19:39:25Z")
That Weinstein episode is great. Wait til you see who shows up in synagogue! One of my favorite Family Guy moments ever. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/6 "2003-11-04T01:02:09Z")
Yea, the entire season was worth buying just for the Weinstein episode.
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### Author:  [@MrSarcasticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSarcasticus)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/7 "2003-11-04T01:04:31Z")
I found the episode pretty innocuous to have such a controversial “banned” status.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/8 "2003-11-04T01:41:07Z")
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> \*Originally posted by MrSarcasticus \*
> \*\*I found the episode pretty innocuous to have such a controversial “banned” status. \*\*
Considering other shows FOX has allowed to be shown, I agree.
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### Author:  [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/9 "2003-11-04T01:42:14Z")
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> \*Originally posted by MrSarcasticus \*
> \*\*I found the episode pretty innocuous to have such a controversial “banned” status. \*\*
Honestly, I think it wasn’t aired because it wasn’t all that funny, not because of the controversy (although that probably didn’t help).
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### Author:  [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/10 "2003-11-04T04:39:46Z")
I dunno guys, the giant dreidel/rocketship probably would have caused some serious uproar.
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### Author:  [@cletus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cletus)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2003, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/11 "2003-11-04T07:36:14Z")
According to [this](http://animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=4289) site it was caused by a mixup with Big O. That’s why they showed the last episode on Nov 2 instead of Family Guy.
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### Author:  [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/12 "2003-11-10T05:44:44Z")
Well, the episode has finally aired on Cartoon Network. My call is not particularly funny and skirting the fine line of offensive during Peter’s song.
There was a mention during the AS bumpers that the version which aired had different lyrics than the one that’s included on the DVD. Can someone explain the difference?
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### Author:  [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/13 "2003-11-10T06:38:20Z")
Do you watch Family Guy, TeaElle? The song Peter sang isn’t nearly as offensive as most any other family guy gag.
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### Author:  [@Siegfried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siegfried)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/14 "2003-11-10T13:57:26Z")
Yeah, there was a screw-up with airing the finale of _The Big O_. It was originally supposed to air October 31st, but Adult Swim claims that the tape for episode 26 (the finale) was labeled episode 20. So, you had a bunch of very angry _Big O_ fans.
That night was very entertaining, in a surreal sort of way. Posts and threads of “what happened?” were deleted by the Adult Swim message board moderators. This triggered a flood of posters posting thousands of angry posts about everything going on. The Adult Swim staff held a Halloween webcam party the same night, and a couple staff members insulted the fans. One woman told them in not-too-pleasant terms to grow-up and get a life; another one mooned the webcam. And Adult Swim didn’t address the situation at all until the following afternoon.
Boy, what a night that was.
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### Author:  [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/15 "2003-11-10T14:48:20Z")
Yeah, I have to agree. _Weinstein_ was not their funniest episode. It wasn’t bad, though.
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### Author:  [@SJSB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SJSB)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/16 "2003-11-10T15:12:20Z")
**TeaElle** , I’m Jewish and I wasn’t offended in the slightest. I absolutely adore Family Guy. Admittedly, that episode isn’t my favourite, but that is nothing to do with it’s content.
My favourite episode is “Stuck together, Torn Apart”. Now if only they would bring it back for another series…
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/17 "2003-11-10T16:42:19Z")
The jweish stuff didn’t bother me but as someone whose worked with mentally and physically handicapped children I was bothered by the “retard” jokes, especially stewie hitting the left side of his chest with his right hand and saying “duhhh”.
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### Author:  [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/18 "2003-11-10T17:45:57Z")
Meh. I think the song and the episode’s high concept were more offensive than usual, sometimes just plain too offensive. The song also wasn’t very funny. The latter half of the episode was quite good, esp. the Vegas rabbi (and the sign on his temple).
–Cliffy
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### Author:  [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/19 "2003-11-10T19:12:32Z")
The song was boring and just…kept… going…on…
I tuned out duirng it.
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### Author:  [@Skott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skott)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/20 "2003-11-11T01:37:41Z")
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> \*Originally posted by TeaElle \*
> \*\*There was a mention during the AS bumpers that the version which aired had different lyrics than the one that’s included on the DVD. Can someone explain the difference? \*\*
From what I’ve read, the line they were referring to was “I don’t think they killed my Lord, I need a Jew.” It was originally “Even though they killed my Lord, I need a Jew”.
Frankly, the only thing I found even remotely funny about the episode was Optimus Prime. Why they banned it is beyond me. The one about Hitler having his own TV show would have been more offensive, I’d have through.
As someone else pointed out, they make fun of everyone else, including Catholics, pedophiles, alcoholics, the Pope (who’s Catholic BTW 😉 ), etc., and get away with it. But make fun of Judiasm and _bam_ Fox bans you? And frankly, I thought it was more of kind of tribute, showing how little the family knew about Judaism. Sure, they got made fun of in the process, but who got made fun of more? The Catholics or the Jews?
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