# Family Guy: When you wish upon a Weinstein. What happened? **URL:** \ **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:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/21 "2003-11-12T04:20:27Z")
I didn’t see how any of it was any more offensive then usual, pretty much the standerd routine of Peter being a dumbass and almost wrecking things. I’m not Jewish, so I could easily have been mistaken. However, the most offensive part would likely be Shatner playing Tevye in _The Fiddler on the Roof_, and hamming it up. If not to Jews, then to people who like FotR. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/22 "2003-11-12T04:33:43Z")
Why would fans of _Fellowship of the Rings_ be offended by Shatner starring in _Fiddler on the…_ Oh! ---
**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/23 "2003-11-12T07:31:06Z")
Didn’t one of the Adult Swim blurbs say something like “those weren’t the original lyrics to the song” or “one word was replaced”??? I wonder which… ---
**Author:** ![Theobroma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@Theobroma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theobroma)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/24 "2003-11-12T08:27:42Z")
According to my nephew, Fox has a strict policy about religious humor. My mother saw it (on semi-legal download from previously mentioned nephew) about 2 months before she died, and it was the last time she really laughed. I have a soft spot for that particular ep for that reason, if no other. Every Jew I know thinks it was funny…but then I don’t have to read Fox’s mail. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/25 "2003-11-12T12:10:08Z")
The AS blurb said those who owned the DVD knew that the lyric had been changed. Then it said that those who don’t own the DVD ought to. I do watch TFG regularly, but I’ve never found it particularly offensive before. The only thing that got me in Weinstein was the “killed my Lord” reference, even though it was apparently the lyric that was changed. Mentioning it, at all, seemed unnecessary – I wonder if that’s what made Fox pull the plug on the episode? The Optimus Prime thing was brilliant. Maybe moreso because I just found out who Optimus Prime is. Maybe someone can help me on one thing – isn’t William Shatner Jewish? Am I taking too much from “The Hannukah Song” or was Adam Sandler goofing? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/26 "2003-11-13T01:22:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SJSB \* > \*\ ***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… \*\* [You just might get your wish.](http://www.planet-familyguy.com/cgi-bin/newspro2/arc8-2003.html) > [@](#): > > Scribe is also not giving up on “Family Guy.” Strong repeat numbers on Cartoon Network, as well as huge DVD sales, has spurred talk of some sort of revival, either through an original DVD feature or perhaps a new life on cable. MacFarlane recently created an original Stewie sketch for last month’s MTV Video Music Awards. The **reruns** of this show are beating the pants off of Letterman and Leno. Spoiler for the new film, if it ever gets made[spoiler][Link to source.]]([http://dvd.ign.com/articles/437/437930p1.html?fromint=1](http://dvd.ign.com/articles/437/437930p1.html?fromint=1)) > [@](#): > > MacFarlane: (chuckling) We’re kicking around a story about Stewie realizing that he’s gay. We haven’t really settled on what the story’s gonna be, but that’s one of the ideas. [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187/27 "2003-11-13T01:55:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*I dunno guys, the giant dreidel/rocketship probably would have caused some serious uproar. \*\* Would you consider it more offensive than the South Park where Yahweh was revealed to be the big spinning computer god from _Tron_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-when-you-wish-upon-a-weinstein-what-happened/211187.md?page=1)