# Favorite Family Guy throwaway gags. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516 "2010-10-18T02:28:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/61 "2010-10-20T19:20:16Z")
I don’t know why, but I found the gag where Marlee Matlin was calling Moviefone to ask for times for The Last Mimzy to be incredibly hilarious. And when you think for a second and realize it makes NO sense at all (how could she hear the Moviefone guy) it just gets funnier. To me anyway. If you saw that weird live-action show Seth McFarlane had last year, they did another version of it live (with another movie, I forget which, but it wasn’t as funny as The Last Mimzy) and she came out and interrupted Alex Borstien impersonating her, so she’s a good sport about it which makes it not seem mean anymore, so I can laugh without the guilt. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/62 "2010-10-20T19:44:27Z")
It’s an oldie, but I don’t think they’ve ever topped [Come talk to me sometime, sweetheart. I know what it takes to be cool.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=891CBnRQlrk) > [@gonzoron](#): > > “It’s in my racoon wounds!” > > (This is a surprisingly useful exclamation of dismay…) “What’s that smell?” “It’s either bad meat or good cheese.” ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/63 "2010-10-20T20:09:35Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Peter (basically Seth) says the line to Chris, voiced by Seth Green, who was in Without a Paddle. A movie that basically sucked. Also a callback to the first SW episode, where Chris (i.e. Seth Green) says that Robot Chicken (Seth Green’s show) already did a SW parody special. Peter (i.e. Seth MacFarlane) goes on to mock Robot Chicken’s ratings, etc, until Chris leaves, yelling, “Dad, you’re a real jerk!” ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/64 "2010-10-21T06:27:48Z")
Came in here to mention two. **Robert Arm** got one - my favorite part of it being the reflection: “Ah, yeah, that’s the good stuff.” My other favorite: In the episode where Cleveland finds out his wife is cheating on him, in a fit of rage he hulkingly flips over the couch, despite Stewie being seated upon it. Stewie, from the upturned couch: “So, that’s a pretty reasonable reaction…” I guess it is plot related but it really is a throwaway line that just hit it right for me. ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/65 "2010-10-21T07:56:50Z")
Not really what you’re looking for because it’s within the plot line, but this makes me laugh everytime I see it. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9AP03lYiZ4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9AP03lYiZ4) (not the greatest quality) Peter tells Meg that sticking your finger down your throat doesn’t make you throw up. He then tries it himself…and it works. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/66 "2010-10-21T08:38:42Z")
They did some 70’s, Old Tymey, Skimmer, '76 styrofoam hat throwaway. Can’t remember the specifics. It cracked me up. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/67 "2010-10-21T15:26:59Z")
Chris is in the grocery store and reaching for some milk. A black and white animated hand comes out of of the cooler, Chris takes it and is pulled into Aha’s “Take On Me” music video from the 1980’s. The parts that really crack me up are where Chris starts dancing, and at the end Chris tumbles out of the cooler. Lois asks him where he’s been and he exclaims “I DON’T KNOOOW!!” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSAHQXMwMnc) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/68 "2010-10-21T15:54:35Z")
Funny in a self-referential way, they did a bit in which the guys are complaining about how Scrubs constantly does cutaway gags, then cut to Hitler on a unicycle juggling fish. One of my favorite (in-plot) lines was when Peter’s father comes to visit and makes them all go to church: Chris: “I didn’t know there was a 5 am mass. I didn’t even know there was a 5 am. What else haven’t you told me!!??” ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/69 "2010-10-21T17:15:21Z")
[TONY ROBBINS HUNGRY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkynpYchbWk&feature=related) [The ‘Beyond’ section of Bed Bath and Beyond](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZU3wjZVAOQ) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/70 "2010-10-21T17:54:56Z")
See, this is the way to watch \*Family Guy \*- in segments of no longer than 90 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/71 "2010-10-22T14:14:35Z")
> [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](#): > > Pretty much anytime one of the family members bashes Meg. Always good for a chuckle. > > Not a running gag, per se, but this had me rolling: > > Priest: “You may now kiss the bride.” > > Peter: “KISS her? I’m going to DESTROY her!” That had me in stitches. Also, the story of Ireland’s glorious past was brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Private\_Bin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Private\_Bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Private_Bin)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/72 "2010-10-23T17:23:04Z")
Peter sees people protesting in the street, holding up signs that read “FREE TIBET” Peter: “I’LL TAKE IT!” He gets into a phone booth and dials Peter: “Hello, China? I’ve got something you want- but it’s going to cost you. That’s right… _all_ the tea.” It’s a quick one-two punch of visual puns and gags, and the tone of voice Peter uses when dealing with China just nails it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/73 "2010-10-23T19:10:53Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I don’t know why, but I found the gag where Marlee Matlin was calling Moviefone to ask for times for The Last Mimzy to be incredibly hilarious. And when you think for a second and realize it makes NO sense at all (how could she hear the Moviefone guy) it just gets funnier. To me anyway. > > If you saw that weird live-action show Seth McFarlane had last year, they did another version of it live (with another movie, I forget which, but it wasn’t as funny as The Last Mimzy) and she came out and interrupted Alex Borstien impersonating her, so she’s a good sport about it which makes it not seem mean anymore, so I can laugh without the guilt. Alex (as Marlee) was singing Layd Gaga’s _Poker Face_. And yes, she was a tremendously good sport about it. And a great enough actor to give the impression that she wasn’t a good sport about it at all (“Would you like to learn some sign language?”). ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/74 "2010-10-23T20:35:32Z")
[over](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJCfUm21BsI) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/75 "2010-10-24T02:55:19Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Alex (as Marlee) was singing Layd Gaga’s _Poker Face_. She did the moviefone bit (with a different movie) right before that. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516/76 "2010-10-24T17:02:27Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Come talk to me sometime, sweetheart. I know what it takes to be cool. Oh man…how did I forget about this one? Hilarious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-family-guy-throwaway-gags/557516.md?page=3)