Favorite Family Guy throwaway gags.

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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.

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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.

“What’s that smell?”

“It’s either bad meat or good cheese.”

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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!”

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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.

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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 (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. :slight_smile:

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They did some 70’s, Old Tymey, Skimmer, '76 styrofoam hat throwaway. Can’t remember the specifics. It cracked me up.

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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!!”

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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!!??”

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TONY ROBBINS HUNGRY

The ‘Beyond’ section of Bed Bath and Beyond

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See, this is the way to watch *Family Guy *- in segments of no longer than 90 seconds.

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That had me in stitches.
Also, the story of Ireland’s glorious past was brilliant.

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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.

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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?”).

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She did the moviefone bit (with a different movie) right before that.

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Oh man…how did I forget about this one?

Hilarious.