# Is Seth McFarland Setting Up an April Fool's Joke? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640 "2012-04-02T22:59:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/1 "2012-04-02T22:59:43Z")
Last night during _Family Guy_, a commercial played for a movie supposedly coming in July about a teddy bear coming to life. The movie is called _Ted_. The ad directed viewers to go to a website entitled “ted is real”. I punched it up, but it wants you to register, and I was suspicious to begin with. The ad was on April Fool’s Day, and “ted is real”? The movie looks really stupid, but that’s no problem for Hollywood these days. Is Seth McFarland, who supposedly made the movie, setting up a fake movie as an April Fool’s joke? :dubious: I’m surprised there’s no other thread on this, unless I missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/2 "2012-04-02T23:13:56Z")
It wants you to register because they’ve got a naughtier trailer and they want to make sure you’re old enough to see it. It includes footage of Mark and Ted hitting the bong, singing the Thunder Song (with lovely lines like, “Fuck you, Thunder, you can suck my dick.”, and what really grossed out the cashier in the grocery store. I hope to god it’s a fake trailer otherwise I don’t want to live on this planet anymore. (Apropos of nothing, Mila Kunis has some lovely demonstrations of vocal fry in the trailer.) ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/3 "2012-04-02T23:28:07Z")
It has an [IMDB entry,](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637725/) so if it’s a joke they put a lot of effort into it. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/4 "2012-04-02T23:45:51Z")
Some cartoon aficionados were hoping it was a joke, as well: [http://www.cartoonbrew.com/advertising/seth-macfarlanes-ted-trailer.html](http://www.cartoonbrew.com/advertising/seth-macfarlanes-ted-trailer.html) ---
**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:** [April 3, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/5 "2012-04-03T00:45:14Z")
I would assume this is real. By looking at the credits thingy they show at the end of trailers it was written by Seth and two of the main writing staff of Family Guy, also directed by Seth…so it’s probably filled with swears, pot, sex jokes, and things that aren’t really funny. So…yeah… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/6 "2012-04-03T01:15:58Z")
It’s real. I heard about it quite awhile ago. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/7 "2012-04-03T01:40:39Z")
Here’s a [YouTube link to the trailer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxKfC77XAp8&feature=player_embedded). NSFW for lots of salty language. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/8 "2012-04-03T01:41:10Z")
By the way, and I realize, if my memory isn’t faulty, that I’m asking the wrong crowd, is it just me or does Wahlberg look absolutely ghastly in this movie? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/9 "2012-04-03T02:18:15Z")
Between this and The Other Guys, Wahlberg should be banned from comedy movies. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/10 "2012-04-03T02:45:38Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Here’s a [YouTube link to the trailer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxKfC77XAp8&feature=player_embedded). NSFW for lots of salty language. Okay, I laughed a couple times. Their banter had a great rhythm to it. And Marky Mark is playing the straight man not the cut up, so it could work. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/11 "2012-04-03T03:49:56Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > It’s real. I heard about it quite awhile ago. I was going to say this exact thing, except I would’ve said “a while” as two words, because I’m a pedant. I also would’ve corrected the OP to spell it “MacFarlane” and then also point out the voice he does is almost exactly Peter Griffin’s, which is disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/12 "2012-04-03T05:51:32Z")
I laughed when I saw the trailer. I will watch when it comes to On Demand. I just hope it doesn’t turn all Disney on me half way through the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/13 "2012-04-03T06:11:17Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I was going to say this exact thing, except I would’ve said “a while” as two words, because I’m a pedant. > > I also would’ve corrected the OP to spell it “MacFarlane” and then also point out the voice he does is almost exactly Peter Griffin’s, which is disappointing. What, were you expecting Stewie? Because that’s pretty much all he’s got. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/14 "2012-04-03T06:15:56Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > By the way, and I realize, if my memory isn’t faulty, that I’m asking the wrong crowd, is it just me or does Wahlberg look absolutely ghastly in this movie? Maybe [these pictures](http://dlisted.com/2012/04/02/open-post-hosted-by-marky-mark) of shirtless Marky Mark will help. You’re welcome. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/15 "2012-04-03T06:28:16Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I laughed when I saw the trailer. I will watch when it comes to On Demand. I just hope it doesn’t turn all Disney on me half way through the movie. It reminds me a bit of _Meet the Feebles_, which, and I hope I’m not giving away too much here, does not go all Disney half way through. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/16 "2012-04-03T10:54:43Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Maybe [these pictures](http://dlisted.com/2012/04/02/open-post-hosted-by-marky-mark) of shirtless Marky Mark will help. You’re welcome. No. No, actually that didn’t help at all. Now if you wanna post a link to some pictures of Mila Kunis shirtless, we’ll talk. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2012, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/17 "2012-04-03T11:06:51Z")
I haven’t looked at _Ted_ but am reminded of a previous incident in which I read a list of upcoming movies and was convinced it was a joke list. The list included _Striptease_ (Demi Moore showing off her implants) and _Daylight_ (Stallone escaping from under the Hudson River), both of which sadly turned out to be real. Poe’s Law has long since spread beyond its original topic of religious fundamentalism. Religion, politics, popular media - in all things the truth has become more ridiculous than fiction. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/18 "2012-04-03T12:33:01Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > …the voice he does is almost exactly Peter Griffin’s, which is disappointing. I hear it more as a cross between Peter and Brian. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/19 "2012-04-03T13:06:51Z")
Academy Award Film? Of course not; it’s not trying to be. Stupidly Hilarious? Exactly! I’m sure there’s a word for people who mock something popular; like they’re the cool kids who are above it all. Hipster is it? I think it’ll be a dumb but fun movie. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640/20 "2012-04-03T13:08:43Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Here’s a [YouTube link to the trailer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxKfC77XAp8&feature=player_embedded). NSFW for lots of salty language. Well I LOLed > [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > Because that’s pretty much all he’s got. Quagmire, Tom Tucker, Peter Griffin, Brian, Stewie, what’s the doctor called again? Carter Pewterschmit. as well as many other voices. Annnnd Stan Smith, and Roger. Plus he’s daymn good looking. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-seth-mcfarland-setting-up-an-april-fools-joke/617640.md?page=2)