# Seth: Drop "American Dad"! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460 "2010-11-30T21:05:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/41 "2010-12-02T01:04:00Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Well, I remember an episode where Stewie managed to round up the entire ST:TNG cast, but so much time was wasted (including yet another round of the idiotic “cool wHip” bit) that several of the actors got at most two lines and the comic potential of the premise was completely wasted. That strikes me as the biggest flaw of _Family Guy_ - the tendency to run unfunny gags into the ground, then dig them up to ground them yet again. Yeah, hence my earlier comment about mailing Seth poop if that damn chicken pops up again. It was funny once, the first time they did that style joke. FFS, you think John Cage wrote a whole freaking orchestra based on that concept? What would it be called, 3h4’33"? ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/42 "2010-12-02T16:46:55Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > His voice is too damn annoying to make me love him. How dare you!!! He’s totally based on Paul Lynde, the greatest center square ever on the Hollywood Squares. I agree that Patrick Stewart is the best semi-regular character on the show but Roger is easily my favorite out of the main ones. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/43 "2010-12-02T17:13:11Z")
Actually, one aspect of the “cool wHip” bit that occurred to me is I seem to recall the first time it was done, it was Brian asking Stewie, along the lines of: Brian: Say “cool”. Stewie: Cool. Brian: Now say “whip”. Stewie: Whip. Brian: Now say “Cool Whip”. Stewie: Cool wHip. Brian: Say “wh”. Stewie: Wh. Brian: Say “ip”. Stewie: Ip. Brian: Now say “whip”. Stewie: Whip. Brian: Now say Cool Whip. Stewie: Cool wHip. MacFarlane does both voices, and the bit is essentially stolen from innumerable gags where a ventriloquist has a rapid back-and-forth with his dummy, trying to correct the dummy’s pronunciation. In that sense, it was mildly clever the first time it was done (though somewhat blunted by the availability of modern audio editing, while the real challenge is to do the bit before a live audience) but not afterward, and definitely not when someone other than MacFarlane is voicing the non-Stewie character, as happened in the ST:TNG cast episode. ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/44 "2010-12-02T17:46:19Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > I love the satire element of AD and both Roger and Francine are great characters. I LOVE the episode where they pretend to be a couple (Stan’s out of town) and have dinner guests over and it turns all _Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf_-y. Roger, polishing glasses: “Why don’t you tell them about how you killed our baby?” ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/45 "2010-12-02T21:03:28Z")
> [@Gestalt](#): > > I LOVE the episode where they pretend to be a couple (Stan’s out of town) and have dinner guests over and it turns all _Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf_-y. > > Roger, polishing glasses: “Why don’t you tell them about how you killed our baby?” Yes! I loved that one too. I also love how Stan told Roger someone was coming over and he had to put on a disguise so Roger consulted his costume index and pulled out the appropriate one; what a system that man… I mean alien has. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/46 "2010-12-02T22:48:39Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > He doesn’t fuck up a la Peter. Stan is smarter, more mature, and saner than Peter. When Stan fucks up, it’s because he’s got an obsessive need for order and control, and he’s either in a situation that’s out of control, or a situation where he’s afraid he’s losing control, so he overreacts, oftentimes making the problem worse, because he’s unable to empathize with other people or understand or care that they have beliefs and desires different from his. Heh. **Captain** , your post is exactly something Stan would say. In my head, it even sounded like Stan as I read it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/47 "2010-12-02T22:50:57Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > AAHHH! RAISINS!!! > > _Cleveland_ is by far the most disposable of the three. The Cleveland Show is still on? And what’s with the talking animals in all of Seth’s shows? I guess it’s supposed to be funny, but I don’t understand why. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/48 "2010-12-02T22:56:34Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > Yeah, I’ve been watching Cleveland, but I’m ready to give up on it. It doesn’t do anything new. FG hasn’t been funny since season 3. I should probably quit that one as well. If the chicken fight comes back I’m gonna mail S McF poop in a bag. Yeah, Family Guy is pretty much over in my book. I absolutely cannot stand the cutaways every five seconds that go on way, way, way too long. As soon as Peter says “Dat reminds me a da time…” I dive for the remote and change the channel. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/49 "2010-12-03T02:15:50Z")
I don’t mind the cutaways–when they are actually satirical jabs at something, rather than just stupidity. And I stopped watching American Dad in the first half of first season. I assume you guys are saying I should check it out again. ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/50 "2010-12-03T16:01:10Z")
> [@Gestalt](#): > > I LOVE the episode where they pretend to be a couple (Stan’s out of town) and have dinner guests over and it turns all _Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf_-y. > > Roger, polishing glasses: “Why don’t you tell them about how you killed our baby?” There’s a subtle inside joke in that episode. The character Francine plays is named “Amanda Lane”, after the mother of Jane Lane from _Daria_, on which _American Dad_ producer Dan Vebber used to work. ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/51 "2010-12-03T16:06:19Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > It’s all about Roger, he’s the only reason I still watch. Scotch Bingeington. Greatest pseudonym ever. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/52 "2010-12-04T05:21:58Z")
I believe Patrick Stewart’s best line so far is “Lois, my post-sex pee stream forked in half and got everywhere.” ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/53 "2010-12-04T12:56:32Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > I think you need to lay off the Meth. I can give it up anytime I like. Honestly! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460.md?page=2)