# Seth McFarlane interview at the Onion. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809 "2005-01-26T19:53:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/1 "2005-01-26T19:53:41Z")
It’s pretty good. He talks a little about the early days, and how unusual it is for a show to get cancelled and then brought back. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/2 "2005-01-26T20:31:06Z")
Hey! Everyone!!! LOOK OVER THERE!!! IT’S BIGFOOT!!! [sub][link](http://www.theonionavclub.com/feature/index.php?issue=4104)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/3 "2005-01-27T04:36:43Z")
Yeah, I recently read that too. I’m **not** a fan of The Family Guy so I couldn’t help but love his statement about how The Simpson’s writers hate them! Not to beat a dead horse, but the fact that FG got brought back while Futurama didn’t is just so galling! :mad: At least McFarland has a sense of humor about it though. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/4 "2005-01-27T06:16:54Z")
Eh, it’s not a surprise. Futurama is a much, much more expensive show, so the threshold is way higher. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/5 "2005-01-27T08:57:39Z")
So, when are the new episodes of “Family Guy” supposed to air? ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/6 "2005-01-27T12:23:03Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > Eh, it’s not a surprise. Futurama is a much, much more expensive show, so the threshold is way higher. > > –Cliffy Plus, IIRC, there was much more anger between Groening and Fox execs. Family Guy was neglected, not allowed to find its target audience, then allowed to die. Futurama was murdered, pure and simple. They axred it as soon as they had Groening on the hook for more Simpsons. Personally, I don’t get why the two shows often have such dueling fandoms. I like 'em both, and although I think Futurama was ultimately better written (and gorgeous to look at, too), Family Guy was a completely different kind of show. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/7 "2005-01-27T13:50:52Z")
> [@MidnightRadio](#): > > So, when are the new episodes of “Family Guy” supposed to air? May 1, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/8 "2005-01-27T13:58:31Z")
Isn’t Sunday Night’s episode new? I just love Family Guy! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/9 "2005-01-27T14:27:51Z")
> [@Hail Ants](#): > > I’m **not** a fan of The Family Guy so I couldn’t help but love his statement about how The Simpson’s writers hate them! Yeah, they do. I don’t think next week’s Family Guy is new, but is there a new one after the Super Bowl? I thought I’d heard that. As much as FOX messed with it with the hiatuses and scheduling, I feel like the show had run its course even before it was cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/10 "2005-01-27T14:46:24Z")
The first new episode of Family Guy is definitely May 1st. An episode of American Dad comes on after the Superbowl. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/11 "2005-01-27T14:54:22Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > Personally, I don’t get why the two shows often have such dueling fandoms. I like 'em both, and although I think Futurama was ultimately better written (and gorgeous to look at, too), Family Guy was a completely different kind of show. I didn’t realize they did. Everybody I know who likes Futurama also likes Family Guy. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/12 "2005-01-27T18:38:51Z")
> [@Neurotik](#): > > I didn’t realize they did. Everybody I know who likes Futurama also likes Family Guy. “Oh! Your! God!” I agree! Every FG fan I know is also a Simpsons fan, too. If this world has room for “Everybody Loves Raymond” then there should be room for three funny cartoons. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Not\_A\_Tame\_Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_A_Tame_Lion)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/13 "2005-01-27T20:31:02Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > “Oh! Your! God!” I agree! Every FG fan I know is also a Simpsons fan, too. If this world has room for “Everybody Loves Raymond” then there should be room for three funny cartoons. I second that emotion. And if you have video of the cast of “Raymond” being stomped into a fine pulp, that emotion will quickly turn to “joy.” Or perhaps “glee.” ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/14 "2005-01-27T21:11:37Z")
> [@Neurotik](#): > > I didn’t realize they did. Everybody I know who likes Futurama also likes Family Guy. Same here, although most everyone has a definite preference amongst the two. (Of course, the only other people I know who like Futurama are my wife and **watsonwil** , so that may not be a scientifically valid sample.) –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/15 "2005-01-27T21:34:54Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > Same here, although most everyone has a definite preference amongst the two. I like both shows. However, Family Guy is really about LCD humour and it wasn’t that big of a loss since another show with LCD humour is always on the horizon. Futurama however was character driven- moreso than any animated show that I know of, except maybe Cowboy Bebop. While there were funny things in Family Guy, I wasn’t too dissapointed when it got cancelled and I will watch it when it comes back. However, I place a curse on all of those that had a hand in screwing Futurama. Not just the Fox execs, but their children, and their childrens children. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/16 "2005-01-27T23:47:58Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > (Of course, the only other people I know who like Futurama are my wife and **watsonwil** , so that may not be a scientifically valid sample.) > –Cliffy According to the _watsonwil Principle_, if you have watsonwil in your sample it is valid as watsonwil is always right. I love both, but I easily lean toward Futurama. I am beginning to think I like it more than the Simpsons (I know I am talking crazy. This opinion is based on the fact that all the Futurama episodes are good but the last three seasons of the Simpsons have been off for me.) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-mcfarlane-interview-at-the-onion/286809/17 "2005-01-28T03:13:49Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > I love both, but I easily lean toward Futurama. I am beginning to think I like it more than the Simpsons (I know I am talking crazy. This opinion is based on the fact that all the Futurama episodes are good but the last three seasons of the Simpsons have been off for me.) No, I definitely know what you mean. I’m not down on the last few years of The Simpsons the way some people are, but Futurama was something different and very special. Great drawing, extremely clever, and a lot more mature than The Simpsons, at least on average and certainly through four years. I’m glad we got what we got. I’ll stop because you’re making me wistful.