# Simpsons / Family Guy cross-over episode **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508 "2014-09-25T08:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/1 "2014-09-25T08:42:40Z")
4 minutes of footage: It is on September 28: > **[The Simpsons Guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons_Guy)** > > "The Simpsons Guy" is the first episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series Family Guy, and the 232nd overall episode. It is a 44-minute-long crossover with The Simpsons, and was written by Patrick Meighan and directed by Peter Shin. It originally aired in the United States on September 28, 2014, on Fox, where both The Simpsons and Family Guy have aired since their respective debuts. > In the episode, The Griffins meet The Simpsons for the first time and decide to... and it is a double-length episode! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/2 "2014-09-25T19:28:02Z")
Remember when Simpsons crossed over with good shows, like the Critic? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/3 "2014-09-25T20:43:32Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Remember when Simpsons crossed over with good shows, like the Critic? I saw that episode. It stinks! ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/4 "2014-09-25T20:53:28Z")
I have my doubts about the upcoming episode. I don’t mind guest stars per se, but I have been very disappointed with most episodes which revolve around real-world celebrities. The Lady Gaga episode was dire… The worst episode since the panda rape. The Michael Jackson episode was beautiful and touching, but since MJ was playing a man playing himself, I think the rule still stands. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/5 "2014-09-25T20:54:13Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I saw that episode. > > It stinks! Booo-urns. Booo-urns. Eh, it had its good points. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/6 "2014-09-25T21:28:46Z")
Simpsons will be doing a Futurama crossover on 11/9. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/7 "2014-09-25T22:04:51Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Simpsons will be doing a Futurama crossover on 11/9. This is the one I’m waiting to see, mainly because I am a huge Futurama fan. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/8 "2014-09-25T22:24:26Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > I have my doubts about the upcoming episode. > > I don’t mind guest stars per se, but I have been very disappointed with most episodes which revolve around real-world celebrities. > > The Lady Gaga episode was dire… The worst episode since the panda rape. > > The Michael Jackson episode was beautiful and touching, but since MJ was playing a man playing himself, I think the rule still stands. Note that this is officially an episode of _Family Guy_, produced by FG’s creative team. This crossover ep was the cover story of a recent _Entertainment Weekly_. I couldn’t find the whole thing online, but I did find [11 things you’ll want to know about the ‘Simpsons’-‘Family Guy’ crossover](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/09/22/simpsons-family-guy-crossover-episode-richard-appel/). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/9 "2014-09-25T22:28:04Z")
I’m pretty much dreading it, but I’ll watch. Worst comes to worst, I’ll forget it happened afterward. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/10 "2014-09-27T02:16:25Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Simpsons will be doing a Futurama crossover on 11/9. I don’t see how that’s possible, unless it’s this year’s Treehouse of Horror (and it being on 11/9 doesn’t completely rule that out… 😛 ), as each show is fictional in the other show’s universe. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/11 "2014-09-27T02:42:14Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Simpsons will be doing a Futurama crossover on 11/9. > [@TBG](#): > > I don’t see how that’s possible, unless it’s this year’s Treehouse of Horror (and it being on 11/9 doesn’t completely rule that out… 😛 ), as each show is fictional in the other show’s universe. it’s a week after THH which will have another crossover. Futurama has gnarly powers. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/12 "2014-09-27T03:32:34Z")
Hilarious rape joke there. Jaysus, I think I’ll pass. Both shows should have been put out to pasture a long, long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/13 "2014-09-27T04:35:50Z")
I dunno. I found that trailer encouraging and the first time I actually was amused by The Simpsons in a long time. (I still find adolescent enjoyment in Family Guy, but I guess this technically is a Family Guy episode.) ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/14 "2014-09-27T20:33:02Z")
Haven’t cared about The Simpsons in ages, and never liked Family Guy in any incarnation (always seems to be either lazy or trying too hard), but I’ll give this a watch. It’s a big event, potentially a milestone, and heck, I hardly watch any TV nowadays as it is. My main concern is how they’re going to pull of the Homer/Peter dynamic, which, let’s be honest here, is going to be the main focus of the episode. If Moviebob’s The Big Picture is any indication (and it’s _always_ an indication…seriously, start watching it already 🙂 ), there’s some serious bad blood between the fans of both, to go along with the false dichotomy that’s pretty much freaking obligatory with any big fandom nowadays. These are two guys who, despite not being the sharpest tools in the shed, have an astounding ability to make things happen, control discourse, throw monkey wrenches into the system, and, unfortunately, suck the air out of the room. It’s a definite possibility that this cartoon ain’t big enough for the two of them, and I just hope the writers have enough left in the tank to work this balance. I’ll review it if I’m up to it. (I saw that The Critic crossover. It was…okay. It worked. I liked that it wasn’t hellbent on endlessly dragging Jay through the mud like his regular show. Nothing special, though. The part I remember the most is Rainier Wolfcastle taking half a day to figure out he was wearing loafers. Whatever.) ---
**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:** [September 27, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/15 "2014-09-27T22:39:13Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Note that this is officially an episode of _Family Guy_, produced by FG’s creative team. > > This crossover ep was the cover story of a recent _Entertainment Weekly_. I couldn’t find the whole thing online, but I did find [11 things you’ll want to know about the ‘Simpsons’-‘Family Guy’ crossover](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/09/22/simpsons-family-guy-crossover-episode-richard-appel/). I find certain things in this article suspect. I know for a fact that when\* Family Guy\* started I read an interview with MacFarlane someplace (could have been in EW) and when asked about if they got along with _The Simpson_’s people he specifically said, _ **“Nah, they kind of hate us.”** _ He stated something to the effect that they were all Ivy League high-brow writers on _The Simpsons_ and thought _Family Guy_ was not only a rip-off of their show, but a low-brow, blue-collar bad one at that. At the time I agreed with them (and I was very amused when I found out that _South Park_’s Parker & Stone felt the same way!). I hated the first ‘block’ of FG, before it got cancelled and came back. Even today I can’t watch those first seasons, they’re just terrible. What’s incredibly ironic is that once FG was brought back, it got steadily & steadily better while at the exact same time \*The Simpsons \*steadily declined. What pisses me off the most though, is that \*Futurama \*was better than them both, for its entire run (the original run on Fox, the DVD episodes and the CC ones!) > [@TBG](#): > > Remember when Simpsons crossed over with good shows, like the Critic? I was never a fan of _The Critic_ and when Fox insisted on doing a Simpsons crossover I read that Matt Groening was so furious and dead-set against it that he had his name removed from that episode’s credits. Ironically (again) that episode was actually pretty good. Has [one of my favorite Simpson’s lines of all time…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIlpYLIiZLE&feature=player_detailpage#t=43) ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/16 "2014-09-29T01:59:29Z")
best Family Guy ever. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/17 "2014-09-29T03:31:16Z")
I liked it a lot. I also like Futurama a lot as well but I don’t get why people think it’s “SO MUCH BETTER” than the Simpsons or Family Guy, or heck, even American Dad. Or King Of The Hill. They’re all different and funny in their own ways. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/18 "2014-09-29T04:34:05Z")
I liked it, and I don’t really like “Family Guy.” I’ve seen it just enough to know what’s what. Great job on the animation, too. I wonder if they had to hand-draw everything themselves or if they could buy/rent/borrow backdrops and models from The Simpsons?? ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/19 "2014-09-29T06:58:28Z")
About a Futurama / Simpsons cross-over… It has been done a few times in comics: [http://theinfosphere.org/The\_Simpsons\_Futurama\_Crossover\_Crisis](http://theinfosphere.org/The_Simpsons_Futurama_Crossover_Crisis) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508/20 "2014-09-29T11:58:36Z")
It’s easy to say The Simpsons is past its prime but if the recent marathon has show anything it’s that the show still can be very very good. I liked the cross over. The fight went on way too long but hey, what is Family Guy without a joke run into the ground? I think the harsh humor was Family Guy marking its territory since it knows the Simpsons rarely goes for that. I really liked seeing Homer and Peter drawn in each other’s style of animation. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-family-guy-cross-over-episode/699508.md?page=2)