# The Family Guy cartoon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 2, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609 "2003-08-02T22:27:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/21 "2003-08-03T08:29:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr2001 \* > \*\*Has Cartoon Network said they’re going to air it? It seems awfully… controversial, even for a basic cable channel. \*\* They [definately](http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/934647.asp) want to play it. I’m guessing there was a last minute snag with the higher ups that had it’s Aug 6th premier dumped. So far they’ve shown Vash being given 2 prostitutes and another woman having her boobs grabbed and squeezed from behind by a guy certainly what they can show is expanding. It looks like August will see them getting to the 47th episode. Hopefully the unaired episode in early September. ---
**Author:** ![MrSarcasticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@MrSarcasticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSarcasticus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/22 "2003-08-04T04:54:04Z")
Family Guy is the James Dean of prime time animation. Of course, the Simpsons are the Marlon Brando. Once great, now sad and pathetic. Family Guy was getting utterly brilliant while the Simpsons were sucking ass the most. As proof, name any Season 11 Simpsons that was fit to lick a Family Guy’s jock strap. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/23 "2003-08-04T05:00:18Z")
> [@](#): > > As proof, name any Season 11 Simpsons that was fit to lick a Family Guy’s jock strap. Ahh yes, let’s all go prove our opinions. :smack: Anybody who doesn’t enjoy the PBS-character chase in Missionary Impossible scares me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/24 "2003-08-04T05:31:13Z")
Family Guy has so many great moments, but any show where the main character has a 5 minute, action movie style fight with a giant chicken belongs in the Hall of Fame. “Oh, no, I don’t take coupons from chickens. Not after last time.” ---
**Author:** ![MusicJunkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@MusicJunkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicJunkie)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/25 "2003-08-04T05:37:40Z")
Does the box set have all the episodes and the bin Laden gag? I think I read it somewhere that you couldn’t get those on the States but could on Europe. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/26 "2003-08-04T05:50:58Z")
**MusicJunkie** , I’ve been told (on this board) that the bin Laden gag isn’t on the DVD, but I can’t say for sure… ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/27 "2003-08-04T06:17:21Z")
The bin Laden gag isn’t on my DVD set (US here). ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/28 "2003-08-04T06:27:16Z")
> [@](#): > > There is one new episode left because Fox refused to air it. “When you wish upon a Weinstein” is going to be played sooner or later, but I can’t see when. To be honest, I doubt it. After seeing the episode in question, I’d say that it doesn’t live up to the rest of the series. It was like, after making an episode with a lot of Jew jokes, they were aware that they were already on thin ice and so were very cautious about what else they put in. Only two great moments in the whole episode: One involving Tony Robbins, and one with William Shatner. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/29 "2003-08-04T06:34:58Z")
Come on, **SPOOFE** , the “Quagmire searching for his keys” scene left me in stiches. Well, at least the first time I saw it. > [@](#): > > Anybody who doesn’t enjoy the PBS-character chase in Missionary Impossible scares me. It had Teletubbies shooting rays out of their head-thingies. So… not… Simpsons… (Might have worked in Family Guy, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/30 "2003-08-04T06:38:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\*Yeah, but they moved it around and pre-empted it on a regular basis. > > They abused _Futurama_ in much the same way. \*\* And _Firefly_. Bastards. ---
**Author:** ![MusicJunkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@MusicJunkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicJunkie)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/31 "2003-08-04T06:46:38Z")
Thanks. What about When You Wish Upon a Wisenstein? And is there a non US DVD with the gag? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/32 "2003-08-04T07:11:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Come on, SPOOFE, the “Quagmire searching for his keys” scene left me in stiches. Well, okay, but that was well below the level of the other two shining moments. The best part about that was that they spent so much time - “dead air”, as any lesser TV show would call it (I call it a Pinter-esque Pause) - rather than the fact that Quagmire was doing something “dirty”. > [@](#): > > What about When You Wish Upon a Wisenstein? What about it? I heard it’s being released with the Season 3 DVD set this fall. > [@](#): > > And is there a non US DVD with the gag? The “Osama singing Show Tunes” gag? Strange, it’s on my DVD set, and I’m in the US… ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/33 "2003-08-04T08:08:33Z")
Back to the OP, I heard it was originally killed because Rupert Murdock is a prude. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/34 "2003-08-04T08:10:40Z")
So’s Rupert Murdoc **h**.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/35 "2003-08-04T13:28:20Z")
I never saw the show while it was on Fox, must have been the timeslot thing. I just started watching it this summer, it comes on at 2:00 on TBS. I can’t get enough of it now. Let’s all be realistic though. How could you expect the Fox Execs. to keep the show running when they HAD to make room for Cedric the Entertainer? ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/36 "2003-08-05T00:00:50Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by SPOOFE_ > **Well, okay, but that [Quagmire searching for his keys] was well below the level of the other two shining moments. The best part about that was that they spent so much time - “dead air”, as any lesser TV show would call it (I call it a Pinter-esque Pause) - rather than the fact that Quagmire was doing something “dirty”.** That was also the best part of Peter twisting his ankle in “Wasted Talent”: a good 30 seconds of “Ahhhh… _wince_ ahhhh… _wince_ ahhhh…” Another high point of “When You Wish Upon A Weinstein” was the salesman. “There’s an earthquake headed this way!” ---
**Author:** ![Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dreaming_of_Maria_Callas)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/37 "2003-08-05T05:29:34Z")
I remember two Family Guy scenes which really shocked me. From “Mr. Griffin Goes To Washington” > [@](#): > > **Senator:** (_standing before dead stripper_) Oh my God, oh my God! I don’t know what happened… > > **Peter:** It’s okay, it’s okay, senator. This woman didn’t have a family, it’ll be like she never existed. Now grab ahold of yourself. Alright, now listen, you may have killed her when you shoved all those dollar bills down her throat, you may have killed her when you hit her with the stool. I don’t know, I’m not a doctor. Now I’ll tell you what didn’t kill her, smoking. And then the episode ends with: > [@](#): > > **Peter:** Hi, I’m Peter Griffin. You know, we’ve had a lot of laughs tonight, but I’ll tell you what’s not funny: killing strippers. Strippers are people too, naked people, who may be willing to pleasure you for a price you negotiate later behind the curtain at a VIP room. Besides, there’s no need to kill them, since most of them are already dead inside. Goodnight everyone! After this, I wouldn’t be surprised if even FOX thought this too un-PC. UnuMondo ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/38 "2003-08-05T07:19:30Z")
> [@](#): > > That was also the best part of Peter twisting his ankle in “Wasted Talent”: a good 30 seconds of “Ahhhh… _wince_ ahhhh… _wince_ ahhhh…” Also Adam West chewing his bubblegum in, IIRC, “E. Peterbus Unum”, and Death’s extended laughter in “Death is a Bitch”. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/39 "2003-08-05T07:31:41Z")
> [@](#): > > Another high point of “When You Wish Upon A Weinstein” was the salesman. “There’s an earthquake headed this way!” Or even better… _Peter Thinking_: “Hmm… I too have an uncle…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-family-guy-cartoon/192609/40 "2003-08-05T11:28:48Z")
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