# The Simpsons/Cleveland Show/Family Guy/American Dad!; 11 April 2010 (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785 "2010-04-12T00:03:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/1 "2010-04-12T00:03:13Z")
[QUOTE=The Simpsons] Mr Burns goes to jail. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Cleveland Show] Cleveland suffers intestinal distress. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Family Guy] It’s the day before the end of the world. [/QUOTE] This is the crossover episode where Stan & Francine visit Quahog. I think the Hills might make an appearance too. [QUOTE=American Dad!] Roger enters the police academy after being mugged. [/QUOTE] Nice to see they got their timeslot back. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/2 "2010-04-12T02:38:52Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > This is the crossover episode where Stan & Francine visit Quahog… April Fools Day was 9 days ago. :smack: Still I thought it was better than most FG episodes of late. Interesting how everyone forgot to hate Meg. Really didn’t care for Brian’s “deathbed conversion”. The Simpsons was okay; though the Bart/Lisa subplot was boring. I think the Cleveland Show would’ve been better if the Brown-Tubbs family had gone to Quahog intead of having Roberta shipped down to Stoolbend. Cleveland forgoting that his ex-wife was also his son’s mother was a little funny. I liked American Dad, but probally much more than I would had it been airing the last couple weeks. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/3 "2010-04-12T06:12:48Z")
First time Cleveland Show ever made me laugh (the farting). ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/4 "2010-04-12T06:28:59Z")
What was up with _Family Guy_? That show was all over the place. Peter on jury duty would be funny enough for a whole episode, but it just went all over the place. Jury Duty, End of the world, Peter not liking the kids. It’s like they had three different writers with three ideas they couldn’t get off the ground for a whole episode then Seth hired a fourth writer to string those three incomplete storylines into one show. Part of it were very funny, but it was all over the place ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/5 "2010-04-12T07:44:56Z")
Quagmire said he had some part-time work in the background at a bachelor party in American Dad. I was really hoping he’d be there. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/6 "2010-04-12T16:18:15Z")
I liked FG up to the point where the April Fool’s joke ended. Too many plots with none of them really going anywhere. The crystal meth joke didn’t do much for me. I thought Cleveland was ok, but fart jokes? Really? Too much. American Dad was ok, of course you knew Roger would screw up. I guess Rogers imitation of movies is getting old to me. That was really some violent overkill on the dirty cop’s head. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/7 "2010-04-12T16:36:21Z")
The Simpsons had me. I loved all of it. “One envelope marked ‘bribe’…empty” Hahaaaa! The asshole look on his face as he took the money. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/8 "2010-04-13T21:00:17Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > The Simpsons was okay; though the Bart/Lisa subplot was boring. The final punch line was funny. Mostly a pretty “meh” episode, but a few good laughs. “I wasn’t talking about your teeth.” “Nor was I.” Saw _that_ one coming a mile away. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/9 "2010-04-13T21:43:51Z")
Cleveland Show is so bad. ☹ American Dad was okay I guess… FG should have stuck with the jury duty story line. The meth stuff was funny though. Ripping the eye out was a bit too graphic for me. I can handle ANYTHING that doesn’t involve the eyes. I saw the Simpsons too. Those guys were assholes to Smithers. The episode sucked all the way through. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/10 "2010-04-14T18:05:24Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > The Simpsons had me. I loved all of it. So did I. I thought this one was very, very funny. There wasn’t much to the Bart and Lisa story other than the joke about organ transplants, but I thought it worked pretty well. I thought the ransacking of Burns’ mansion was great. Would Burns display stolen art? Of course he would. And I loved his reaction to his cellmate. If anything I wanted to see more of that, and more of Smithers trying to run the power plant. I thought Burns being knocked down by the camera flash and changing the weather in his story also worked very well. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/11 "2010-04-14T18:12:12Z")
I loved Sideshow Bob’s cameo when Snake pulled him out of the washer and threw him into the dryer. I had half-expected to see him in the episode. It’s too bad Kelsey Grammer wasn’t available for some dialogue the way that Joe Mantegna was for Fat Tony’s appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/12 "2010-04-14T18:22:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > And I loved his reaction to his cellmate. “That was just my pre-evil.” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/13 "2010-04-14T18:24:58Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > “That was just my pre-evil.” > > :eek: That was… yeah. But I meant his response to finding out the guy went to Princeton and U. of Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/14 "2010-04-14T18:29:48Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > “That was just my pre-evil.” > > :eek: That was the best part. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/15 "2010-04-14T18:41:08Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > “That was just my pre-evil.” It’s amazing how many times The Shawshank Redemption has been parodied. And I’ve never seen it! ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/16 "2010-04-14T19:21:28Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > It’s amazing how many times The Shawshank Redemption has been parodied. And I’ve never seen it! the sucking out of evil is green mile. and when mr. burns said “pre-evil” i was shocked. that was a bit beyond the pale. think how many kiddies across the nation are going to have that uncomfortable lightbulb moment in about 3 years. ---
**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 15, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/17 "2010-04-15T04:25:20Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > the sucking out of evil is green mile. > > and when mr. burns said “pre-evil” i was shocked. that was a bit beyond the pale. think how many kiddies across the nation are going to have that uncomfortable lightbulb moment in about 3 years. Eh. I didn’t really think of it as a sex joke. Simpsons: Twas boring for me, I was hoping for Sideshow Bob and not a bad Green Mile Parody. Family Guy: I miss Family Guy bieng random and stupid. They are bad now that they have coherent plots and are the “pop culture critiquers of America.” Watching old FGs is fun because they were Random and Stupid with no real point…now they are just…sad. Cleveland Show: Usually love Cleveland, but not this ep. Then again I don’t like fart jokes…so it just wasn’t my ep. Can’t win em all eh? American Dad: Usually love this one too, but not this ep. 0-4 this week. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-american-dad-11-april-2010-open-spoilers/535785/18 "2010-04-15T15:24:19Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Eh. I didn’t really think of it as a sex joke. I’m still not sure it was meant as one.