# The Simpsons/Cleveland Show/Family Guy season premieres, 9/26/10 (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153 "2010-09-26T23:28:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **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:** [September 26, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/1 "2010-09-26T23:28:17Z")
The new seasons of **The Simpsons** , **Cleveland Show** , and **Family Guy** are all starting tonight. Hopefully football doesn’t delay them too much. > [@](#): > > Lisa goes to a performing-arts camp. Lea Michele & Cory Monteith from Glee and Jemaine Clement & Bret McKenzie from Flight of the Conchords guest starring. > [@](#): > > Cleveland writes a rap song. > [@](#): > > Season 10 opens with a murder mystery. Hour long episode. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/2 "2010-09-27T00:56:00Z")
The Simpsons opened the season with a Lisa episode with a Krusty b-plot. I…have no words. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/3 "2010-09-27T01:23:37Z")
I found them both very boring. I wonder if they were made last season and held over till September. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/4 "2010-09-27T02:16:26Z")
The Simpsons played up the Glee angle in promos, so I was surprised when the storyline actually centered around…Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords! I was delighted. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/5 "2010-09-27T02:19:00Z")
The Simpsons episode was set in part in my hometown, The Hague, which I thought was pretty neat. Of course, The Hague 1) has no airport and 2) does not look like what is seen from the airport, and 3) Dutch people don’t sound like that, but the Peace Palace looked was done quite accurately so I thought that was pretty cool. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/6 "2010-09-27T02:42:58Z")
As usual Simpsons tried to crame too many subplots into one episode. It was nice seeing Brett and Jermaine. Family Guy was surprisingly good. I wasn’t expecting everyone to be “in character”; I thought everyone would be playing different roles like the Star Wars spoofs. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/7 "2010-09-27T03:13:04Z")
[QUOTE=Ira Glass] “Act 4: Corn Relish” [/QUOTE] 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/8 "2010-09-27T05:10:16Z")
Boy, that Simpsons was _stunningly_ unfunny. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/9 "2010-09-27T06:02:11Z")
I liked Family Guy, but they had so much 3D modeling that it started to get distracting. Did they get a new 3D engine this year or something? I thought Simpsons was entertaining as well, but I imagine it would be very bizarre to anyone not familiar with Flight of the Conchords. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/10 "2010-09-27T09:52:39Z")
The problem with parodying other sources is, the plot still has to be funny if you aren’t up on the source being parodied. Otherwise you’re lost and it only works for a select few. ---
**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 27, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/11 "2010-09-27T12:51:17Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > I liked Family Guy, but they had so much 3D modeling that it started to get distracting. Did they get a new 3D engine this year or something? Yeah, I wondered that too. > [@](#): > > I thought Simpsons was entertaining as well, but I imagine it would be very bizarre to anyone not familiar with Flight of the Conchords. I’d heard of them, but am not really familiar with them… and yeah, that whole plot kinda fell flat for me. It didn’t help that the Lisa plot felt like stuff that’s been done before. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/12 "2010-09-27T14:07:51Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I’d heard of them, but am not really familiar with them… and yeah, that whole plot kinda fell flat for me. It didn’t help that the Lisa plot felt like stuff that’s been done before. And how many times has that Krusty plot been done? ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/13 "2010-09-27T14:22:52Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > I liked Family Guy, but they had so much 3D modeling that it started to get distracting. Did they get a new 3D engine this year or something? No, that was just part of the joke. Everything from the predictable plotting to the overly theatrical establishing shots were supposed to be the sort of cliche you may find in a big murder mystery film. It was purposefully bad. ---
**Author:** ![Lethal\_Babydoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Lethal\_Babydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lethal_Babydoll)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/14 "2010-09-27T22:04:24Z")
A new low for **The Simpsons**. Bloated **Family Guy.** Haven’t watched **Cleveland** yet. Liked the early quote about it being a Lisa episode. ALways a bad idea. _Entertainment Weekly_ knocked the DVD release of the **Family Guy** not-to-aired Abortion episode as offensive. Can that be true? Family Guy? Offensive? ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/15 "2010-09-27T23:10:44Z")
The Cleveland Show wasn’t funny. The Simpsons wasn’t funny and bored me shitless. Family Guy wasn’t that funny, but a couple of scenes got a chuckle and I found the whole show entertaining. I’m interested in seeing how things will play out after the deaths - which MacFarlane says are “canon”. Got to figure Brian’s going to try and hook up with Jillian again. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/16 "2010-09-27T23:27:13Z")
> [@Kal](#): > > Family Guy wasn’t that funny, but a couple of scenes got a chuckle and I found the whole show entertaining. I’m interested in seeing how things will play out after the deaths - which MacFarlane says are “canon”. Got to figure Brian’s going to try and hook up with Jillian again. That was canon? James Woods, his wife and Jillian’s husband’s death were no biggie but Muriel is a recurring character. Poor Neil. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/17 "2010-09-28T00:50:34Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > That was canon? James Woods, his wife and Jillian’s husband’s death were no biggie but Muriel is a recurring character. Poor Neil. Direct from MacFarlane’s [Twitter account:](http://twitter.com/sethmacfarlane) > [@](#): > > Yes, tonight’s episode is “canon”. Diane, Muriel, etc. are gone. To be continued… Of course, this is Family Guy so who knows what’ll happen. I could see Diane return in the future as her death scene just screams out for her to do so. ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/18 "2010-09-28T01:21:55Z")
Should we assume that Lois did convince everyone of Tom’s innocence somehow, and Diane’s death was assumed to be a suicide? According to Wikipedia, next week’s episode is about Brian meeting Rush Limbaugh, so it probably has nothing to do with this one. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/19 "2010-09-28T01:22:22Z")
The Simpsons episode was a dreary yawnfest, since I have no interest in “Glee”, the references fell flat for me Family Guy, meh, another BTDT hour long special that could have been trimmed to a half hour and lost nothing in the process Cleveland Show; I hate rap, so this episode holds no appeal for me, I won’t be watching A rather inauspicious start to the new season… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/20 "2010-09-28T01:23:40Z")
Will Asian Reporter Trisha Takanawa get more air time? Or will it be the toon that looked like a younger Diane? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153.md?page=2)