# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/21 "2010-09-28T05:06:03Z")
Was the music at the beginning of Family Guy when they were driving supposed to be a takeoff of a specific movie’s theme? It sounded really familiar but I couldn’t place it. (And I know it eventually became a version of the Family Guy theme, but it sounded like it started off the scene as a different piece of music.) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/22 "2010-09-28T13:59:31Z")
Let me see if I understand the premise of this Glee thing: their lives revolve around the choir at their high school… only they’re not very good singers? How does this work? They weren’t horrible, but you’d think they would cast a bunch of really strong singers. Color me confused. Considering how much hype that crossover got, it was really short. I can’t complain about that given the quality of the singing. I was ready to say the Flight of the Conchords thing wasn’t going to work as part of another show, but they delivered some of the funniest stuff in the episode. For me the biggest laugh line was “artists are the least important people in society,” and I also very much enjoyed the sandwich shop stuff and their version of Sprooklyn (although I wish they’d been a little more creative with the name). The Krusty subplot didn’t do anything for me and I thought the reasoning behind the resolution was pretty shaky. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/23 "2010-09-28T14:14:38Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Was the music at the beginning of Family Guy when they were driving supposed to be a takeoff of a specific movie’s theme? It sounded really familiar but I couldn’t place it. (And I know it eventually became a version of the Family Guy theme, but it sounded like it started off the scene as a different piece of music.) The music (and to a great extent, the whole thing) reminded me of Murder By Death. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/24 "2010-09-28T20:53:45Z")
> [@CyclopticXander](#): > > > [@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. I hope it was intentional, because there were better graphics in video games 5 years ago. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/25 "2010-09-30T00:15:14Z")
Simpsons: Very unfunny since I neither watch Glee nor Flight of the Choncords and if Fox hadn’t “Glee on Simpsons!!!” and if you guys hadn’t told me that those were the FoC guys, I wouldn’t have known either. Too nichy for me. Family Guy: I applaud Seth and crew for doing things they aren’t accustomed to doing, even though they fail. I thought it was ambitious of them when they did the “Brian and Stewie no flashbacks” episode and I think it was ambitious of them to do an hour long serial. I didn’t think it was funny unfortunately, at least not funny enough. Although I LOVED the ending with Stewie. Cleveland: Boring unfortunately cuz they’re usually ok. American Dad: Is this coming next week now? Next week’s Family Guy: I can tell you already I hate it. It’s now back to “This is what Seth MacFarland things of…” and now it’s politics…yaaaaay… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/26 "2010-09-30T00:22:39Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Will Asian Reporter Trisha Takanawa get more air time? Or will it be the toon that looked like a younger Diane? Let’s ask Ollie. Ollie: BITCH IS DEAD! Thanks, Ollie. ---
**Author:** ![clarkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clarkstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkstar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/27 "2010-09-30T00:44:39Z")
i dont watch simpsons since they started focusing less on homer and more on the kids. family guy was not funny, i watched about half. i was hoping for funny stuff and was disappointed. cleveland show was ok i guess, sad since i love that show. more of rollo love stories is not a good thing ---
**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:** [September 30, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/28 "2010-09-30T16:05:57Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > > [@Biggirl](#): > > > > Will Asian Reporter Trisha Takanawa get more air time? Or will it be the toon that looked like a younger Diane? > > Let’s ask Ollie. > > Ollie: BITCH IS DEAD! > > Thanks, Ollie. Ahahahahaha. That was good. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/29 "2010-09-30T18:21:22Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Family Guy: I applaud Seth and crew for doing things they aren’t accustomed to doing, even though they fail. The more I think about it, the more “fail” that episode contains. Diane’s plan was to kill James Woods and frame Tom for it? Then why involve ~20 potential witnesses, especially since it was trying to avoid witnesses that made the execution of the plan so convoluted? And them being trapped is just a goofy deus ex of a lightning-struck tree destroying the causeway. I was kind of expecting the critical piece of evidence to be a cellphone picture snapped just after Diane clubbed that guy, with the bloody Golden Globe in her hand, but it never appeared. What the fuck, Seth? I haven’t been this confused since the end of _No Way Out_! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/30 "2010-09-30T19:27:19Z")
If Stewie’s willing and able to shoot someone standing in front of Lois, why wouldn’t he just chamber another round and finish Lois off as well, like he’s wanted to do all along? Answered my own question once I thought about it. Shooting her so she falls off the cliff lends itself too readily to the same sort of disaster that happened after he shoved Lois off the boat in the virtual reality. (Won’t spoil that for those who haven’t seen it). ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/31 "2010-09-30T21:09:58Z")
Call me crazy but I loved the Family Guy episode! I always like it when shows do some special episode that isn’t their usually flavor of the week stuff. I compare this Family Guy to my favorite Simpsons episodes, the “Who Shot Mr. Burns?” season finale and premier. I like the mystery, like the occasional spooky bits, and liked the usual crazy Family Guy stuff ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/32 "2010-09-30T21:45:38Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > > [@Biggirl](#): > > > > Will Asian Reporter Trisha Takanawa get more air time? Or will it be the toon that looked like a younger Diane? > > Let’s ask Ollie. > > Ollie: BITCH IS DEAD! > > Thanks, Ollie. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/33 "2010-10-01T19:45:37Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > If Stewie’s willing and able to shoot someone standing in front of Lois, why wouldn’t he just chamber another round and finish Lois off as well, like he’s wanted to do all along? Because she’s a main character, and you only kill off secondary characters, unless there’s a contract dispute. ---
**Author:** ![Aversin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Aversin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aversin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/34 "2010-10-02T06:55:20Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > If Stewie’s willing and able to shoot someone standing in front of Lois, why wouldn’t he just chamber another round and finish Lois off as well, like he’s wanted to do all along? > > Answered my own question once I thought about it. Shooting her so she falls off the cliff lends itself too readily to the same sort of disaster that happened after he shoved Lois off the boat in the virtual reality. (Won’t spoil that for those who haven’t seen it). You already did spoil it (not for me), as you don’t find out it is virtual reality till the END of the episode. Also I don’t remember if it was the end of that episode, or not but Stewie admits that he is still dependent on Louis. That is why he has postponed his plans to kill her. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/35 "2010-10-02T09:10:39Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > > [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > > > Was the music at the beginning of Family Guy when they were driving supposed to be a takeoff of a specific movie’s theme? It sounded really familiar but I couldn’t place it. (And I know it eventually became a version of the Family Guy theme, but it sounded like it started off the scene as a different piece of music.) > > The music (and to a great extent, the whole thing) reminded me of Murder By Death. The music was the regular opening theme song, sans lyrics, slowed down and embellished. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/36 "2010-10-04T13:57:40Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > > [@CandidGamera](#): > > > > The music (and to a great extent, the whole thing) reminded me of Murder By Death. > > The music was the regular opening theme song, sans lyrics, slowed down and embellished. Then the embellishments remind me of Murder by Death. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/37 "2010-10-07T21:47:34Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > > [@Biggirl](#): > > > > Will Asian Reporter Trisha Takanawa get more air time? Or will it be the toon that looked like a younger Diane? > > Let’s ask Ollie. > > Ollie: BITCH IS DEAD! > > Thanks, Ollie. I wanna briefly zombie this thread to recognize **Mr. Ekers** on his calling this line. In case you missed it this exact thing happened on the FG that was last sunday, Immediately following this episode. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153/38 "2010-10-07T22:40:46Z")
Well, not the EXACT thing. He didn’t call her a bitch. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-cleveland-show-family-guy-season-premieres-9-26-10-open-spoilers/555153.md?page=1)