# Where is the thread on new episodes of the Simpsons/ Family Guy/ American Dad?Spoiler **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 1, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180 "2007-10-01T18:45:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/1 "2007-10-01T18:45:47Z")
Is no one interested anymore? I watched all three last night. I have to type fast as I accidently posted before sharing my thoughts 🙂 Simpsons had a funny opening (racing out of the church parking lot) and was an okay episode. Family Guy wasn’t too great and it may be the last we see of Drew Barrymore on that show. American Dad was my favorite of the three. The goo vacations was a pretty good idea and eating one of the survivors was fairly shocking to me at least. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/2 "2007-10-01T19:06:49Z")
American Dad was great, especially Roger, Family Guy was
interesting. I wonder what anyone else thought of the bit where Stewie told Brian he could fuck him if he wanted? I’m no prude by a long shot, but that was a bit odd to say the least. Brian screwing human girls is one thing, but come on- what’s next, Peter screwing Meg while Chris beats off ??😕 And FG is REALLY going overboard with the 70’s/80’s references for no reason but so viewers will think “cool, Conrad Bain, I remember him”. 😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![t-mobileguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@t-mobileguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-mobileguy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/3 "2007-10-01T19:42:02Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] what’s next, Peter screwing Meg while Chris beats off ?? [/QUOTE] Yes but what would they call an act like that? ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/4 "2007-10-01T19:43:57Z")
[QUOTE=t-mobileguy] Yes but what would they call an act like that? [/QUOTE] A dutch door? I don’t know
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/5 "2007-10-01T19:46:24Z")
[QUOTE=t-mobileguy] Yes but what would they call an act like that? [/QUOTE] The Aristocrats! Only watched The Simpsons because of the Desperate Housewives premiere. Unsurprisingly, it was not good. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/6 "2007-10-01T19:46:40Z")
I found it strange that the first act of _Family Guy_ ended without a joke, until I discovered there was a [gag](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-9nT7s61j8) cut from the show (although it did air in Canada) satirizing both _The Simpsons_ and bottom-of-the-screen advertising. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/7 "2007-10-01T19:52:53Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] I found it strange that the first act of _Family Guy_ ended without a joke, until I discovered there was a [gag](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-9nT7s61j8) cut from the show (although it did air in Canada) satirizing both _The Simpsons_ and bottom-of-the-screen advertising. [/QUOTE] Friggin pathetic- they cut _that_, but leave in the bit with Stewie and Brain in bed? ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/8 "2007-10-01T20:11:07Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] I found it strange that the first act of _Family Guy_ ended without a joke, until I discovered there was a [gag](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-9nT7s61j8) cut from the show (although it did air in Canada) satirizing both _The Simpsons_ and bottom-of-the-screen advertising. [/QUOTE] They may have shown this bit in some parts of Canada, but I’m pretty sure I would have noticed it in Calgary. ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/9 "2007-10-01T20:16:40Z")
I liked the part on American Dad where they spoofed the cruise lines. “Middle class vacations for below average income families” or something like that. I haven’t seen a show parody that before. I’m pretty sure though that if a cruise line has a man overboard, they stick around to see the result. ---
**Author:** ![t-mobileguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@t-mobileguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-mobileguy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/10 "2007-10-01T21:13:36Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] The Aristocrats! [/QUOTE] And here I thought no one would get it. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/11 "2007-10-01T21:20:41Z")
I loved the Simpsons this week. Very good consistent episode. Homer even sang opera while keeping his job at the nuclear plant. Usually it’s not even clear whether he quit his job or even still works there. I loved when the girl on the motorcycle hit the ramp, then did a bounce off Barney. Homer: “â™Ș♫ D’oh! ♫â™Ș” Marge: “That doesn’t sound like Homer’s usual annoyed grunt.” ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/12 "2007-10-02T11:38:56Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] I found it strange that the first act of _Family Guy_ ended without a joke, until I discovered there was a [gag](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-9nT7s61j8) cut from the show (although it did air in Canada) satirizing both _The Simpsons_ and bottom-of-the-screen advertising. [/QUOTE] Well, they’ve removed the gag, so could you describe what they left out? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/13 "2007-10-02T12:23:33Z")
[QUOTE=singular1] Well, they’ve removed the gag, so could you describe what they left out? [/QUOTE] As Brian is explaining his plan to get back together with Gillian, an ad appears reading “Watch The Simpsons Sundays on Fox” with a tiny Marge. A tiny Quagmire then appears and tries to take Marge’s clothes off. She runs away, with Quagmire (with his pants down) running after her. After Brian finishes speaking, the other characters stare as Quagmire and Marge (both still banner-ad sized) walk arm-in-arm off to the other side of the screen, Quagmire saying, “That wasn’t so bad, was it? Let’s go to your place for round two!” The camera then cuts to the outside of the Simpson house, and the rest is implied by sound only: as Quagmire and Marge are finished with “round three,” Homer walks in. Quagmire shoots him (and apparently Marge). Bart walks in and says, “iAy caramba! Mom and dad are dead!” Quagmire shoots him. Lisa walks in and wonders who will pay for her saxaphone lessons now. Quagmire shoots her. Maggie walks in and sucks her pacifier. Quagmire shoots her. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/14 "2007-10-02T12:53:39Z")
Aw, hell, I would’ve loved to see that! ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/15 "2007-10-02T13:21:08Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] As Brian is explaining his plan to get back together with Gillian, an ad appears reading “Watch The Simpsons Sundays on Fox” with a tiny Marge. A tiny Quagmire then appears and tries to take Marge’s clothes off. She runs away, with Quagmire (with his pants down) running after her. After Brian finishes speaking, the other characters stare as Quagmire and Marge (both still banner-ad sized) walk arm-in-arm off to the other side of the screen, Quagmire saying, “That wasn’t so bad, was it? Let’s go to your place for round two!” The camera then cuts to the outside of the Simpson house, and the rest is implied by sound only: as Quagmire and Marge are finished with “round three,” Homer walks in. Quagmire shoots him (and apparently Marge). Bart walks in and says, “iAy caramba! Mom and dad are dead!” Quagmire shoots him. Lisa walks in and wonders who will pay for her saxaphone lessons now. Quagmire shoots her. Maggie walks in and sucks her pacifier. Quagmire shoots her. [/QUOTE] And that’s where I turned off the episode. It passed the point of satire to just being unfunny. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/16 "2007-10-02T14:58:00Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] I loved the Simpsons this week. Very good consistent episode. [/QUOTE] I did, too. I loved the way they handled the funeral scene, and the falling chandelier jokes were very funny. And the Citizen Kane parody cracked me up, but that’s probably just me. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/17 "2007-10-02T18:52:55Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] As Brian is explaining his plan to get back together with Gillian, an ad appears reading “Watch The Simpsons Sundays on Fox” with a tiny Marge. A tiny Quagmire then appears and tries to take Marge’s clothes off. She runs away, with Quagmire (with his pants down) running after her. After Brian finishes speaking, the other characters stare as Quagmire and Marge (both still banner-ad sized) walk arm-in-arm off to the other side of the screen, Quagmire saying, “That wasn’t so bad, was it? Let’s go to your place for round two!” The camera then cuts to the outside of the Simpson house, and the rest is implied by sound only: as Quagmire and Marge are finished with “round three,” Homer walks in. Quagmire shoots him (and apparently Marge). Bart walks in and says, “iAy caramba! Mom and dad are dead!” Quagmire shoots him. Lisa walks in and wonders who will pay for her saxaphone lessons now. Quagmire shoots her. Maggie walks in and sucks her pacifier. Quagmire shoots her. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Kid\_A] And that’s where I turned off the episode. It passed the point of satire to just being unfunny. [/QUOTE] I didn’t see the scene either. Were “The Simpsons” voice actors participating in the scene or were they clearly imitations? ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/18 "2007-10-02T19:01:40Z")
[QUOTE=NDP] I didn’t see the scene either. Were “The Simpsons” voice actors participating in the scene or were they clearly imitations? [/QUOTE] Imitations. Here’s a [poor quality link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMDOqZCS9Ok) from youtube. I haven’t watched it since I’m at work. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/19 "2007-10-02T21:10:21Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Imitations. Here’s a [poor quality link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMDOqZCS9Ok) from youtube. I haven’t watched it since I’m at work. [/QUOTE] I see. So the little war between Seth McFarland and Matt Groening is now getting vicious. I would’ve thought McFarland would’ve saved a blast like that for “South Park” since they _really_ ripped him a new one. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/20 "2007-10-02T22:19:14Z")
[QUOTE=Mikemike2] They may have shown this bit in some parts of Canada, but I’m pretty sure I would have noticed it in Calgary. [/QUOTE] I saw the whole thing in Calgary, maybe it was just edited on different stations. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180.md?page=2)