# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**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, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/21 "2007-10-02T22:43:43Z")
[QUOTE=NDP] 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. [/QUOTE] At this point I think the idea that there’s been a war (little, big, whatever) is overstated. How many jokes about Family Guy have the Simpsons actually made? I can think of two or three in ten years. They’ve made more jokes about Fish. How many bad things has Groening said about Family Guy, or McFarlane about The Simpsons? I don’t know of any. Maybe I’m reversing things I’ve said in the past, but there’s a little bit of a sibling rivalry at most. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/22 "2007-10-02T22:50:58Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] 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 ??😕 [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=t-mobileguy] Yes but what would they call an act like that? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Otto] The Aristocrats! [/QUOTE] Look guys–_the whole damn show_ is “The Aristocrats”/“The Sophisticates”, & it **has been** since **day one**! I figured _that_ out the first time I\* saw\* it. ---
**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 3, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/23 "2007-10-03T05:01:54Z")
[QUOTE=Ludy] I saw the whole thing in Calgary, maybe it was just edited on different stations. [/QUOTE] That’s interesting. I just watched it again on my PVR and the Simpson bit is not there. It fades to black just before it. I wonder if they cut something out of your version to make both shows fit the same time block? I watched it on Shaw. I liked this episode better the second time I viewed it. The bit with Chris and the convenience clerk was pretty funny. I did not get the reference to robots from the eighties. Where was the second robot from and who is Paulie? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/24 "2007-10-03T13:16:21Z")
[QUOTE=Mikemike2] I liked this episode better the second time I viewed it. The bit with Chris and the convenience clerk was pretty funny. I did not get the reference to robots from the eighties. Where was the second robot from and who is Paulie? [/QUOTE] It’s from Rocky III. Rocky got his brother-in-law that stupid robot for his birthday. Paulie wanted a car of some sort. Marc ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/25 "2007-10-03T14:56:54Z")
Rocky IV, as Stewie points out, not III. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/26 "2007-10-03T15:17:45Z")
I loved the evolution opening in The Simpsons. ---
**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 3, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/27 "2007-10-03T15:43:49Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] I loved the evolution opening in The Simpsons. [/QUOTE] They repeated that opening from an episode last year. I don’t know if they have every used the same gag on more than one episode before. Going from memory, Marge asked in this episode if Homer brought the coffee, in the first run Marge asked “what took you so long?” ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/28 "2007-10-03T16:05:54Z")
[QUOTE=Mikemike2] I don’t know if they have every used the same gag on more than one episode before. [/QUOTE] Oh, sure. Couch gags are often reused. I’m not sure of the exact number, but I’d say that each couch gag of a season is reused at least once later that same season. ---
**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 3, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/29 "2007-10-03T16:13:51Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] I loved the evolution opening in The Simpsons. [/QUOTE] It would have been better if they had had Homer’s development stop at the ape stage, and someone else carry on the chain, since he’s been depicted as ape-like on dozens of occasions. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180/30 "2007-10-03T16:40:43Z")
[QUOTE=Mikemike2] They repeated that opening from an episode last year. I don’t know if they have every used the same gag on more than one episode before. [/QUOTE] They actually repeat them all the time, and only introduce a few new ones each year. You’re right that they changed Marge’s line from “What took you so long?” to something like “Did you pick up the milk?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-thread-on-new-episodes-of-the-simpsons-family-guy-american-dad-spoiler/421180.md?page=1)