http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7549888/
Interview with Seth McFarlane about Family Guy and American Dad. Doesn't include much that fans don't already know, but worth reading anyways.
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sweet. The far side is amazing.MacFarlane freely acknowledges his influences and inspirations. He’s a fan of “The Simpsons” and of Gary Larson’s “The Far Side” cartoons, in which the “animals were always drawn completely real. If you look at his cows, there’s nothing cartoony about them — other than that they are standing on their hind legs. But those leg joints are like real cows, only these have names like Warren, Paul and Steve.”
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Family Guy is Back!
Just watched the season premiere (and return) of The Family Guy and I've got to say, the show has still got it! Laughed out loud through almost the whole show. Very, very funny stuff. Hope it manages to have a much longer run this time around on Fox. If not, at least it will continue on Cartoon Network. Also watched American Dad which followed it Sunday night. I thought it was much funnier this time around than the couple of episodes I saw earlier this year (or was that last year?). I actually found myself laughing quite a bit, and out loud at that. Writing seems to have improved some, and the show seems like it is evolving some, starting to come into its own. Still, Family Guy is still far better.
And then there's the Simpsons.. WHOO-HOO!
And then there's the Simpsons.. WHOO-HOO!
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Oh, the jabs at Fox were hilarious!! I love when Peter is running down the list of shows that Fox would have to cancel for them to pick up Family Guy again, and all the shows are shows that tanked quickly! "Then maybe we'd have a shot." Who wouldn't find that funny??Macaluso wrote:FAMILY GUY:
The show is back, BETTER THAN EVER!
Hell, even the way they started the episodes, COMPLETELY bashing Fox... I'm so glad family guy is back.
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I've actually come around on this show a little, I still find a lot of it tasteless and a shameless rip-off of the The Simpsons but it does make me laugh a lot sometimes...especially Stewie! "Victory is mine!"
I loved the episode when they all got powers a la Fantastic Four. Very weird, surreal! That episode actually made fun of Randy Newman's musical style: "He's right over there, just singing about what he sees." Kind of mean but it was sort of funny too.
It's just so dumb but...I don't know. It IS funny. I love Chris and Meg, they are awesome!
I loved the episode when they all got powers a la Fantastic Four. Very weird, surreal! That episode actually made fun of Randy Newman's musical style: "He's right over there, just singing about what he sees." Kind of mean but it was sort of funny too.
It's just so dumb but...I don't know. It IS funny. I love Chris and Meg, they are awesome!
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You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!
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See Vi? That's what it all about in the end --- does it make you laugh? It seems to be a definitive yes!ShyViolet wrote:I've actually come around on this show a little, I still find a lot of it tasteless and a shameless rip-off of the The Simpsons but it does make me laugh a lot sometimes...especially Stewie! "Victory is mine!"
I loved the episode when they all got powers a la Fantastic Four. Very weird, surreal! That episode actually made fun of Randy Newman's musical style: "He's right over there, just singing about what he sees." Kind of mean but it was sort of funny too.
It's just so dumb but...I don't know. It IS funny. I love Chris and Meg, they are awesome!
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Yeah, and one thing I really like (although not everyone does) is the 70's/80's tv/cartoon/commercial references which are just so funny....like, Peter beats up that animated Hunka Cheese guy from the Saturday Morning public service ads telling you to eat right....I hadn't even THOUGHT of that for years. (He looks like a cheeseball with a cowboy hat and has skinny legs. You know who I mean.)
Ah, the weird, innocuous 80's....
Ah, the weird, innocuous 80's....
You can’t just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!
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Unfortunately, some of us are far more analytical than we need to be when it comes to the whole gist of the show/movie.AniMan wrote:See Vi? That's what it all about in the end --- does it make you laugh? It seems to be a definitive yes!ShyViolet wrote:I've actually come around on this show a little, I still find a lot of it tasteless and a shameless rip-off of the The Simpsons but it does make me laugh a lot sometimes...especially Stewie! "Victory is mine!"
I loved the episode when they all got powers a la Fantastic Four. Very weird, surreal! That episode actually made fun of Randy Newman's musical style: "He's right over there, just singing about what he sees." Kind of mean but it was sort of funny too.
It's just so dumb but...I don't know. It IS funny. I love Chris and Meg, they are awesome!
Family Guy: The Movie out tomorrow on DVD!
Technically it is Family Guy Presents - Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, but everybody's going to call it Family Guy: The Movie or The Family Guy Movie.
Might be worth a rental.
It will be aired later on TV as part of the 4th (5th?) season of Family Guy. It'll be broken into 3 episodes and you can bet some of the dialogue will be bleeped or redubbed for TV broadcast.
Might be worth a rental.
It will be aired later on TV as part of the 4th (5th?) season of Family Guy. It'll be broken into 3 episodes and you can bet some of the dialogue will be bleeped or redubbed for TV broadcast.