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Old 09-12-2005, 06:26 PM
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Family Guy holding back on us?
This week's episode I saw the rating, and it was TV-PG-DL. I think this counts as the first time in history that Family Guy has been rated lower than TV-14. Anyone else notice this?
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Old 09-12-2005, 06:41 PM
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yah, so?

A heads up, that new stewie dvd advertised on the commercials is actually a full length 2 hour straight to dvd movie. In other words....a more dirty, crude, 2 hour episode of your favorite show.
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Old 09-12-2005, 06:43 PM
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Actually there have been several Family Guy episodes that were only TV PG. I like it because it shows that they aren't purposely trying to make the show TV 14 to get more people to watch.
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Old 09-12-2005, 10:35 PM
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I actually thought this past week's show was pretty funny. Peter and Stewie just crack me up.
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Old 09-13-2005, 03:47 PM
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That new dvd movie looks so funny. I can't imagine what it is gonna be like without the restrictions and tv clean versions. It is going to be weird hearing them cuss though that is going to be hilarious and the whole The Stewie Griffin Story Untold Story will be interesting. According to the review on amazon it is a three-part episode that never aired and talks about the...

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"The Untold Story! is a star vehicle for Family Guy's breakout character, in which the mega maniacal and matricidal infant has a Grinch-like change of heart after a near-death experience (and a disturbing encounter with Steve Allen in Hell) and, more life-altering, discovers a football-pated man who could be his father (the truth is more shocking!). As go the gags, so goes Family Guy, and there are enough good ones here to compensate for the many misfires."
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Family Guy > The Simpsons. The end.
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Old 09-13-2005, 04:26 PM
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^ Incorrect.

Classic Simpsons (IE, anything from the 90's) > Family Guy > Simpsons of the last 5 years
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Old 09-13-2005, 05:02 PM
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I have the NEW MOVIE
I didn't have time to watch the whole thing yet only the first 10 minutes.
FG one of the best shows on TV
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^ Incorrect.

Classic Simpsons (IE, anything from the 90's) > Family Guy > Simpsons of the last 5 years
I stand corrected. That's the way I meant to lay it out.
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Old 09-13-2005, 05:36 PM
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I have the Family Guy movie. SO funny!!
I don't think family guy is holding back on us. I though tthis past weeks episode was pretty funny! You don't always have to be crude to be hilarious!
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I thought this week's episode sucked, but here's my conspiracy theory: Last season, Brian was portrayed as a racist, I believe in the episode where Meg got a makeover and the Griffins became a singing family. To combat any PC bull--- and to keep the censors off their ass, the Family Guy crew tried to debunk and possible "Brian is a racist" theories by making it look like he was cool with black people, and in the end they tried too hard and the show sucked. Just my theory though.
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Old 09-13-2005, 06:30 PM
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Actually there have been several Family Guy episodes that were only TV PG. I like it because it shows that they aren't purposely trying to make the show TV 14 to get more people to watch.
Yeah? Show me one.

And this topic was not meant to discuss the topic's title, it was meant to discuss the odd cleanliness of this week's episode.
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Old 09-21-2005, 07:52 PM
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Well last week it was TV - 14. I got a couple cracks out of the stuff Peter and the guys do on the island.
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Family guy is hello kitty crazy.

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I never eally watch this show but all my friends talk about it..maybe I'll give it a try.
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Yeah? Show me one.

And this topic was not meant to discuss the topic's title, it was meant to discuss the odd cleanliness of this week's episode.
I don't know which ones are rated PG, but I know I've seen one, or a few, that were.
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Old 09-22-2005, 03:29 PM
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I am so pissed about this season, I have been missing practically every episode and I don't know when Adult Swim airs the new episodes. I am hearing how funny they were but so far the only full episode I have seen is the first. I am just going to have to see the if I can't start catching them on Sunday but I ain't home usually. So I'll just have to wait for the Season DVD and get caught up that way. But what I have seen from them and heard friends talking about this has been the best season so far.
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Old 10-03-2005, 06:53 PM
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I thought this week's episode sucked, but here's my conspiracy theory: Last season, Brian was portrayed as a racist, I believe in the episode where Meg got a makeover and the Griffins became a singing family. To combat any PC bull--- and to keep the censors off their ass, the Family Guy crew tried to debunk and possible "Brian is a racist" theories by making it look like he was cool with black people, and in the end they tried too hard and the show sucked. Just my theory though.
They weren't trying too hard. They made Brian look like he was trying too hard not to be racist on purpose.
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Old 10-03-2005, 09:55 PM
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No, they weren't making Brian look like a racist - they were implying his father was and that it is uncontrollable instinct. Family Guy doesn't care who it offends, so its highly unlikely that they were "apologizing" for the "racist" jokes.

If anything, Family Guy is holding back on GOOD JOKES. Each week, these new episodes get worse and worse IMO, way too many cutaway gags and all of them are forced and delivered the same way - "this is worse than that time when *insert obscure reference that has nothing to do with the situation at hand*". They didn't used to be this repetitive - now it seems like they write the cutaway gags and inject them randomly into the paper thin script. Not that Family Guy ever had fantastic scripts, but they were more than they are now. Long, drawn out gags are a Family Guy staple, but now they overkill them, perhaps to eat up time in the episode if anything.

Suprisingly, as Family Guy is slipping, American Dad gets better every week. I was one of many who badmouthed American Dad when it debuted, but it has improved greatly and now I like it. Give it another shot.
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Old 10-08-2005, 03:38 AM
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I noticed that in sted of leaving stuff to your imagination, stuff that was funny to those of us with dirty minds, now they show the whole thing. I still think they are as funny as ever, except i thought that they were holding back on stewie, then i saw the movie. Family guy is back and better than ever in my opinion
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Old 10-10-2005, 03:13 PM
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My friends have been talking about the "Michael Moore farting contest episode" for a while and I hadn't seen it. I finally saw it last night. It is actually the one where they go searching for the fish utopia and crash and Brian becomes the father of the family and marries Lois. That one was one of the funniest I have seen in a while. Peter and Moore get into a farting contest and end up with the song like in usual Family Guy nature. But this was hillarious I was laughing a long time after the show went to commercials. That is what I love about Family Guy the timing. It adds a lot to the comedy and speed of the show.
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Old 10-20-2005, 04:05 PM
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I saw the Family Guy movie, and it was amazing. All I have to say is "Sweetie, you and me gonna make the baby."
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