Family Guy

[JenniferEC]

Does anyone else watch this? I got addicted while watching with DH last year. Now I make sure to watch every Sunday night and then reruns on Cartoon Network. I've lent out my DVDs to a couple of people and when they returned them I was told they didn't find it funny. :confused:

[Aimee]

Dh and I started watching this way back in 1999 when it premiered after the super bowl. We're watching right now, actually.

It's one of those shows that you either get, or you don't. Personally, we love it, but we're a.) not easily offended b.) pop culture junkies c.) have an absurd sense of humor.

You're not alone :)

[amd218]

What?? Someone doesn't like Family Guy??

I started watching it from the beginning too...I'm from RI (where the show takes place) so it has a special place in my heart!!! hehehe. They have the accents and local idiosyncrasies down to a science!!!! I agree with Aimee - it seems to have a particular sense of style/format, so some just might not see the humor in it. It's a shame, b/c they're missing out!!

[sublime311]

DH was there from the beggining and I jumped on the FG bandwagon in 2003 when we started dating. Actually, I think we watched FG on our first date! lol It was VERY romantic.. ;)

I actually have to admit that I was a little nervous with the first couple of episodes, it seemed like they were trying a little too hard, but then the comedy seemed to relax a little bit, so I'm back to being a happy camper! :D

[mrs_pell]

Watching right now!! Listening to Mark laugh his ASS off!! :D It still *kinda* surprises me that it's on network tv and not cable, but I guess it shouldn't surprise me.

[laurenc]

we watched it on and off when it was first on tv a few years back. then i got the dvds as a gift two years ago and we've been hooked ever since. we watch religiously. the newest episodes are funny, but i think i like the dvds better so far... i don't know why exactly... just seems like they're trying even harder to be gross and outrageous as opposed to just plain random...

now, american dad, that show i don't like. funny but too much a family guy rip off.

[MurphysLaw]

*LOVE* Famiy Guy!!!:D Own two box sets & re-watch these all the time, along with episodes on TV when I can catch them...I was thinking maybe we all just have the same deranged sense of humor, but I've decided that the others are the strange ones, not us. :p hehe

[Ilovemygeek]

My DH and I LOVE Family Guy! It is one of the few original shows left out there. We watch it religiously. Brian just slays me!

[Michelle]

My husband and I love Family Guy! Thank goodness it came back to TV. We watch it all the time. In fact, a new episode is on right now. Gotta go watch! :)

[Avalon]

the newest episodes are funny, but i think i like the dvds better so far... i don't know why exactly... just seems like they're trying even harder to be gross and outrageous as opposed to just plain random...

now, american dad, that show i don't like. funny but too much a family guy rip off.

Agreed and agreed. The new episodes of Family Guy are definitely funny, but it does seem that they're trying to get back into their groove.

[jaeger]

I love Family Guy! I am also glad that it's back.

[scarlett]

I love Family Guy. It is so completely random (like Chris being pulled into the A-Ha video at the grocery store last night). I think that because DH and I are around the same age as Seth McFarlane, we get a lot of the humor and culture references, but if for someone a lot older or a lot younger, they'd be like "Huh?"

[ktdelsur]

We've been watching Family Guy since '99 and love the humor/cultural references (DH just about spewed dinner everywhere laughing at the older episode where they get put in the witness protection program in the "deep south" - lots of Dukes of Hazzard references that were hilarious.)

We are easily amused and love the humor - and that you have to be remotely intelligent to GET the humor - but remind me to never try to watch it with my parents again. LOL :p

[JenniferEC]

Glad to see I'm not alone. My DH and I love the flashbacks and rewatch episodes to see if we can find new references. We're constantly arguing over whether or not Stewie is gay.

[Sposa06]

but remind me to never try to watch it with my parents again.

I watched this with my dad one time and he LOVED it! He goes on and on now about "that show with that football-headed man-child," which I find nearly as funny as the show!

Favorite episodes, scenes or quotes, anyone?

[JRose]

Love this show! :D My brother introduced me to it and I am trying to catch up on all of the old shows that I missed.

Of course, now that I watch it, I can't help but hear Stewie's voice in my head every time my son babbles at me. :p

[Georgiana]

I have been watching it since they first aired a few years back. Thanks to the Cartoon Network that shows them nightly, They are now bringing back new episodes.

I think now they are trying too hard.. Sometimes I turn from it if they get out of hand with their humor...

[allison]

Dh and I have been watching from the get-go too. The Ah-ha sequence was hysterical! We always watch on Sundays and on the Cartoon Network when we go to bed. Stewie is my fav :p

[Brandles]

I love Family Guy. It is so completely random (like Chris being pulled into the A-Ha video at the grocery store last night). I think that because DH and I are around the same age as Seth McFarlane, we get a lot of the humor and culture references, but if for someone a lot older or a lot younger, they'd be like "Huh?"

I KNOW!!! I loved it, too! DH had me rewind the tape so we could watch it again! "Where were you?" "I don't know!!!!"

I love Stewie, too! DH found me a t-shirt at Hot Topic that has Stewie with a mullet, tattoo, in just a diaper and it says, "Delightfully White Trash"! I LOVE it! :D

Question About The Into & What Stewie Says!!!!

Okay...what does he say in the intro...."All the things that make us laugh an' cry" or "All the things that make us effin' cry" ?? DH and I have argued over it! He says Stewie ALWAYS says, "laugh an' cry" and I say that he sometimes says them both (he said "effin' cry" on Sunday's). So...what do ya'll hear? Any websites with official words? Thanks! :)

[JenniferEC]

Question About The Into & What Stewie Says!!!!

Okay...what does he say in the intro...."All the things that make us laugh an' cry" or "All the things that make us effin' cry" ?? DH and I have argued over it! He says Stewie ALWAYS says, "laugh an' cry" and I say that he sometimes says them both (he said "effin' cry" on Sunday's). So...what do ya'll hear? Any websites with official words? Thanks! :)

I always wondered this as well. I believe I read somewhere (I know it was a FG website but not the official one) that during the early days closed captioning thought Stewie was "effin' cry" but it's since been fixed and he does in fact say "laugh an' cry." I'll see if I can find this and post the link.

ETA: Found it! From www.familyguyfiles.com
14. Does Stewie sing "Laugh & Cry" or "F'in Cry" during the title song?

Depends on who you ask. Seth has said on NUMEROUS occassions: "It was NEVER 'F'ing cry' .. it was ALWAYS 'laugh & cry'." However, there is a DISTINCT change in the intro that cannot be contested. So, one of two things ... 1) It REALLY WAS "F'in Cry" and Fox put a gag order on Seth - and they DID change it to Laugh & Cry 2) It was ALWAYS Laugh & Cry and the first version SOUNDED so much like "F'in Cry", that to avoid ambiguity, they changed it DISTINCTLY to Laugh & Cry. Official word: "Its always been 'Laugh & Cry'." Personally I think something else might be going on. However - a new point to consider - most Closed Captioning text showed "EFF'ING CRY" as the translation. So, we may never know.

[Georgiana]

They have Stewie doing alot of crazy mess!

I remember there have been a couple of episodes that they had Stewie laying in bed with baby girl as if they just had sex..... And I think they did one recently on the lines of that.... :eek:

[Brandles]

Thanks, JenniferEC! :)

[LeslieandPaul]

New episode tonight-who else will be watching?

[catch]

I'll definitely be watching!

[kindermom]

I am so there. My sister is staying with my DH and I and she is not into watching it. I guess she will be on her own for 30 minutes.

[JenniferEC]

We've been waiting for new episodes for what seems like forever!!!!!!!!!!!!

[maxandmolly]

"This episode contains cartoon nudity"
YEAH, BABY!

[mrs_pell]

"Marco. Marco. Marco. Marco...."

SOOOOOOOO wrong, yet I was crying from laughing so hard!! :o

[catch]

"Marco. Marco. Marco. Marco...."

SOOOOOOOO wrong, yet I was crying from laughing so hard!! :o

me too!! :D

[mrs_pell]

The sheep...OMG!! :eek: :D

[JenniferEC]

The sheep...OMG!! :eek: :D
I am still laughing at that! :D

Must buy that DVD!

[LeslieandPaul]

Anyone else seen the movie yet? We, um, gained access to it, through a friend. I think it comes out in October or November. It's kinda like 4 episodes put together, but very funny.
ONly an hour and a half until the new episode. I'll also be watching the Simpsons, and the new show, The War at Home.

[mrs_pell]

Anyone else seen the movie yet? We, um, gained access to it, through a friend. I think it comes out in October or November. It's kinda like 4 episodes put together, but very funny.

Ummm...I haven't, but a "friend" has, and says it's hysterical. He also says we, I mean he, will be purchasing it as soon as it comes out!

Oh...funny sidenote: I had to explain the "sheep" reference to one of our friends tonight! I was laughing about it and he said, "Ummm, I didn't really get that!" :D

[maxandmolly]

There's a movie coming out??

[mrs_pell]

There's a movie coming out??

They did a little promo for it during tonight's episode. It's called "Stewie Griffin, the Untold Story," and will be out on DVD only, sometime in Oct I think.

[maxandmolly]

A ha. That must have been while I was trying to clean up during a commercial. That's what I get for that, huh? I'm sure whateverheis can get....uh, access to it if I ask him. He's amazing, with stuff before it even hits the theatres or dvd.

[msnicolea]

My husband is quite a Stewie fan: http://images.snapfish.com/3449765923232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E2334%3D6%3B3%3D73%3C%3 DXROQDF%3E2323%3A%3A648%3B54%3Aot1lsi

[catch]

Oh...funny sidenote: I had to explain the "sheep" reference to one of our friends tonight! I was laughing about it and he said, "Ummm, I didn't really get that!" :D

Umm...I didn't get it either :confused: :o :D

Is that from a previous episode that I might have missed?

[LeslieandPaul]

I was watching with a friend and neither of us got the sheep reference.

[maxandmolly]

Anybody get Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story on dvd yet?
I wastched it last night, and maybe it was just that I was in a foul mood, but I was kinda disappointed.

[imagirliegirl]

OMG I didn't know this thread was here!! I am the biggest Family Guy lover!! It's my favorite show ever.

I have the movie and I love it. I wasn't sure the first time I saw it but I've watched it several times since and I swear I laugh harder every time I see it.

[maxandmolly]

So, maybe a second viewing in a better frame of mind is in order?

[Ilovemygeek]

I thought the movie was funny. DH actually downloaded a copy a couple of months ago, so I got an advanced showing. :D It did not seem like a movie in some ways, more like they pieced a few episodes together.

[imagirliegirl]

So, maybe a second viewing in a better frame of mind is in order?

Absolutely. :D

[stevesbabygirl]

I love this show! I think it's great that there's a show out there that isn't afraid to say something offensive!

[karina]

I looooooooove Family Guy!!! I'm going to order the season DVD on netflix.

[Goddess Tiff]

I love the movie. Too funny.

[JenniferEC]

I wish there were more new episodes. It seems like since it came back, there have been lots of repeats.

[Meredith]

Has anyone bought the new DVD? Is it even out yet?

[Brandles]

I have a question--in which episode did Peter FIRST fight that chicken? DH has never seen it (I have, for some reason...), and wondered about why the chicken came out of nowhere to fight with Peter in another episode!