"Family Guy" Reunion in the Works (FOX considers resurrecting the series)

E! News online (via Yahoo TV) ^ | 11-19-03 | Lia Haberman

[Petronski]

The dog really speaks, and everyone understands him and thinks nothing of it. Stewie really speaks too, and he is understood, but no one takes his threats and megalomania seriously....it's just 'cute.'

[presidio9]

QUAGMIRE ALERT!

[Green Knight]

Thanks for the link.

Now if only Futurama would get new eps.

[rwfromkansas]

The dvd is very popular here on campus....see it in a lot of dorm rooms (I have King of the Hill, but not Family Guy).

I will have to borrow it and see what all the fuss is about sometime.

[IYAS9YAS]

Aw, Jeez Lois!

Whooo Hooo!

[discostu]

The answer, which is part of what makes the show funny, is it depends. Usually Stewie can't be heard by other characters, usually Brian can. Except Brian almost always hears Stewie and usually Stewie can't hear Brian. Sometimes though everybody can hear Stewie and sometimes nobody can hear Brian. Basically the answer Seth said in one of the commentary tracks is: it all depends on what would be funny in that scene.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Yea I know. Their all good shows. By the way, you need to check out Big O, it is a good anime.

[Paul C. Jesup]

See post 32 of this thread.

[Mad Dawgg]

"Sweet. Great show, raw random funniness, you never knew what to expect. Why Fox couldn't settle it in a timeslot and let it grow will be one of the big mysteries of TV."

They did the Same thing to Firefly and now the rumor is the Firefly DVD has sold through the first run already (release date is Dec 9th)

Apparently FOX has no clue on how to keep good programing on, which is a shame.

[rwfromkansas]

lol.......love newscast funny stuff. I will have to check Family Guy out for that alone. :)

[Pahuanui]

Sweet. Great show, raw random funniness, you never knew what to expect.

Absolutely, esp. in regards to the randomness.

One episode, I don't remember what it was about, for no apparent reason, suddenly broke to a 20 second short of 'Out-takes from "Joanie Loves Chachie"', wherein J&C were sitting on a couch, the doorbell rings, Chachie gets up to answer it, and a huge, ravenous grizzly busts down the door and eats them both.

Then the episode continued as if nothing had happened, with no explanation.

Sheer, unadulterated genius.

[IYAS9YAS]

The Dog can talk and be heard by the family. He can also converse with Stewie...there was one episode where future kids in a classroom actually ask whether or not the family can actually understand Stewie. Stewie is kind of a mystery. I'm guessing the family can hear him, but they don't hear what he saying literally.

[Texas Federalist]

I'll never get over the 3 minute cutscene to Peter's fight with the chicken.

"Chicken . . . . gave me . . . a bad coupon."

[Modernman]

"I mean, I'm not naive, I've licked my share of peanut butter"

[fortunecookie]

I love Brian and his high-brow sophistication and especially his from-a-distance, unrequited love for Lois. LOLOLOL.

[ffusco]

The safe word is "banana".........

[Modernman]

Stewie really speaks too, and he is understood, but no one takes his threats and megalomania seriously....it's just 'cute.'

I thought only Brian could understand what Stewie was saying. That seems to make sense, in cartoon logic.

[Petronski]

Watching the Smurfs on TV:


- Hey'd you have fun at the party last night?
- Yeah, smurftacular!
- Hey, I saw you leave with Smurfette...
- Yeah, right when we get out of the bar, she starts smurfin' me.
- No way!!, right in the smurfin' parking lot?!
- Smurf yeah!!!
- Oh, that's freakin' smurf... that is freakin' smurf!!

[Britton J Wingfield]

Brian the dog really talks, but with Stewie you're hearing his thoghts, or what he's trying to say. His family just hears baby-talk.

[RJS1950]

IMO, the show is a crap-o-rama, Futurama would be a much better choice to bring back.