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Fox to launch "Family Guy" Spinoff
Rueters ^ | Mon Jul 14, 2008 | Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Posted on 07/15/2008 5:48:53 AM PDT by edzo4

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sanaa Lathan and Nia Long have come on board Fox's "Family Guy" spinoff "The Cleveland Show," which is scheduled for a midseason berth.

Lathan ("Raisin in the Sun") will voice a single mom and the love interest of Cleveland Brown (Mike Henry), the henpecked neighbor of the Griffins. Long ("Big Shots") will voice her rebellious teen daughter.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cartoon; chatroom; familyguy; fox; whocares
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oh yeah, alright,

giggity giggity giggity


1 posted on 07/15/2008 5:54:04 AM PDT by edzo4
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To: edzo4

More poisoned candy for the brainless.


2 posted on 07/15/2008 5:56:20 AM PDT by KLFuchs (Congress and the president working together is much worse than having them fighting.)
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To: KLFuchs

I used to think that show was funny a long while ago, but it is one of the most vulgar shows on TV and I can’t stand it.


3 posted on 07/15/2008 6:01:23 AM PDT by Obadiah (I remember when the climate never changed, then Bush stole the election.)
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To: Obadiah

Its a stupid show, nothing clever about it. Nothing but cheap laughs. Its no Simpsons.


4 posted on 07/15/2008 6:03:09 AM PDT by Paradox (Politics: The art of convincing the populace that your delusions are superior to others.)
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To: Obadiah

Yuck!

Now I understand why they used to say,”Friends don’t let friends watch Fox.”


5 posted on 07/15/2008 6:03:24 AM PDT by Califreak (What exactly is a "Do Wacka Do" anyway?)
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To: edzo4

I never quite “got” this show. Sometimes it seems satirical, but the humour seems so low-brow that it never fails to offend me, anyway.


6 posted on 07/15/2008 6:05:48 AM PDT by milky
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To: KLFuchs

the pop culture references alone are hysterical

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3695071313723487032&q=family+guy+kool+aid&ei=-p98SID1N6TsrALJpPyeDA&hl=en


7 posted on 07/15/2008 6:08:18 AM PDT by edzo4
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To: edzo4

The Quagmire’s would be a better spin off.


8 posted on 07/15/2008 6:10:46 AM PDT by ElectricStrawberry (27th Infantry Regiment...cut in half during the Clinton years.)
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To: Paradox

Some of the humor is lame, but I watch normally just for the allusions to other shows and pop culture alone....that is pretty funny.


9 posted on 07/15/2008 6:12:33 AM PDT by rwfromkansas
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To: edzo4
I am nothing like Family Guy! When I make jokes they are inherent to a story! Deep situational and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a point, not just one random interchangable joke after another!
10 posted on 07/15/2008 6:13:11 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: edzo4; All

Wow! Did you know you’d get hit with so many Debby-downers all at once? LIGHTEN UP PEOPLE! This looks like it has some potential.


11 posted on 07/15/2008 6:15:20 AM PDT by EarthBound (Ex Deo,gratia. Ex astris,scientia (Who the hell do I vote for now?))
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To: edzo4

Family Guy is absolute crap. So is Futurama. The Simpsons has gone so far downhill it’s unwatchable dreck. But South Park rocks.


12 posted on 07/15/2008 6:16:51 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Vaquero

At least it isn’t all preachy and up its own ass with messages.


13 posted on 07/15/2008 6:18:19 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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To: Paradox
Its a stupid show, nothing clever about it. Nothing but cheap laughs. Its no Simpsons.

South Park's "Cartoon Wars" ruined Family Guy for me...I've gone back and tried to watch FG, but South Park nailed it - it's a show where the jokes have nothing to do with the plot.

14 posted on 07/15/2008 6:22:35 AM PDT by Andonius_99 (There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
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To: Vaquero
Hehehe. That was a brilliant episode. The tank full of manatees was brilliant.

South Park is brilliant, the Simpsons used to be. King of the Hill and Futurama were my personal faves.

Family Guy is so hit or miss, sometimes they're spot on -- other times, they're just offensive, and pointlessly so.

They push boundaries, but there's nothing behind it plot-wise -- its just offensiveness for offensiveness' sake.

15 posted on 07/15/2008 6:24:26 AM PDT by RepoGirl ("Tom, I'm getting dead from you, but I'm not getting Undead..." -- Frasier Crane)
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To: Califreak
Now I understand why they used to say,”Friends don’t let friends watch Fox.”

Or as Ned Flanders put it, "The network slogan is true! Watch Fox and be damned for all eternity!"

16 posted on 07/15/2008 6:25:04 AM PDT by VirginiaConstitutionalist (The top 1% of income earners earn 17% of the income, but pay 39% of the income taxes. "Fair share?")
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To: edzo4

Since I’m the mother of Bart and Lisa Simpson (living in deep cover under different names) I find the Simpsons pretty funny! The other shows are horrifying, filled with some really bad humor about sex.


17 posted on 07/15/2008 6:28:28 AM PDT by ottbmare
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To: KLFuchs

Agreed. There is nothing about this show that is in any way useful, interesting or funny. It’s the most vulgar thing on TV. I thought it had promise in it’s first season but obvioulsy I was wrong.


18 posted on 07/15/2008 6:28:46 AM PDT by pgkdan (Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: edzo4

Don't you ever, EVER compare me to Family Guy, you hear me Kyle? Compare me to Family Guy again and so help me, I will kill you where you stand! Do you have any idea what it's like? Everywhere I go: "Hey Cartman you must like Family Guy, right?" "Hey, your sense of humor reminds me of Family Guy, Cartman!" I am nothing like Family Guy! When I make jokes they are inherent to a story! Deep situational and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a point, not just one random interchangeable joke after another! —Eric Cartman, Cartoon Wars Part I

Even Bart hates them:

Now American Dad, that's a good cartoon.

19 posted on 07/15/2008 6:29:37 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: EarthBound

It’s early, we haven’t had our caffeine yet, but I’ve never been a fan either. The baby is the funniest part. I might watch if they gave him his own show, but I have to go with South Park on this one- random site gags that have nothing to do with the plot.

I’m starting to think there are South Park people and Family Guy people and never the twain shall meet.


20 posted on 07/15/2008 6:34:51 AM PDT by retrokitten (Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.)
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