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« ITA Daily Web Digest -- 28 April 2005 | Main | In America, God is a Republican, and Other Truisms » April 28, 2005Family Guy PreviewPlots have I laid, inductions dangerous, to view a leaked preview copy of Family Guy Season Four Episode 1. The show--which premieres in its new season this Sunday--is a masterpiece of satire and surreal comedy. Like South Park (but without the overt linguistic vulgarity), the show can sometimes come across as offensive to certain groups willing to be offended, but is, in reality, nothing more than pure essence of humor. Originally canceled by Fox (referred to in the first moments of the show), Seth MacFarlane's animated comic series was brought back after selling 3.5 million copies on DVD and developing a massive fan base among, ahem, males aged 18-34. The first episode chronicles Peter and Lois Griffin's second honeymoon, which involves stealing Mel Gibson's print of Passion of the Christ 2 ("starring Chris Tucker and...the guy from the first one"). Stewie and Brian (that is, the baby and the dog) take over as parents for Chris and Meg. Not as successful as the best of the first three seasons (in particular, the absence of Quagmire and Cleveland was a disappointment), nevertheless the show's return is a welcome sign that we are nearly back to normalcy. Holowatch Blog suggests this could be clever marketing on the part of Fox--specifically, a type of "viral marketing" that's all the rage among the avante-garde of the advertising commissars. It may well be. But if the result of this is that I get to see the show early, then neither I nor other fans of MacFarlane's vision will feel tremendously manipulated. Posted by Paul Musgrave at April 28, 2005 11:57 AM CommentsI am excited. For me the Family Guy is hit or miss (sometimes I think the writers are trying too hard), but overall it is great. I had a friend one summer who owned the whole set on DVD and would watch one episode every night before bed. Posted by: John at April 28, 2005 12:49 PM | permalink Posted by: J. P. at April 28, 2005 01:35 PM | permalink Posted by: Phil Aldridge at April 28, 2005 01:46 PM | permalink Posted by: Balta at April 28, 2005 02:04 PM | permalink I find myself uncontrollably compelled to type the words "Mrs. Garrett's giant talking bosom".... Btw, based on Paul's plot synopsis of the episode, can we convince all the 'framing' gurus to stop talking about Mommy party/Daddy party, and start talking about Stewie party/Brian party? Posted by: philosopher at April 28, 2005 03:08 PM | permalink Post a comment |
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