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Posted: Nov 04 2008 12:23 am

lordsathien wrote:

Anyone want to try their hand at editing Family Guy into an abridged version, like the Yu-Gi-Oh stuff, buy instead of also dubbing just run the episode sans cutaways. I wonder how much time that'd shave.

or the ridiculously long music numbers

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username wrote:

lordsathien wrote:

Anyone want to try their hand at editing Family Guy into an abridged version, like the Yu-Gi-Oh stuff, buy instead of also dubbing just run the episode sans cutaways. I wonder how much time that'd shave.

or the ridiculously long music numbers

This past Sunday's episode made me so angry. HATED the car singalong.

Posted: Nov 04 2008 10:21 am

The car singalong wasn't terribly funny, but overall I thought it was a strong episode with more cutaway stuff than earlier int he season, which is good. I normally like the musical stuff though. "Don't Stop Believing" was fantastic, as are all their original songs and use of songs from musicals.

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Dr. Jeebus wrote:

The car singalong wasn't terribly funny, but overall I thought it was a strong episode with more cutaway stuff than earlier int he season, which is good. I normally like the musical stuff though. "Don't Stop Believing" was fantastic, as are all their original songs and use of songs from musicals.

I think its funny when the songs bring back some nostalgic feeling or are over the top like Surfing Bird. The car ride almost had me shutting off the TV. The song sucked and there was nothing funny going on.

Posted: Nov 04 2008 11:34 am

i have to agree w/GP on that car singalong. that was annoying, unfunny and unnecessary.

way to go seth. you wasted 5 minutes of my life w/that crap

Posted: Nov 04 2008 05:45 pm

I have always hated Family Guy for 2 reasons:
1: Stewie is the most annoying and over-quoted character since Rick James. I swear the next time someone says what the deuce I will cut them in half with a gun. And not a chainsaw gun either, just a regular gun.
2: They manage to make every single running gag they have the least funny thing possible. And I fucking love running gags.

Posted: Nov 04 2008 08:49 pm

NERO wrote:

I have always hated Family Guy for 2 reasons:
1: Stewie is the most annoying and over-quoted character since Rick James. I swear the next time someone says what the deuce I will cut them in half with a gun. And not a chainsaw gun either, just a regular gun.
2: They manage to make every single running gag they have the least funny thing possible. And I fucking love running gags.

Beautiful summary. These are my thoughts almost exactly. I also hate the character design. The animation itself isn't bad its just the look that bothers me.

Posted: Nov 04 2008 09:23 pm

Burt Reynolds wrote:

Beautiful summary. These are my thoughts almost exactly. I also hate the character design. The animation itself isn't bad its just the look that bothers me.

It's the fucking heads. It would be ok if they were the least bit expressive but no, they just sit there and glare at you like the god damn moon.

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I thought this episodes was awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ayopLLXSg