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Joined: Aug 26 2007 Posts: 2752

It was funny as heck. It was only a matter of time before family guy did a whole episode of starwars parodies. My favorite part has to be the joke with Danny Elfman. Anyone else enjoy this episode? I thought it was a good premier for family guy.

Posted: Sep 23 2007 10:05 pm

Robot Chicken did it about 6 months ago.

Joined: Aug 26 2007 Posts: 2752

Char Aznable wrote:

Robot Chicken did it about 6 months ago.

Ironically, there was a joke at the end on that very topic.

Posted: Sep 23 2007 10:16 pm

The Robot Chicken episode sucked. It was mostly recyclyed sketches from past shows.

The Family Guy episode was great. I don't understand why Chris killed Danny Elfman though... Danny Elfman fucking rules!

Joined: Aug 26 2007 Posts: 2752

Syd Lexia wrote:

The Robot Chicken episode sucked. It was mostly recyclyed sketches from past shows.

The Family Guy episode was great. I don't understand why Chris killed Danny Elfman though... Danny Elfman fucking rules!

Elfman does rule and i am a fan. It could be that the writes of family guy favor Williams more or it could be that a lot of Elfman's works sounds exactly the same. I thought the casting was perfect, every Family Guy Character seemed to fit into their Starwars Characters well. And the couch . . . is the couch from the garbage the same as the one from the Griffin's living room?

Posted: Sep 23 2007 11:08 pm

I thought it was kind of dull and I didn't really laugh much. I did smile several times though with the "Airplane", "NL's Vacation", Gray Poupon, and other random non-SW related references. But I think my favorite part was the Seth MacFarlane vs. Seth Green scene at the end. Inside jokes are the best. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Sep 23 2007 11:13 pm

I liked the Star Wars Robot Chicken, even though I had seen some of the sketches.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 03:53 pm

That part when they was trying to move that couch while being shot at was funny.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 04:17 pm

The only thing I really didn't like in the FG SW was when Herbert/Obi-Wan Kenobi sang "Time Of My Life". It was quite banal and it went on way too long.

The best parts were of course, the actual SW jokes.

"There really should be a railing here."

"Shoot that escape pod! Wait, hold up. The ship says there's no life forms onboard. Let it go."
"That doesn't make any sense! What, are we being charged by the laser now?"

And the whole discussion about the Death Star's weakspot.

And Han shooting first.

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

Agreed. Everything else was just the regular hit or miss throwaway jokes that FG has exclusively become.

I wish I didn't miss the end of the episode because of the Bears game. Damn retard of a QB.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 07:04 pm

Did anyone else notice the Evil Monkey and the Alien from American Dad in the cantina?

It was very hit or miss. The direct Star Wars jokes were great. Using the Pedophile as Obi Wan, not so much. They should of had Adam West be Obi, and someone like Peter's dad be Tarkin.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 07:08 pm

Coach McGuirk from Home Movies was in the Cantina too, which was fucking awesome.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 07:15 pm

I just saw it thanks to TiVO. I thought it was ok. Not bad, probably will watch again when bored. Nothing great. I personally think their Back to the Future episode was better written. And I must say their musical numbers do drag on too much (im looking at you Tom Brady episode w/the end zone celebration.)

And I personally think this is one of the best star wars sketches/parodies/etc etc ever written:

Posted: Sep 24 2007 07:19 pm

I've always called that guy VaginaFace.

Posted: Sep 24 2007 07:25 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Coach McGuirk from Home Movies was in the Cantina too, which was fucking awesome.

I was getting ready to say that!

"That's... that guy.. from that show..."

Joined: Aug 26 2007 Posts: 2752

Syd Lexia wrote:

The only thing I really didn't like in the FG SW was when Herbert/Obi-Wan Kenobi sang "Time Of My Life". It was quite banal and it went on way too long.

The best parts were of course, the actual SW jokes.

"There really should be a railing here."

"Shoot that escape pod! Wait, hold up. The ship says there's no life forms onboard. Let it go."
"That doesn't make any sense! What, are we being charged by the laser now?"

And the whole discussion about the Death Star's weakspot.

And Han shooting first.

I still have it stuck in my . . . "OH I'LL HAVE THE TIME OF MY LIFE!!!!" . . . head.

Joined: Aug 26 2007 Posts: 2752

I shouldn't be surprised but i am, there are a ton of clips of the FG SW on Youtube, even full episodes. Geeze . . . fans work fast.

Here is the full episode for those of you who haven't seen it:

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=digie23

Posted: Sep 24 2007 08:56 pm

The Asteroids! part was pretty funny. Other than that... meh.

Posted: Sep 26 2007 01:45 am

Syd Lexia wrote:

The best parts were of course, the actual SW jokes.

"There really should be a railing here."

Hit.

Syd Lexia wrote:

"Shoot that escape pod! Wait, hold up. The ship says there's no life forms onboard. Let it go."
"That doesn't make any sense! What, are we being charged by the laser now?"

Miss.

Syd Lexia wrote:

And the whole discussion about the Death Star's weakspot.

Miss, because it is clearly stated to be an exhaust port, which was completely ignored.

Syd Lexia wrote:

And Han shooting first.

Super miss.

Title: Wise Ass Joined: Jul 23 2007 Posts: 553

Bender from Futurama also appears in the bar scene.

My favorite part was the Doctor Who/hyperspace joke.

Posted: Oct 01 2007 04:04 pm

Family Guy kinda sucked last night. The only good parts were the ones with H. Jon Benjamin.

Title: Wise Ass Joined: Jul 23 2007 Posts: 553

You know what pisses me off? People who bash Family Guy because it is immoral or that it makes parodies of stuff that people did in the past. By the latter I mean that they don't like that their content is getting parodied or referenced and they sue. Carol Burnett sued earlier this year because they used the theme song to her show in an episode and she lost. Now, the owner of the song, "When you Wish Upon a Star", is suing because of Family Guy's spoof "I need a Jew" that was from the episode "When you Wish upon a Weinstein", which aired seven years before the sue. Fuck people like that.

And especially fuck the Parents Television Council too.

Posted: Oct 04 2007 07:32 pm

Agreed, wholeheartedly.

1. People need to learn to take a joke.
2. Just because it's animated doesn't mean it's made for kids.

Joined: Aug 26 2007 Posts: 2752

Char Aznable wrote:

Agreed, wholeheartedly.

1. People need to learn to take a joke.
2. Just because it's animated doesn't mean it's made for kids.

Some people are just too Ned Flanders-ish to live in this world.

Posted: Oct 05 2007 07:10 am

Ned Flanders wouldn't protest Family Guy. Flanders is from the old school of morality where you try to teach morality by example instead through self-righteous bullying. Homer is a total asshole to him and you never really see him try and do anything to stop Homer from being an asshole.