Family Guy - "Brian Griffin's House of Payne" - Talkback [3/28]

I'm 1/2 Italian, and I have a big nose. But it's my dad's side of the family that has the big noses, not the Italian 1/2 of my family.

Episodes like this one remind me of how Family Guy is past its prime. It's about 10 years behind where the Simpsons is. 09-10 Family Guy is about the equivalent of what The Simpsons was in 99-00.
 
That opening scene was pretty awesome and well animated. Kind of like Brian's plot, and Stewie's subplot. Kind of shame to see something that had potential be turned into a comedy show that probably wouldn't last for one season on Brian's end.

I got to admit, that seeing Meg not being abused in Family Guy was kind of a weird to see, though her role as voice of reason was still shot down by Peter and Chris.
 
Leave it to James Woods to make a fart joke more hilarious than it should be.

But overall, a solid if not great episode. The way they handled Brian's plot as it stumbles out of control could have been better paced in my mind. The ruination started too late and ended too abruptly. But I did like how the final credits bit clearly bringing everything to some kind of FG-style conclusion. Of course I did enjoy the rather epic opening sequence, not to mention the final bit of Lois wanting to do EXACTLY what Peter suggested to Meg and Chris. That was great.
 
That's going to be outdone by the "Brian & Stewie episode (which I believe is the very next episode.)

That one's supposed to have no cutaways, no physical gags, or props. Should be an interesting experiment with the writers.
 
That airs in May. The next episode (April 11th) is the Family Guy/American Dad crossover.

Infuriatingly, aside from "Something Something Darkside", these are the only two episodes that seem to airing for the remainder of the season. Why?
 
Wow, Hank Hill on Family Guy? That definitely sounds interesting, and I guess it throws all thought of Mike Judge disliking the show out the window.
 
Something I forgot to bring up yesterday: Everyone says that Brian is Seth's avatar or mouthpiece, and I'm wondering if it's the same situation in this episode, with Seth explaining how television works, and the reason why all of his series' have the same formula. I got that vibe Sunday. Did anyone else?
 
I thought this episode was allright. I did like Peter making his random wishbone wish, and Joe trying to kill Brian after seeing the show premiere.

The only thing I didn't like seeing was half of Stewie's brain. :ack: *shudders*
Also, I hated how Peter tossed Stewie to driveway just so he can pin the blame on Lois.
 
It seems that ever since the 2007 Writers' Strike, FOX has been trying to only air around 16 episodes a season at most.

I speculate it might be to make more money off DVD's, the less episodes in a season, the more Family Guy DVDs FOX can make and call a "whole season". It made me pretty mad to see the last season of Family Guy on sale for the same amount of money as one of the original three seasons that consisted of 22 episodes as opposed to 14-16.
 
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