Family Guy - "Road to the Multiverse" - Talkback [9/27]

Greg said (over at Cartoon Brew) that one of the upcoming episode's he's directing is going to have three musical numbers. "Road to the North Pole" is probably the one.
 
While I can see Neo Ultra's points, I actually can say I enjoyed this episode. I did think it was funnier than anything from last season if anything, and I'm still spellbound by the talent and fluidity of the Disney parody.

While I did find the Jew thing funny, I will agree that it did as well seem unnecessary. And it does seem like the dog world thing was an attempt to create a conflict that was too quickly zipped through to really be memorable. So it felt sort of useless...

But, despite criticism, I have high approval of this episode, as it is a great improvement and was ten times better than the Cleveland Show turned out to be.
 
I swear I'm not the only one that thinks this, but did anyone else find the Japan sketch to be a little...racist?
I mean, I can't be the only one.
 
Racism is always a big deal.
There's a fine line between poking fun at stereotypes and going too far.
I think this just barely crosses the threshold.
 
Please. It's a show with a lot of offensive humor.
Jabs at races, religion, gender, sexuality, etc. should be expected and there is a number of people (myself included) that enjoy offensive humor especially if it can go to far and that joke didn't even go to far.

Nothing to make a big deal about and besides it's only a short bit and as another member pointed out it's not even making fun of modern day Japan.
 
But it's not race or stereotypes. It's an idea of what Meg might do in an ancient culture, and it's probably pretty accurate, because ancient cultures were pretty extreme.

Family Guy has done racial jokes that I don't feel comfortable about (even though they're obviously not a staff of racist writers), but this isn't one of them.
 
The Japanese universe seems to acknowledge half the show's criticism.

And now the weirdness begins. Let's see if it can keep up the steam.
 
I almost never watch Family Guy, for the record. I saw a preview for tonight's episode and decided to take a look. And I found that the show is as childish as ever, relying on offense for its humor (as opposed to true edginess - I doubt Seth even knows what that is), but at least tonight's ep was highly creative. So I can't say I'm sorry I watched it, but I don't plan to become a regular viewer. What offends me in this instance is not sexual content, vulgar language, etc., it's the use of an egregious lie for a laugh. A true wit would lambast the lie, the stereotype, and all who embrace it, which is what South Park does so well. And that is what edginess means. But lest I get embroiled into a South-Park-vs-Family-Guy debate, I'm exiting this thread. And I mean no offense to those who like Family Guy; I respect your choice even though I don't share it.

And it was kinda cool to find out that Brian's a Labrador retriever. I always assumed he was a beagle. :p
 
You aren't, in fact I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw the episode. When I 1st saw Human Brian, I said "He looks like a grown up Ferb!" It's gotta be the nose!

BTW, if anyone has a pic of sexy Meg, I'd like to see it. I missed that part.
 
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