Family Guy - "Trading Places" - Talkback [3/20]

[ilikeeatingchicken]

Broadcast Order: Season 9, Episode 13
Production Order: Season 8, Episode 17

Writer: Steven Callaghan
Director: Joseph Lee

A new episode airs tonight at 9 PM Eastern. Here is the synopsis:

 

[ElysesMommy]

A very cliched concept, but this sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun.

 

[Dauer99]

Like I've previously said, it would be nice to see Lois take up Meg's Butt Monkey role. :evil:

 

[lostICE85]

Holy cow, Lois being Meg??? Now that should be funny to see.

 

[guatamala]

They name this episode after one movie, but the plot sounds more like another movie in my opinion Freaky Friday.

 

[.goLd.]

Why do I get the feeling there going to be another joke about Chris and Meg making out since they are playing their parents . Anyway sound like it gonna be good one.

 

[inoffensive nickname]

Actully if anything it reminds me of an episode of Full House when the adults and the kids switched places.

 

[bon apetite]

It happened on "Step by Step" as well. So it's not a completely original idea, but we'll see where the writers go with it.

 

[Ceege]

Dang, I just found that it's airing now in Newfoundland on NTV, but they haven't done that since 2006 or so.

They better not overlap it with Celebrity Apprentice when FOX airs it in 45 minutes, or else.

 

[alphared93]

Actually, from the look of the promos, it's Peter who seems to be miserable one.

 

[IHYALEVEL2BlTCHES.]

Tired steamshovel gag.

What did Adam West say in the cornfield?

 

[lisa8786]

That pathetic steamshovel scene is pretty typical of the show now. I really don't like when painfully long scenes like that are included in the first few minutes of an episode. It just robs the episode of any steam it was starting to build. Who thought that was funny?

Apart from that, decent so far.

 

[frillyfroofroo]

Yeah, steamshovel scene kind of waned my interest, and the "did you see the black guys who did this?" joke was already done in American Dad, but the rest is alright.

 

[elnino_9]

The crying in the bathroom because of what the other girls says would have been more funnier with Peter than Lois.

Looks like the plot of the adults and the kids trading places is over, and the third act is about Peter trying to get his job back from Chris.

 

[booboobooboo6768]

What does steamshovel mean anyway?

Anyway, it's good so far.

 

[kariweber_17]

Two things have bugged me so far...

That stupid steamshovel gag.

And the Colombine reference. WHY?!?

 

[Love is beautiful thing]

A bit more... uncomfortable than funny at this point.

 

[m1l_ch1d0_d3l_2008]

Yeah... I couldn't find that funny.

 

[Eko]

Because it's Family Guy. Yeah, a little uncomfortable but not too awful. Anything was better than the steam shovel gag.

 

[safa r]

I was kinda hoping they would take a twist on the cliched plot, they did a little bit with the heart attack, but overall it didn't leave much of an impact, so why bother using the plo all?

Weak story, a lack of funny. Can do better, chaps.
2/5