Fox Considering a Return of "Family Guy"

wo1verin3 writes: "USA Today is reporting that all is not lost and due to exceptionally strong DVD sales Family Guy may return with as many as 35 new episodes! A DVD set of the show's first 28 episodes, released in April, has sold nearly 1 million copies, making it this year's top-selling TV show and the No. 4 television title ever, according to Video Store magazine."

Stewie

[Anonymous Coward]

Stewie Lives :)

Yeah baby!

[FaasNat]

As Quagmire would say, "Awright!"

Blah, bring back Futurama

[kaltkalt]

Futurama was smarter, funnier, and provided lots of could-be "prior art" for future patent lawsuit defenses.

Re:Who cares...I mean yay!

[Evil Adrian]

A sense of humor?

Wow, back on Fox?

[trp642]

I figured they'd end up on UPN with Buffy and the gang...

Chris Griffin: Where do you think you go when you die?
Southern boy: I learned from church that if you're good you go to heaven but if you're bad, you go to a place where the dead believe they're still living and they pray for death but death won't come.
Chris Griffin: UPN?

Bloody Hell

[Jareeedo]

What the DEUCE!? That's bloody marvelous! Family guy is a virtual cornucopia of matriarchal matricide. Does anyone know for certain if Stewie's accent is modeled after a South African or some form of British? I guess I'm not worldly enough to tell ;-)

Re:Family Guy..

[GaelenBurns]

Come on... The Family Guy is freakin' sweet!

Re:Why Family Guy?

[Mikeytsi]

Oh, I don't know,... Maybe because it's FUNNY?

Re:Stewie

[Comatose51]

Victory is ours!

Re:Family Guy..

[calebtucker]

Everyone can thank me. I told the fox network executives that my kid was dying and his last wish was to have another season of Family Guy.

Re:Family Guy..

[rmaniac]

But.. they look like pepperoni

Re:Better Than The Simpsons?

[critter_hunter]

So the only way to get rewarded of wasting most of your youth is to be able to get some jokes while you waste away more of your life.. woop dee fucking doo!

...

... is what I would say if I wasn't wasting *my* youth on Slashdot ;)

Re:Family Guy..

[dwillden]

Everyone can thank me. I told the fox network executives that my kid was dying and his last wish was to have another season of Family Guy.

So please, everybody forwards this post on to at least 10 friends. Fox is tracking this post and will donate one additional episode for every ten thousand forwards.

Re:Better Than The Simpsons?

[Noren]

Some tidbits:

Brian: Hola! Um...me, me llamo es Brian. Ahh, uh, um lets see, uh, nosotros queremos ir con ustedes.

Mexican: Hey, that was pretty good! But actually when you said, "Me llamo es Brian," you don't need the "es." Just, "Me llamo Brian."
Brian{relieved}: Oh, you speak English!
Mexican: No, just that first speech and this one explaining it.
Brian{confused}: You...you're kidding right?
Mexican: Que?

(Evil genius toddler attempting to phone home)
Stewie: Hello, operator, hello? Oh that's right, you have to dial in the numbers these...hmmm, I should know this, oh yes, 867-5309, that's it! No wait, that's not right...DAMN YOU TOMMY TWOTONE! *sigh* Well, I guess there's only one way to find out... 111-1111, Lois? ... DAMN! 111-1112, Lois? ... DAMN! 111-1113, Lois? ... DAMN! {commercial break}

Peter Griffin != Homer Simpson

[jameskojiro]

Homer Simpson (Proper Noun) A lovable buffoon that is nice to his family, he may mess up, but always does what is right in the end. see also (do'h, doughnuts)

Peter Griffin (Proper Noun) A total jackass who probably should be locked up cause he is a danger to himself and others. Often sadistic, he completely ignores his wife at times unless he wants to make nookie. He is caulous and mean and would hesitate to sell you out in a second. Despite all this he is really freeking funny. see also (sadistic, masochisim, dark, cynical)

Here's the plan...

[mog007]

If Fox does re-air Family Guy, we perform a slashdotting of their airwaves.

All of slashdot can tune to Fox when they show Family Guy, and ha! We crash the Fox broadcasting tower... or just the part that tallys the ratings. We get the buffer to overflow and aha! Family Guy sticks around longer than the Simpsons.

Re:Mod parent up

[mek2600]

Yeah but for the millions of us with ADD there is no better way to take advantage of the affliction than by watching Family Guy. I never thought I'd say this, but Fox rules.

Re:Better Than The Simpsons?

[philthedrill]

Matt is from Portland although I argue that the Springfield vs. Shelbyville rivalry comes from Eugene and Springfield

That may make sense. There was an episode of Futurama which had a spoof of the Iron Chef, and in the beginning, Bender was a robo (Robot Hobo):

Hobo: Welcome to Bumbase Alpha, the biggest hobo jungle in the quadrant.
Bender: I've seen bigger. Oh wait, I'm thinking of Eugene, Oregon.

Re:FOX = morons

[rlthomps-1]

Fox Television Entertainment Group chairman Sandy Grushow said a decision is expected soon...

In english, "we really screwed the pooch on this one and are currently kissing seth MacFarland's ass to try to get him to come back to do more episodes. If he says yes, then we'll shove them out the door as soon as possible"

I wish they would add "market droid" to the google translation service.

Favorite stewie quotes

[Bigmell]

My favorite quotes, cant remember them exactly but i'll try...

Meg: Happy Birthday Stewie! You want some ice cream?

Stewie: yes, but NO SPRINKLES! For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you.
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Mom: You look as happy as when you were born

Stewie: But of course, that was my victory day, the fruition of my deeply laid plans to escape from that curse-ed ovarian bastille. (looks at mother who has his mind control device) Return the device woman!

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Stewie: Excellent! The weather machine is nearly completed! What do you say to that broccoli? (broccoli just sits there)... STOP MOCKING ME!
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Mom: Stewie, why dont you play in the other room.
Stewie: Why dont you BURN IN HELL!
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Stewie: (in diaper) I say, am I to spend the entire day wallowing around in my own feces?
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Stewie: (Captured in airport trying to escape by security guard) Damn you! You're one of them arent you? What are they paying you? I'll double it! I'll give you whatever you want! Money! Women! (looks at him precariously) Men?
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Stewie: (to Mom) Ohhh blast you and your estrogenical treachery!
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Stewie: Well well Mother... We meet again!
Mom: Stewie I thought I tucked you in an hour ago?
Stewie: Not tightly enough it would seem! And now you contemptible harpy I shall end your oppressive reign of matriarchal tyranny.
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Stewie: (to mom) Damn you vile woman! You've impeded my work since the day I escaped from your wretched womb.

Im sure there are lots more :)

Re:Better Than The Simpsons?

[jchernia]

The beauty of the Family Guy was it was so unapologetically low brow. (Chris and Peter are looking at a whale) Chris: Dad, what's a blowhole for? Peter: I'll tell you what it's NOT for, and then you'll know why I can never go back to Sea World.

Re:The question is

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

BREAKING NEWS!!!
Guy on Slashdot proves that not everyone can come up with good plot ideas for popular television shows. Further reinforces the long-known truth that people don't have the ability to evaluate their own ideas in a reasonable manner.

Maggie and Stewie blowing up Springfield? Yeah....

Re:The question is

[Anonymous Coward]

Obviously refering to this. [goatse.cx]

Re:Family Guy..

[glenebob]

Wow! No wonder people do drugs!

Re:Better Than The Simpsons?

[xSauronx]

*lois knocks on quagmires door*

*quagmire opens door*
Quagmire: Hey Lois, excuse me for pointing!

waiting till someone invents the thinglonger...

[dmnic]

then we can use it to turn on the what-if machine!

Re:Giggidy-Giggidy-Giggidy!

[Anonymous Coward]

Hold old are you?
16.
18? You're first!
Mom!
I like where this is going...Alllriiiiight.

Re:Mod parent up

[glenebob]

Speak faster please. My mind wondered after the

Re:Better Than The Simpsons?

[interociter]

It's the humor of repetition. If you do something funny once, it's funny. A second time is less funny. The third time establishes a deliberate pattern, which is funny. 4, 5 and 6 are far less funny because you're milking it. The seventh time is comic gold because you've established that you are deliberately taking it way beyond the point where it would be funny, which is funny. Don't do 8. Just don't. You know who does 8? Paul Reiser.

Specific example: In the Simpsons episode where Sideshow Bob is out of prison on work release, and he keeps stepping on rakes. The longer it goes, the funnier it is. The third time the bit is repeated, he keeps stepping on one rake after another, which is hilarious.

Caveat: If what you're doing isn't funny, no amount of repetition will save you. Case in point: "You like-a the juice?"

Final point: there's very little that's less funny than someone talking in technical terms about why something is funny.

Re:woohoo

[Iphtashu Fitz]

Don't you mean "Giggidy Giggidy!" ?

Re:Why Family Guy?

[agallagh42]

I know it doesn't follow the theme of this thread, but my favourite quote is one of Stewie's:

"Now make yourself useful and wipe my butt. Circular motion, one finger, and DON'T YOU LOOK AT ME!!!"

:)

Re:Better Than The Simpsons?

[Anonymous Coward]

Peter on a bus headed for the Women's Retreat:

"OK, I'll be Charlie, and you can all be my angels". Then pointing to a less-attractive woman, "except you. You be Bosley".

Re:Why Family Guy?

[FireBreathingDog]

I mod down anyone who uses M$ in their posts. I like to live on the edge.

So you'd mod yourself down if only you could moderate discussions to which you've posted?

Re:Better Than The Simpsons?

[jerkychew]

Even funnier is the fact that I modded this as "funny".

Re:The question is

[Large Green Mallard]

Marge: Homer, I don't want guns in my house! Don't
you remember when Maggie shot Mr. Burns?
Homer: I thought Smithers did it.
Lisa: That would've made a lot more sense . . .

Simpsons - 5F01 [snpp.com]

Re:Favorite stewie quotes

[Umber Hulk]

Don't forget Stewie teething. It's my favorite Stewie dialog. I only saw it once many years ago, but it goes something like this.

closeup of stewie's mouth. A tooth pops up through the gums.
Tooth 1 : I declare this mouth in the name of incisor.
Another tooth pops through the gums
Tooth 1 : Ach, bicuspid! My Nemesis!
Tooth 2 : Incisor! I shall kill you now.
teeth wriggle for a few seconds, making no progress on their death wishes
Tooth 2 : Oh well. On the count of three, bite the tongue.

Re:Favorite stewie quotes

[fiftyfly]

Im sure there are lots more :)

Well for my money the best stewie line ever was more of a visual [fiftyfly.mine.nu].