Name the most OFF-PUTTING or INSENSITIVE thing "FAMILY GUY" ever did/said...
04-08-09, 11:11 AM
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Name the most OFF-PUTTING or INSENSITIVE thing "FAMILY GUY" ever did/said...
Off the top of my head, when Stewie had the bully who stole his trike all tied up in the basement....Lois comes down, asks what he's doing. Stewie says, "we're just playing house." Lois comments: "he's all tied up..."
Stewie says, "Roman Polanski's house."
Ooooh! Low blow to the victims of Manson's Family.
Stewie says, "Roman Polanski's house."
Ooooh! Low blow to the victims of Manson's Family.
04-08-09, 11:14 AM
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The Prom Night Dumpster Baby musical comes to mind. Most of the offensive crap is just one liners, but this one seemed to go on for ever.
04-08-09, 11:27 AM
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That recent episode where Peter asked William Shatner about his drowned wife was pretty bad.
04-08-09, 12:42 PM
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04-08-09, 12:42 PM
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The Grim Reaper: "I caught Flo-Jo, what makes you think I can't catch you?"
04-08-09, 12:44 PM
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Well, even God couldn't put a stop to Seth McFarlane, as he was supposed to perish in 9/11, but skipped his doomed flight or something in that regard (I'm not suggesting he walked away from the crash - that would be too much).
04-08-09, 12:49 PM
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9/11 thing:
I still enjoy Family Guy and don't get a majority of the complaints, but whatever floats your boat. 
I can't say I've seen anything that stands out as particularly off-putting or insensitive, a lot of low blows but thats about it.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, MacFarlane was scheduled to return to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston, Massachusetts, after delivering a keynote speech at his alma mater. MacFarlane has stated that his travel agent had given him an incorrect departure time (8:15 a.m. instead of 7:45 a.m.)[72] and that he had been suffering from a hangover from the previous night's celebrations.[73] As a result, he arrived at Logan International Airport sometime around 8:20 and was unable to board the flight after being told that the gates had been closed.[72] Fifteen minutes after departure, American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked,[74] and at 8:46 a.m. was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, with no survivors.[75]
I can't say I've seen anything that stands out as particularly off-putting or insensitive, a lot of low blows but thats about it.
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04-08-09, 12:55 PM
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The barbershop number Peter leads in singing the song "You have (full-blown) AIDS" to a man in the hospital.
04-08-09, 03:21 PM
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Just watched one a few weeks ago. It's done really fast so you have to pay attention but Peter, talking about William Shatner, says something about him drowning his wife.
Amazing what they get away with...
[Edit] Never mind -- I see someone else beat me to it.
Amazing what they get away with...
[Edit] Never mind -- I see someone else beat me to it.
04-08-09, 04:49 PM
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04-08-09, 06:49 PM
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That's the first thing that popped into my head, probably because it was one of the first times when I thought they went "too far". Now, considering some of the stuff they've done since, I think it's rather tame.
04-08-09, 07:02 PM
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The incident were Peter gets in bed with Chris believing it is Lois, and what follows is basically child abuse.... I forgot what episode, but they even mention this in the commentary...
04-09-09, 10:29 AM
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How about when Quagmire murders the Homer Simpson family after banging Marge.
04-09-09, 11:02 AM
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MacFarlane has stated that his travel agent had given him an incorrect departure time (8:15 a.m. instead of 7:45 a.m.)[72] and that he had been suffering from a hangover from the previous night's celebrations.[73] As a result, he arrived at Logan International Airport sometime around 8:20 and was unable to board the flight after being told that the gates had been closed.
04-09-09, 11:13 AM
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04-09-09, 01:08 PM
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Re: Name the most OFF-PUTTING or INSENSITIVE thing "FAMILY GUY" ever did/said...
I'd have to say that the resolution of the recent Meg Becomes a Christian episode was the most off-putting moment to me (though not necessarily offensive).
There are lots of really well reasoned, interesting arguments for and against the existence of a God but Brian’s reasoning (and the fact that it worked) was just idiotic. For something that seemed like it was trying to be genuine, it was the sort of reasoning a five year old would try to use. What a cop out!
There are lots of really well reasoned, interesting arguments for and against the existence of a God but Brian’s reasoning (and the fact that it worked) was just idiotic. For something that seemed like it was trying to be genuine, it was the sort of reasoning a five year old would try to use. What a cop out!
04-09-09, 01:20 PM
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The very fact that Seth Mc escaped CERTAIN HORRIBLE TERRIFYING DEATH the way he did .......... had it been me, I would have become a religious fanatic, I reckon. There's no way I could ever be the same, or overlook how close I came...........
............yet Seth went and crashed an airplane on one episode which crashed into a school, which resulted in burning children screaming from the wreckage........then burning rabbits............
Look, I laughed, okay? It was funny, what the hell - i'm a freak. I'm just saying...had I survived not being involved directly with 9/11, you can rest assured I would not continue making light of tragedies?
............yet Seth went and crashed an airplane on one episode which crashed into a school, which resulted in burning children screaming from the wreckage........then burning rabbits............
Look, I laughed, okay? It was funny, what the hell - i'm a freak. I'm just saying...had I survived not being involved directly with 9/11, you can rest assured I would not continue making light of tragedies?
04-09-09, 02:07 PM
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The very fact that Seth Mc escaped CERTAIN HORRIBLE TERRIFYING DEATH the way he did .......... had it been me, I would have become a religious fanatic, I reckon. There's no way I could ever be the same, or overlook how close I came...........
............yet Seth went and crashed an airplane on one episode which crashed into a school, which resulted in burning children screaming from the wreckage........then burning rabbits............
Look, I laughed, okay? It was funny, what the hell - i'm a freak. I'm just saying...had I survived not being involved directly with 9/11, you can rest assured I would not continue making light of tragedies?
............yet Seth went and crashed an airplane on one episode which crashed into a school, which resulted in burning children screaming from the wreckage........then burning rabbits............
Look, I laughed, okay? It was funny, what the hell - i'm a freak. I'm just saying...had I survived not being involved directly with 9/11, you can rest assured I would not continue making light of tragedies?
04-09-09, 02:21 PM
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Sure we face death every day - the only difference is the news doesn't broadcast it later in the day like it did in Seth's case.
