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Post by classicswim on May 7, 2023 17:34:34 GMT -8
*Me, this morning upon seeing this promotional image* “Did Family Guy seriously just make an ORGAZMO reference?!” - - - - - - - - - [ Adult Education] After being a recent complaint here just two episodes ago, I shouldn’t be surprised the last story of the season involves Principal Shepherd shooting pornos in school. At least the story behind it is money troubles. The story he’s stickin’ with, anyway. Lois also jumps in quick enough before it gets more weird than already. The Steve Martin cutaway gag was really, really funny. Rachael MacFarlane also plays a good Karen. Meg’s story was alright I guess. Not the most thrilling two parter, but it was nice seeing her outsmart the Russian. There you have it. Season 21. First half of the batch was mostly good. Other half I could pretty much do without entirely. It’s a shame since I thought the 20th season might’ve turned things around. And I guess we gotta see how much they’ve planned ahead for the upcoming 22nd season on count of the strike. Think it doesn’t matter with how they produce, but I got no problem waiting extensively!
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Post by fonebone on May 8, 2023 20:06:36 GMT -8
Family Guy "Adult Education"
I'm saying that The Simpsons won the week of Fox Toons, but it was close. That was just plain great.
The ending to Meg in Russia was the best capper ever, and best way I have EVER seen a show end the need for a season ending cliffhanger in under 60 seconds. Beautifully handled.
I have to say parodying "Belle" from "Beauty And The Beast" seems counterproductive. Belle HATED the town she lived in, upbeat melody to the contrary. All of the things she's saying in the song are complaints. Later on in the movie after the townspeople go nuts, I see what she means, but as catchy a song as "Belle" IS, it doesn't make the viewer actually LIKE the character when they first meet her. Yes, Gaston is a pig and it's fun to see her punk him. But the townspeople don't just hate Belle's intelligence and independence. It's her utter refusal to interact with and be neighborly to the community. The show using that specific number to show Meg loving her secretly crappy life isn't right.
Ironically the song "Gaston" would have worked for this. That song is everybody listing Gaston's most obnoxious faults without ever being smart enough to realize every single one of them is the reason he actually sucks. That would have totally worked for Meg praising Russia, although I think the framing visuals there would have been tougher to pull off and the context nearly impossible. It's simply NOT the introduction "Belle" is. I think they should have simply avoided that movie homage here altogether.
I did not remotely believe how Chris got Shepard out of that fix but it was about the best they could do. Actually the best they probably could have done is to have kept that whole thing secret and to have had it crumble for an entirely different reason. American Dad would have (and actually once did) the second thing.
Maybe it was simply because the rest of the episode was making me chuckle, and when that happens a moderately funny thing is apt to push you over the edge, but when Chris screams at the actors on camera to get that cigarette out of the shot because kids are watching this, I freaking lost it. I probably missed about 2 minutes of the episode past that, I was laughing so hysterically. Him telling them later to cover up the baby was also funny, but it's actually the same joke, so I made it through that one okay.
We've come a long way from Peter losing his job on the school board for giving Chris access to his old nudie mag collection, haven't we?
The Steve Martin joke is great. The guy IS universally beloved and the show is pretty much talking about how annoying his career currently is. A guy that funny and talented should be doing funny and amazing things. It would be one thing if he were like Bill Murray and simply transitioned to dramas, but his career choices are just plain weird and frustrating instead. Family Guy does a LOT of unfair slams on celebrities. To take on a sacred cow like Martin is not just admirable, but I appreciate they actually complained about the correct things in a very precise manner. Hopefully the days of Minnie Driver's head being too big to be in the shot are done. A lot of celebrity behavior DOES suck. Family Guy exploring it instead of female celebrities aging is about damn time.
Any REAL complaints? It WAS funny, but I honestly think this episode probably shouldn't have been attempted on network TV at all. If Fox had allowed them to get away with what they did in Brian Does Hollywood, it would have been okay, but I was very aware of the censor constraints the show is now under on broadcast. It speaks well of the show that it's still a great episode. It probably should not have been.
Yes, America, our healthcare system IS worse than Russia's. That bit is actually true. Granted we have better doctors and treatments than they do (their Covid vaccine is a joke), but nobody is gonna go broke from medical bills in Russia. Which should sort of blow the 14 year olds who watch the show's minds. They aren't actually making that part up.
Yeah, that was great. And with the Meg ending it actually was a rare season finale for the show that FELT like an actual season finale. Neat trick that. ****1/2.
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Post by classicswim on Aug 1, 2023 15:35:52 GMT -8
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Post by fonebone on Aug 1, 2023 16:01:55 GMT -8
It's the fact that he does stuff like this which is why I can't hate him.
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