|
Published on Sunday, May 1, 2005 - 2:14pm |
|
New FAMILY GUY Returns To Fox!!
I am – Hercules!!
"How does it smell, dog? Does it smell like servitude??"
Tonight’s “Family Guy,” the first new "Family Guy" to air on Fox since Feb. 14, 2002, is the first of 34 new installments ordered by the netlet.
… begins its new life with a slightly more assured mix of satire and non sequiturs while still displaying the kind of hit-miss joke ratio that doesn't quite belong in the major leagues. … the young men, teens and moppets who glommed onto its fast-paced formula should be satisfied if Fox's freshly animated batch of episodes can sustain the premiere's hare-brained irreverence. … Creator Seth MacFarlane continues to rely upon the comedic theory that quantity trumps quality …
… notably less frenetic than it was in its past life if the premiere serves as an accurate barometer. … there are enough clever one-liners and loopy bits to sustain but not so many that it overwhelms the brain cells. … We'll see if the subtle tone-down matters in drawing the masses -- or if any of MacFarlane's fans will sense a sellout. …
… Sunday's return finds Family at its raucous, tasteless, scattershot best …
… can safely say the episode is fantastic, hilarious and as per usual up to the superb standard this programme has set. Highlights for me include: The trailer for the passion of the Christ 2 starring Chris Tucker. (The film is set out as an action film, 2 fast 2 furious esque with a bad-arse Jesus shooting people) The scene involving Pinnochio (gay innuendo, always hilarious) Stewie and Brian playing the role of parents The return of the black news reporter (I’ve forgot his name! L ) “it’s gonna rain” was his memorable line from his last appearance, and there are a few other surprise cameos who I won’t reveal here.
Overall a very satisfying episode and impossible to hate, die hard fans should love it
9 p.m. Sunday. Fox.
Looking for bumper stickers, plush toys and girls’ underwear covered with cute cartoon double-amputees? Visit The Herc Store!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reader Talkback
first
by dykstrafan | May 1st, 2005
03:17:18 PM | what's up that variety guy's
ass?
by waynefoolx | May 1st, 2005
03:22:23 PM | How many?
by hebrokeaway | May 1st, 2005
03:23:56 PM | waynefoolx he is right to an
extent
by ChorleyFM | May 1st, 2005
03:34:02 PM | Being resureccted from
cancellation is the first
thing they have
by banned_dov | May 1st, 2005
03:35:49 PM | I invented jokes, Robin. Hoo
hoo.
by Ole Gravy Leg | May 1st, 2005
03:42:39 PM | Has anyone not seen this yet?
by lizard_boy | May 1st, 2005
03:51:43 PM | No you're wrong; Al Gore
invented jokes
by ChivalRuss | May 1st, 2005
03:57:31 PM | The Simpsons is Funny, Family
Guy is Hilarious
by Screwdriver | May 1st, 2005
04:33:13 PM | Nothing tonight will be
funnier than Rosie O'Donnell's
overactin
by Kungfumanchu | May 1st, 2005
04:35:01 PM | Truer still: Simpsons WAS
once funny, Family Guy is
hilarious
by Lord Bullingdon | May 1st, 2005
04:41:11 PM | I'm really looking forward to
seeing Rosie in "Riding the
Bus".
by Ole Gravy Leg | May 1st, 2005
04:48:48 PM | Exactly how is Family Guy
copying the Simpsons?
by kdog69 | May 1st, 2005
04:50:17 PM | These days, the Simpons rips
off FG, not the other way
around
by DevilCat | May 1st, 2005
04:58:56 PM | Family Guy has made me weep
laughing...
by Blarneyman | May 1st, 2005
05:01:47 PM | I never really got into Family
Guy. It's a little like
Airplane
by HypeEndsHere | May 1st, 2005
05:45:37 PM | Opening Scene
by mpfanatic | May 1st, 2005
05:49:47 PM | Yes, because The Simpsons did
a joke in which Geppeto tries
to g
by The Garbage Man | May 1st, 2005
06:20:38 PM | The Simpsons vs. Family Guy
crap has to stop
by AudioKarateKid | May 1st, 2005
06:36:44 PM | I would be more excited if...
by FNORDcinco1 | May 1st, 2005
06:43:49 PM | MALCOM IN THE MIDDLE SUCKED
by d8cam | May 1st, 2005
08:24:39 PM | God, I loved Action and Andy
Richter
by Mr. Mcpoops | May 1st, 2005
08:24:45 PM | And Malcom in the Middle has
always sucked ass
by Mr. Mcpoops | May 1st, 2005
08:31:22 PM | "Al Gore never claimed to
invent the internet."
by Voice O. Reason | May 1st, 2005
08:37:26 PM | "Al Gore never claimed to
invent the internet."
by Voice O. Reason | May 1st, 2005
08:38:08 PM | the young men, teens and
moppets who glommed onto its
fast-paced
by TonyWilson | May 1st, 2005
08:42:30 PM | Don't watch it on FOX...
by ZeroCorpse | May 1st, 2005
08:42:42 PM | TonyWilson
by Sorkin | May 1st, 2005
09:04:49 PM | Not watching it on FOX is how
it got cancelled in the first
plac
by Oski | May 1st, 2005
09:21:29 PM | SOUTH PARK made fun of the
Passion and Gibson a year ago.
That s
by George Newman | May 1st, 2005
09:42:50 PM | family guy aint consistently
brilliant
by ben murphy | May 1st, 2005
09:43:21 PM | This show is offensive
by DragonWagon | May 1st, 2005
09:58:00 PM | adelphia regular f*** up
by am102102 | May 1st, 2005
10:14:47 PM | anyone who still watches the
new episodes of the Simpsons
for an
by resdogs | May 1st, 2005
10:37:16 PM | It's Back!
by ChrisPC24 | May 1st, 2005
10:37:28 PM | Enough Amazon links please
by BitterMan23 | May 1st, 2005
10:38:59 PM | Re: This show is offensive.
by Ole Gravy Leg | May 1st, 2005
10:53:40 PM | Wow, American Dad was actually
funny
by Chicken2nite | May 1st, 2005
11:08:50 PM | why isn't there more talkback?
by d8cam | May 1st, 2005
11:32:57 PM | The naked guy at the end
by Chico Marmez | May 2nd, 2005
12:15:24 AM | naked guy
by Reilly | May 2nd, 2005
12:18:02 AM | American Dad SUCKS!!!
by Jeditemple | May 2nd, 2005
12:27:43 AM | Didn't Fox commit to 2
seasons?
by FrankDrebin | May 2nd, 2005
12:48:57 AM | Netlet? Screw you!
by Homer_Simpson | May 2nd, 2005
01:13:24 AM | 7 out of 10 for tonites
American Dad
by Screwdriver | May 2nd, 2005
01:27:51 AM | "Let He who is without sin . .
. kick the first ASS!"
by HanFiredFirst | May 2nd, 2005
01:29:16 AM | American Dad _totally_ ripped
off the wife - becomes - real
esta
by HanFiredFirst | May 2nd, 2005
01:38:21 AM | Actually, I liked that second
Simpsons episode....
by Jimmy Jazz | May 2nd, 2005
02:23:20 AM | Yeah, so they all bite off
each other.
by iamnicksaicnsn | May 2nd, 2005
02:47:19 AM | Deja vu
by tbrosz | May 2nd, 2005
04:24:26 AM | Both shows are funny, but I
admit, The Simpsons doesn't
quite fe
by Mr. Profit | May 2nd, 2005
07:36:37 AM | Creamy Ham Strings
by Teh Suk | May 2nd, 2005
09:15:39 AM | Hi-larious!
by Halloween68 | May 2nd, 2005
09:25:23 AM | Mpfanatic, they forgot a
couple on that list....
by Banky the Hack | May 2nd, 2005
09:58:34 AM | new FG not up to par, but
*still* better than the last
Simpsons
by wonkothesane | May 2nd, 2005
10:23:34 AM | Family Guy Was Funny...
by Sean38 | May 2nd, 2005
11:17:28 AM | Family Guy is back
by kadath | May 2nd, 2005
11:29:46 AM | The greased deaf guy was the
man at the end of the episode.
Ther
by Mr. Profit | May 2nd, 2005
01:23:18 PM | "You're never gonna catch me!"
by -guyinthebackrow | May 2nd, 2005
02:20:50 PM | American Dad
by MrBoinfoint | May 2nd, 2005
02:56:43 PM | -Guyinthebackrow
by Mr. Profit | May 2nd, 2005
03:08:44 PM | Everybody always undertood
Stewie
by MrBoinfoint | May 2nd, 2005
03:15:58 PM | Are you sure? I dont think
that they explained if they
ignore h
by Mr. Profit | May 2nd, 2005
03:48:23 PM | Yeah, that's true about Stewie
by Terry_1978 | May 2nd, 2005
04:36:40 PM | They clearly didn't understand
Stewie in the first season...
by Uga | May 2nd, 2005
06:16:18 PM | The Simpsons already commented
on this
by skimn | May 2nd, 2005
07:00:43 PM | Stewie
by TheFount | May 2nd, 2005
09:38:10 PM | Yo Joe
by TheFount | May 2nd, 2005
09:39:38 PM | Family Guy: Yeah! American
Dad: Booooo!
by Pan Demonium | May 2nd, 2005
09:57:32 PM | Pan Demonium
by TheFount | May 2nd, 2005
10:09:26 PM | This is the cartoon with the
guy with nuts on his face?
by Vern | May 2nd, 2005
10:26:46 PM | Okay, can we all at least
agree....
by symphy | May 2nd, 2005
10:46:28 PM | p.s.
by symphy | May 2nd, 2005
10:50:17 PM | lets wait some time before we
pass judgement....
by winged_whacker | May 2nd, 2005
11:52:56 PM | OMG~!!!! Family Guy is a
Simpsons' rip-off?????
by Voice O. Reason | May 3rd, 2005
12:24:20 AM | And the best part...
by Voice O. Reason | May 3rd, 2005
12:25:44 AM | let's set one thing straight.
by resdogs | May 3rd, 2005
12:37:38 AM | Seriously, though
by Bryan | May 3rd, 2005
12:52:49 AM | clarification to the above
post
by Bryan | May 3rd, 2005
12:55:40 AM | AudioKarateKid and Bryan
by studio planter | May 3rd, 2005
01:21:34 AM | wow
by studio planter | May 3rd, 2005
01:27:25 AM | American Dad was atrocious
by ChorleyFM | May 3rd, 2005
01:48:52 AM | Even haters gotta admit
by skimn | May 3rd, 2005
06:21:24 PM |
|
|
