The Top Ten Family Guy Political Commentary Clips!
May 19, 2008 by Wendy Boswell
Over the years Family Guy has dabbled in politics quite a bit, and I think it’s pretty safe to say that the writers behind the show are definitely on the liberal side. They’ve poked fun at everything from debates to political candidates, and since they’re the parody experts, they can get away with a LOT. Here are the top ten Family Guy political clips – I’m sure we’ll be seeing a few about Obama, Clinton, and McCain next year!
10) Censorship: From the episode titled “PTV” in Family Guy Season 4. Peter gets miffed at the FCC for stifling his creativity, so decides to battle with a song. What, you don’t do that?
More Family Guy political clips after the jump;
9) Local Government: In which Lois learns that the key to winning the undecided voter is to speak simply and repeat 9/11 over and over again (cough Guiliani cough). From “It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One”, Family Guy Season 5.
Public Education: Screw No Child Left Behind! Principal Shepard decides to increase the school’s test scores by kicking Chris Griffin out of school. From “No Chris Left Behind”, Family Guy Season 5.
7) 9-11: Too soon? Uh, yeah. From Family Guy Season 6.
6) Immigration: Peter finds out that he’s not an American, and is actually an illegal Mexican immigrant. From Family Guy Season 6.
5) Electoral Policy: Can a woman be successful in public office? Tom Tucker and Diane Simmons talk it over (I’m thinking maybe Hilary Clinton should watch this one). From Family Guy Season 5.
4) Poverty: Chris Griffin gets admitted to Morningwood Academy and consequently gets beat up because he is poor. From “No Chris Left Behind”, Family Guy Season 5.
3) Moral Values: Lois goes to give Bill Clinton a piece of her mind and he winds up getting a piece. Another one Hilary probably needs to watch. From Family Guy Season 5.
2) Medical Insurance: See? See what happens when you don’t have insurance for everyone? You get a rash of prom night dumpster babies. From Family Guy Season 6.
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1) Homeland Security: When you’ve got someone like George Bush in charge of keeping you safe, this is pretty much what you’re going to get. From Family Guy Season 5.
EVERYTHING you post from hulu cannot be seen from outside the USA.
i’m deleting my RSS feed for this website. I used to like coming here but i can’t be bothered when i can only watch 1 out of every 10 videos that get posted.
@Gaz:
Here’s the thing. YouTube yanks down Family Guy vids as fast as they’re put up, and so does MySpace and about five other video search services that I try to get them from. Hulu has a legal agreement with Fox that allows them to put these clips up, and they are one of the few sources I’ve found that actually has high quality clips that don’t get yanked.
I’m very sorry you can’t see them outside the US, but maybe instead of getting upset, you could email Hulu about this? Or at least see my point of view?