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Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane both animated for an Emmy!

Wendy Boswell — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:52:41 +0000

Whoa, now this was a big surprise! Family Guy has been nominated for an Emmy in the category for comedy – not the Animated category it’s traditionally been. This is the first time an animated show has snagged a Comedy nod since the Flintstones in 1961! And Seth MacFarlane has been nominated for an Emmy for his stellar voice work – that one’s long overdue.

Here’s who’s up against Family Guy in the Comedy category:

Entourage – HBO

Weeds – Showtime

How I Met Your Mother – CBS

Flight Of The Conchords – HBO

30 Rock – NBC

The Office – NBC

And here’s the information about Seth’s nomination:

Nomination Id:
252404
Nomination Year:
2009
Episode:
I Dream of Jesus
Seth MacFarlane, as Peter Griffin

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All four Fox Animation Domination episodes October 5

Wendy Boswell — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:53:43 +0000

In case you missed it, here are all four Fox animation shows from October 5, 2008.

First, Family Guy – I Dream of Jesus:

American Dad – The One That Got Away

King of the Hill – Earth Girls Are Easy

The Simpsons – Lost Verizon

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Why does Seth MacFarlane think rape is funny?

Wendy Boswell — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:41:53 +0000

Updated: I had to actually close comments on this post because of the sick, disgusting comments in favor of sexual assault on women from a small group of idiots who obviously have major penile issues. Or should I say….minor? Huh.

Okay. So I wasn’t going to bring this up, but it’s been bothering me now for a couple days. In the most recent episode of Family Guy, I Dream of Jesus, this was one of the jokes:

Peter: Can I have that record? I love that song. I’ll let you have sex with my daughter…

Waiter: I don’t know…let’s see what your daughter looks like.

P: She’s…uhh…(pans past Meg to “hot” girl)…right there!

W: Ok, I’ll do her. But can you tell her to cry and beg me to stop?

P: I think that can be arranged.

Obviously, this is a rape gag. I love me some Family Guy, and there are very few times when I’ve thought they’ve gone too far, but seriously – a rape joke? That’s not funny by any stretch of the imagination. There’s no attempt at satire here, it’s not ironic, it’s just a rape joke – and it’s just not funny.

I think what has happened in the past couple of family Guy seasons is that much of the material used for gags in the earlier episodes has become less shocking as the show has gone on, so Seth feels like he has to go further in order to keep the show fresh and relevant – which is why we’re getting the lame rape jokes.

However, in my opinion Family Guy really loses its way when they go for these cheap laughs, mostly because the rape gags are are so disgusting, and conjure up such repulsive and sadly unfunny responses, that they end up being not so much funny as just pathetic and uncomfortable. Oh, yes – Seth, you’re so shocking! But don’t mistake shocking for FUNNY.

Overall, I still like the show, and I think they’ve had some pretty good episodes of late, but the trend towards making light of rape and domestic violence, often in a very direct and graphic way, takes it a notch too far.

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What did you think of “I Dream of Jesus”?

Wendy Boswell — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:27:00 +0000

So what did you think of I Dream of Jesus, the second episode from Family Guy Season 7? If you weren’t able to catch it last night, here’s the whole thing:

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Family Guy episode for October 5, 2008: “I Dream of Jesus”

Wendy Boswell — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:40:15 +0000

This Sunday’s Family Guy episode is titled I Dream of Jesus; it’s about how Peter re-discovers his passion for the song “Surfin’ Bird”, but Brian and Stewie find it so annoying that they try to prevent it from being heard again. Distraught, Peter searches every record store in town for a copy of the song until he runs into Jesus himself, and the two start hanging out.

A couple guest stars in this episode that you might recognize: Dane Cook, Paris Hilton, Perez Hilton.

And if you missed last week’s premiere episodes, catch ‘em all here: Fox Animation Domination – watch all four season premieres!.

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