![]() I could watch that scene over and over and never get bored.Īlthough not the best episode of the season, Family Guy Season 14 Episode 11, was still entertaining and amusing. Stewie's meltdown during the orange juice commercial at the end was classic and hilarious. He was being the audience's dad when no dad was necessary.īut Brian does deserve the credit for helping with one of the best parts of the episode, since he was the one that convinced Stewie to give up the acting life. While there were plenty of silly moments, like Peter's short obsession with metal detecting, the Burlesque act, and the Griffin's eating out at a fancy restaurant to name a few, Brian's annoying bits brought the level way down.Įvery time he was on screen was an interruption, which usually isn't the case with him. Who doesn't love Anne Hathaway?Īs I mentioned in my review of Family Guy Season 14 Episode 10, the show works best when it's silly and not so serious. Stewie is a pretty smart kid, and we know his history, so it was difficult to buy when he said he trusted that the Fat Man knew what he was doing.īut the Bryan Singer dig was amusing. And Stewie was a little quick to come around to Brian's side, which I really didn't like. ![]() It wasn't very funny when he went to his board to show Stewie the fate of child actors to try to convince him to get out of the life. And Brian as the voice of reason, as is the case this time around, makes for a very boring and irritating Brian. ![]() And an idiot Peter makes for a funny Peter. Maybe the "normal" parents don't give their kids cocaine to enhance their performance, but is giving Red Bull to help your kid any different?īut, this is a cartoon and a high Stewie makes for a funny Stewie. I get that the young acting life must be rough on kids, but the portrayal I saw of two idiotic parents pushing their kids to perform better and getting into crazy pissing contests with other parents doesn't seem that much different from plain, old regular competitive parents who push their kids in sports or academics. How could they possibly get any worse? Well, now they are parents of a child actor, the worst of the worst, at least that's what Family Guy wants us to believe. Your thoughts on Family Guy‘s unexpected Sleepy Hollow throwback? Drop ’em in a comment below.Peter and Lois are pretty crappy parents to begin with, so when their heads get big after that one success, it's kind of amusing. It was really fun and totally different.” To us, that’s the kind of thing that can set this show apart from others. We had to do a lot of heavy lifting to get that on the air, so it’s gratifying. And it was actually a little challenging to get clearance for it. Appel adds, “There were some people, not from the writers room but people we respect, who questioned that joke every step of the way. ![]() In fact, the joke’s randomness - coupled with the usual red tape that comes with recycling footage - nearly kept the joke from making it to air. I don’t know many people who would have.” I certainly wouldn’t have come up with that gag. He’s a really talented writer here who, among many things, brings off the wall, original stuff to the show. Emmys Scrap September Date Amid Hollywood Strikes - Next Stop, January 2024?Īs executive producer Rich Appel tells TVLine, “That joke was all the author of the script, Patrick Meighan.
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