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Your First Family Guy Moment When You Realized This Show was Brilliant

posted 8 years ago by Final_Hitokiri
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What was your first Family Guy moment when you realized that this show was brilliant? Nonsense, but brilliant!

The scene that hooked me was in episode 2 of Season 1, "I Never Met the Dead Man".

The TV shows that Peter was watching, I thought the Scooby Doo parody was hilarious and the fact that they got the original voice actors to say the lines, only it was far from the family friendly show that Scooby Doo was intended to be.

"You're right Scoob. We're dealing with one sick son of a bitch!"

[–] KYLE-D 8 years ago

I still remember seeing the DeBeers "She'll pretty much have to" commercial for the first time from Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater.
I couldn't believe they'd do something like that and have it almost be subtle enough that you could have missed it if you looked away for a moment.

[–] Final_Hitokiri 8 years ago

I watched the commentary on that episode, and they said that they actually got to the point where they had to go frame-by-frame until they cut just enough to get the approval.

That was definitely one of the better bits in the early seasons.

I always enjoyed KISS Saves Santa too! But that was in Season 3.

[–] KYLE-D 8 years ago

I watched the commentary on that episode, and they said that they actually got to the point where they had to go frame-by-frame until they cut just enough to get the approval.

No doubt because I swear I remember it being far more subtle when it first aired than you can find now, but I might not be recalling correctly after all it has been 17 and a half years after the fact.

[–] Final_Hitokiri 8 years ago

Even if you watch it today, it's a really quick blink and you'll miss it moment. Like she just starts moving downward.

It fit in really well with those ads at the time too, because they were all over the place!

[–] MacFarlaneFan 8 years ago

I don't remember my first Family Guy moment, I've been watching for as long as I can remember, though I didn't start becoming a religious fan until season 11.

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[–] dddavis-69573 8 years ago

When I watched the pilot back in January 1999 and Kool Aid Man burst through the wall

[–] checkinac 8 years ago

Since the beginning of FG for me it was all the cutaways and the Peter and Stewie A and B story plots.

[–] AndyKing (300) 6 years ago

My wife watched this before I did. I'd be downstairs, late at night, working on the computer and she'd be upstairs laughing away. One night I went up to bed and she was watching some cartoon and as I started to get undressed I heard Stewie say, "Look, I've written a profanity on the wall" and there was the word 'poppycock'. Well, I was crying with laughter, sat on the bed, one sock on, one sock off, thinking 'this is genius, what the hell is it?'

And that was that - loved it ever since.

[–] furiousstyles (4391) 6 years ago

Season 2 i was hooked, love the show , so much better than the Simpsons, Peter Peter Cavier eater when the relative dies and he starts dancing with her corpse

[–] abigolcwock (517) 6 years ago

Comparing season 2 of Family Guy with present day Simpsons is just wrong. Unless you're comparing the golden ages of both, then we'd have to agree to disagree

[–] furiousstyles (4391) 6 years ago

Simpsons after season 12 is just unwatchable , absolutle garbage, Simpsons series 3 to 10- is absolutly the best of the best , followed closely by family guy

[–] AndyKing (300) 6 years ago

To me, The Simpsons was like listening to 70s Rock music and then Family Guy was the equivalent of Punk Rock suddenly appearing in 1977 and everyone sitting up and going 'Wow! What's this?' If you get what I mean.

[–] Kellymariekitty (158) 6 years ago

Stewie saying anything at all 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love Stewie, he’s brilliant

[–] Utpe (658) 6 years ago

I was channel surfing and stumbled upon "Family Guy". I caught the part where some dude says, "Hey, look everybody, it's Spuds MacKenzie!" And then the dog proceeds to bite his arm.

I couldn't stop laughing. At that point I started watching it every Sunday night.

The episode was Season 3, Episode 10 - "A Fish out of Water". It aired on September 19, 2001.