Stewie Griffin spoofs Bryan Adams

I remember hearing Simpsons writers talking about a famous gag they did in a similar vein, where Sideshow Bob steps on a bunch of rakes. The basic idea was making a gag that started out being funny, then went on long enough that it stopped being funny, then kept going SO long that it became funny again.

Trouble is, that's all McFarlane does anymore. That and 80s reference after 80s reference.

 

Wait...he's Bill Simmons?

 

Factor in the constant New England references....yep, we have a winner.

 

Holy crap, that "Bird Is The Word" spoof was great. Didn't care much for the Adams video, though.

 

I thought the video parody was freakin' phenomenal. The Bale bit was a little long, but I wonder if something got censored at the last minute -- because that seemed awfully recent to be on this show.

 

Yeah, Hack, I thought that too. It was, what, two weeks ago?

And can someone explain the video parody? It was just that, right? Just a bunch of old videos with Stewie acting as the singer/musician/random actor?

 

FIXED!!!!

 

Nice work BYH, you beat me too it.

 

That's from the "Cape Feare" episode, and, when I saw it the first time, it was (and still is, frankly) one of the funniest things I've ever seen. That's because, at the time, it was original. And like you said, it wasn't done in every single goddamned episode like in Family Guy. The chicken, the Bird is the Word, the skinned knee... always the same thing.

Seth MacFarlane is funny. Family Guy is not. Go watch American Dad, at least. It's no Futurama, but at least it has, you know, a plot.

Family Guy might make you laugh the first time, but there's no depth to the humor. It's all slapstick and shock humor. I can watch "Last Exit To Springfield" or "Roswell That Ends Well" a thousand times and laugh out loud every time. That's because it's actually funny, not oh-my-god-did-he-just-say-that amusing.

 

Has anyone seen that commercial that goes "what's the word? Thunderbird!" ?


I think it is an Old English commercial, but I'm not sure.

I call upon SJ to answer this, goddammit.

 

They didn't have to do animation to do for that scene. It was straight audio.
By the way, here's that scene for those who missed it:

 

But they had to draw a reel-to-reel.