Family Guy spin-off

[BigSleeper]

I don't know if this has already been covered here, but I saw this today:

20th Century Fox TV are developing "Cleveland," a spinoff from its hit animated series "Family Guy" centered on Peter Griffin's bathtub-accident-prone neighbor, Cleveland Brown.

"Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane is writing the project, whilst Mike Henry who voices the character will serve as writer-producer says Reuters.

Interesting ...

 

[Ace]

A spinoff? Will this one have a plot?

Love the title, though.

 

[mike311gd]

I've got all the faith in Seth MacFarlane that he'll do a great job with this show. But I think it's a risky move.

 

[BigSleeper]

Hopefully, it'll be better than "American Dad," while having its moments, is mostly full of fail.

 

[Beaker]

Maybe if it was somebody other than McFarlane, I'd be against it, but he could pull it off.

 

[dreunc1542]

Family Guy stopped being funny when it came back on the air. The first three seasons were great. Since then, not so much.

 

[GB-Hack]

I woulod have to disagree with that. Episodes like 'The Cleveland/Loretta Quagmire', 'Peters got Woods' and 'Jungle Love' all came in the first season back, and since then there have been amazing episodes like 'PTV'.

 

[dreunc1542]

I watched the first season back and have only watched sparingly since and most of the time I've been disappointed.

 

[John]

I think a Cleveland spin-off could be funny, but I'm not sure why it's necessary since he's still prominently featured on the show.

Family Guy doesn't always do it for me, but it's worth watching because every so often it hits a towering home run.

Oh, and I think American Dad sucks.

 

[Batman]

A spinoff? Will this one have a plot?

Love the title, though.

Yeah, it'll have a plot. Word is it'll be written by dolphins. They're much smarter and wittier than manatees.

 

[Ace]

A spinoff? Will this one have a plot?

Love the title, though.

Yeah, it'll have a plot. Word is it'll be written by dolphins. They're much smarter and wittier than manatees.

So I hear. So I hear.

I am not a fan.

That show is just mean and nasty.

 

[statrat]

So this means that Family Guy at American Dad will get even less funny. American Dad is actually pretty good, but Family Guy has pretty much been in the the tank since coming back. I greet this news with scorn.

 

[expendable]

I woulod have to disagree with that. Episodes like 'The Cleveland/Loretta Quagmire', 'Peters got Woods' and 'Jungle Love' all came in the first season back, and since then there have been amazing episodes like 'PTV'.

Is the "Cleveland/Loretta Quagmire" the one where he's in the barber shop quintet singing "You've Got Aids". That scene goes from uncomfortable to stupid to downright hilarious in about 90 seconds.

 

[statrat]

There have been some moments. If FG can ever get back to the Stewie as evil genius baby plotline (which they did with that two-parter this year) and less Stewie is gay baby plotline I think it would be more consistently funny

 

[KYSportsWriter]

I woulod have to disagree with that. Episodes like 'The Cleveland/Loretta Quagmire', 'Peters got Woods' and 'Jungle Love' all came in the first season back, and since then there have been amazing episodes like 'PTV'.

Is the "Cleveland/Loretta Quagmire" the one where he's in the barber shop quintet singing "You've Got Aids". That scene goes from uncomfortable to stupid to downright hilarious in about 90 seconds.

"You've ... Got ... The ... Aids."

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

I could never understand how FG can be so funny (95 percent of the time) when American Dad does absolutely nothing for me.

 

[BYH]

American Dad has grown on me, but convincing my wife to watch 30 minutes of McFarlene is usually tough enough.

And the scene where Peter, Chris, Stewie and Brian have an ipacac-drinking competition is one of the funniest things ever. Last one to yack gets to eat a pie!

"Peter Peter: Hold my ears!"



Not as good of course as when Elmer Fudd finally shoots Bugs Bunny.

 

[JayFarrar]

what's the deal with the word "whilst"
that is like the fifth or sixth time I have seen that in wire copy today.
Its usage raises new and troubling questions

 

[imjustagirl]

what's the deal with the word "whilst"
that is like the fifth or sixth time I have seen that in wire copy today.
Its usage raises new and troubling questions

I'll contemplate that whilst I watch this game.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

Family Guy is 5 percent win, 95 percent fail on most nights. It was okay early, then after about three episodes it became glaringly obvious that they ran out of plots and tricks, so they beat their one-off jokes like a horse with Hitler's spirit.

The vaudeville pair, Greased-Up Naked Deaf Guy, the old pervert getting episodes where he's a major player and that goddamned overwrought random chicken fight? Fail. Ridiculous increase in non sequiturs? Fail. Going from subtle digs at Meg being plain to I HATE MEG GRIFFITH WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING I HOPE SHE DIES? Fail. Callbacks for the sake of callbacks? Fail. The non-joke that derives its alleged humor from repetition or being extremely drawn out (Stowe takes 67 seconds of the show to board a flight to Los Angeles to hit Will Ferrell for making a Clippers joke in Bewitched)? Fail fail f-by god-ail. Oh, wait, I forgot, it's meta, so every bad joke is really an ironic self-statement that shows us how well it gets itself, wink wink nudge nudge. In that case -- ****ING FAIL.

Mercy Kill American Dud, focus on bringing the show's tight spiral from the first season or two back and pray like hell this Cleveland spinoff either gains traction quick or dies quicker, otherwise FG won't get any better, and I damn sure won't bother.