Im sure no one

will agree with me but now that familyguys back on fox I wish they would have a simpsons familyguy cross over.Homer and peter are very funny separately I think they would be even funnier together.

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:26:55 -0600, [email] (Gregory Yount) scribed into the ether:

Considering how much the Simpsons people hate the Family Guy people, and how FG has been taking shots back of late...

This is about as likely as Letterman and Leno swapping desks and doing each other's shows.

"Howard" wrote in message news:[email]...

Please read on

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy#Criticism_from_peers_and_critics

Many shows and writers have been openly critical of Family Guy. Most famously, four blatant potshots have been featured in The Simpsons:

a.. In "Missionary: Impossible," Family Guy was referred to as "crude, low-brow programming" by Fox Executives with it being implied that the show was going to be cancelled due to the show being incapable of turning a profit like The Simpsons and the Matt Groening-created Futurama (ironically, Family Guy's ability to turn a profit on DVD was critical for its return to the airwaves, while "Futurama" was cancelled due to the show being deemed too expensive to keep on the air). b.. In "Treehouse of Horror XIII," Homer creates an army of clones of himself that are each progressively dumber than the real Homer. One of the clones is shown to be Peter Griffin. c.. In another episode, Bart Simpson was insulted when somebody called him a "Family Guy". d.. In "Treehouse of Horror XVI," Executive Producer Al Jean was credited as Al "Family Guy" Jean in the tradition of giving the staff horrific, scary and/or unpleasant name variations. Family Guy has also referenced The Simpsons on at least one occasion:

a.. In the opening of "PTV", Stewie (in a reference to the opening of The Naked Gun) rides his tricycle through Quahog until he pulls into his driveway. The scene then parallels the opening of The Simpsons; only instead of Homer running into the house, he hits the door and is knocked out. Peter then opens the door, looks at Homer, and says, "Who the hell is that?" It should be noted that a practically identical joke (in which Marge runs over Homer using the same animation from the opening credits sequence) was already featured in "Treehouse of Horror IX." Numerous writers associated with The Simpsons, such as Matt Groening, Al Jean, David X. Cohen, Matt Selman, Tim Long and Joel Cohen have insulted the show during public appearances, in interviews and on DVD commentaries. When a long-lost book of jokes is mentioned on a Simpsons DVD commentary, Al Jean joked that it was stolen by "Family Guy" writers. Executive producer Mike Reiss, however, has said that he enjoys Family Guy and that other Simpsons creators dislike the show because they believe it's inappropriate for their children, although he keeps his fandom low-profile to prevent him from becoming a traitor.

MacFarlane has admitted that the show was strongly influenced by The Simpsons and many jokes, even episodes, are extremely similar. Given the similarities between The Simpsons and Family Guy, the sheer number of The Simpsons episodes, and the fact that they're on the same network with only 30 minutes between them, the comparisons are unavoidable.

The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XIV" (which aired in November 2003 during Family Guy's cancellation) features a story entitled "Reaper Madness" in which Homer takes over the duties of being the Grim Reaper. Many Family Guy fans have claimed that it's hypocritical to suggest that Family Guy steals from the Simpsons when the story to this Simpsons episode is very similar to the Family Guy episode entitled "Death is a Bitch" in which Peter assumes the role of death. However, others point out that the story of a mortal taking on the duties of the Grim Reaper has been used several times before Family Guy or The Simpsons. Another idea is that episode is in fact a joke-a take on Family Guy's then most famous episode to see how the audience would react were The Simpsons to blatantly rip off Family Guy, rather than the other way around, as seen by so many critics.

In a recent interview with T.V. Guide, MacFarlane refuted rumors of tension between him and Simpsons creator Matt Groening "You know, it's funny. Matt Groening and I actually have a great relationship. We've talked several times in the past few weeks and joked about this. One day out of nowhere [this rumor] pops up in papers and magazines. Actually, it was probably one comment that was taken out of context in Blender. Matt's just a cool guy, and fortunately neither of us was ruffled by any of that stuff. We just laughed it off."

I hate when dummies talk without doing in research.

Lava

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 02:43:58 GMT, "Nicole Floyd" wrote:

Good posting, Nicole, but I think you're feeding a troll.

"John Yossarian" wrote in message news:[email]...

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I think I see that now...LOL.

Lava

On 19 Nov 2005 22:33:57 GMT, Howard wrote:

I don't hang out here often enough to know about your posting history. Frankly, I don't care. My labeling you as a likely troll is solely based on your responses to people in this thread.

<plonk>

Now that's professional trolling if I ever saw it.

Lava

"Nicole Floyd" wrote in message news:uRWff.25$[email]...

Indeed. I plonked that troll ages ago.

On 19 Nov 2005 22:33:57 GMT, Howard scribed into the ether:

Indeed it does.

Length of posting history is irrelevant for trollish behavior. In fact, the worst trolls are the ones who have been around the longest.

"Matt Frisch" wrote in message news:[email]...

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Glad you admit to being a troll., Now others will be aware and avoid your inage postings.

Lava

"Howard" wrote in message news:[email]...

Only recently started watching the show. I love it. You can do a Google Groups search. I post often at other news groups...but you seem a bit adverse to research...hmmm

Nasty comments, statements of fact that then to incite others...seems like a little monster to me.

Lava

"Howard" wrote in message news:[email]...

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What the hell are rant about dummy?

Lava

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Thank Wikipedia. They have great resources for tv shows.

Lava

On 18 Nov 2005 23:50:44 GMT, Howard scribed into the ether:

Only if you've never turned on your television.

On 19 Nov 2005 15:45:29 GMT, Howard scribed into the ether:

There's no hope for the hopeless. Wallow in your ignorance, you seem used to it.

On 19 Nov 2005 22:59:53 GMT, Howard scribed into the ether:

Didn't need to come up with anything, someone else already did.

As further evidence of your enjoyment of ignorance, you can't even tell 2 posters apart.

Matt Groening is hardly a driving force at the Simpsons...hasn't been in a VERY long time. His opinion is meaningless as far as the question at hand.

"Matt Frisch" wrote in message news:[email]...

Don't get sucked in Matt. Idiot-guy hasn't posted any proof. Why argue with an idiot.

Lava

"Howard" wrote in message news:[email]...

You're stupid and a dummy.

Lava

Actually I'd like to see that too.

After Peter appearing in the herd of Homer clones in the treehouse of horror episode last year and Homer getting run over by Stewie in FG's opening 2 weeks ago I think we're only one opportunity away from a crossover.

Maybe they just need the occasion and a good scenario that fit both series.