I swear, those who were born in the '90s (and beyond) are truly losing out on some _awesome_ pop cult references. A 'Night Court' theme song impromptu? Nice. :-)
Anyone catch tonight's 'Hee-Haw' reference on tonight's 'Family Guy'?
Mar 11, 2007, 9:23 PM ET27 posts by 14 postersalt.tv.family-guy
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Yet... it just shows that total hack McFarlane needs these idiotic throw-backs as filler, 'cause he can't even be inventive enough to fill 23+ minutes of primetime network television. *rolls eyes* The Uma Thurman 'Pulp Fiction' throw-back. Always the same set-up: "This was worse than the time..." And the reason WHY you people won't give 'The Winner' a fair shake is...???
Once Upon A Time Taylor wrote:
Simply because, unlike "Family Guy", "The Winner" is not funny.
** Captain Infinity
On Mar 11, 10:06 pm, Captain Infinity wrote:
Oh, yeah, 'cause there's nothing funnier than Mr. Herbert trying to catch a slippery eel.
Once Upon A Time Taylor wrote:
Y'know what's funnier? Reading posts from someone who hates the show but keeps watching with enough interest that he can cite specific scenes that make him bitch.
** Captain Infinity ..."It's not easy having a good time. Even smiling makes my face ache." --Dr. Frank N. Furter
In article , "Taylor" wrote:
Umm, the throw-backs are what this show is all about. It's the plotlines that are the filler.
Uh... yes. Yet when 'Married... With Children' did it in its 10th and 11th season (perhaps even 9th!) every so often, and when 'Unhappily Ever After' started doing it mid-series to the point where it became nothing but a cartoonish pop culture/society statement in the form of poorly-written, poorly acted quality, the endearing sentiment was lost on you. Why is that? ;-)
In article , "Taylor" wrote:
It's different when an established show starts changing its style like that. But "Family Guy" has been doing this stuff since the beginning. If they stopped doing them practically every other sentence they would turn off their core audience, just as if "Scrubs" were to do away with J.D.'s fantasy cutaways.
"Taylor" wrote in news:[email]:
Well, for one thing, "Family Guy" doesn't have an incridibly loud and intrusive laugh track.
"Taylor" wrote in news:[email]:
I gave it a fair shake...I watched the promos.
Taylor wrote:
"Family Guy" is a pop culture flea market. There is nothing wrong with that. Some of the ... items are placed together in a surrealist way - like "and now here's Conway Twitty."
The Winner's great.
[email] wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, Conway Twittie!
"Ubiquitous" wrote in message news:[email]...
Wasn't he on McHale's Navy?
More importantly, how were you able to post this at 8:23 pm, when the show doesn't start until 9? You line in Iceland or something? :)
On Mar 12, 12:18 pm, [email] wrote:
I'm in the Eastern time zone and I posted at 9:23PM (ET).
Yeah, and I never realized how freakish Conway Twitty looked with that hair!
In article , [email] wrote:
Live action cutaways in a cartoon are REALLY weird.
[email] wrote:
Those songs he did then were even more freakish. Bum bum bum.....
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:01:54 -0400, Les Cargill wrote:
But still 100x better than anything else that passes for "country" music these days, which is little more than a Britney or a Justin in a cowboy hat.
Flip Wilson wrote:
- MacFarland is big on musicals.
- "Bye Bye Birdie" is a musical about... Conrad Tweety.
:)
Those songs are still creepy.
Country is alive and well... in Texas.
Check the following people:
Hank Williams III James McMurtry Pat Green Jack Ingram Jason Ringenberg/Jason and the Scorchers Junior Brown
or even Wilco Son Volt The Jayhawks
depending on how alt country you wanna go. They just make it harder to find these days.
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:36:01 -0400, Les Cargill wrote:
I hear he's good, but the only thing I've heard from him was "I'm a Long Gone Daddy" on the Hank Williams tribute album
Haven't heard of them, I'll have to check them out.
Jason & the Scorchers I've heard of.
Saw him on your with Dylan 3x last summer. Boy he got old since that Gap commercial a few years back. Loved 'Broke Down South of Dallas' and 'My Wife Thinks You're Dead'
Their first album was their best. They kind of lost me after YHT.
The first album was AWESOME! They kind of petered out after that.
Smile and Tomorrow the Green Grass were good. Thought they broke up? Or did the woman just leave to marry one of the Black Crowes (did that even last?)
Good to find someone else with good taste!
Flip Wilson wrote:
Dig harder. He's worth it. He does a cover of "Atlantic City" on his "Lovesick, Broke and Driftin'" album that is .... dang good. Youtube him, too.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zx1jB2UIukw
Makes the hair on my neck stand up. Apparently, whatever It is, It skips a generation...
If you like lyrics, start with James. Here: http://www.myspace.com/jamesmcmurtry Make sure you hear "Choctaw Bingo" and "We Can't Make It Here."
http://www.jackingram.net/default_main.htm
http://www.patgreen.com/music.html (no clips - bummer)
Junior's stuck in a 1948 model Wurlitzer jukebox. Great stuff.
Uh, Yeah. Seen "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart"? Fascinating, in the trainwreck sense of the word. I like Bennet's replacement, but it ain't the same.
True.
I am not sure. I just have a couple of their CDs, which really aren't that country.
Likewise! I dunno if it's worth a damn anymore, but this: http://khyi.com/ used to be a good resource.
Pop culture references aren't funny anymore-- and seriously have not been for years. The Simpsons first 2 or 3 seasons took that ship and ran it into the ground thoroughly.
The Simpsons has been tired for a decade. And these other cartoon clones are just more of the same dreck.
You're not "losing out" on anything, folks. Keep not watching.
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:57:28 -0700, rst wrote:
Someone better tell Dane Cook. He seems to have built a career on it :(
If F.G. manages to stay around for a decade, I'm sure it will get tired too. It's difficult to keep a show fresh for that long.
It's a *vast* wasteland. Vast. They've barely scratched the surface. That franchise is likely to run forty years, or until Harry Shearer retires.
But we'll gladly return you to watching "The Great Race" or a CSI clone. Because ... what else *is* there? Other'n other AS material, House and the occasional South Park?
The Simpsons is now mainstream TV. Family guy is verging on it.
In article , Les Cargill wrote:
"The Great Race" is an excellent Jack Lemmon/Tony Curtis/Natalie Wood movie. Did you maybe mean "Amazing Race"?
Anim8rFSK wrote:
Yes, I do. I only know of 'em in passing.