The Italian Bob Capsule Submission

S17E08 The Italian BobliveDec 11, 2005, 8:39 PM ET42 minutes after the credits2 posts by 2 posters
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Joe Klemm

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the "Meltdown" sign when Homer plays around with the power plant switches?

Refs.

The Italian Job -Title

"These Boots Are Made For Walking" -Sideshow Bob's grape-stomping song

Family Guy -Peter Griffin wanted for "Italian term for 'plagiarism'"

American Dad -Stan Smith wanted for "Italian term for 'plagirism of plagirism'" (see comments)

That's Amore -Song being spoofed at the end

Comments

Stan Smith being wanted for "plagirism of plagirism" is a crack at how some people believe that Seth MacFarlane has basically copied the same formula that he used in Family Guy for his most recent show, American Dad. An American Dad's defense, there is one big difference between these two shows: while most of American Dad's humor at the moment appears to be more plot and character-related, Family Guy's humor relies more on cultural references (which is also used in American Dad, but not in the huge amount that Family Guy uses), recurring "one joke" characters (i.e. the evil monkey that lives in Chris' closet), and cut-away jokes.

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Ted S.Joe Klemm

Somebody claiming to be "Joe Klemm" wrote in news:[email]:

Another song reference earlier in the reference was Dean Martin's "Mambo Italiano".

Ted <fedya at bestweb dot net> Oh Marge, anyone can miss Canada, all tucked away down there.... --Homer Simpson