Sep 29 2013
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Family Guy often does something special for premieres and finales—even when they’re unsuccessful, those episodes…
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May 20 2013
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Nine summers ago, I saw my first play at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, a production of The Comedy Of…
May 13 2013
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A few times during each season, an episode of Family Guy reminds me that at its best the show functions simply as a…
May 6 2013
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The town around where I went to college had two bars that would reliably admit underage patrons with a fake ID. One,…
Apr 29 2013
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Peter Griffin is a supremely self-conscious and sensitive character. He’s got a fragile ego, easily damaged when…
Apr 15 2013
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The most difficult episodes of Family Guy to review are the ones that make me laugh consistently while moving the…
Mar 25 2013
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“I’m starting to think all you do is dick around.” —Quagmire, to Peter
Mar 18 2013
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From the moment the curtain in Peter’s hospital room pulls back to reveal another guy in the room named Mahmoud,…
Mar 11 2013
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For about six minutes, “Call Girl” goes in a great direction. Chris brings home a birdhouse modeled after the…
Feb 17 2013
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(For the next several days, some of our writers will be swapping duties on some of our most popular shows. Some of…
Feb 11 2013
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In his My World Of Flops entry on the 2011 slog New Year’s Eve, the lovely and talented Nathan Rabin unfavorably…
Jan 28 2013
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When Modern Family premiered, Cam and Mitchell’s marriage was hailed as a progressive depiction of homosexuality.…
Jan 14 2013
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“May every person that laughs at your sophomoric effort be a reminder of your eternal mediocrity, and pierce your…
Jan 7 2013
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“Deep Space Homer” is such an iconic depiction of NASA that it’s now part of the entertainment library available to…
Dec 24 2012
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The Star Wars specials are among my favorite episodes of post-revival Family Guy. Those three episodes are so full…
Dec 10 2012
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Maybe it’s the high from The Simpsons referencing this little web site tonight, or maybe it’s how great that episode…
Nov 26 2012
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In sports with scoring judges—mostly Olympic sports like gymnastics, diving, or figure skating—there are times when…
Nov 18 2012
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This week’s Family Guy pulled it together for a tight show. “Joe’s Revenge” enters that world of farcical, bizarre…
Nov 11 2012
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For a show that’s pointedly unsophisticated, Family Guy has quite the obsession with time travel. Of course, the…
Nov 5 2012
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Carter Pewterschmidt is most often the token Old White Republican Fat Cat punching bag on Family Guy, but typically…