Talk:Untitled Griffin Family History/Archive 1

wtf
family guy and simpsons episodes on the same day on evolution, who stole it first?


 * It could be that the network asked for it. Remember when Seinfeld refused to participate in the blackout theme for Must See TV a few years ago? Or it could just be a coincidence.


 * Can't you think of older Simpsons episodes from which this Family Guy episode's writers might have helped themselves? I can think of at least two. Cromulent Kwyjibo 22:57, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

About the NOR and CITE
I have a copy of the episode, and it was a typo in my part to include an exclamation point. Here is a link of the sceenshot regarding the "That's Pie" ruckus: http://www.imgmonkey.com/image/1286-thatspieproof.JPG And if you doubt the Robert Duvall or De Niro part I can post an audio file but I dont know where I could upload it. Do whatever you want to this article.

Region 4
>>>When the thieves get scared of Meg, she responds with "Take me now, fuck me later!", this is the chorus of Mindless Self Indulgence's song "Faggot". It was only seen on the Region 4 Volume 4 release.

Can anyone put a clip of this on YouTube or something? I really wanna see this! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.201.195.64 (talk) 01:03, 6 February 2007 (UTC).

I watched the episode tonight and didn't see that reference in there.

Willie "Black Eye" Griffin
That scene where he says like a whole sentence, and then the cue card reads "That's pie.", that's almost like the Radiohead video where the guy's talking at the end, but you don't know what he's saying unless you can lip-read. - Ndrly 10:12, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Inspired by Curb Your Enthusiasm?
If you look at the last scene where Peter voices his opinion on the Godfather films, I cant help but think that the style of that scene is almost identical to many of the situations in Curb Your Enthusiasm. The natural acting and almost unprofessional finish are the trademark styles of CYE and if you watch some of the episodes there are conversations in CYE with almost identical reactions and comments. (i.e Peter saying 'It insists on itself' and Lois repeating asking what the hell that means') its hard to explain but im sure any CYE fans will also see the resemblance.

Commentary stuff

 * When the episode depiction of how the universe is created, God saying "you smell that" was not broadcast on television. (MacFarlane)
 * The dinosaur scene which shows the Griffins portrayed as dinosaurs was not broadcast on TV. (Veiner)
 * On the commentary, MacFarlane credits the colour department of the production, commenting "[the colour] is a lot richer than [the show] usually goes". (MacFarlane)
 * There was a Michael Jackson originally going to be in the episode but was cut for time to be included in another episode. (MacFarlane)
 * The story of Nate Griffin makes a reference to the first installment of Roots. (MacFarlane)
 * Brian's line in the woods when he is warning Peter about the dangers was originally intended to be longer, talking about stuff such as discussing automobile ratings, but it was shortened for unknown reasons. (MacFarlane)
 * The ship captain floating on the water is a reference to a scene from Meatballs, with the same song appearing in the episode that was used in the film. (Goodman)
 * MacFarlane describes the animation sequence of the horse smashing up the bedroom of Lois (Lois being the daughter of the plantation owner) as "a piece of brilliance". (MacFarlane)
 * When Carter, the plantation owner, discovers his Daughter and her secret family, there was a rape joke in there, but it was removed, although not for broadcasting standards, but rather it was cut by the producers. (Elias) (MacFarlane)
 * The grain on the flashback to Peter's silent movie star relative was added into the sketch by Mike Elias to make it appear as if it had been kept away for several years. (MacFarlane)
 * The internation Civil War 2 joke, which was described as an "interesting joke" by MacFarlane, was pitched by show producer Mark Hentemann. (MacFarlane)
 * The card fight cut was cut from television broadcasting in order to save time. (MacFarlane) (Elias)
 * The Hitler gag was included in the episodes first draught, and he was voiced by Veiner, although MacFarlane normally voices Hitler if he is included in any sketches. (Goodman)
 * Hitler shown talking to his wife about how much Peter is annoying him was cut from television broadcast for timing. (Goodman) (Moncrief)
 * The argument between the family over The Godfather has actually been argued over its quality in the Family Guy writing room. (Goodman)

Qst (talk) 17:57, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Censorship
In the scene where God lights a fart, causing the big bang, after the explosion, as we see galaxies drift outward and away, we hear god say "Ah, ya smell that?" This line was dropped from later broadcasts, at least on Fox. Anybody else notice this? --98.232.181.201 (talk) 19:56, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Reception
I see that this article has been nominated for GA. If you want it to pass, then the reception section really needs to be beefed up. The lead says that reviews were overall negative, but you only give one negative review... You need to find many more critical opinions. Ophois (talk) 15:19, 30 October 2009 (UTC)