Is the Family Guy Where's My Emmy video trashy or just good fun?
In response, ''Family Guy'' has started a series of spoof videos on their nominee competitors, starting with ''The Office''. Is this all in good fun or crossing the line of professionalism? Why or why not?
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First, you have to understand that the whole beating is a play on a previous episode. This shockingly horrifying scene with Stewie beating Brian was originally over money he owed.
So this is a freaky homage to that previous episode!
Secondly, it is sooo "Family Guy" to do something like this. I would almost be disappointed if they didn't. This show - which is brilliant in so many ways - admits that it's willing to crawl in the gutter in order to cross boundaries and get a laugh.
After all, whenever anyone asks me if they'd like "Family Guy", I ask them:
"Are you comfortable with the phrase 'Dead Hooker'?"
That's my test. If yes, then they'll enjoy the show. If not, this humor wasn't written for them.
I think it was a funny send-up, mocking their own characters, while at the same time - in a very odd way - paying tribute to The Office. You have to look deep, but the tribute is there.
The Original Version of That Scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7gCd-C-Tys
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While I love The Office, I think that this spot is really funny, and totally in line with the the Family Guy spirit.
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What I love the most about Family guy is the lines it crosses. I would not want it any other way. This segment is funny... using violence to intimidate fictional pet dogs is not.
I wish Brian would stand up to Stewie here and flush the little guy once and for all but that might seem a little malignant since nobody would condone flushing a baby down the toilet due to its inability to control its anger.
Babies and dogs should come together in the Emmy selection process, bringing more power to a united front against the powers that might set out to fix the Emmy selection process. There will be strength in the solidarity between babies and pets, a better day is on the horizon.
Peace.
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They have great talents working on this show specially Seth McFarlane who does voice over for 4 or more characters on the show. I really don't know how they come up with those shows, it seems like it would take forever to perfect all the jokes and all the stuff Stewie says.
This clip right here is one of my favorites! Great stuff
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Anyway, as I try to view this clip from an unbiased point, I'll say that I'm unimpressed, seeing as how this is pre-used footage from an earlier episode with new voices recorded over it. I don't think it crosses the line of professionalism. (I'd love to see "The Office" strike back.) Also, I don't think this qualifies as a "spoof." When I heard that it was going to "spoof" their competitors, I was hoping to see Peter as Michael Scott, Stewie as Dwight, and Brian as Jim (or some variation) in a parody of "The Office," but instead I saw old footage of Stewie beating up Brian.
So, in conclusion, it is trashy, but not offensive to anyone. (In my opinion, most of "Family Guy" is trashy.) I hope the next videos in the series are more clever in their mocking of their competitors.
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On the other hand, I guess it is possible that this is being done to influence the Emmy voting.
I'm more familiar with how Emmy voting works at the local level, but if voting is based on the show in general, something like this could make a difference. If, on the other hand, voting is based on a specific episode as submitted, then external factors like these little reworked shorts would make no difference. Assuming, of course, that the voting panel never saw them! That's how it used to work: the voting panel was composed of industry insiders and past Emmy winners. In other words, it was a small group of selected experts. Good and bad things about doing it that way, but that's how it was done.
If the voting is open to all members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, then it's more of a popularity contest, simply because there are 15,000 voters. The Academy is a professional organization, like so many others, but basically, if you have a credit on a TV show and $160, you are in. Now MacFarlane's ploy might make more sense. Instead of a special panel watching one episode from each show and making a careful, considered judgment (yea, that's an idealization), you have 15,000 people filling out Emmy forms, often at the last minute, much like me and you might do in the office pool.
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M$I think it depends entirely on the audience, If a 9 year old or younger gets wind of it, they might think up some crazy thoughts and start thrashing their pet cat or dog with a curtain rod. Kids do the darnedest things.
Entirely on the audience.
Kind Regards,
XDS
What comes out of my nephews mouth sometimes.
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It's very close, and I'm sure they recycled some animation, but the new wording seems to be synced up with their mouth movements, so I'm thinking it's a form of homage.
I don't think it's just a homage, I think that is the old episode with new VO, right?