Family Guy "Meet The Quagmires" Talkback

[Neo Ultra Mike]

It's the Season Finale Of Family Guy at 9PM(And the 98th Episode. Not as impressive as 400 or even 100 which will come this fall but still worth noting) And this is the talkback for it.




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SYNOPSIS: "Death grants Peter's wish to go back in time to 1984 when he was 18, but only for one night. He ends up bailing on a date with Lois to hang out with a movie actress. When he returns to the present, he soon realizes that everything is anything but normal, as he is now married to the former actress, and Lois is with Quagmire. Meanwhile, Stewie, Chris and Meg have also taken on Quagmire's charming characteristics."

There are a few known jokes for this for anyone who reads Entertainment weekly (EW admits they and FG have had a "tickle and slap" fight over the years from EW giving FG a bad review of the show to Stewie snapping the neck of an Entertainment Weekly contriubtor in the DVD opening for "Stewie Griffin: The untold story") which makes it sound liek a pretty decent 5th Season Finale. In the fall stay tuned for the 6th season which has a lot of interesting eps in it, including the American Dad crossover you all knew was coming at one point.

Anyway enjoy this ep everyone!

[Michael24]

Looking forward to it. Though in regards to 6th Season episodes, I read that "Blue Harvest" is actually a one-hour episode that's set in the Star Wars universe. Is that true? If so, :sweat: :sweat: :sweat: :sweat: :sweat: :D

[launchpad25]

Sounds like this'll be a 'giggity, giggity', good one. Sorry, you knew that was coming. (heh, heh. allll riiiiiiight.)

[Moto Pete]

I hope they don't take a swipe at phil hartman as per Entertainent weekley

[tb4000]

The fourth hole is behind the knee. I knew it.

[Djm912]

Hey! It's Death! :anime:

[PC!]

Any episode with Death is automatically amazing.

Aaaand this won't end well...

[Djm912]

18 year old Lois AND Molly Ringwald?

Man, I'm trying real hard not to turn total fanboy and just say "Gaht dayum!"

[Moto Pete]

hell raiser
18 yr old lois i need a shower now
nice refrences brain

Ronald Reagan comment was great i never laughed so much in awile
Ms Pacman
mollie ringwald


cake off a fat girl

Judd nelson

[kid rabbit]

18 teen year old lois :evil: oh yeah

[delariean]

I can totally see some guys use what Brian said as a pick up line....:evil:

[Don_East]

Slighly OT: Peter and Brian were in 1984, then FOX shows a ad for a movie based off a toyline and cartoon from 1984.

[Djm912]

Even in an alternate timeline, Lois is a freak!:evil:

[Don_East]

Like the BTTF2 parody.

[Djm912]

Why do I have the feeling Alex Borstein is the one who wrote that MadTV/Bin Laden joke?

The Jetsons cutaway...loving it.

I'm loving this dialogue.....so much.

[tb4000]

Jetsons FTW!!!

NO, you are NOT taking my whole wallet to go shopping! XD

[kid rabbit]

back to the future pardy and the freaking the kids freaky chins THE JETSONS:eek: SWEET

[Moto Pete]

gay thoughts
chaukboard in L/R
Chevy Chase host Tonight Show
Vagiatauis
Bin Laden on Madtv
hey sex jokes
Jetsons great add-on




stupid librel cartoonists

[Don_East]

I like the Jetson gag, not so much warped theory of what if Al Gore was president.

[Djm912]

I'm such a liberal!

I'm loving this so much. I'm sure there's gonna be a knock on my door tomorrow.

[Naruto D.Luffy]

Finally George Jetson got revenge. Finally!
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Scirel]

The jetsons one was really good. It looked exactly like the original opening so I really didn`t expect when they deviated from it.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Heh, I love Brian loving this 'perfect world'. Who knew that Peter and Lois hooking up would have such horrible consequences?

And I loved the Jetsons parody. I always wanted to see that.

[tb4000]

I was waiting for George to just drop Jane out of the car without the bubble.

[Strollymonster]

Jetsons FTW!!!

NO, you are NOT taking my whole wallet to go shopping! XD

The Jetsons gag was gold...I always thought that that bit in the opening was ripe for comedy, and FG found it and exploited it.

Lovin' the BTTF references..."Ronald Reagan? The actor?!"

Also love the liberal utopia in this timeline...Cheney shot Scalia, killing Rove and, more importantly, Tucker Carlson.

Definitely a bit weirded out by Quag-Meg being attracted to Peter...using the reversal of this situation, wouldn't she be attracted to Quagmire in the regular timeline?

LOL at Peter sad over his dead goldfish.

Pretty nice episode so far, only a few flat jokes and a lot of good ones.

[tb4000]

*to the tune of Beverly Hills Cop theme*

hehehehehehehehe...hehehehehehe....hehehehehehe...hehehehehe-hehehe and then another hehehehehe.

Lovely, man.

[Moto Pete]

Peter dancing with clevland


wang




YEAH PETER

Nice Back 2 the future refrence w/ photo

chicken is back



ROGER YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Djm912]

Anytime we get Seth singing = win.

[sdp]

this was a good episode.. it was very nice to watch.
not as filled with jokes but a nice story.

[tb4000]

Man, this takes me back...80's jams. And giant chicken!!! :eek::eek:

Crossover with American Dad!!!

[Strollymonster]

LOL at Giant Chicken being at the dance..."You'll probably never see him again."

Awesome, random American Dad crossover!

[Don_East]

Roger!!!!

This was pretty good episode, if just the BTTF parody.

[Djm912]

Massive swerve!

[KuwabaraTheMan]

AD reference at the end. Didn't see that one coming.

The people hating the song, and "You'll probably never even see him again" were funny, too.

Decent episode, overall.

[Anime Freak]

omg,that BTTF parody had me rolling, it was exactly like the ending of that first movie,well done A+++

[Scirel]

Was it just me or did this feel like a season 3 episode?

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Was it just me or did this feel like a season 3 episode?

It kind of did. It didn't have those semi-forced cutaways that Season 4 and part of Season 5 did.

An overall good effort. It was very cohesive(for Family Guy), but with the right amount of randomness.

[Don_East]

Yeah, do you also realize that Stewie had a small role. He has no actual sideplot. It was just Peter & Brian in an funny BTTF parody.

[PC!]

This episode was superb.

Death, continually messing up the timelines, an actual heartwarming plot, random Roger cameo...

Awesome season finale. THIS is what a Family Guy episode should be.

[R. Escobar]

Best...ending...ever

[YoshiAngemon]

I wished that Brian would've said this after playing that song: "I guess you guys aren't ready for that, yet. But your kids are gonna love it." I thought he was gonna play "Johnny B. Goode," but then THAT was a little ahead of its time in Back To the Future.

[launchpad25]

As The Comicbook Guy would say, "Best 'Back To The Future' spoof, ever!" The highlights for yours truly were...

St. Elmo's Clam
Molly Ringwald marring Peter
The Chevy Chase Show
Cleveland in his 1980's wordrobe
Chris, Meg, and Stewie with Quagmire's mannerisms
Bin Laden on 'Mad TV'
Rick Ashley's cousin Marvin
Music becoming mediocer
George Jetson putting his foot down
Roger in the wrong show

And my personal favorite..

'Hehehehehehehehe...hehehehehehe....hehehehehehe... hehehehehe-hehehe and then another hehehehehe.'

[MegaJ]

About time FG showed some heart again. They need to do more of that.

[Dantheman]

The Jetsons opening parody had me LOL.

Menstrual Ms. Pac-Man.....that's just wrong,but funny :D.

[The Myst]

Great episode. Not so much a laugh riot but it had heart and a good plot.

[ElBarto]

The best one in a while

Death + Back to the future + The chicken!

5 stars.

[kid rabbit]

loved the BTTF parody ending loved the chicken and Rogder cameos

[Khurath]

Fantastic stuff. It really did feel like an earlier episode. Entertaining plot, only a few cutaways and those were pretty well integrated. Overall I'd have to say well done.

[ToOn~g@l]

Oh man this one was great. I loved the Back to the Future parody and Brians version of the enchantment under the sea dance song, that rocked especially with the audiences reaction. Great George Jetson parody and the ending came out of nowhere. Great end to the season.

[Jazman]

Excellent episode. Everything flowed well, the jokes were hit (jetsons one had me on the floor), and had heart.

5/5. Great way to end the 5th season. (BTW, was this episode 98 or 99?)

[SirLemming]

Aside from containing the most blatant Republican bashing and Democrat butt-kissing ever, it was the second-best episode of the season (the premiere, if I remember correctly, was just as well-written but a bit funnier). This show has the opposite problem of The Simpsons in that it's at its best when it focuses mostly on the father. Obviously they can't do that in every episode, but I think Peter Griffin really is the core of the show and needs to be in the forefront more often. The other characters aren't very unique, and therefore they tend to generate less unique humor.

[Classic Speedy]

The Jetsons cutaway was pretty good but in truth I liked the one from "Brian in Love" a lot better, with George storming in and chewing out Jane after she didn't rescue him from the conveyor belt. Plus George's voice was more spot-on that time.

[Dee]

Any BTTF joke is a win.

I LOVED this episode! I was cracking up at the Jetsons spoof but the whole Dance was the icing on the cake.

[Jerry Mouse]

Ok....let me get this straight...in 1984 Peter was going to take Lois on a date to the movies to see the Scott Baio movie "Zapped!".....which came out in the theaters in 1982???? Sounds like one of the writers didn't do their homework.......

[EinBebop]

Ok....let me get this straight...in 1984 Peter was going to take Lois on a date to the movies to see the Scott Baio movie "Zapped!".....which came out in the theaters in 1982???? Sounds like one of the writers didn't do their homework.......As if theaters wouldn't be replaying such a brilliant movie?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Zapped.jpg

[Michael24]

Between Family Guy and the last six minutes I suffered through of The Simpsons, it looked like this was "Blatant Republican Bashing" night.

Otherwise, great episode. I'm a huge Back to the Future fan, so all those references were gold, especially the "Ronald Regan? The actor!?" bit which really took me by surprise.

Loved Peter screwing up his attempt to get back together with Lois and having to keep calling Death (though didn't Brian say Death only appears when someone dies and can't be summoned just by calling), and the Quagmire-influence kids were hilarious looking, especially Stewie. Also loved Peter "singing" along with the Beverly Hills Cop theme, the Die Hard dialogue, and the cameo by Roger at the very end. Oh, and the Chicken's cameo was great. "You'll probably never see him again anyway." :D

[Peter Paltridge]

Technically, "Stewie Kills Lois" was supposed to be the season finale, but this is a fahn, fahn replacement. The best part about the Jetsons cutaway was that it WAS the opening and not a parody drawn in the FG style to save copyright money. The extra cash was worth it.

Peter was at his Season 2/3 best. Roger at the end was equally awesome, but I hope that wasn't the promised AD crossover scene and that we're getting something more elaborate come September.

A perfect world under Gore....riiiight, you just keep telling yourselves that. Wait'll you guys elect Hillary.

[Freedom Fighter]

So because Peter found his true love in Lois 'early' in life, he never got to hang out and play the field? Then again... maybe going back to 1984 isn't that bad after all... especially given Lois at 18. Va-va-VOOM!

As many have said, light on laughs, but good on story, so it was alright.

Funny stuff: Brian complimenting a nearly-perfect USA with Gore as President; Jetsons theme song gag; Peter's constant screwing up of 'getting it right' with Lois; Brian singing 'Back to the Future' style at the school dance.

But at least in the end, everything got back to the way it should be...

I... think... Roger?

"Meet the Quagmires": 3/5.

[aalong64]

I was actually happy with this episode. I didn't watch all of it (cause I was busy watching the Bob and Doug 2-4 Anniversary!) but it did seem a LOT better than pretty much all the other recent episodes I've seen. It wasn't perfect, but it was more like Season 3 quality, which is a very good thing IMO.

Kudos to the FG staff. I had lost hope in this show, but this episode sort of, kinda, partially renewed my faith.:)

[dth1971]

The Jetsons sequence was done REAL Hanna-Barbera-ish style!

I liked Brian singing the 1980's Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up" which could have been lyp synched in re-recording by Rick Astley himself.

No 1984 appearance by Mr. Adam West long before he became mayor of Quahog?

Finally: Hope in the 2007-2008 season there's a Family Guy/American Dad crossover episode possibly "Trading Spouses" style.

[Daffyfan2003]

Was it just me or did this feel like a season 3 episode?

Well, I think that's a good thing. The show has been going a bit downhill this season, so it's good to see something that looks like an earlier episode.


Technically, "Stewie Kills Lois" was supposed to be the season finale, but this is a fahn, fahn replacement.

So does this mean we'll see SKL next season or is this just going to be one of those unaired eps like "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein" which actually did air even before the DVD came out? We might have to wait and see on that.


The best part about the Jetsons cutaway was that it WAS the opening and not a parody drawn in the FG style to save copyright money. The extra cash was worth it.

That's something I was wondering about that too, since they used the real Jetsons instead of the crappy animation used for them in "Brian and Love," I thought they'd just go through the opening the way it really was, so I was pretty shocked to see the banter between George & Jane. Seth must have worked out a heck of a deal with Hanna-Barbera for that one.

Anyway, I remember "Back to the Future" so I really liked this parody. Though one thing I've noticed is that the Griffin kids didn't get too much airtime. They usually at least give Stewie a good subplot, but I guess it would have been hard to do that in this episode. Besides, it's good to see a plot that focuses on Peter and Brian since we haven't seen those in a while. Another good thing was that there was no sign of Herbert. I did like that the Giant Chicken showed up though. I also thought it was funny how Peter kept messing up when he went back to the time Lois asked him to go to the club with her.
PETER: Death.
DEATH: You know what. Just forget it! You're on your own now.

[email2003]

Man, a awesome episode of Family Guy! Bout time too! The last 3 new episodes weren't really that good and I was starting to wonder if they were losing thier touch on the series.

This one ranks up there with other favorite Family Guy epsidoes which I will soon create a list.

LOL! I'm still laughing at all the BTTF jokes, Breakfest Club, Roger outta of no where, Brian playing the guitar and doing almost what Marty did in BTTF1 and Peter dancing everytime with Cleveland.:D

[Neo Yi]

All I can say is I squealed from all the Back to the Future references, me being a freak fan of the trilogy.

[Mog]

Best episode of the season, probably best in a long, long time.

Best part was the epic Rickroll Seth pulled on all of America. Classic.

[Wussycat]

Because most of Meg's body was hidden behind the couch, I expected the ending gag to be her having some kind of deformity.

[Jyose]

I wish they'd have played with the Lois x Quagmire kids. Strapping a Quag-chin and making them say giggity was just not creative.

Now, what I liked was
Peter at the bar dancing to the beverly hill cop song(or what ever)
Chicken in the 80s
Roger


FG seems like a show that would do more with time travel... But this was a pretty decent episode

[Peter Paltridge]

Best episode of the season, probably best in a long, long time.

Best part was the epic Rickroll Seth pulled on all of America. Classic.
Please define "rickroll."

[HEATXZ]

The Best Family Guy episode ever
Peter singing
Death appears
The Chicken again
and Roger at the end of the episode was great

[Mog]

Please define "rickroll."
The "rickroll" was started when the GTAIV trailer came out. People would link to youtube, stating that the url contained the GTAIV trailer. Instead, they'd get a nice dose of Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up."

Think something like:

Hey guys, check out this sweet trailer for Starcraft 2.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

Basically it's a big "Made you look." Another part of the joke is, look at the guy. You couldn't find a skinnier, whiter guy in Crown Heights, yet his voice is so deep. That's not logical.

[TheFZAtUGSOnline]

Well, The Eppy Wasn't That Bad Of A Season Finalie, I Mean With The Back To The Future Part 1 Gags, Axel F Performed by Peter, Death, The Jetsons, And An American Dad! Cameo By Roger... I Will Call That AD! Cameo, Teh Win.

"Meet The Quagmires" 4/5 - Despite The BTTF Gags And That AD! Cameo, It Did Not Get Me Laughing Hard... The Only Times I Laughed Hard Were That Cameo, And The Simpsons Pulling The "Production Cards" On Us To Prevent Homer From Saying That FOX Is Nothing But People Who Are Underpaid, Forced-Worked, Liberals Who Made Junky Shows That No One Cares About. Homer, Your Right, FOX is a Bad TV Station... (I May Need To Post That Simpsons Referance To The Ep 400 Thread, But The TZ Mods Won't Mind If I Would Post It Here... My Apologies.)

[YoshiAngemon]

If you don't like it, then watch The CW, or maybe Toon Disney!

[90'sCartoonMan]

Great episode! It was light on the cutaways and heavy on the plot. I think that's what helped the jokes, when they're not so heavily emphasized. Even something like Peter repeatedly going back and Lois saying the same thing about Zapped was funny. It didn't feel long, and Peter had different reactions to it.

The 80's setting worked. I loved the first Chicken encounter and the Rick Astley thing. "Here's a song by a gay man." Seeing the kids Quagmire-like was freaky. I knew they'd do something weird with the ending, I like that Roger showed up.


Slighly OT: Peter and Brian were in 1984, then FOX shows a ad for a movie based off a toyline and cartoon from 1984.

It's a sign that Big Brother is watching.




Definitely a bit weirded out by Quag-Meg being attracted to Peter...using the reversal of this situation, wouldn't she be attracted to Quagmire in the regular timeline?

I don't think so, Meg was like that because she inherited Quagmire's libido. Something she wouldn't get from Peter.


Another good thing was that there was no sign of Herbert.

So we finally got a Herbert-less episode after so long. I wonder how many episodes he's been in this season?

[tb4000]

Great episode! It was light on the cutaways and heavy on the plot. I think that's what helped the jokes, when they're not so heavily emphasized. Even something like Peter repeatedly going back and Lois saying the same thing about Zapped was funny. It didn't feel long, and Peter had different reactions to it.

The 80's setting worked. I loved the first Chicken encounter and the Rick Astley thing. "Here's a song by a gay man." Seeing the kids Quagmire-like was freaky. I knew they'd do something weird with the ending, I like that Roger showed up.



It's a sign that Big Brother is watching.



I don't think so, Meg was like that because she inherited Quagmire's libido. Something she wouldn't get from Peter.



So we finally got a Herbert-less episode after so long. I wonder how many episodes he's been in this season?
http://www.planet-familyguy.com/pfg/images/characters/oldman.jpg

Oh, I've been in all of 'em, sweet cheeks....mmmmm.

[Cobblepot1982]

A'right- THIS is what I'm talking about! One of the best Family Guy episodes- EVER!

'80s Chicken
BTTF parody
Brian pulling Peter away from Cleveland's dance scene
Death
Jetsons


Yeah- they did TONS of Liberal ***-kissing, and tons of Conservative slamming, which was getting old, I won't disagree, but it was a phenomenal episode, nonetheless.

Worth noting another continuity error though- Peter pulls a cutaway, while he's in '84, regarding Hellraiser...yeah, that movie wouldn't be out for another 3 years.

So, about Quagmire- basically, he's a sexaholic to make up for the fact that he can't have the one woman he wants. Interesting.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Maybe it was the fact they didn't focus on the full family (and unlike pretty much any other episode I can remember they didn't give Stewie any huge scene stealing bits of dialogue which is good because they aren't too funny for the most part anymore) and the fact that some of the was too focused in the past to do long cutaways but I found this more enjoyable then most FGs. I mean even the morale about Peter realizing he should be happy spending more time with Lois and not try and ditch her to party actually felt more heartfelt and sincere then most FG lessons (even if it is sort just a twist on "Death Lives"). Plus this one had a good set of jokes: Death's appearence, Past Cleveland wanting to high five everywhere, 18 year old Lois getting Brian Hot, the kids infused with Quagmire (I'm glad they kept that as a quick joke instead of extending it and making it unfunny), the new future with Al Gore in charge, The jetsons cutaway (I always did dislike the intro with Jane taking all of george's money so glad to see her in some form get's what coming to her), "Brian I don't know who any of those guys are", Peter blowing his chances with Lois in the past, repeating the dance at the club, bumping into the chicken at the dance (That was the "refrence to past episodes fans will love" Entertainment Weekly mentioned) and the ending with Roger in the Griffin Home. Funnier then his AD appearence but that's for another review. For now good solid ep actually.

[Wussycat]

Do you think they're going to get in trouble over that Tom Cruise cutaway?

[Don_East]

Do you think they're going to get in trouble over that Tom Cruise cutaway?
A radio ad before the episode aired said that the theory is more outrageous then the theory of evolution. Then it got replaced with the Tom Cruise cutaway and introduction.

[RoseBusch]

Funny episode.

[gimmer]

Does anybody know who sang the "Earth Angel" song (apart from Brian)?

The original was by the Penguins but this version is different.

[ElBarto]

The "rickroll" was started when the GTAIV trailer came out. People would link to youtube, stating that the url contained the GTAIV trailer. Instead, they'd get a nice dose of Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up."

Think something like:

Hey guys, check out this sweet trailer for Starcraft 2.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

Basically it's a big "Made you look." Another part of the joke is, look at the guy. You couldn't find a skinnier, whiter guy in Crown Heights, yet his voice is so deep. That's not logical.

Yeah...But how did Seth pull a Rickroll?

[Don_East]

I forgot to mention this but 1984 Lois's black swimsuit with black high heels and her jumping off a diving board while Kenny Loggins music is playing is a reference to Caddyshack. Out of all the scenes from that film, I never expect them to do a parody of that.

[AJW73]

Who was that fat guy in the audience that was clapping and laughing real crazy like during Brian's performance?

[Wussycat]

Who was that fat guy in the audience that was clapping and laughing real crazy like during Brian's performance?
He first appeared in Brian Sings and Swings. He's based on that one guy in every audience who is overly excited.

[RoseBusch]

Great episode.

[Golgo13]

It was a great episode, mostly for the Rickroll, but if Seth really wants political commentary on his show, could he at least TRY to make it creative?

I thought the episode when Brian forced Mayor West at gunpoint to make gay marriage legal was the most politically forced episode ever, but then comes Brian's dialogue in this episode which felt as if someone wrote a parody about Family Guy being liberal.

Seth could take a cue from The Simpsons 400th episode, while still being blatant, pulled off their satire more humorously then just "oh, everyone from the Bush administration is dead and Al Gore is god. This is paradise."

[Aldrius]

The joke was that just because Al Gore is president and everyone from the Bush Administration is dead this was a paradise, it's almost making fun of Liberals that think this would've solved all of America's problems.

[Scirel]

The joke was that just because Al Gore is president and everyone from the Bush Administration is dead this was a paradise, it's almost making fun of Liberals that think this would've solved all of America's problems.


That's how I took it as well. It was way too utopian, especially with the jetsns thing, to be taken at face value. Seth has paordied liberals before. He's made fun of clinton just as much as Bush.

[Golgo13]

The joke was that just because Al Gore is president and everyone from the Bush Administration is dead this was a paradise, it's almost making fun of Liberals that think this would've solved all of America's problems.

Still, the dialogue felt really forced. It would've been a lot more hilarious had they gone with more visual gags based on this joke.

[The Clown Prince]

I just watched this episode on Adult Swim and the scene where Brian is getting into a verbal argument with the guy with the big shirt collar, the collar guy asks Brian if he wants to fight. And Brian says sure, meet me on the roof top of the World Trade Towers on September 11, 2001. And the collar guys alright, I'll be there. :eek:

I don't remember that being on the original Fox broadcast episode. Was it? And if not, how many edited things on Fox make on to Adult Swim?

The Clown Prince

[The Myst]

I just watched this episode on Adult Swim and the scene where Brian is getting into a verbal argument with the guy with the big shirt collar, the collar guy asks Brian if he wants to fight. And Brian says sure, meet me on the roof top of the World Trade Towers on September 11, 2001. And the collar guys alright, I'll be there. :eek:

I don't remember that being on the original Fox broadcast episode. Was it? And if not, how many edited things on Fox make on to Adult Swim?

The Clown Prince

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