Family Guy - "Ocean's Three and a Half" - Talkback [2/15]

[Justy]

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Broadcast Order: Season 7, Episode 7
Production Order: Season 6, Episode 11

Writers:
Director:


Thought I'd create this as a new episode airs tonight at 9 PM Eastern. Hope that's cool, Mugen. Here is the synopsis:


Bonnie gives birth to a baby girl named Susie; Joe borrows money from a bookie to pay for Bonnie's medical bills.

[chdr]

Finally, Bonnie's having the baby.

[Nexonius]

Finally. Bonnie haves the damn baby we've been waiting for since the start of the series..

[J.E.Smith]

And I already know what the baby looks like. (Wikipedia's page for this episode has the teaser image which shows Bonnie holding Susie.)

So for those who wants to see the baby beforehand...(Its your decision to click the link to see it now or wait till the episode_

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%27s_Three_and_a_Half

[warnerbroman]

http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/14/bale-wants-peter-griffin-off-the-f-king-set/

cuz you may not see it on tv or as

also it would have been better with adam west

[DarthGonzo]

^^LOL that was hilarious.

[Old Guy]

So, what role will that kid play on the show? We already have one baby, which is Stewie, so what's gonna happen with the second baby? Lover? Partner? Rival? Nothing...?

[PC!]

Interesting how Kevin isn't sharing in that joyous event in the picture. Apparently he's gone the ol' "Chuck Cunningham" route.

[Kevin]

http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/14/bale-wants-peter-griffin-off-the-f-king-set/

cuz you may not see it on tv or as

also it would have been better with adam west
LMAO! That was great! I'm definitely looking forward to this episode! It's about time Bonnie has the baby!

[simpsonsfan]

I wonder how often the new baby will be shown?

[HomeMoviesFan]

http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/14/bale-wants-peter-griffin-off-the-f-king-set/

cuz you may not see it on tv or as

also it would have been better with adam west

Hysterical, but it won't air on TV.

"Yeah, do we really need another Terminator?"

"(gasp) Are you asking me out on a date?!"

EDIT: According to Wikipedia (i.e. grain of salt, take it), the next FG episode to air is "Family Gay" on March 8th, and of course not March 1st, because that would mean being consistent...

[ShadowGUN]

Bonnie is giving birth :eek: ? It about freaking time.

And LOL at Christian Bale yelling at Peter. That was hilarious.

[NewcomerDC]

http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/14/bale-wants-peter-griffin-off-the-f-king-set/

cuz you may not see it on tv or as

also it would have been better with adam west
There's nothing on there but a bunch of readers' comments.

[Bloody Marquis]

Yeah, that was pretty funny. Hope this episode will be good.

[DarthGonzo]

EDIT: According to Wikipedia (i.e. grain of salt, take it), the next FG episode to air is "Family Gay" on March 8th, and of course not March 1st, because that would mean being consistent...

March 8th? March 8th?!? That's three weeks away. What exactly does Fox think they're doing? So in a sixteen week span we only get 1 new episode?

Pathetic.

[Tobias]

March 8th? March 8th?!? That's three weeks away. What exactly does Fox think they're doing? So in a sixteen week span we only get 1 new episode?

Pathetic.

I think I know, and this is just a guess that has to do with last year's writer's strike. Is it possible that season 6 was just cut down to 13 episodes?

According to production codes, we've got 11 S6 episodes aired of tonight, which would leave two. (I'm guessing)

Now, I believe I read somewhere that the next Star Wars special 'Something Something Dark Side' was intended to be the S7 finale because that's the way Seth wanted it. What if 'Dark Side' was the proper S7 premiere?

Maybe that's why we've got the delay, because they're saving that episode for the end of the season.

[USSManhattan]

http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/14/bale-wants-peter-griffin-off-the-f-king-set/

cuz you may not see it on tv or as

also it would have been better with adam west

...dude, they already have this as part of a FG ep? Wasn't this, like, a week or two ago?!

[Peter Paltridge]

There's nothing on there but a bunch of readers' comments.
Same for me. What gives?

Considering how long that baby has been in there--in its third trimester--I think they should have saved Susie for a bigger event than a random episode. Like the 150th show, or the Family Guy movie. Why NOW?

Oh, and the dearth of new episodes has nothing to do with the strike, otherwise all the other shows would be suffering. It's Seth dragging his feet, and Fox powerless to stop him.

[veemonjosh]

Considering how long that baby has been in there--in its third trimester--I think they should have saved Susie for a bigger event than a random episode. Like the 150th show, or the Family Guy movie. Why NOW?

Well, this IS the first new episode since the 10th anniversary date, so maybe we could write it off as to celebrate that?

[DarthGonzo]

Same for me. What gives?

They must have removed it.


Considering how long that baby has been in there--in its third trimester--I think they should have saved Susie for a bigger event than a random episode. Like the 150th show, or the Family Guy movie. Why NOW?Meh, it's something happening in the life of a tertiary character we hardly ever see. I don't see this as much of an event. Now Luanne's baby...that should have been an event episode.


Oh, and the dearth of new episodes has nothing to do with the strike, otherwise all the other shows would be suffering. It's Seth dragging his feet, and Fox powerless to stop him.That's what I think too. Although the lack of new Simpsons episodes sort of pokes holes that that theory.

Either way, when was The Cleveland Show supposed to air?

[Racattack!Force]

Either way, when was The Cleveland Show supposed to air?Fall 2009.

[Old Guy]

Either way, when was The Cleveland Show supposed to air?

January? :confused: It was originally a mid-season show if I recall.

[tb4000]

New Family Guy? Jesus H. Christ, I had forgotten they still had new eps. to air. And here be Fox acting like they're giving us a taste of water after months in a drought. This ep. better be good too.

[Mesousa]

And I already know what the baby looks like. (Wikipedia's page for this episode has the teaser image which shows Bonnie holding Susie.)

So for those who wants to see the baby beforehand...(Its your decision to click the link to see it now or wait till the episode_

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%27s_Three_and_a_Half

Aw, that actually looks sweet.

[soundmonkey44]

Finally, Bonnie's having the baby.

Wait, Bonnie was pregnat!?:eek: LOL just kidding but after 6+ seasons its easy to forget things like that, a while back I tought she was just fat!:sweat:

[Radical Raven]

They must have removed it.

Meh, it's something happening in the life of a tertiary character we hardly ever see. I don't see this as much of an event. Now Luanne's baby...that should have been an event episode.

That's what I think too. Although the lack of new Simpsons episodes sort of pokes holes that that theory.

Either way, when was The Cleveland Show supposed to air?

I thought Simpsons was new tonight.

[zoombie]

Has to be a record for a pregnency.

[Kevin]

LOL at the wheelchair coming out!

[Nel]

Wow, the sports car cutaway and Joe's yelling at the baby to come out were hilarious.

[Bloody Marquis]

Hmm. Even babies turn Quagmire on. :ack:

[warnerbroman]

is it my tv or is the color is F-UP!

[anime_guru]

stewie's not gay!?
and how is susie having a wheelchair LMAO

[Don_East]

***FACEPALM***

McFarlane, it took you about a decade to do a Fox News potshot. And it's not just has a predictable punchline but also, or atleast as this airs, dated.

Also, what's was the point of the baby having a wheel chair if she's not crippled?

[MJC]

stewie's not gay!?
and how is susie having a wheelchair LMAO

Yeah I'm thinking Stewie, uh, swings both ways.

[Kevin]

LOL! Droopy on Hannity and Comes. Took them long enough to take a shot at Fox News.

[TnAdct1]

and how is susie having a wheelchair LMAO It has to do with her being the daughter of a paralyzed person.

[DarthGonzo]

The sports car cutaway was gold.

"I don't want it."

[Bloody Marquis]

***FACEPALM***

McFarlane, it took you about a decade to do a Fox News potshot. And it's not just has a predictable punchline but also, or atleast as this airs, dated.
Still, it managed to accurately portray Hannity.

[anime_guru]

maybe being a bit of a prude here, but since was paraplegic genetic?

[Dr. Daedalus]

Good episode so far. Lots of comedic surprises.

Moments I laughed at:
-Sports car cutaway
-Peter refusing to get his car because he doesn't want pregnant mess in the back seat
-"GET OUT OF MY WIFE!"
-Wheelchair being removed
-"She's dying!" revealed to be Paula Poundstone stand-up
-"Now let's go put on your penis."

Droopy was really the only dud in the first act.

And wow, it's so surreal seeing Bonnie non-pregnant for the first time ever.

[frostedone]

Stewie swings both ways so he is bi I guess.

[tb4000]

So Cherry Chevapravadumrong wrote this one....not a huge fan of her scripts, but it's tolerable so far.

[Lazerboy5000]

Bonnie finally had the baby, and Stewie is in love again. Oh brother.

[zoombie]

You think they will find a way to undo this episode, and make Bonnie pregnent again?

[Bloody Marquis]

Well, the scene with the drunk kids made me chuckle.

[Swag Jenkins]

Wow, this episode is clicking on all cylinders tonight.

[Lazerboy5000]

Lol, I found the Knicks joke funny Quagimire.

[frostedone]

Name 20 songs...

Also the eye wiggle thing.

[Kevin]

You think they will find a way to undo this episode, and make Bonnie pregnent again?
I sure hope not! It would make this entire episode moot!

[anime_guru]

this has been hilarious
brian and stweie banter is hilarious!
the exotic massage is hilarious!
this has been a great episode

[Kevin]

XD at the two guys trying to remember what their boss said.

[frostedone]

Carter drinking $20,000.

Also breaking Joe's legs even more.

[Racattack!Force]

"There's the guy whose chin...whose chin looks like balls."

I can't beileve it took the writers THAT long to make a joke about that. :lol:

[Eddy]

This episode has been going really easy on the cutaways. I like that.

[Dudley]

"There's the guy whose chin...whose chin looks like balls."

I can't beileve it took the writers THAT long to make a joke about that. :lol:

They already did.

Twice.

[Dr. Daedalus]

"There's the guy whose chin...whose chin looks like balls."

I can't beileve it took the writers THAT long to make a joke about that. :lol: Technically it's not; remember the one where Peter rubs his chin and he accidentally snaps it off, says "How did these get up here?" and puts them in his pants?

When a joke like Stewie playing the chords, you can kind of sense a power struggle between the writers who like drawn-out humor and those who like the fast-paced jokes. Let's have less of those kinds of jokes and more of the rapid fire variety, plz.

[Lazerboy5000]

"There's the guy whose chin...whose chin looks like balls."

I can't beileve it took the writers THAT long to make a joke about that. :lol:
I think they done it before, but I don't exactally remember, when, but I know that they've done it.

Technically it's not; remember the one where Peter rubs his chin and he accidentally snaps it off, says "How did these get up here?" and puts them in his pants?
Oh yeah, now I remember.

[warnerbroman]

I think they done it before, but I don't exactally remember, when, but I know that they've done it."PTV" and the one chicken said

and here the joke

[Bloody Marquis]

And here's the Bale joke.

[Kevin]

LMAO at the Christian Bale parody!

[creativerealms]

Commenting on Bale's outburst already? That's like South park quick.

[warnerbroman]

I walk out the room and still going

no brian don't...crap

[Aldrius]

Bale Joke...

Can anyone spot the time-filler?

[Nel]

No Stewie, that joke NEVER works.

Bale joke was funny, but too long.

And now the singing! Agh!

[Don_East]

I'm not enjoying this Christian Bale gag. We get it, you're up to date with the news. The Bale Vs O'Reilly video was way better.

[NewcomerDC]

Bryan Adams Stewie? LOL

[Erahgon]

The Bale joke was obviously a time-filler they added in last minute.

[Lazerboy5000]

The Bale joke was a little too long for my liking, it was funny at first, but it kind of tapered off.

[NewcomerDC]

The Bale joke was obviously a time-filler they added in last minute.
But it was still funny. Don't know why some people would hate it.

[Mini Garbonzo]

Commenting on Bale's outburst already? That's like South park quick.
Well, all they really needed to do was animate a recorder playing and then do the voice overs. That at most should only take about two days.

[Dudley]

"I'm not following the story arc, here"
"SHUT UP!"

[Bloody Marquis]

Uh, this is getting kinda long.

[NewcomerDC]

How r u guys feleing about Stewie's music video?

[creativerealms]

Two super long jokes right after each other? Bad really bad.

[Nel]

Alright, imagery is great, Brian's remark about the story arc was great, but we didn't need the WHOLE song.

[DarthGonzo]

Alright, imagery is great, Brian's remark about the story arc was great, but we didn't need the WHOLE song.

YES, WE DID!

That was fantastic.

[warnerbroman]

safety dance...I miss futurama

[Don_East]

Two long gags back to back. Someone must've gotten one bad case of writer's block.

[NewcomerDC]

Alright, imagery is great, Brian's remark about the story arc was great, but we didn't need the WHOLE song.
It would've worked as a stand alone music video on the future DVD set.

[Kevin]

Stewie's music video was funny, but dragged out too much.

[Lazerboy5000]

Uh, this is getting kinda long.
That's two long scenes in a row. I'm starting to think that they were a little short on ideas.

[frostedone]

Lol @ Lois: "I believe you".

[Don_East]

Finally, Megatron appears! Was that Frank Welker?

[Kevin]

LOL at the vault security and Megatron!

[Mini Garbonzo]

Megatron? Weird...

[NewcomerDC]

Oh look there's Megatron! Now we know why he didn't get as much screentime in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

[anime_guru]

megatron cameo
okay this is an epic family guy with very few annoyances. So far the only show that was mediocre was the simpsons...
so come on American dad
good episode seth

[jbanks97]

Aside from almost 10 minutes of filler, good not great episode.

The stewie griffin/bryan adams video was pretty funny itself with all the video parodies, but I have to wonder if anyone under the age of 25 even knows what a video is?

The Christian Bale thing was mildly funny now, but every time this comes up in reruns it's just gonna get lamer.

[PC!]

"Hey, Bill Gates, would you help me program my Zune? Oop, just kidding, I have an iPod like the rest of the world!"

Ouch.

[soundmonkey44]

Three words! BEST FAMILYGUY EVER!!!!!!

[TnAdct1]

Yep, that was Frank Welker as Megatron.

[warnerbroman]

about time lois

[Bloody Marquis]

"I don't care about Suzie anymore. I love Bryan Adams now."

Well, that made the subplot pointless.

[Nel]

"I love Brian Adams now." lol

Okay episode, first act was the best, and though the two long jokes were funny, they were too, well, long.

[Dudley]

"Hey, Bill Gates, would you help me program my Zune? Oop, just kidding, I have an iPod like the rest of the world!"

Ouch.

I loled at that.

[Don_East]

Dude, that was Frank Welker! Amazing how he seems to appear in like 5 programs in the last couple of years as him yet still didn't appear in the movie.

[creativerealms]

Not even close to the best ever. It was good though.

[Lazerboy5000]

Megatron... awesome. That was one of the few pluses for the episode. The long scenes kind of killed this episode for me, but Family Guy always has its good moments.

[Kevin]

That was a great episode! The jokes were hilarious! Though as stated earlier, I thought Stewie's music video dragged out a little too much. I thought the Christian Bale one was one of the funniest jokes of the episode, although I felt it was a little too long.

[Dr. Daedalus]

:shrug: I loved the first act, the second act was almost as good, but act three felt incredibly half-assed with the two long jokes back to back and few moments tickling my funny bone. Did like the "Quagmire's penis broke the alarm" joke, Bill Gates's sissy punches, and "I believe you", though.

The thing is, the Christian Bale cutaway was mildly amusing by the way it took that infamous tirade and mixed it with Peter's new dialog, but it went on so long that I actually forgot what was going on in the episode and what led into the cutaway. That's never good.

[DarthGonzo]

Ok, I'll admit that Stewie's song was pretty long. But I'll also say that I haven't laughed at something that hard in a long, long time.

[tb4000]

"You punch your mother with that mouth?" Surprised no one got that little jab during the Bale tirade.

And like I said before, not a fan of Cherry's writing, but I laughed at this one.

[jph139]

"You punch your mother with that mouth?" Surprised no one got that little jab during the Bale tirade.

And like I said before, not a fan of Cherry's writing, but I laughed at this one.

That had me rolling. The gag as a whole went on too long, but that line pretty much made up for it, IMO.

Great episode, too. The long jokes hold it back, but, yeah, definitely one of my favorites.

[Jazman]

Liked it...However the Bale thing went a little long. Question for those who know, was that mocking the actual video itself, or rather a collective parody of many music video's? Wasn't sure what to make of that.

Also a bit cheated....Simpsons and KOTH were in HD. What's the wait FG?

[HEATXZ]

Great episode, I like the wheelchair and the Bill Gates scene XD

[Nel]

Liked it...However the Bale thing went a little long. Question for those who know, was that mocking the actual video itself, or rather a collective parody of many music video's? Wasn't sure what to make of that.

Also a bit cheated....Simpsons and KOTH were in HD. What's the wait FG?

Many different videos, I think. I recognized the legos and I'm pretty sure Stewie trashing the hotel room was from Pink Floyd's The Wall movie. Could be wrong though.

[Old Guy]

I don't understand the "it was too long" complain on the Bale and Music Video cutaways. Both were hilarious throughout.

[DarthGonzo]

Also a bit cheated....Simpsons and KOTH were in HD. What's the wait FG?

Seth doesn't want to convert. He doesn't think the show needs it.

[Swag Jenkins]

Also a bit cheated....Simpsons and KOTH were in HD. What's the wait FG?

Probably have to wait for Season 7 to start, production-wise. I mean, both The Simpsons and King of the Hill started to air in HD when they got to their correct seasons.

[Old Guy]

Seth doesn't want to convert. He doesn't think the show needs it.

When did he say that? I'm sure he's aware that HD TVs are the future. He needs to keep up with the technology.

[Gonzales]

When did he say that? I'm sure he's aware that HD TVs are the future. He needs to keep up with the technology.
If he doesn't like HD, then he doesn't like HD. Nothing wrong with that.

[Old Guy]

If he doesn't like HD, then he doesn't like HD. Nothing wrong with that.

But that wasn't the quote. He said "it doesn't need it" not that he doesn't like it. Besides, whenever he does the FG movie he'll have to use it and I think he's aware of that.

[veemonjosh]

Probably have to wait for Season 7 to start, production-wise. I mean, both The Simpsons and King of the Hill started to air in HD when they got to their correct seasons.

Though, to be fair, American Dad has reached it's correct season, and it's not airing in HD.

[ChokeyChicken]

Finally we get a new episode after like 2 months and it was a good one. I thought the Christian Bale and the music video were hilarious. That makes me happy as the jokes that run on long like that are usually the ones I hate so this shows me that they can be done right. Quick work on the Bale thing as well. Just like when they did the rick roll gag back in season 5. Along with those 2 scenes I also enjoyed the Bill Gates scene with his girly punches and his voice made me laugh as well, Brian trying Stewie's joke and Quagmire with his condom line at the beginning and his Knicks joke and well he always makes me laugh. Quagmire rocks!

Also Seth must really despise 2.5 Men. This is like the 3rd jab they've taken at it. I still love it but most TV forums I go to are filled with people who hate it just like Seth. And yet it reels in like 16 million people per new episode so I have to ask, where are they all hiding?

[Peter Paltridge]

Holy Cow. I need to watch this again. Just this once, I'll excuse the delays, because this episode was so much fun.

Stewie's Bryan Adams video made my night. As a music video fanatic, AND a hater of Bryan Adams, this was an absolute joy for me. That's one of my favorite cutaways ever!

My only complaint is that I wish it was even longer. I wanted more of, you know, the PLOT in the thing. "Peter robs Lois's dad" sounded interesting.

[Radical]

Hilarious episode,

Highlights:
Stumpy the pirate's REAL body:eek:with is all wood,YIKES!?
Peter borrowing the sports car:"I don't want it:p."
The baby finally out of Bonnie,it's ADORABLE:anime:.
The little wheelchair coming out was random/funny.
Joe yelling for the baby to come out:p.
I love that loan shark,he's awesome.
Droopy.
Stewie crushing on Susie the baby.
Brian mentioning ALL those names.
The loan shark's friends bashing Joe's legs,they're funny.
The drunk kids:D:p.
Stewie's song on Brian,hahahahaha.
The random darkhaired woman describing Peter & his friends:p.
Carter drinking coffee juice,gross/hilarious:ack::p.
Peter wanting to rob the jerk Carter,always love the parts of Peter getting back at Lois's bad father,hahahaha.
The Christian Bale part was mean-spirited/hilarious:D:evil:,he's such a freakin' jerkhole with a huge nasty mouth on poor Peter,so hilarious,but it dragged out long though.
Brian mimicing the high-pitched voice joke,hahahahaha:D,but it works for Stewie.
Stewie's Bryan Adams music video was AWESOME:anime:,love the black & white & LEGO animation parts!!!!!
Carter's iPod joke on Bill Gates.
Bill Gate's sissy voice & punches had me on the floor laughing,hahahahaha:D:D:p,LOVE that part.
Peter making the orchestra play that COOL song "The Safety Dance" from the South Park skiing episode when Butters danced to the beat:p,thanks Blackstar.
Cleveland/Quagmire getting past the security doors,WOW,Cleveland is great for voice changing!!!!!
Megatron,WOOHOO,keep 'em coming with the old school villain parts:anime:!!!!
Uh-oh,Lois filing a divorce,what's gonna happen to the Griffin family,tune in & find out,dun dun dun:eek::p!!!!
I totally miss the Vaudeville Guys,The Chicken,& the Evil Monkey,my most favorite minor characters.

YAY for Family Guy bringing new episodes after an impatient long wait for me,hope to see more.

[Blackstar]

Peter making the orchestra play that COOL song from the South Park skiing episode when Butters danced to the beat

Dude. That's "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats. It's a pop song from the 1980s and it played on the Futurama episode "Future Stock" long before it was used on South Park.


I totally miss the Vaudeville Guys,The Chicken,& the Evil Monkey,my most favorite minorcharacters.

Those characters don't appear in every episode, nor do they have to because they're minor characters.

Perhaps it's just me, but I didn't find this episode to be all that great. I didn't dislike it, mind you, but the overall plot just seemed...lacking somehow. Bonnie's finally having her baby after nearly 6 years of being pregnant should have been a monumental even, but when Bonnie finally gave birth, it was kind of a letdown. Also, the Stewie subplot completely feel flat. I didn't laugh at any of his scenes at all. The only time that I laughed was at Carter's iPod joke at Bill Gates.

[Knightmare]

Dude, that was Frank Welker! Amazing how he seems to appear in like 5 programs in the last couple of years as him yet still didn't appear in the movie.


He didn't play Megatron in the movie because Micheal Bay didn't find him "scary/meancing" enough. On the 2-disc dvd set they play a scene from the movie with Mr. Welker voicing Megatron and it doesn't sound al that different than what they did to Hugo Weaving's voice in the movie, plus Mr. Welker voiced Megatron in the Transformers:The Movie video game.

I think it was one of the best episodes of Family Guy in a very long time.

[Daffyfan2003]

Bonnie is giving birth :eek: ? It about freaking time.

And LOL at Christian Bale yelling at Peter. That was hilarious.

Actually, I hated that part. That was sort of like the same concept with the caveman and his wife arguing in 'Jungle Love,' a little funny but it dragged on for too long. After a super-long commercial break, who wants to sit through that? In all honesty, I probably would rather have seen an appearance by Herbert. Even he is better than those long cutaways like that.

[tb4000]

The Bale thing has been played over and over, but Seth's reactions to it were what made it funny.

[Daffyfan2003]

LOL! Droopy on Hannity and Comes. Took them long enough to take a shot at Fox News.

I liked that part, but I don't know where they got the idea to use Droopy. Maybe if I watched Fox News, I might have gotten that.

About the Bryan Adams thing, I was worried that Stewie would say he was in love with Brian Griffin. That would be scary.

[warnerbroman]

http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/14/bale-wants-peter-griffin-off-the-f-king-set/

cuz you may not see it on tv or as

also it would have been better with adam westyeah the uncut was better

[DarthGonzo]

The Bale thing has been played over and over, but Seth's reactions to it were what made it funny.

Exactly, there's something about the way Seth voices these characters nowadays that just makes even the simplest of dialog funny. The little things Peter was saying during this cutaway weren't necessarily funny by themselves but Seth has a way of making it hysterical. But this was funnier when I first heard it unbleeped yesterday morning. The bleeped cursing in the actual episode ruined the flow.

And I don't see what the big problem was with Stewie's video. I look at the show these days as a half hour sketch comedy with a simple plot to carry it along. So I don't see anything wrong with a three-minute music video, especially when the visual imagery was so hilarious. Again, they've fine-tuned the character designs to such an extent that (IMHO) when they do something like this it's funny just to see Stewie in all those cliched music video enviornments. I laughed harder at that than I did at anything else that aired last night, or anything else I've seen in a long time.

[Daffyfan2003]

Finally, Megatron appears! Was that Frank Welker?

I'm guessing so. Frank's name was listed in the credits, so he had to have voiced somebody on the show.


Cleveland/Quagmire getting past the security doors,WOW,Cleveland is great for voice changing!!!!!

I wanted to mention that too. It's funny especially considering Cleveland isn't even voiced by Seth. Makes me wonder if it was Mike Henry imitating Seth as Carter & Quagmire. Also I wonder how Peter knew that Carter's least favorite man's name was Keith. I'm guessing it would have been 'Peter.'

[DarthGonzo]

I wanted to mention that too. It's funny especially considering Cleveland isn't even voiced by Seth. Makes me wonder if it was Mike Henry imitating Seth as Carter & Quagmire.

He's not. That was Seth.


Also I wonder how Peter knew that Carter's least favorite man's name was Keith. I'm guessing it would have been 'Peter.'

I'm assuming the joke here was that it's obvious that the worst man's name is Keith. Apparently it's so obvious that Peter barely had to think very hard about it.

[Old Guy]

I don't see anything wrong with a three-minute music video, especially when the visual imagery was so hilarious.

Exactly. That's why I don't understand the "it was too long" complain. It would be too long if it wasn't funny!

[tb4000]

He's not. That was Seth.



I'm assuming the joke here was that it's obvious that the worst man's name is Keith. Apparently it's so obvious that Peter barely had to think very hard about it.


A lot of the jokes are just potshots at things that aren't exactly common knowledge stuff, but just things a lot of the writers find funny that the audience afterwards is like, "you know, that is actually kinda true."

[DarthGonzo]

A lot of the jokes are just potshots at things that aren't exactly common knowledge stuff, but just things a lot of the writers find funny that the audience afterwards is like, "you know, that is actually kinda true."

You may have misunderstood me. I didn't insinuate that the name "Keith" is a horrible man's name in real life, just as far as the characters on the show are concerned.

And yes, I completely agree with your assessment. I think that is where a lot of those Family Guy potshots come from, as well as a lot of the Herbert and Bruce stuff. Mike Henry must be freakin' hilarious in the writer's room and during table reads considering how often his characters make it into the episodes.

[veemonjosh]

He's not. That was Seth.



I'm assuming the joke here was that it's obvious that the worst man's name is Keith. Apparently it's so obvious that Peter barely had to think very hard about it.

I thought the joke was that it seemed like the answer would've been "Peter", due to how much Carter hates Peter, but then it turned out to be something entirely different.

[SirLemming]

The Stewie music video wasn't really "too long" because it was part of the plot and, well, it was a music video. It made sense for it to be that long. Did they have to show the whole thing? Depends on your taste. But it's not like they just took something and stretched it out ridiculously for the sake of being weird.

On the other hand, there's the Christian Bale gag. It was fairly funny, even though it was a total cop-out in terms of animation and it completely destroyed the flow of the episode. But as someone else mentioned, it's going to be horrible in re-runs. I think I've already gotten all the laughter I'll ever get out of it (which really wasn't much).


I liked that part, but I don't know where they got the idea to use Droopy. Maybe if I watched Fox News, I might have gotten that.
See for yourself.
http://www.newshounds.us/Copy%20of%20HANDCSCREENSHOT_0001.jpg

[Fastbak]

The Bale thing was hilarious.

"You punch your mother with that mouth?"

and after Bale says "We're done professionally!"
Peter goes "Just professionally?(gasps) Are you asking me out on a date?"
:anime:

[DarthGonzo]

The Stewie music video wasn't really "too long" because it was part of the plot and, well, it was a music video. It made sense for it to be that long. Did they have to show the whole thing? Depends on your taste. But it's not like they just took something and stretched it out ridiculously for the sake of being weird.

I don't believe that was the whole song. I think they skipped the entire first verse.


On the other hand, there's the Christian Bale gag. It was fairly funny, even though it was a total cop-out in terms of animation and it completely destroyed the flow of the episode. But as someone else mentioned, it's going to be horrible in re-runs. I think I've already gotten all the laughter I'll ever get out of it (which really wasn't much).

Meh, if you want a sequence that ruins a rerun for me it would have to be that third chicken fight from "No Chris Left Behind". It's well staged but it isn't funny. And at more than 5 minutes long - complete with a pause in the action midway though - it just kills the flow of the entire episode. It's even worse when it airs on TBS because they air a commercial right in the middle of the thing! I'm rarely aggravated by long Family Guy cutaways but this one is enough to make me change the channel.

[warnerbroman]

A lot of the jokes are just potshots at things that aren't exactly common knowledge stuff, but just things a lot of the writers find funny that the audience afterwards is like, "you know, that is actually kinda true."cuz it sounds like.....

[SirLemming]

Meh, if you want a sequence that ruins a rerun for me it would have to be that third chicken fight from "No Chris Left Behind". It's well staged but it isn't funny. And at more than 5 minutes long - complete with a pause in the action midway though - it just kills the flow of the entire episode. It's even worse when it airs on TBS because they air a commercial right in the middle of the thing! I'm rarely aggravated by long Family Guy cutaways but this one is enough to make me change the channel.
I'm not going to argue that any chicken fight other than the first one was brilliant, so you're pretty much on the money. But at least none of them are dated by a reference that will be obscure within a few months. It's almost old news already. Even when South Park does this, they usually try to put it in a context that will keep it funny for future viewings, although as seen with the YouTube all-stars scene in "Canada On Strike", sometimes they fail even more horribly.

[dth1971]

I liked the appearance of Megatron at the end.

Why use a reel to reel tape recorder for the conversation between Peter Griffin and Christian Bale?

[chdr]

I liked the appearance of Megatron at the end.

Why use a reel to reel tape recorder for the conversation between Peter Griffin and Christian Bale?
I assume it would take too long to animate a full visual sequence and get it in the episode in time. I like it better audio-only, anyways.

[DarthGonzo]

South Park - because of its "let's start an episode a week before it airs" production schedule - tends to do a lot of things in response to something currently happening in the news. And while the "Yahoo Video Celebrity War" episode is a good example of painfully dated references there have been many occasions (at least in my opinion) when entire South Park episodes are designed to immediately parody something that's just happened in the news that will be forgotten about within a few weeks.

I personally have wished for a long time that Stone and Parker would just cut out this type of production schedule and work instead on giving us original plots that don't reference current news stories or parody drama or action films. They're always complaining in the DVD commentaries about how they get a couple episodes into a half season and are already hitting walls. That's really sad when you spend two thirds of a year doing absolutely nothing.

Family Guy is guilty of the same sins, but I've found they don't waste entire episodes on this sort of thing like South Park does. When Trey Parker and Matt Stone decide that there's some news story they want to parody you can bet we're getting 30 minutes of that parody and not a five minute cutaway that's easier to ignore like it would be on Family Guy.

[Master Moron]

Those characters don't appear in every episode, nor do they have to because they're minor characters.


The Vaudeville Guys and The Evil Monkey are dead. So, they aren't likely to appear again, unless they appear as ghosts.

[DarthGonzo]

The Vaudeville Guys and The Evil Monkey are dead. So, they aren't likely to appear again, unless they appear as ghosts.

The Vaudeville guys have appeared as ghosts. And were we positive that the Evil Monkey is dead?

[Dr. Daedalus]

Exactly. That's why I don't understand the "it was too long" complain. It would be too long if it wasn't funny! And if we didn't find that music video funny?

(though I do give the artists credit for all the various ways they drew Stewie in it. I especially liked the pencil sketch one)

[Old Guy]

And if we didn't find that music video funny?

That was (sort of) my point. People here have said that they thought it was funny but too long? How exactly is it too long? Did it at one point stop being funny? If no, then who cares? If it's funny it's funny. If someone didn't find it funny, well, what can I say? I'm sorry you had to sit through that.

[Blackstar]

My problem with Stewie's music video wasn't it's length. I just didn't find it all that funny. In fact, I didn't think anything that Stewie did in this episode was particularly funny. His subplot seemed kind of tacked on, honestly.

[Fastbak]

My problem with Stewie's music video wasn't it's length. I just didn't find it all that funny. In fact, I didn't think anything that Stewie did in this episode was particularly funny. His subplot seemed kind of tacked on, honestly.


I loved the whole making up the song on his guitar with different chords bit.

[warnerbroman]

cuz it sounds like..... Queef

[SirLemming]

No. That is definitely not it.

[Daffyfan2003]

The Stewie music video wasn't really "too long" because it was part of the plot and, well, it was a music video. It made sense for it to be that long. Did they have to show the whole thing? Depends on your taste. But it's not like they just took something and stretched it out ridiculously for the sake of being weird.

On the other hand, there's the Christian Bale gag. It was fairly funny, even though it was a total cop-out in terms of animation and it completely destroyed the flow of the episode. But as someone else mentioned, it's going to be horrible in re-runs. I think I've already gotten all the laughter I'll ever get out of it (which really wasn't much).


See for yourself.
http://www.newshounds.us/Copy%20of%20HANDCSCREENSHOT_0001.jpg


I'm sorry, but I still don't see anything about Droopy there. In the words of Ricky Ricardo " 'splain."


I'm rarely aggravated by long Family Guy cutaways but this one is enough to make me change the channel.

Yeah. That's exactly my point. If they keep up with these long cutaways I'm just going to start taping the eps so I can fast forward through them. I agree with the people who said that they just use those as time fillers. More thought seems to go into the cutaways than to the actual plot of the show. Besides, it's hypocritical for Peter to complain about someone swearing so much when at times he's just as bad.

Another thing I was kind of curious about was when Quagmire mentioned that Susie was already 18. Was that supposed to be a joke about how long Bonnie was pregnant? Because technically it's only been ten years, unless she was pregnant for another eight years before she was on the show. Anyway, just something I thought I'd point out.

[SirLemming]

I'm sorry, but I still don't see anything about Droopy there. In the words of Ricky Ricardo " 'splain."
*shrug* I thought it was fairly obvious that he looks like a sad dog of some sort, as Seth McFarlane apparently does, but if you don't see it, then you don't see it.


Another thing I was kind of curious about was when Quagmire mentioned that Susie was already 18. Was that supposed to be a joke about how long Bonnie was pregnant? Because technically it's only been ten years, unless she was pregnant for another eight years before she was on the show. Anyway, just something I thought I'd point out.
Perhaps, but you're probably overthinking it. He's just a perv.

[veemonjosh]

The Vaudeville Guys and The Evil Monkey are dead. So, they aren't likely to appear again, unless they appear as ghosts.

Evil Monkey isn't dead. What gave you that idea? o_O

[Daffyfan2003]

Well, didn't one guy attack him in one episode? Brian's son, I think it was. I guess that could go either way. The monkey could have been like Mustafa in the 'Austin Powers' movies, 'not dead, but very badly bruised.'


*shrug* I thought it was fairly obvious that he looks like a sad dog of some sort, as Seth McFarlane apparently does, but if you don't see it, then you don't see it.

Okay. I see it now. I guess I wasn't looking too closely at the guy's face. Lol.

[Master Moron]

Evil Monkey isn't dead. What gave you that idea? o_O

Brian's son beat him until a pool of blood formed around him. That's usually a sign of death.

[RonDrakenfan17]

Holy freakin crap I didn't know there was a new episode, I miss it :crying:

[Monterey Jack]

Brian's son beat him until a pool of blood formed around him. That's usually a sign of death.

Tell that to the Chicken.

[dendawg]

Brian's son beat him until a pool of blood formed around him. That's usually a sign of a severe beating that may result in death.

Fixed.

[tb4000]

You already know continuity means nothing in the McFarlane-verse.
Brian's son beat him until a pool of blood formed around him. That's usually a sign of death.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Peter also smashed Connie Dimaco several times against a Fire Extuinisher in "Peter's Daughter" until she was limp and severly bleeding but she survived. Meg also was harpooned at the end of "Jungle Love" and survived so you only die on FG if it's specified you'd die. That's why Stewie had to point out he KILLED the Vaudville Guys to make sure people realized he acutally did kill them and they weren't just you know severly damaged and would come back unharmed in a late ep.

I know it was never the key focus point of the show. And let's face it kid characters besides Stewie on this show are having less and less value over time. Cleveland Junior's only got a spinoff to look forward to, Kevin (the OTHER Swanson kid) hasn't had any decent screentime since before the revival, and both Meg and Chris are becoming less and less relvent to anything nowadays. I know they can't write for Meg for crap, but Chris too? Really that's just sad. Still after 10 years I was kind of them expecting to at least do something you know... worthwhile with Bonnie finally giving birth. I mean really they point out it's been so long 4 years back and still just make it like an oridnary event. Bullcrap. Really if this was the best they could do after so much time spent waiting maybe they should of just stuck her back in the womb at the end and then tried doing it right. As per usual the show hinges too much on Stewie and Brian, Peter and the Guys, and Lois appearing at the last minute to have some sort of emotional resolve. So as per usual if you cared about plot, you are still watching the wrong show. If you cared about jokes, we once again get those super overbearing I can't believe they're still going jokes. Okay yeah nice how they were able to be relevent wiht Christian's Bale flipout. And nice idea having Stewie's video incoperate a trick from every music video known to date of importance. Those still lasted too long to really care about. The only really good jokes seemed to be those quick one liners attached to what they'd call a "plot". Quagmire laughing about not being able to say he uses condoms, Stewie talking about the bread twistie when talking about Suise, the woman's line about the guys massage salon, Mr. Pewterschitch getting rid of money and Quagmire trying to crack a joke, Brian trying the high pitch voice thing and Stewie saying that joke only works for him, Clevleand being able to get through the vocal test and... yeah that was pretty much it. Seriously this is the kind of thing that needed either more of a focus on Joe or at least making it seem like a big important event. I mean the staff is fan of old shows: and old shows always always ALWAYS hyped it whenever someone got pregenent and was giving birth to the baby no matter what. If you can't think of anything funny to do after that then at least hype that event some. Will at least make it seem like something to look forward to more then this.

[DeanBurrito25]

I didn't even watch the whole thing. I turned off the TV halfway of the episode.
I thought it was going to be alot funnier, but instead it had either short unfunny jokes or long dragged out unfunny jokes. Honestly the Christian Bale mash-up was dragged out to ad nauseum.
Family Guy used to be alot better than this.

4.5/10, and I'm being nice. :shrug:

[Ahiru-kun]

I don't see why some of you guys expected Bonnie giving birth to be a big event. What could they do? They already did the "other super intelligent baby" plot with Bertram. The reason they finally had Bonnie give birth, I believe, is so they can do more things with her without it looking ridiculous or getting angry phone calls.

[Radical Raven]

I know I'm like a week late, but don't make fun of Two and a Half Men:p

[PositronShooter]

I know it was never the key focus point of the show. And let's face it kid characters besides Stewie on this show are having less and less value over time. Cleveland Junior's only got a spinoff to look forward to, Kevin (the OTHER Swanson kid) hasn't had any decent screentime since before the revival, and both Meg and Chris are becoming less and less relvent to anything nowadays. I know they can't write for Meg for crap, but Chris too? Really that's just sad. Still after 10 years I was kind of them expecting to at least do something you know... worthwhile with Bonnie finally giving birth. I mean really they point out it's been so long 4 years back and still just make it like an oridnary event. Bullcrap. Really if this was the best they could do after so much time spent waiting maybe they should of just stuck her back in the womb at the end and then tried doing it right. As per usual the show hinges too much on Stewie and Brian, Peter and the Guys, and Lois appearing at the last minute to have some sort of emotional resolve. So as per usual if you cared about plot, you are still watching the wrong show. If you cared about jokes, we once again get those super overbearing I can't believe they're still going jokes. Okay yeah nice how they were able to be relevent wiht Christian's Bale flipout. And nice idea having Stewie's video incoperate a trick from every music video known to date of importance. Those still lasted too long to really care about. The only really good jokes seemed to be those quick one liners attached to what they'd call a "plot". Quagmire laughing about not being able to say he uses condoms, Stewie talking about the bread twistie when talking about Suise, the woman's line about the guys massage salon, Mr. Pewterschitch getting rid of money and Quagmire trying to crack a joke, Brian trying the high pitch voice thing and Stewie saying that joke only works for him, Clevleand being able to get through the vocal test and... yeah that was pretty much it. Seriously this is the kind of thing that needed either more of a focus on Joe or at least making it seem like a big important event. I mean the staff is fan of old shows: and old shows always always ALWAYS hyped it whenever someone got pregenent and was giving birth to the baby no matter what. If you can't think of anything funny to do after that then at least hype that event some. Will at least make it seem like something to look forward to more then this.

You mentioned every last thing that is wrong with this episode.

Given that this was the birth of Bonnie's baby, that aspect was especially disappointing. I had long gotten used to the idea of Bonnie being "permanently" pregnant, because with what little they did for her at all, they had a few interesting setups where a pregnant woman was doing things that most pregnant women wouldn't/shouldn't do. A lot of potential there, but Bonnie has barely been around since the series' return.

And I agree especially about the kids. Neil made his debut long before Mort, but once Mort showed up, he became the new semi-regular, and Neil was hardly seen or heard from again. Since this particular story was about the Swansons, I kinda expected them to bring back Kevin. But he's not even mentioned anymore. So why do the writers even bother giving the adults kids if they are never used anymore? (In fact, this only had one gag about two kids getting drunk from Peter's lemonade stand, but it was a stupid gag to begin with.)

Even when they give too much attention to Peter and the guys, it's reaching the point where they can't make good use of that anymore. There were much better ways they could've gone about the main "plot" than having Joe get in trouble with the mafia, and later going to Carter for money, especially since Carter had no real purpose in this episode other than to squeeze in more rich jerk jokes.

The whole idea about Bonnie giving birth was even worse because in the subplot involving Stewie getting a crush on a potential playmate, we never actually see him try to meet Susan, a good portion of that time was instead wasted on a ridiculously long music video, and by the end, he quits and goes back to being gay.

Many will say that Family Guy is more about the jokes than the stories, but even the jokes recently have become stale and repetitive. Not only are they now becoming an excuse not to make a real story, that Christian Bale tape was yet another that could've been used for much better material.

I'm not seeing the appeal in this episode at all. It's been three months since the previous episode, but apparently, these long breaks aren't spent improving the episodes. It is becoming a real pain that this show can't even try to be entertaining anymore.

[Dudley]

Whatever happened to Joe's son?

[Ahiru-kun]

Whatever happened to Joe's son?

He came down with Chuck Cunningham syndrome.

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Originally posted by Ahiru-Kun
I don't see why some of you guys expected Bonnie giving birth to be a big event. What could they do? They already did the "other super intelligent baby" plot with Bertram. The reason they finally had Bonnie give birth, I believe, is so they can do more things with her without it looking ridiculous or getting angry phone calls.

You REALLY think they're going to be doing anything with Bonnie now? I'm pretty sure she's just going to have the same role she's had for years, but with Susie as arm candy that just sits there not doing anything. I never said that she herself should of been more featured, but the event of the birth itself should of. There has been pregency shows before but they've never really been too pivotal to the plot: this one could of actually broken the mode some. They could of still had plenty of scenes of Peter and the guys and even Brian and Stewie but focus it more on the baby coming out since there's still plenty of material that could of been done about that. Just felt like a wasted opportunity to me. I mean really Susie Swanson's birth is a MacGuffin since she herself isn't important at all the story besides just her existance which to me seems pretty sad.

[QUOTE]He came down with Chuck Cunningham syndrome.

The funny thing is that Family Guy has actually made fun of that before in "The Father, Son and the Holy Fonz." And yet do the same thing themselves. I'd love for them to point out Chuck again and Joe said he hates how they shove away minor family characters. Kevin then comes in and asks what going on and Joe yells at him to get "back in the closest for another 7 years" or something like that.

[Radical Raven]

I laughed at this episodes jokes, but the plot was rather weak. I almost wished they never introduced Betram; I think a female nemesis for Stewie would be interesting (you know... female nemesis his own age.)

[Bloody Marquis]

I laughed at this episodes jokes, but the plot was rather weak. I almost wished they never introduced Betram; I think a female nemesis for Stewie would be interesting (you know... female nemesis his own age.)
Wasn't Olivia initially like that in her first appearance?

[Radical Raven]

Wasn't Olivia initially like that in her first appearance?

....who?

Must have missed that one:o

[Bloody Marquis]

....who?

Must have missed that one:o
She was that little girl in "From Method To Madness" and, more recently, "Chick Cancer".

[Blackstar]

....who?

Must have missed that one:o

Olivia was Stewie's nemesis in the performing arts school in the episode "From Method to Madness". She turned up again in "Chick Cancer" in which she and Stewie "get married", but soon afterward, the 2 of them are constantly bickering and she "cheats" on Stewie with another boy. Stewie sets their pretend house on fire with Olivia and her friend in it at the end of the episode. It's not yet known whether or not Olivia survived.


I laughed at this episodes jokes, but the plot was rather weak. I almost wished they never introduced Betram; I think a female nemesis for Stewie would be interesting (you know... female nemesis his own age.)The thing is that Bertram is a character whom can be pulled out occasionally whenever he is needed for a plot. The Swansons, however, live right next door to the Griffins, so Susie would be a fairly constant presence on the show. Seeing Stewie and Susie butt heads might be entertaining once or twice, but it wouldn't be funny time after time.

[Radical Raven]

Olivia was Stewie's nemesis in the performing arts school in the episode "From Method to Madness". She turned up again in "Chick Cancer" in which she and Stewie "get married", but soon afterward, the 2 of them are constantly bickering and she "cheats" on Stewie with another boy. Stewie sets their pretend house on fire with Olivia and her friend in it at the end of the episode. It's not yet known whether or not Olivia survived.

The thing is that Bertram is a character whom can be pulled out occasionally whenever he is needed for a plot. The Swansons, however, live right next door to the Griffins, so Susie would be a fairly constant presence on the show. Seeing Stewie and Susie butt heads might be entertaining once or twice, but it wouldn't be funny time after time.

Oh yeah, I remember her now.

Given the lax way Family Guy treats continunuity (as everyone has mentioned with Kevin Swanson), I doubt Susie would have to show up often even if they moved her into the Griffin's house.

Edit: And, although I like Stewie and Olivia's episodes, I was thinking more along the lines of an evil-genius character, (I think Olivia was supposed to be parodying something in both of her episodes, though I'm not sure what).

[Leviathan]

You already know continuity means nothing in the McFarlane-verse.

Yes it does, otherwise Mr. Weed would still be alive.

[defunctzombie]

Just watched this on the dvd, and the Christian Bale gag is missing. Anyone know why?

[TheVileOne]

Uh didn't they write out Kevin by saying he died in Iraq? Or did Kevin pop up again inexplicably after that?

[defunctzombie]

Uh didn't they write out Kevin by saying he died in Iraq? Or did Kevin pop up again inexplicably after that?
They say that in "Stew-roids", which is after this episode. The gag I was referring to was where they insert Peter into the Christian Bale rant.

[PositronShooter]

Just watched this on the dvd, and the Christian Bale gag is missing. Anyone know why?

The world is better off without it.

[Daxdiv]

The world is better off without it.

I thought that it was hilarious.

But as for the DVD itself, what replaced the Bale rant?

[Dr. Daedalus]

They say that in "Stew-roids", which is after this episode. The gag I was referring to was where they insert Peter into the Christian Bale rant. I'm just venturing a guess here, but I bet that Bale cutaway was done as a last resort in the original airing to fill time, and the crew is ashamed of resorting to it, that they left it out of the DVD.

Either that, or Bale requested it be removed. But somehow I doubt that scenario, seeing as how he acknowledged he was out of line that day and said the ribbing was rightly deserved.

[Prdgn]

Just wanted to say that the "Safety Dance" scene may be the funniest thing I've ever seen on Family Guy.

[tb4000]

Just wanted to say that the "Safety Dance" scene may be the funniest thing I've ever seen on Family Guy.


Yeah, I chide this show's stiff animation, but some scenes it actually adds to the humor because of how fast and quick it is.

[defunctzombie]

When I get around to it, I'll listen to the commentary. Maybe they explain?

[DarthGonzo]

Funny, they never mention the Christian Bale cutaway in the commentary.

[Monterey Jack]

That Bale rant gag had a shelf life of approximately 22 minutes anyways. Better that it not be preserved so that people a few years from now will be muttering "Huh?"

[Prdgn]

That Bale rant gag had a shelf life of approximately 22 minutes anyways. Better that it not be preserved so that people a few years from now will be muttering "Huh?"

Yeah, I think everybody on Earth forgot about that about two weeks after it happened.

[JeffBreakdown]

or because it was done so fast for air they were all ready putting together the dvd

[Tobias]

The Bale bit wasn't in the Adult Swim airing, either, and I'm pretty sure it was missing from the recent rerun on Fox. It was probably just a last minute fill in for incomplete animation or something.

Or maybe because they were actually using Christian Bale's voice without his permission it had to be a one time airing or risk being sued.

[defunctzombie]

Or maybe because they were actually using Christian Bale's voice without his permission it had to be a one time airing or risk being sued.
I remember watching it on Hulu, though. I'm going to guess that Fox didn't like it and had them pull it.

[Daxdiv]

Well you do have to realize that Hulu seems to use whatever aired on TV first as their footage for streaming, complete with the network bug, so you got to factor that in.

[defunctzombie]

If anyone's interested, the version on hulu right now has the Bale gag in it.