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- The Simpsons Guy
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- "The Simpsons Guy" is the first episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series Family Guy, and the 232nd overall episode. "The Simpsons Guy" is a 44-minute-long crossover with The Simpsons, and was written by Patrick Meighan and directed by Peter Shin.[2] It originally aired in the United States on September 28, 2014, on Fox, where both The Simpsons and Family Guy have aired since their respective debuts.
- In the episode, the Griffins stay with the Simpsons after the former family's car is stolen just outside Springfield. After the Griffins get their car back, Peter is taken to court as a representative of the Pawtucket Patriot brewery, his employer, when it is discovered that its ale is an unauthorized copy of Duff Beer.
- The idea for a crossover episode was suggested by Family Guy executive producer and former Simpsons writer Richard Appel, and the episode was announced by Fox in July 2013. Five of the six main members of the voice cast of The Simpsons—the exception being Harry Shearer—voiced their characters in the episode. "The Simpsons Guy" was met with a mixed reception by critics, who had differing opinions on how well the two shows combined.
- Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Production
- 2.1 Development
- 2.2 Announcement and promotion
- 3 Reception
- 3.1 Critical reception
- 3.2 Controversy
- 4 See also
- 5 References
- 6 External links
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- "The Simpsons Guy"
- Family Guy episode
- Episode no. Season 13
- Episode 1
- Directed by Peter Shin
- Written by Patrick Meighan[1]
- Featured music "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
- by Def Leppard
- Production code BACX22/BACX23
- Original air date September 28, 2014
- Guest appearance(s)
- Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Santa's Little Helper, Abraham Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Hans Moleman, Kodos, Mayor Quimby, Blue-Haired Lawyer
- Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson, Patty and Selma
- Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders
- Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson
- Hank Azaria as Moe Szyslak, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Carl Carlson, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, Dr. Nick Riviera
- H. Jon Benjamin as Bob Belcher
- Jeff Bergman as Fred Flintstone
- Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy
- James Woods as himself
- Episode chronology
- ← Previous
- "Chap Stewie" Next →
- "The Book of Joe"
- Family Guy (season 13)
- List of Family Guy episodes
- The Simpson family puts up the Griffin family in their home until things improve. Bart shows Stewie his slingshot, and teaches him how to skateboard, and they become good friends. When Nelson Muntz bullies Bart, Stewie retaliates by kidnapping and torturing Nelson. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to find a talent that Meg has. When she finds that Meg is a natural at the saxophone, she downplays the talent out of jealousy. Chris and Brian take the Simpsons' dog, Santa's Little Helper, for a walk. Brian tries to teach Santa's Little Helper independence, but the latter runs off when freed. Marge notices Santa's Little Helper is missing, and Chris and Brian fake his presence until he eventually returns. Homer and Peter try different plans to find Peter's car, each one backfiring, until they discover it in the possession of Hans Moleman when he accidentally runs Peter over.
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- The Griffins prepare to return to Quahog, where Peter faces the prospect of finding a new job. Lisa gives Meg her saxophone, but Peter throws it away, claiming there is no room for any more luggage. Stewie points out that he took revenge on not just Nelson, but all of Bart's enemies: Nelson, Jimbo Jones, Principal Skinner, Sideshow Bob, and (for the sake of making a scatological pun) Apu.-- espn
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- Reception (bold) [ edit ]
- The episode was watched by 8.45 million people. This was slightly more than the second season premiere of Resurrection on ABC but less than The Good Wife on CBS, both shows in the same timeslot. "Clown in the Dumps", the earlier premiere of the twenty-sixth season of The Simpsons was watched by 8.53 million.[9]
- Critical reception (bold) [ edit ]
- "The Simpsons Guy" received mixed reviews. Writing in USA Today, Mike Foss gave the episode a positive review, but criticized how the episode was written by Family Guy staff and thus lacked elements of The Simpsons' humor.[10] Jason Hughes of TheWrap was also generally in praise of the episode, but felt that certain scenes—including both Peter and Homer's fight and an erotic car wash sequence—were "squeamish" and out of place for The Simpsons. He however acknowledged that Bart's disgust at Stewie's behavior was "a good statement" of the difference between the two shows.[11] Positive reviews of the crossover also came from IGN,[12] the International Business Times,[13] the Standard-Examiner,[14] and TVLine.[15]
- Other critics responded negatively. Scott Meslow, of The Week, pointed out his disappointment that the episode parodied a scene in "Bart the Daredevil", as that episode dealt with Homer and Bart's relationship, but "The Simpsons Guy" used it as a joke in a violent sequence.[8] Todd VanDerWerff wrote on VOX that while he expected the episode to be mediocre, it actually ended up a "blight on humanity itself". He listed nine reasons for this statement, including his dissatisfaction with the car wash and fight scenes, and the use of sexist jokes which had lost their shock value.[16] After the episode aired in the United Kingdom in July 2015, Ellen E. Jones, of The Independent, criticized the episode's rape jokes and violence, and theorized that with the poor box-office performance of his latest film Ted 2, audiences were growing tired of MacFarlane's humor.[17] Ed Power of The Daily Telegraph, however, wrote that Family Guy's usual objectionable content was restrained in the episode, as if it had been "infected" by recent seasons of The Simpsons.[18]
- The A.V. Club named the episode among "The worst TV of 2014" under "Worst crossover", writing that "for no real reason, Homer and Peter find themselves in an interminable 'sexy car wash' montage, sudsing and squirting each other in tied-off tees and denim cutoffs. Family Guy prides itself on cutaway gags, but the car-wash scene... is its most successful look-away gag".[19]
- Controversy (bold) [ edit ]
- "The Simpsons Guy" attracted controversy before it had aired. Tim Winter, the President of the Parents Television Council, a socially conservative media monitoring organization and longtime critic of Family Guy, wrote to Matt Groening, Seth MacFarlane and Fox about a joke seen in the trailer for the episode. In it, after Bart's prank call to Moe asking for a man with an innuendo name, Stewie makes his own call and tells Moe that his sister is being raped. Winter felt that jokes about rape make it "less outrageous in real life", and that people who watch The Simpsons but not Family Guy would be unfamiliar with the latter show's brand of humor.[20] A Fox spokeswoman declined to comment on the joke, while MacFarlane, interviewed by Entertainment Weekly, said that although he would be attacked for stating it as such, the joke was "pretty funny... in context".[21] A spokeswoman from the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network said "I think the show is making it clear that rape is not funny by how they are positioning the joke."[21]
- The Parents Television Council declared the episode worst show of the week, saying that it was significantly distasteful to involve The Simpsons because although that series is rated PG, Family Guy aims "to reach the most extreme and outlandish conclusion of any joke, no matter how harsh the punchline may be. For subjecting viewers to jokes about rape, cartoon nudity, and disturbing acts of violence, Fox's Family Guy will remain the Worst TV Show of the Week".[22]
- See also (bold) [edit]
- Night of the Hurricane – a cross-over of all of Seth McFarlane's programs on Fox.
- References (bold) [edit ]
- Snierson, Dan (2014-09-12). "Best. Crossover. Ever". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
- 1. ^ a b c d e (cite 1-0) b (cite 1-1) c (cite 1-2) d (cite 1-3) e (cite 1-4)
- 2. ^ Coleman, Miriam (2014-07-27). "Take an Early Peek at the 'Simpsons'-'Family Guy' Crossover Episode". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
- 3. ^ Gupta, Prachi (August 8, 2014). "Legendary comic Harry Shearer: Nixon was the last great tragicomic character of our time". Salon. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- 11. ^ Hughes, Jason (September 29, 2014). "'Family Guy'-'Simpsons' Crossover Is Everything Fans of Both Shows Love". TheWrap. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- 22. ^ "Worst of the Week: Family Guy on Fox". Parents Television Council. October 2, 2014.
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- "The Simpsons Guy" at TV.com
- "The Simpsons Guy" on IMDb
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