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Gee, who does this look like.

It may seem odd that Stewie looks and sounds absolutely nothing like

the rest of his family, but not when you remember that Seth McFarland

steals other peoples ideas. He doesn't even have the decency to alter

them the slightest bit. The cartoon above is called "Jimmy Corrigan,

the Smartest Kid on Earth", and it was drawn in 1996, three years

before the premier of 'Family Guy'. Artist Chris Ware created the

character in 1991. In 1999, Entertainment Weekly magazine wrote this:

Comic-book fans have been buzzing about a certain familiarity

they've noticed recently: namely, that Stewie, the

football-shaped-headed child who loathes his mother and invents

diabolical weapons on Fox's Family Guy, bears a striking

resemblance to a comic-strip character: Jimmy Corrigan, the

Smartest Kid on Earth (right), a football-shaped-headed child who

fears his mother and invents things to escape from her. Chris Ware

has been drawing Jimmy since 1991, creating a series of comic books

called the Acme Novelty Library. A collection of Jimmy's adventures

will be published by Pantheon next spring. Says Ware, "I don't want

a book of seven years' worth of my stuff to become available and

then be accused of being a rip-off of Family Guy."

In the Family Guy movie, Seth MacFarlane included a "joke" where

Stewie breaks the neck of an Entertainment Weekly reporter. Man, what

does Seth have against EW? Oh yeah, they had to nerve to reveal he's a

hack. (click the cartoon above for a slightly bigger view)

posted by Randy at 7:55 PM 48 comments

Wikipedia has a very good article detailing what other TV writers

think about Family Guy, including this from Matt and Trey:

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have expressed their

discontent at being put at the same comedic level as Family Guy.

When questioned about the meanest thing anyone ever said to them,

Stone replied "When people say to me, 'God, you guys have one of

the best shows on television. You and Family Guy.' That fucking

hurts so bad", to which Parker agreed: "Very well said. It's such a

kick in the balls."

see the full page here.

posted by Randy at 7:27 PM 48 comments

EXAMPLE - STOLEN JOKE

I can't remember exactly what episode it was - I think it was the one

where Quagmire slept with Loretta - but the scene began with Peter

bringing a half dozen or so prostitutes into Cleveland's living room.

At the end of the scene, Stewie says to one of the prostitutes, "So,

is there any tread left on the tires? Or at this point would it be

like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?"

This is weird because "throwing a hot dog down a hallway" sounds very

much like "throwing a hot dog down a hallway", a joke Whoopi Goldberg

used in 1994 at her Friars Club Roast to describe sex with then

boyfriend Ted Danson. Some may remember this because Danson wore

blackface to the event. Not only does Family Guy steal, they steal

from Whoopi Goldberg. That's fuckin weak.

posted by Randy at 7:19 PM 87 comments

IN THE BEGINNING

March 12, 2006 was the last straw. 'Family Guy' began with Peter

Griffin as a contestant on Wheel of Fortune. He won, and then was

asked to choose prizes from the showcase. Keep in mind, Wheel of

Fortune hasn't had a prize showcase for about 15 years, but no matter,

one of the prizes Peter chose was a ceramic Dalmatian for 600 dollars.

Which is an old Louie Anderson joke, word for word. 'Family Guy'

didn't even bother to make it a ceramic leopard or elephant, they

stole Andersons joke word for word. Ive noticed for a long time that

'Family Guy' steals other people material, but this was finally