The reason why is, well, rather simple, I thought it was an extremely boring episode, that somehow managed to irritate me at the same time. The Irish Insomniac: I don't know if I'll be courting controversy by saying this, but I really and truly did not care for Season Two's " Let's Go to the Hop".Whatever you may think of Walt Disney or his company, this was just plain sick and unfunny. He threatens her too while Minnie cries in embarrassment. Kittens: There's a scene in " A Picture is Worth a Thousand Bucks" where it shows an old fashioned Minnie Mouse being forced to strip against her will for a sleazy Walt Disney asking her if she wants to be famous.And it didn't match any prior episodes in tone. Viewers of the time had come to expect non-stop laughs from this show. Chilliwack: Most unforgivably for me was the fact that except for a few sparse moments, this episode was played dead serious.An all-too-easy conclusion is that it's referring to interspecies romance. If it's actually serious and not just patronization of civil rights, then what is the intended message? People are trying to make dogs do human-like things all the time, so it's illogical to say that we're not treating them human enough. Squir: Not to mention that it can carry Unfortunate Implications.This is Brian complaining about not being treated "special" because he's a talking dog. This isn't Brian asking for equal rights for his species. And, finally, the parallel just doesn't work because most dogs in the series are realistic animal-minded dogs (About the only dogs in Family Guy that are of human level intelligence are Brian, New Brian (deceased), Jasper, and the Griffin's old dog Todd). Second, the indignities that minorities had to endure were far worse than Brian not being allowed to drink at a fountain or having to wear a leash for his own protection. First, equating a dog's (albeit a human-level intelligent one) problems with "leash laws" to the "Jim Crow" laws is just insulting on so many levels I don't know where to begin. But, then it goes completely downhill after Brian runs away and we are subjected to many many parallels to the 1960s "Civil Rights" movements. Why? Well, at first, the episode starts out great with Brian feeling Peter doesn't respect him and Peter also feeling Brian doesn't appreciate him causing the former to run away. fluffything: To prove not everything pre-revival was a classic, we have the Season 1 episode " Brian: Portrait of a Dog", which shows the dog's Black Hole Sue tendencies went as far back as the first season. Remember: the family that laughs together, stays together. They also have the benefit of not making nervous parents explain the meaning of a few choice words. And these 35 movies hit the mark.Įach of them fit the sweet spot that can send every generation into hysterics, possibly for different reasons. It just has to make everyone gathered on the couch laugh – which, admittedly, is no easy task. But the humour doesn’t have to play only to the less-developed brains in the audience. Sure, for a movie to qualify as ‘fun for the whole family’, that inherently means it must entertain the youngest members of the brood. Let’s clarify this right from the start: no, ‘family comedy’ is not a euphemism for ‘kids’ movie’.
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