The Episode That Changed Family Guy Forever

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What's the first perfect episode of Family Guy? And how did it change the show forever?
Essay written by Will DiGravio & Adam Tinius
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@EntertainTheElk Месяц назад

What do you think is the first perfect episode of Family Guy? Shout it out below!

@wstine79 Месяц назад

Road to Rhode Island. Stewie and Brian perfect their chemistry. Well each of them has their moment to shine.

@gary1248 Месяц назад

when will you do the day south park was born

@justinsidious9772 Месяц назад

I love the title of your channel. I absolutely hate the title of this series. Shows aren’t born and if they were it would be the first episode.

@pantaloney Месяц назад

Rhode to Rhode Island is a solid pick. I can do no better.

@MaximizedAnimation Месяц назад

I'd probably say Da Boom. It had Mila Kunis playing Meg for the first time, the first iconic chicken fight, and overall was the first Family Guy episode where I felt the story remained consistent and funny enough to make the whole episode memorable instead of just a couple gags from it. The ending parodying the season 7 finale of Dallas was also a highlight

@katet_33 Месяц назад

"I didn't know Biscuit as a dog, but I did know her... as a table." lol great episode, one of my favorites.

@brianlbeck Месяц назад

You unlocked a memory of a friend of mine getting the first 3 seasons on DVD and having a huge watch party at his house. I kind of forgot how big of a show it used to be.

@TVVENCH Месяц назад

I used to host these parties at mine as a teen 🥹

@777superlightwater 18 дней назад

That’s awesome

@austenomar2218 18 дней назад

I just found my old season 1 DVD, crazy to think I got it almost 20 years ago

@ashtviceland Месяц назад

Road to rhode island is imo the best episode of the entire show

@EntertainTheElk Месяц назад

I think I'd agree.

@Randomlad.0737 22 дня назад

What about Brian Wallows & Peter Swallows? That's definitely one of my favourites, so it would be fun to see your thoughts on it.

@iainronald4217 Месяц назад

You brought me back in time, my friend. When the uncancellation happened, my family was staying at the ski house of my rich cousins. They had this hideaway under the stairs, just big enough for kids 12 and under, and all the brand-new DVDs. So, during dinner, we'd sneak down there and all of us kids would watch the new seasons of Family Guy. I was 10-12 then, and now I'm 31, so I haven't seen clips from those episodes for a long time!

@777superlightwater 18 дней назад

My friend and I used to watch movies under that at sleepovers too 😂

@landoftheninja 16 дней назад

Can't believe you cut the, -I'm not drunk, I just have a speech impediment. 'Hurls' And a stomach virus. 'Falls over' And an inner ear infection 😂😂😂

@tigerdactyl6958 Месяц назад

Family guy, the simpsons, spongebob have been zombified. American dad and bob's burgers are getting to that point as well.

@Hui432 29 дней назад

South Park too, it feels like a husk of the show it used to be

@lrb662003 28 дней назад

@Hui432 although it seems South Park has adopted a less is more approach recently which seems to be helping it.

@TV_Rosso 27 дней назад

American Dad died when it went from FOX to TBS

@tatehildyard5332 26 дней назад

@@lrb662003 What's funny is that I'm pretty sure that mostly came about for legal reasons. Time Warner Media owns the streaming rights for all South Park episodes but Viacom isn't going to give up one of their most lucrative IPs without a fight and they DESPERATELY need content to get people to buy Paramount Plus. The workaround is a legal loophole where now Paramount Plus can hold onto the show by advertising it not as "episodes" but as "exclusive special events". The technicality being if they're not the run time of television episodes, if they don't air on CC episode or cable television episode blocks and if they're not developed in episodic season cycles, then they're technically not episodes so the contract with Time Warner is not violated.

@athousandfeethigh 20 дней назад

@@TV_RossoSad but true. There are still funny jokes and some good episodes but much was lost in the move.

@ChibiSteak Месяц назад

2:38 sponsor skip

@PurpleGuy661 6 дней назад

Thank you

@RYN988 Месяц назад

I miss the first 7 seasons. Those were fantastic and a great part of my adolescence.

@LucasFielding-js6bj Месяц назад

Season 8 episode 1 is good

@vicecityrocks1 20 дней назад

@@LucasFielding-js6bjlol what about after that

@PurpleGuy661 6 дней назад

@@vicecityrocks1there’s also that one episode with Stewie and Brian (S8E17) that has literally no cutaway gags.

@alaakaMal Месяц назад

Not a single mention of Chris

@EntertainTheElk Месяц назад

Ha. I had a short section dedicated to him, but it didn't feel like anything new or worth mentioning. So he got cut.

@andyghkfilm2287 Месяц назад

@@EntertainTheElk oh my gahd…

@ToneTitan Месяц назад

@@EntertainTheElkI mean, it’s still kinda odd, though.

@didiercollard 29 дней назад

Heh, just like the show.

@shadywiskerz 24 дня назад

@@ToneTitanIt’s not a major loss

@TechSquidTV Месяц назад

Remember the excellent Brian and Stewie special episodes? They used to be ART

@wstine79 Месяц назад

Peter: "I haven't had trouble eating supper since that time the Swedish Chef prepared my meal kits from FACTOR." :::cut to Muppet Swedish Chef tossing around the ingredients in all the FACTOR packages::;

@EntertainTheElk Месяц назад

Why aren't you writing my copy points?

@Bolbi145 Месяц назад

For me, Family Guy’s prime was from Season 3 to Season 6, it’s the era when the show struck a perfect balance of crude, clever, mean, and nice, and when the show found it’s own voice.

@DimsumGarbage 28 дней назад

makes sense because seth left the show creatively sometime after this era

@musicsmith14 21 день назад

I do love the “road to” series, and you make some great points here. But I also love the first 3 seasons in general. Something about their joke style really gets me laughing. Lots of great episodes there imho.

@frankrappa4765 Месяц назад

I haven't really been keeping up with Family Guy nowadays, but I love Road To Rhode Island. It's my favorite episode in the whole series.

@EntertainTheElk Месяц назад

I agree

@cvdevol 16 дней назад

Meg is not the middle child. She's the first born.

@jaysnk408 29 дней назад

I remember having this episode on a collection disc for my PSP. I think it also had the episode where the family has to relocate to the south which is a clasic for me

@sinklar7946 Месяц назад

RtRI is a great pick! My personal favorite is Brian Wallows and Peter Swallows. It does such a good job of balancing the funny moments and gags while also having two emotional storylines and also has an amazing song in “You’ve Got a Lot To See”. It’s easily the episode I would recommend to a first time viewer.

@voiceofreason2674 Месяц назад

You can talk trash about the Family Guy but there will never be another cartoon as funny as it was for a few years. A gigantic gold mine of Television Culture to tap into and the writing staff absolutely nailed it. Plus decently big budget voice acting. They took it kinda seriously. Idk what my favorite epsiode is but Stewie singing rocket man is legendary.

@samuraicode4264 9 дней назад

I always looked forward to the "road to" episodes

@tanman182 Месяц назад

Brian and Stewie caught me off guard in the genuinely greatest way possible. I was going through a major depressive episode at the time and it absolutely flabbergasted me. Here I was trying to distract myself with a stupid cartoon I thought and it fucking slapped me in the face with love. Thanks for every laugh Seth. (And insight Elk)

@isaacriggs4656 6 дней назад

Meg isn't the middle child. She's the oldest.

@molliek1079 6 дней назад

Thank you!!!

@ATakTakTak Месяц назад

I was going to point out you forgot the older son... but I don't even feel like looking up his name so touche.

@drautch Месяц назад

I was going to mention this but wanted to see if anyone else did and saw this comment...I'm guessing he brings it up later now.

@EntertainTheElk Месяц назад

Ha yeah exactly. I had a small section dedicated to him, but it was the most boring part of the video. Nothing revelatory or interesting, so he got cut.

@molliek1079 6 дней назад

@@EntertainTheElkChris is the middle child not Meg…..

@RyanTheDark Месяц назад

I could watch season 1-3 Family Guy and that's all I would ever need.

@lordbauer5983 Месяц назад

1-3 was a very different show before the FX revival with 4. 4-9 is my personal golden age, and anything after that point (MacFarlane left the writing room starting at 10) is various different levels of unwatchable.

@RicG23 Месяц назад

I agree^

@scarlyrot 25 дней назад

the latest season is actually really fuckin good

@dpgwalter 20 дней назад

@@lordbauer5983I agree 4-9 is peak, but then I think it becomes a repetition of 1 great season, one mediocre season and one season that's genuinely hard to watch at times, followed by a great season and so on.

@loke3684 18 дней назад

@@scarlyroti know right

@wavydonjuan 18 дней назад

5:44 meg the oldest

@secularbelt 10 дней назад

5:20 Meg is not the middle child

@Nomadic_Budgie 29 дней назад

I think you've got a real gift for good down-to-earth analysis videos. Keep up the good work!

@mankytoes Месяц назад

Great to see you uploading mate!

@EntertainTheElk Месяц назад

Thank you! Hope you enjoy the newest vid.

@tjtaylor6431 7 дней назад

I think there is a strong argument for "Brian & Stewie" being the best episode of Family Guy; glad you gave it a shoutout

@pieguy96 21 день назад

I used to love family guy

@Jabberwockybird Месяц назад

8:50 so true! Just started a re-watch and you picked the perfect example

@JonathanReynolds1 4 дня назад

My favourite episode is the one where Stewie puts everyone in a simulation of Quahog and gives them amnesia.

@grazyrock 29 дней назад

I remember warm spring nights of 2011, how I rediscovered Family Guy even though having a DVD with early season for years, repeating musical number like Road to Rhode Island and You make me feel so young, then I thought to myself "Why not?" and jumped directly to Sinatra music while cruising empty night towns in GTA San Andreas. Good times

@KayserEin 3 дня назад

Excellent essay!

@TechSquidTV Месяц назад

Can you share where that Seth interview came from? I'm collecting old tapes, I wonder if I could find a better copy.

@Foersom_ 7 дней назад

I find episodes where Stewie is main character to be poor episodes. Best episode ever is the food truck.

@teddyfurstman1997 26 дней назад

These Family Guy episodes with Brian and Stewie are amazing.

@V-nMontague 17 дней назад

Did anybody else notice how the first 4 episodes are all about death? “Death has a shadow “Chitty Chitty Bang Death” “Mind over murder” “I never met the dead man” I wonder what Seth was going thru🤣

@mathieuleader8601 25 дней назад

Road to the Multiverse is my fave I like seeing all the different forms Family Guy takes

@frankieinjapan 28 дней назад

I agree completely. Im 32, so i grew up with the series. Every few years i binge it from the beginning and catch up on the recent most couple seasons. Everything definitely feels linier and to a formula up until that episode. It's definitely one of the best.

@burnyizland 7 дней назад

Seth totally ripped off that episode intro bit from South Park, no wonder there's a rivalry.

@goblin3810 21 день назад

People who say this prob haven't watched family guy in like 10 years. Calling Meg the middle child really says it all.

@molliek1079 6 дней назад

Hahaha

@colton624 11 дней назад

Great stuff sir!

@aurawolf2221 Месяц назад

Family guy introduced me to Seth MacFarlane proper & I've I've never looked back. I love pretty much everything he's made since.

@Stijn5 4 дня назад

American Dad sucks though.

@wstine79 Месяц назад

I remember seeing the first episode after the Superbowl and watching the reruns on Adult Swim in 2003. I felt that the show came to its own with the Road to Rhode Island episode.

@sapaulgoogdmen9542 Месяц назад

I remember about four years ago deciding to watch family guy again after turning against it and I actually enjoyed an amount of the episodes I watched. Like I get the criticism but it made me laugh and I wasn’t mad so I like seeing others acknowledge that it’s place isn’t completely unearned.

@reek4062 Месяц назад

Having rewatched Family Guy a year ago, I find it very funny. Even the newer seasons have their fair share of good episodes.

@TQFMTradingStrategies 20 дней назад

I’ll be real it was the musical numbers for me. Road to Rhode Island was a masterpiece lol.

@obilesk 24 дня назад

Always love a new elk! And i fully agree; The Road to Road Island was the next level breakthrough episode that cemented it in pop culture for all time. It was beloved by near all and even a few that usually dislike adult or any animation.

@homerhat420 3 дня назад

Brian & Stewie is by far my favorite episode

@SPFinfinity 29 дней назад

My only consumption of Family Guy these days is looking up old clips of them singing showtunes.

@miscleaf Месяц назад

It was such a treat to the Evenings with Seth McFarland

@manbot47 Месяц назад

I really liked Family Guy in the beginning. It's been so long since I've thought of that show fondly, this was a nice 20 minutes. I also called it pretty early in the video. In the commentary track for Road to Rhode Island they gush about how important that episode is for the characters and the show in general.

@leobien0717 Месяц назад

Absolutely love your videos. (Haven’t watched yet sure it’s great tho lol)

@leobien0717 Месяц назад

Quick update I love this video but it just reminds me what Family Guy was and it’s kind of sad because he used to have this quality to it but now it’s this

@peanutismint Месяц назад

I have to say, even though they’re not even in the same ballpark of comedy, I still laugh harder at new Family Guy episodes than I do at new Simpsons episodes.

@diggitydoo5836 7 дней назад

I am older than dirt. The first three seasons of Family Guy were fire 🔥

@amazingspiderlad 18 дней назад

Road to the multiverse will forever be one of my favourite episodes of any show

@geraldsaucier2507 4 дня назад

I am Peter, hear me roar!

@evankummer1629 24 дня назад

You simply do not miss sir, spot on once again. Hope to see American Dad next, that show changed in a similar way.

@coachmcguirk6297 Месяц назад

You should do "the day entertaintheelk was born" and break down your favorite video youve done.

@ethansexton2590 Месяц назад

I am PSYCHED for that next episode!!!

@payableondeath7 27 дней назад

This kind of felt more like "Why Brian & Stewie are so great". My pick would be Brian Wallows, Peter's Swallows; it has a lot of the points you had about Brian, it has McFarlane's love and admiration for the golden age of Hollywood, it had good messages, and even Peter in his idiocy still manages to pull at the heartstrings a bit

@chrisdorn3676 21 день назад

I think Road to Rhode Island was the day the Stewie/Brian side of Family Guy was born. Bu that was just a part of why I liked the show for so many seasons. Not sure when I'd say the other side of the show was born though.

@rowandunning6877 Месяц назад

you should do a born episode on phineas and ferb

@markusbrandhuber9043 Месяц назад

My absolute favorite episode wasn't even mentioned 😢 - road to the north pole

@EntertainTheElk Месяц назад

I have a couple shots included!

@markusbrandhuber9043 Месяц назад

@@EntertainTheElk I know, scenes, but the episode is something very special and deep in my opinion and for me one of the most, if not the most important episode of the whole series. At least in my opinion ✌️

@user-cv8qe9ru8c Месяц назад

The only family guy i watch is the 1st 3 seasons. Im old well this i know

@simondavidsmith Месяц назад

1-3 are great. Of 'new' Family Guy 4 and 5 were really fun then 6, for some reason, was horrendous; thereafter it's mostly just been tolerable, but with the occasional good episode (many mentioned in this video). Of those early seasons I've always had a particular soft spot for 'Da Boom'.

@cdbsk76 Месяц назад

"show me potato SALAD!" ...

@Bolbi145 Месяц назад

Season 6 was mostly good, the last three episodes were weak sure, but we got such classics such as the first Star Wars Episode, Back to the Woods, and Stewie Kills Lois, and Lois kills Stewie.

@reek4062 Месяц назад

What's with season 6? I know it has problems and two really bad episodes, but almost half of it is great.

@Bolbi145 Месяц назад

@@reek4062 exactly, for me it’s the last golden age season

@simondavidsmith 29 дней назад

@@reek4062 My feeling of it stems from the time when they came out - I remember loving 4 and 5 pretty consistently and finding them hilarious, but then something was just off about 6. Hard to say objectively why especially at this distance (and probably not worth overthinking anyway).

@daniel-vn4ql Месяц назад

The multiverse episode is the second birth of the series. after this, they moved into more science fiction episodes. some of the best episodes of the later seasons.

@mathieuleader8601 25 дней назад

I find it amazing that the Oh What A Cartoon short Steve and Larry birthed Family Guy I did not find that out till much later.

@nopenotthatguy8678 Месяц назад

Wow first just saying but great vidoes man.But you know be interesting to see one on trailer park boys

@EntertainTheElk Месяц назад

You are officially first! The video isn't even listed yet. Haha

@alecmallmann 11 дней назад

My favorites have always been the parody episodes, especially their Star Wars ones.

@LoreLoversRS 10 дней назад

I’m just lightly teasing, but it’s safe* deposit box 🤭

@louised6731 17 дней назад

Back to the pilot was a brilliant episode probably my favourite

@benhester3806 Месяц назад

Good video!

@claudiasolomon1123 29 дней назад

Modern Family Guy is good, when the episode is about how batshit insane & unhinged Lois is❤😂

@christhis9597 Месяц назад

I didnt even know family guy was still running

@ChrisMortJr. 28 дней назад

dont forget that brian eats stewies doodoo in "Brian and Stewie"

@shizzaff8424 4 дня назад

I watched family guys premiere episode when I was a kid when it aired after the superbowl lol

@dwarftoad Месяц назад

I just want to pop down here and share that the advertisement I got with this video was an extremely dramatic ad for an elk hunting call (to mimic elk calls).

@dwarftoad Месяц назад

It was called the ELK SLAYER.

@WDonaldson2000 Месяц назад

Don’t forget Road to Europe, another awesome Road To with another banger song

@MJJ1390 Месяц назад

Ah I totally called it before clicking on the video. Fantastic episode!

@LookItsCollin Месяц назад

"Emotionally deep" that episode is so embarrassing I'm surprised people find value in it

@PowerRangersFanAntiDinoFury 24 дня назад

I can't wait to see if the show will go on longer or just simply end. Imo it needs to end, but if it continues then you can expect me to go online somewhere to watch an entire new season. 😁

@thomasmartin4281 26 дней назад

I remember those intros on Adult Swim, damn he looks young in that

@nampyeon635 17 дней назад

I still keep up with Family Guy. It may have lost its footing and sense of direction, but it's still reliably funny and entertaining.

@user-mf3sk5sr5t 5 дней назад

Superb stuff ! Thankyou , regards Coll 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 , Road to Rhode Island 4 me ! 💯%👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻

@berlinermaurer 19 дней назад

I saw all episodes off that show and I still like it. I quiet not understand what people say that it drastically changed. It didnt.

@PattPlays Месяц назад

6:30 read: fursona

@kevinfightsbears 26 дней назад

Road to Rhode Island was peak family guy

@Sly88Frye 29 дней назад

This is a very good analysis. It did annoy me that you called Meg the middle child when she's clearly the oldest child and you literally never mentioned anything about Chris, but when you got to the episode you want to talk about you did really well. And actually if I'm not mistaken I swear I remember seeing some episodes in season 2 when Lacey chabert still voiced Meg including one where Meg was the main character when she took Stewie to that pancake place and tricked everybody into thinking that Stewie was her own child so she can get a lot more tips. You can tell when Meg talks that is definitely not Mila Kunis.

@SheldonT. Месяц назад

4:12 and he was never mentioned again...

@selfaware7617 Месяц назад

Wait, Peter has a job after season one?

@AxeMain Месяц назад

Where did you get Meg being the middle child from?

@stuartm6069 10 дней назад

It probably comes from the idea that the middle child is often the forgotten child. In the early seasons Peter kept forgetting who she was. In the early episodes it really wasn't clear who was older Meg or Chris.

@DCANNONSTEPSBYKE Месяц назад

I’m not gonna lie Family Guy nowadays doesn’t feel the same but the last two recent seasons I feel like is not good. Some of those episodes genuinely made me laugh which I was surprised about

@Matthew-cv4on 21 день назад

Unpopular Opinion: Fifteen min of shame is the best family guy episode because it shows that albeit dysfunctional the still love meg😔

@alaina932 25 дней назад

How in the world do you have time to make videos with multiple jobs and 2 kids?? I can barely exist with 1 job and no kids. Thanks for making these videos and entertaining us :)