i think i speak for all of us when i say
i am over the simpsons
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
times family guy made fun of the
simpsons
guys i broke television and now you have
to help me fix it
yeah looks like this is one we beat you
two
this is meg your daughter nope no peter
that's not your catchphrase
smithers who is that young go getter
that's a
character from another show sir simpson
you see
pretty much sir for this list we're
looking at those hilarious moments that
the mcfarland sitcom
liberally bit the graining hand that
according to many critics
fed it they may have been the learner
but now family guy is the master
or are they agree disagree tribute or
plagiarismo
laugh or cry oh no oh yeah
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10 the simpsons characters on jury duty
in an episode that was mostly devoted to
making fun of georgia's law enforcement
system there was a succinct moment of
self-aware jibbing don't worry about it
guys i read nowhere that southern
sheriffs really want to be talked down
to by big shot northerners
after a traffic stop peter quagmire
cleveland and joe find themselves judged
by a jury of their peers i can't believe
this two weeks in prison on trumped-up
charges that trial was a total sham
or at least a group of familiar
characters who peter sees as his peers
although as
joe points out that's probably not how
they see themselves yeah i knew we were
in trouble the minute i saw
the jury well at least they're a jury of
our peers
i don't think they see it that way peter
it's a quick moment that cleverly adds
another layer to the argument over
whether family guy
is inspired by or stealing from the
simpsons something that fans of both
shows wouldn't be able to settle until a
crossover episode three seasons later
number nine beating homer simpson to the
punch what the hell's going on what do
you mean i ruined television a season
after sentencing peter to dungarees
county work camp homer simpson dashes on
to family guy for another quick cameo
again poking fun at the commentators who
insist seth macfarlane is ripping off
the simpsons homer runs into the
television producers guild to announce
that he thinks he has broken
television i'm peter griffin i'm the guy
who ruined television and i'm the guy
who's gonna fix it
guys i broke television and now you have
to help me fix it
yeah looks like this is one we beat you
two
the springfield native is a little too
late this time however
as peter is already there to set up the
exposition for his story
fun fact dan castellaneta makes his
family guy debut in this episode with
his trademark homer panicked voice
though it isn't the first time homer is
seen or referenced on the show
number eight stewie griffin's mr plow
rant hello
i'm mr plow are you tired of having your
hands cut off by snowblowers
it may seem overly simplistic now but in
1992
everybody found homer's little jingle
hilarious those of us who are old enough
to remember can recall just how often it
was sung
as reciting the words was hardly a
memory task for the ages oh mr plow
that's my name that name again is mr
clown
but once it was stuck in your head it
was not coming out
and you'd be singing it all day we all
love mr plow including stewie
however his jealous rant takes a pot
shot at people who insist on singing the
11 word long tune as though it's some
big deal
you know the type of people the actually
we'll let stewie describe them yes we
all love mr plow oh you've got the song
memorized do you
so does everyone else that is exactly
the kind of idiot you see at taco bell
at one in the morning
number seven peter griffin admits it in
vino veritas
in wine there's truth or in peter
griffin's case
it's more likely to be where there's
pawtucket patriot ale
[Music]
a drunk peter's words are a sober seth's
thoughts in this instance from season 14
where peter flat out admits while
inebriated that they
the family guy creators take a lot of
inspiration from the other animated
family comedy on fox
obviously they wouldn't admit it of
course we act like we didn't take a lot
from the simpsons
we took a lot from the simpsons less a
shot at the simpsons and more
self-deprecating humor seth macfarlane
and matt greening had previously sat
down together for an interview with
entertainment weekly
during which the simpsons as well as all
in the family were indeed named as
mcfarland's main influences for family
guy
veritas indeed number six police
superintendent chalmers by the time
season 18 aired
any suggested animosity between the
simpsons and family guy was clearly in
the eyes of critics and nowhere else
most main cast members from both shows
had been present for the crossover
and some later cameos were voiced by
their simpsons respective voice actor
skinner
i am outraged that you've kept this from
me you were supposed to call as soon as
the new scoreboard was in
this would have been the case for
superintendent chalmers and hank azaria
except technically this isn't a cameo
police superintendent chalmers may sound
like his springfield raised estranged
twin brother
despite being from quahog but this is an
entirely new character
one sean please superintendent jobbers
my brother is superintendent of the
schools in springfield
our parents divorced when we were very
young there's no
explicit teasing being made at the
simpsons expense here but it's still a
fun little appearance from the veteran
voice artist that needed to be mentioned
number five mr burns and smithers cameos
some cameos are simply not to be and
it's left to seth macfarlane to fill the
void
and on this occasion he's pretty darn
close smithers
who is that young go-getter that's a
character from another show sir
simpson you see pretty much sir again
another jibe at the who copied who
brigade
family guy stokes the fire a little more
with its implication that peter griffin
is
pretty much homer simpson
in fact so much so that he confuses
characters from the other show
this is a more recent cameo of which the
airing coincided with the simpsons
episode tis the 30th season
in which family guy was referenced too
we can't compete with the big boys
disney's already laying ground for a new
family guy world mr burns and waylon
smithers cameos could be a jibe aimed at
harry shearer who is the only simpsons
voice actor not to appear in family guy
thus far
number four stewie's simpson-esque
sellout
it's not hard to see why people would
have assumed there was a rivalry between
the two shows
especially given the rather sharp early
jab that family guy took at the simpsons
endorsement of butterfinger during the
90s
nobody better lay a finger on my
butterfinger
again for those who are shall we say
advanced enough in years to remember
there was a simpsons character endorsing
practically every product
out there 18 bucks for this what a
rip-off
on early merchandise bart would for some
reason be seen sporting a blue colored
shirt
and often throwing out an icarumba or
don't have a cow man for almost anything
some bart simpson dolls
eat my shorts okay mmm
shorts season five of family guy has
stewie funding his own campaign
forcefully quoting bart's lines and
homer's catchphrase
as though his soul were sold long before
filming started
i'm more of a sellout than you were when
you did those butterfinger commercials
nobody better lay a finger on my
butterfinger
number three peter's jaundice this is
another blink and you'll miss at
reference but the jury's out on whether
the show is making fun of the simpsons
or actually paying tribute to its
longevity we need a family that hasn't
been on tv forever
let's try the simpsons much has been
made of the yellow shaded design of the
simpsons characters
but it's never been suggested that it's
simply jaundice oh my god
peter you don't look so good what are
you talking about i feel great
like i could go another 20 years or more
although not a direct reference by name
peter's face turning a shade of yellow
and then claiming he could go
20 years or more can only be comparing
him to one
other decade's long-running animated
show it's a lighthearted moment in an
otherwise more somber episode
in which brian volunteers to sacrifice
his own life to give peter his kidneys
i'll do it what
i'll i'll do it i'll give you my kidneys
but brian you'll die number two
simpson hit and run in an homage to one
of the funniest comedies in history
season 4's classic episode ptv opens
with stewie falling out of a cave frank
drebin style
and onto his tricycle as iron newborn's
police squad theme plays
however initially looking only to be a
tribute to the naked gun films
stewie pulls into a rather
familiar-looking garage and chases homer
simpson into his house out of the
simpsons intro
the double parody is topped off by peter
not even knowing who homer is
despite all of the previous references
to him
[Music]
hey stewie what the hell is that
actually we say double parody but stewie
also drives through the overlook hotel
the land of oz
a level from doom and hoth from the
empire strikes back among others
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
amnesiac peter saying dope peter steals
homer's catchphrase when trying to
remember his own
this is meg your daughter don't no peter
that's not your catchphrase
mayor adam west telling homer they don't
want him in their town
we thought he was referring to o.j
simpson we were wrong we don't want you
in our town simpson
we don't love you like we did in 1993.
no and as for you oj we don't want you
here either the guy who watched the
simpsons back in 1994.
it's a shame the song i've got a little
list was cut from the episode but at
least it's on the dvd the guy who
watched the simpsons back in 1994
and won't admit the damn thing isn't
funny anymore
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number one the crossover yay a crossover
always brings out the best in each show
where do we start with this crossover
the courthouse filled with characters
sitting beside counterparts
family guys james woods meeting the
simpsons james woods you lived in
springfield
yeah i worked at the kwaki mart
researching a role pawtucket patriot ale
ripping off duff and a not so thinly
veiled macguffin
or was it peter and homer's fight
stemming from the fact that griffin says
something that many viewers who have
drifted from the aging show feel
that he is quote over the simpsons i
think i speak for all of us when i say
i am over the simpsons huh well what are
you saying
i'm saying the simpsons suck once more
the question is begged of just
who is being made fun of here though the
simpsons had been accused of being stale
for years
in recent times so is family guy perhaps
the latter is a mirror of the former
after all
spirit tastes exactly like duff it's
just a lousy rip-off
hey whoa whoa whoa it's not a rip-off of
duff it may have been inspired by duff
but i
i like to think it goes in a different
direction still after seeing radioactive
homer and peter duking it out
who cares the worst episode ever
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