But the fact that such insider humor appears on the utterly mainstream “Family Guy” is noteworthy. Chris is right that “Robot Chicken” got there first. “Blue Harvest” bumps things up a notch, supplementing broad humor and pop-culture references with parodies of specific moments in the movie (as my top 10 list below illustrates). A fight scene includes “Star Warsian” choreography. Brian uses Lando’s arc to illustrate what Peter is going through. Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth GreenĮarlier in “Family Guy’s” run, and also on “The Simpsons,” “Star Wars” gags generally didn’t rise above the level of “Look, we’re referencing ‘Star Wars.’ ” The collection of clips on the “Blue Harvest” DVD illustrates this. ![]() Writers: Seth MacFarlane, David Zuckerman, Alec Sulkin The argument at episode’s end between Peter and Chris (voiced by “Robot Chicken” creator Seth Green) about the merits of the “Robot Chicken” “Star Wars” parody from earlier in 2007 encapsulates this point in time.ĭirectors: Dominic Polcino, James Purdum, Peter Shin “Blue Harvest” – named after the fake working title for “Return of the Jedi” – marks a time when “Star Wars” parodies were starting to become ubiquitous and mainstream. He even allowed “Family Guy” to use “Star Wars’ ” music and sound effects, no doubt knowing that it’s a win-win scenario, as he gets free publicity for his franchise. Showing that he’s both a nice guy and a savvy businessman, George Lucas was fine with the idea. According to the DVD’s bonus features, the project came about when Lucasfilm approved all of “Family Guy’s” “Star Wars” parodies and Seth MacFarlane and company figured why not ask if they could do a whole episode? A total ‘Star Wars’ feel It obtained over 1,800 notes in less than a week.There are broad “Star Wars” parodies, and then there are insider-y “Star Wars” parodies, and then there’s a near-perfect mix of the two: The “Family Guy” episode “Blue Harvest,” which aired 10 years ago today. On May 12th, 2016, Tumblr user christianstepmoms posted an image (shown below, left) where the phrase was used in the style of the Paper Mario title, along with a screenshot (shown below, right)which was edited to have Peter Griffin, a character from Family Guy, in it. That same day, Tumblr user momfricker posted an original drawing of the Family Guy protagonist Peter Griffin dressed in the attire of Sol Badguy, one of the main characters from Guilty Gear Xrd – Sign –, in addendum to Tumblr user divaofdespair's logo art parody (shown below, right). On May 11th, 2016, Tumblr user divaofdespair posted an edited version of the logo art for the 2016 fighting video game Guilty Gear Xrd – Sign – with the phrase superimposed over the original title (shown below, left), garnering over 1,000 notes in just five days. On May 9th, 2016, Tumblr user divaofdespair posted a photoshopped version of the logo art for Metal Gear Rising in which the title of the game is replaced with the words "family guy funny moments." Within the first week, the post accumulated more than 2,000 notes. ![]() ![]() It obtained over 3,000 notes in about 1 week. On May 8th, 2016, Tumblr user str0beflashlight blogged an edit (below) of the title for Final Fantasy VII, the seventh game in the Final Fantasy series, where the name is replaced by the phrase.
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