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Mike_V posted:I still like the show well enough, but it feels different in not a great way. Did they lose writers in the shift from Fox to TBS? It feels the same as it did before it left to me. If anything there was a drop in quality a couple seasons ago. Basically I think each episode has 20% fewer jokes in it now. Still though I think it's a good show and they're doing a good job keeping it fresh.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Yup, see my previous post... It happens to every show that moves to TBS. Cougar Town used to have threads.
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SunshineDanceParty posted:It happens to every show that moves to TBS. Cougar Town used to have threads. I also don't think it helped at all that there was a nearly 3 month interim between episodes.
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Mar 4, 2015 05:46
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I still look forward to new episodes of American Dad but it's not like there's usually too much to say about each episode either.
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Mar 4, 2015 11:20
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Andrew_1985 posted:I really liked the episode. It's rare to see Francine/Steve fight, so it was pretty amusing. Morning Mimmosa was also great. The Stan subplot didn't realy work for me though. How can you not love the scene of him paddling through the grocery store in a cart with a broom while narrating his experience as the last man on earth?
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Mar 4, 2015 12:15
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I loved the Morning Mimosas section, although it kinda fell a bit flat at the end when it all just descended into chaos. Were Roger and Hayley doing anything this week? I can't remember.
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The_Doctor posted:I loved the Morning Mimosas section, although it kinda fell a bit flat at the end when it all just descended into chaos. Were Roger and Hayley doing anything this week? I can't remember. Not really. This season's B plots have all been terrible aside from the one where Roger learns the guitar (which might have been last season and also the A plot)
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Mar 4, 2015 13:36
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What's being less censored now?
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Mar 4, 2015 16:05
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The B plot of Roger owning that roller rink was pretty great.
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boom boom boom posted:What's being less censored now? The most noticeable difference is that they can say "poo poo" without being bleeped. Other than that I'm not sure how much more leeway they could get with the plots seeing as when it was on Fox they did a ton of stuff.
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Mar 4, 2015 16:18
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It's just the profanity I think.
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Mar 4, 2015 17:37
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FlamingLiberal posted:I think the entire concept of this episode was making fun of that Today Show segment where Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb talk and drink wine for an hour. Wait, that's a real thing that happens on national television.
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Mar 4, 2015 17:44
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Real issues with the flow are associated to the jammed in before credits stinger. You either make it not count (and then you lose 2 minutes of the plot) or you basically have to pause everything for the credit roll and post credit commercials. Its a terrible decision on TBS's part and I wish they hadn't mandated it.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Yup, see my previous post... Dunno if this is just my experience but I keep forgetting it's on Mondays. I end up catching it when it hits Adult Swim. Also, thanks to Ted Turner's array of networks, American Dad is on EIGHT times per weekday: four on TBS in the afternoon, two on Adult Swim, and two on Peachtree (ch.17 Atlanta) at midnight. It's crazy.
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Mar 4, 2015 22:20
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Tune in next week for an edgier episode of American Dad!
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muscles like this? posted:The most noticeable difference is that they can say "poo poo" without being bleeped. Other than that I'm not sure how much more leeway they could get with the plots seeing as when it was on Fox they did a ton of stuff. That's hardly 50%. Unless there were literally only two things they couldn't do on Fox and profanity was one of them Mike_V posted:Tune in next week for an edgier episode of American Dad! Yeah, I'll believe that when they do an episode that tops the Family Guy episode about Quagmire's sister getting domestic abused.
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I just think it's funny that they play it every week, as if each episode is going to get progressively more edgy.
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Finally got around to watching this episode, and I have to say I'm really disappointed. There were a few haha moments, the Snake Bite bit was hilarious, but that ending. The Stan B plot didn't help move things or pace or distract from the A plot, and the whole thing felt generally poor. I've enjoyed every other episode this season, but this one just felt different. Like there is a formula to American Dad, someone outlined it perfectly in the previous thread, where it starts off fairly banal and then builds to completely absurd by the end, while mixing both plots fairly well. This episode felt like it didn't hit any of the right beats for that formula. The quality in general just .. fell off, and I'm not sure where it was going. The Haley is an invalid bits seemed designed to poke the "you need mommy" stuff right in the eye, only to have that thought get ignored like Toshi walking away from his phone. Like seriously, where the gently caress did Toshi go, and why? Also the fact that they had Avery have only one and a half lines in the episode is downright criminal. Almost disrespectful. He didn't even have a joke, a punch line, anything. It was like TBS was saying "Hey, Stewart! You work for US now, Bitch! We don't have anything for you to do, but you work for us now!" I thought they had a season or two of un-aired episodes from previous seasons that they could build with?
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boom boom boom posted:Yeah, I'll believe that when they do an episode that tops the Family Guy episode about Quagmire's sister getting domestic abused. Part of the reason this is a better show and why I like it better is because even at its meanest American Dad never seemed to actively hate its characters with the vitriol that Family Guy does.
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I have to disagree with a lot of your points. Things did get pretty ridiculous at the end with a small audience army of crazy drunk women out to kill Steve for not cooking chicken. It didn't reach a fantasy point but it was still pretty nuts. Maybe it would have helped if we hadn't already seen the audience go loco at the beginning. I thought the Stan B plot was fine. It was short, although I think they put just enough in without it dragging out. I loved the little connection at the end with Greg and Terry. It was definitely more low key then usual but still very funny. I thought Toshi putting the phone down and walking away was hilarious! Exactly the kind of thing he would do. The Haley part was kind of annoying, especially when she had to do a baby voice. Francine breaking the syrup bottle open and dumping the whole thing on her pancakes was great though, and so was Haley's expression during that part.
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My Q-Face posted:Also the fact that they had Avery have only one and a half lines in the episode is downright criminal. Almost disrespectful. He didn't even have a joke, a punch line, anything. It was like TBS was saying "Hey, Stewart! You work for US now, Bitch! We don't have anything for you to do, but you work for us now!" This is insane. Sometimes characters don't show up in episodes, and that's okay. Is every episode without Principal Lewis disrespectful to Kevin Michael Richardson?
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Yeah, what if they just couldn't get Patrick Stewart in for many lines due scheduling reasons or something?
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Last Chance posted:Yeah, what if they just couldn't get Patrick Stewart in for many lines due scheduling reasons or something? It was my understanding that they get people like Stewart to record their lines for several episodes well in advance.
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Mar 7, 2015 22:30
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I hate Steve episodes, so this has not been a good month for me. Steve is like the Meg of American Dad.
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Mister Kingdom posted:It was my understanding that they get people like Stewart to record their lines for several episodes well in advance. I don't know maybe something else then, what do you want from me? My point is that it's unlikely that TBS was hostile to Stewart in some way like that guy described in his fantasy meeting between the two
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Irish Joe posted:I hate Steve episodes, so this has not been a good month for me. except not at all 
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Last Chance posted:I don't know maybe something else then, what do you want from me? My point is that it's unlikely that TBS was hostile to Stewart in some way like that guy described in his fantasy meeting between the two Um, okay?
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Irish Joe posted:I hate Steve episodes, so this has not been a good month for me. ...says someone who has probably not seen In Country Club or 1600 Candles or that episode where Steve writes a best-selling book about Roger & becomes a huge douche. 
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Yeah, or any episode with Wheels & the Legman or With Friends Like Steve's (unmedicated Barry is an evil mastermind voiced by Craig Ferguson) or Boyz 12 or Bar Mitzvah Hustle or Escape from Pearl Bailey (awesome The Warriors homage) or Bully for Steve (STELIO KONTOS) or Why Can't We Be Friends? where Steve and Snot air guitar to Joe Satriani or... I could keep going. The point is look how wrong Irish Joe is.
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Yeah, even if you don't like him you can't possibly argue Steve episodes strike out as much as Meg episodes.
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I will never stop loving every single "Mommy, no!"
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I think Steve suffers the most from the frozen in time aspect of the show, how many times now has he reconnected with Stan or learned to be a man or almost lost his virginity.
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socialsecurity posted:I think Steve suffers the most from the frozen in time aspect of the show, how many times now has he reconnected with Stan or learned to be a man or almost lost his virginity. And I think he's turned 14 three times.
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You know, Roger is right, Hayley is also married.
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Mar 10, 2015 02:17
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Oh... that's great.
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DarklyDreaming posted:EDIT: Of course the wife is Roger. Eventually, everybody will be Roger.
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Mar 10, 2015 02:23
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Clearly I have a type 
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Mar 10, 2015 02:25
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Mister Kingdom posted:Eventually, everybody will be Roger. There's a strong possibility.
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That should happen to every Nissan Cube.
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