In what I can only assume is some sort of retaliatory shot at our fair city for celebrating the cancellation of The Cleveland Show, the folks at Family Guy dropped another insult on Tucson, this time mocking the young minds being molded at the University of Arizona:
Ooooh, man. That…that one stung. I’m not certain we’ll be able to make it back, as a community, from a burn of that magnitude. SOMEONE, BUY ALL OF THE ALOE.
For those keeping score, that was the second insult lobbed in our direction in the past year by Fox’s Animation Domination Sunday Broadcast Funnytime Cartoonshow Block, as another Seth MacFarlane animated comedy, American Dad, got us—hard—by calling the Old Pueblo “unnecessary,” which, like, still hurts.
Near as I can tell, no one associated with the most recent episode of Family Guy is affiliated with Tucson or UA in any way — which means that this one was personal.
This article appears in May 23-29, 2013.
Funny cause they don’t even live here.
Mike Barker, a creator and writer for “American Dad!” who worked on “Family Guy” in the past, is a UA grad.
Bwahaha! Yes, I’m an alum 87
The Cleveland Show isn’t very good, so not much ov a loss (sorry Mr Lynch). The Family Guy and American Dad are funny and have every right to offend and/or upset any one they wish. You failed to mention that Mcfarlen was also on The Simpsons that very night.
Damn you Family Guyyyyyy! This will not be forgotten.
And it happened again, 4 times in the past 2 years now, hmmmm
Whats the matter..the truth hurts!
I thought it was hilarious. Tucson native right hurr!
I wish the writer wasn’t taking it all so hard. There is a sore-loser vibe to Mendez’s pieces about the MacFarlane Mafia’s Tucson trash talking. Makes stupid outsiders think we’re all sore losers. And when you think about the fact that the MacMafia dumps on women, gays, Jews, Mexicans, Blacks, the handicapped, and Boston even more than Tucson, it’s not so bad.