Tina Fey, Seth MacFarlane and Family Guy: Blue Harvest director Dominic Polcino all talk Star Wars.
The Saturday catchup
All the stuff that got spaced
- Allies in The Clone Wars: TV show is a global production.
- Family Guy: Blue Harvest concept art
- A Sithly go-round for the classic circus poster.
- Know A Legion: Bloodfin Garrison
- Bonnie urges R2 Builders to join the space race.
- Are Artoo and Threepio robo-wimps?
Hyperspace
Family Guy, Episode VI.I: A New Dope
So the upcoming Family Guy episode ‘Blue Harvest’ has a poster. It’s pretty cute, but I’m still not sure if Family Guy can pull off the whole shebang… Even the best FG episodes seem like fast-forward Chinese food to me – funny at first, but a minute later I realize just how unsatisfying it really is. Can the addition of Star Wars sustain a whole hour of the show? Even with Stewie in a Vader costume?
I suppose I should just be grateful it’s not American Dad.
CIV: Family Guy SW episode preview
Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane will give fans the first look at the show’s one-hour Star Wars tribute episode at Celebration. Joining him will be Executive Producer David A. Goodman, Director Dominic Polcino, and writer Alec Sulkin.
Video Monday
TIE-tanic. “The ability to control a medium for 20 years is insignificant next to the power of a good chick-flick.” Pure. Freaking. Genius. With Ewoks! On fire!
‘Guy Love,’ a song from the upcoming musical episode of Scrubs. I dare you not to laugh at this. And, um, it’s not off-topic: Donald Faison appears wearing a Star Wars t-shirt. Watch for it!
Michael Winslow recreates the sound effects of an entire scene from A New Hope in his stand-up routine.
Producer Michael Wiese talks about Hardware Wars at the Cannes Film Festival.
ABC’s Harry Potter special is up on Youtube. Watch thirteen (!) clips at ohnotheydidnt.
More, more, more!
- Compilation: Ray Harryhausen’s special effects.
- Mashup: Star Wars/Wizard of Oz.
- Family Guy: Luke Skywalker calls out another rebel pilot.
- Flash: Fear & Loathing in Mos Eisley.
Video Monday
Under the Tusken Sun. You knew someone would eventually make this fan film…
I’m not a huge Family Guy fan, but they have done some amusing Star Wars riffs, some collected here by Stewie’s Playground.
Judge the Cinemax ‘Fix You’ promo for youself.
The Ballad of Han, Luke & Leia. It’s a filk! It’s a video! It’s both!
And to wrap us up, one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on TV – the tail end of I Love The 80’s: 1983 containing their Return of the Jedi riff and Micheal Ian Black’s He-Men monologue, which me VH1’s bitch for longer than I feel comfortable admitting. Contains actual praise for Mark Hamill’s acting! Bonus: 1980, Olympic hockey, That’s Incredible! and ESB.
Damnit, Lois!
Very lonely nerds
Star Wars jokes on Family Guy get run by Lucasfilm:
Regarding any legal issues with the extremely frequent Star Wars jokes Family Guy is known for, McFarlane explained, “Lucasfilm has actually gotten on board. It’s getting to the point where we’ll send these Star Wars jokes of the week to Lucasfilm.”
I’m not a huge Family Guy fan, but the entire article is actually quite interesting. The Star Wars stuff is on the last page.