'Family Guy' Through the Years
- Episode aired Apr 22, 2018
- TV-14
- 21m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
1.2K
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The show looks back at the cultural events and issues that were tackled in the '50s, '60s and '70s.The show looks back at the cultural events and issues that were tackled in the '50s, '60s and '70s.The show looks back at the cultural events and issues that were tackled in the '50s, '60s and '70s.
Seth MacFarlane
- Peter Griffin
- (voice)
- …
Alex Borstein
- Lois Griffin
- (voice)
Seth Green
- Chris Griffin
- (voice)
Mila Kunis
- Meg Griffin
- (voice)
Mike Henry
- Cleveland Brown
- (voice)
Gary Cole
- Mike Brady
- (voice)
Sanaa Lathan
- Donna Tubbs
- (voice)
Piotr Michael
- Sergeant
- (voice)
Patrick Warburton
- Joe Swanson
- (voice)
Nickie Bryar
- Various
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe "original airdates" of the three episodes are November 11, 1956, August 17, 1969 and March 11, 1973. All three dates were Sundays, a reference to the fact that Family Guy (1999) has always been broadcast on Sundays except during its second and third seasons from 1999 to 2002.
- GoofsIn the 1950's segment, radio DJ Tom Tucker refers to Elvis Presley as a "songsmith". A songsmith is a person who both writes and performs music. Elvis Presley never wrote any songs- all of the songs he performed were written by professional songwriters.
- Quotes
Chris Griffin: [he's dancing with a couple of hippies until suddenly his dad arrives in a very long car] Oh no, my dad!
Peter Griffin: [from very far away] CHRIS!
Chris Griffin: He'll be here in 10 minutes, I gotta hide!
- ConnectionsReferences I Love Lucy: Job Switching (1952)
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Is "Through the Years" secretly a precursor to WandaVision?
Not because Disney bought Marvel and Fox, but just because of the set-ups they both share. I did not think much of Family Guy Through the Years, but I was interested in the idea, and parts of the execution, for Family Guy parodying situation comedies and societal issues from 3 earlier decades. Family Guy Through the Years made fun of sexism and racial segregation in the 1950s, long cars and teens doing drugs at Woodstock in the 1960s, and the Vietnam war and disco in the 1970s - which reminds me, Meg Griffin's voice actress actually spent 7 years as a main character in That 70's Show, a 1990s sitcom that takes place in the 1970s starting in 1976, a few years after the Vietnam War.
It felt kind of strange to make each segment take place in a different decade and writing very short stories instead of making a whole episode for each decade that we may have to watch each week, but it helped to not occupy too much of Season 16 when it clearly has other storylines to write. I am just disappointed that we do not have a Part 2 for the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s in a later season. In Wanda Maximoff Through the Years, we got one episode each for all 6 decades! The funniest part of Family Guy Through the Years, in my opinion, is the surprise ending joke going back to the museum of television and radio. Just wait and see!
It felt kind of strange to make each segment take place in a different decade and writing very short stories instead of making a whole episode for each decade that we may have to watch each week, but it helped to not occupy too much of Season 16 when it clearly has other storylines to write. I am just disappointed that we do not have a Part 2 for the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s in a later season. In Wanda Maximoff Through the Years, we got one episode each for all 6 decades! The funniest part of Family Guy Through the Years, in my opinion, is the surprise ending joke going back to the museum of television and radio. Just wait and see!
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