I say “wisely” because Stewie is the show’s funniest, sharpest cultural critic, functioning much as the old men in the Muppet balcony. Termed a “movie,” this mix wisely focused on Stewie (voiced by Seth MacFarlane), the diabolical and meglomanical baby of the Griffin clan. Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story strings together three unaired episodes and interrupts them with a the characters attending a premiere, complaining during an intermission, and attending a raucous after party. More carefully coded than its competitors, it rewards viewers for “getting it,” using references so out of nowhere that only the most devoted pop-culture junkies can decipher every line. If South Park celebrates childish petulance at its feces-throwing worst, then Family Guy dotes on precocious, truth-speaking adolescence. Where The Simpsons has become as edgy as The Cosby Show, Family Guy remains relentlessly tasteless and unhinged. In the now entirely glutted market of cartoons designed for adults, it’s an accomplishment that a Mad Hatter curveball like Family Guy has not only survived but thrived.
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