Why does seth macfarlane use conway twitty

Surely viewers can at least be treated to a brief callback or two, maybe showing this character terrorizing some other child from their closet. Many viewers, even those who hadn't grown up in the 70s and 80s, are likely to know about this anthropomorphic Kool-Aid man, who had a habit of busting through brick walls and shouting "oh yeah!

The spontaneity, surprise, and inappropriate timing of Kool-Aid man plowing through a court-room wall is largely what made the gag so funny. Yet, after bringing this guy back almost a dozen times since, it tended to lose its "impact," so to speak One might argue there's limited potential in a gag featuring 2 silent, wacky vaudeville men dancing and playing the piano as they try to entertain a theoretical audience.

Unfortunately, the showrunners and writers have seen to it that these guys wouldn't likely make a comeback after literally killing them off just 5 seasons into the show. They've since made brief returns as ghosts, and as part of a special opening in the season 14 episode, "A Lot Going On Upstairs. The unanticipated cutaway to footage of an old country star may have been amusing after the first few times. Yet, given the dull, dry nature of some of Twitty's performances, it's quite easy to overuse this one.

In fairness, the gag partly thrives on being tongue-in-cheek and almost trolling its audience with how bland and lengthy it is. Basically, being boring is "the point. In the eyes of many, though, this started to feel like an overused and lazy gag, especially after being featured several times.

Family Guy often thrives in its bouts of realism amongst a sea of cartoony, implausible happenings. Whether this comes from the convincing physics of Peter trying to grab a slippery frog with a shoebox, or realistic dialects and conversations, there's something amusing about situations that viewers can relate to. One fan-favorite gag that exemplifies this is Peter's lengthy wincing as he spontaneously bangs his knee. Conway Twitty! And Twitty continues to pop up on Family Guy. As recently as earlier this month, he was referenced in a scene in which Peter, on his deathbed, sees a vision of the country singer.

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Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Quoting from a wiki entry on Twitty : In the show, one of the characters, usually Peter Griffin, needing a distraction, turns to the camera and says "Ladies and gentlemen Conway Twitty," Seth Mcfarlane has long been recognized for pushing the envelope regarding how long to sustain a gag, exemplified by the inclusion of an entire Twitty song lasting well over 3 minutes in the episode The Juice is Loose.

Improve this answer. Nobby Nobby Almost certainly part of the decision was that the episode was running short so they needed something to fill time. They used to use the chicken fighting scenes but I guess they ran out of ideas for those and got lazy.

I hope you don't mind if I respectfully disagree, GisgruntledGoat, but I don't think either the Twitty videos or the chicken fight are used as time fillers. For one thing, the effort it takes to animate those fight scenes is considerable and I am sure the FG writing team isn't that hard up for material.

I maintain my original proposal, that McFarlane et al are just seeing how far they can take a gag this is a Family Guy tradition , just look at The Bird is the Word, or 'Cool Whip'.

Playing a whole Twitty video is so out there, and yet we can't help but continue to watch - the joke's on us.