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‘Family Guy’ Star Patrick Warburton Says His Parents Still ‘Hate the Show’ After 25 Years; His Mom Tried to Get It Canceled Even Though His Salary Helped Support Her (variety.com)

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“They hate the show even more today than they did 25 years ago,” Warburton said. “My father was in a monastery for three months. He almost became a monk. … My mother [went] around the neighborhood when I was 13 years old passing out pamphlets on the sins of masturbation, [which] did not get me into the cool crowd. So they hate the show.”

“My mother belonged to the American Television Council and they were trying to get the show canceled,” Warburton continued. “I was helping support my parents with ‘Family Guy’ money. She tried to get me to sign the petition [to cancel the show]. I said, ‘Mom, if you don’t think I’m going to talk about this publicly, this is the greatest irony. You’re laundering money, you’re laundering it to yourself.’ They hate it more today.”

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I get that Family Guy is the more popular of the two, but...

The man also voiced Brock fucking Samson. A walking wall of pure violence and sex. Like, shit, if Family Guy crosses the line, how about naked, covered in blood, and explaining how a knife to the kidney feels in a very charged manner.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Shit man, they made Brock Samson live action, named it "Reacher," and it blew away every metric in the conservative viewership.

They adore the "big buff manly man who is always right, is adept at ultra violence, does what he wants, fucks without consequence, has endless money, comes and goes as he pleases" Gary sue stereotype.

Thankfully, the lead, a Christian himself, has recently told off Trump fans for being the opposite of Christians

"Trump is a rapist and a con man,” he said in the interview, “and yet the entire Christian church seems to be treat him like he's their poster child and it's unreal. I don't understand it."

But Christians have become “ the most vitriolic tribe” the 41-year-old actor added. "It is so antithetical to what Jesus was calling us to be and to do."

So that's very humourously wound them up.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"...they hit me with a truck." eye twitching

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

My go to will forever be "SASQUATCH IS SOMETHING I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!"

Man knows that to truly kill a mummy, you must defile the corpse, but shaving Sasquatch? That shook him. That says a lot about the life he's lived.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Thank for this context lmao. Makes it allll so absurd.

[–] chemical_cutthroat 42 points 9 months ago

I love Patrick Warburton so much, and this just makes him even better. Having to deal with that kind of shit from his family and then just giving it right back to them. Class act.

[–] metallic_substance 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Wait. Is Family Guy still running?!

[–] someguy3 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

After seeing some clips of the first few seasons, it really has changed.

[–] ramenshaman 3 points 9 months ago

Not sure why you're getting downvoted, you're not wrong.

[–] guy 1 points 9 months ago

What show doesn't though?

[–] Gingerlegs 2 points 9 months ago

Wow…

[–] paraphrand 1 points 9 months ago

I was ready to agree with them, and then I read on… oof.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The philosophy of religion can be a beautiful thing. However, the practice of religion is quite possibly the most profoundly sinister thing a human being can participate in.

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema 0 points 9 months ago

Religion is fucking cancer. Nothing but a bunch of fucking hypocrits

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This explains a lot

[–] metallic_substance 2 points 9 months ago

What do you mean by that?