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No celebrity is safe when Quahog comes calling! Join us as we count down our picks for the celebrities that "Family Guy" has roasted the most! Our countdown includes James Woods, Bill Cosby, The Beatles, Jay Leno, Tom Brady, O.J. Simpson, Donald Trump, Michael Jackson, Bill Clinton, and more! Which "Family Guy" roast did you find most entertaining? Let us know in the comments!
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00:00You ruined my reputation, and now you are gonna pay for it.
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the celebs that Family Guy
00:09has taken jabs at the most. That'll be even cooler than when I was in that remake of The
00:13Princess Bride with Bill Cosby. Number 30. Ben Affleck. Back in the 2000s,
00:19when Ben Affleck's now lengthy film resume was way shorter, Family Guy questioned his work ethic.
00:24In the episode Peter's Two Dads, a cutaway shows Affleck procrastinating for an acting role and
00:30taking all of four seconds to prepare. Whoa, I gotta be Henry VIII in 20 minutes. Hello,
00:35hello, hello, hello. Got it. That's to play Henry VIII. No matter how talented you are,
00:41you need more time than that. But perhaps the bigger dig at Affleck occurs in the episode
00:46Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High, where Matt Damon suggests his peer contributed nothing to
00:51the script for Good Will Hunting. The reality is both guys got writing credits, although it is
00:55believed Damon contributed more. Pitch me a line right now. Okay. How about that? That wasn't a
01:01line. You just farted. The show has called out Affleck in other contexts too, but those are the
01:07highlights. Number 29. Matthew McConaughey. All right, all right, all right. Not all of a famous actor's
01:14films are gonna be well-received by the general public. That even goes for someone as talented and
01:18well-liked as Matthew McConaughey. Family Guy called him out on his film Failure to Launch.
01:22I'm tough. I made it halfway through Failure to Launch. I just never managed to get my life
01:28together. Isn't that hilarious? Peter was unable to make it through the whole movie. In two other
01:33episodes, the show is blunt with its insults towards McConaughey. Peter calls him terrible
01:38in a totally random cutaway during the episode Back to the Pilot. In The Former Life of Brian,
01:43Stewie bashes McConaughey's acting career. The show parodies the actor's positive, easygoing
01:49personality, as he just can't help but be agreeable. Even when Stewie's tirade totally crosses the line,
01:55McConaughey responds positively. He's unfazed by the hate. I totally feel you, man. Truth of the
02:00matter is, I don't like my movies either. Number 28. John Goodman. The jabs Family Guy has taken at
02:07John Goodman are centered on his weight and health. In a cutaway during Brian Sings and Swings,
02:12Goodman is shown eating an entire Thanksgiving feast while his emaciated family sits around
02:17the table. Happy Thanksgiving! In Prick Up Your Ears, Stewie uses Goodman as an example of an
02:22overweight person. On another occasion, in the episode Hot Shots, Goodman's weight is poked fun
02:27at again, while his heart issues are also highlighted. I've got your EKG here. How does it
02:33look? Well, it spells out pancakes. Oh, okay. So same as last time. I'm recommending you go on a strict
02:39diet immediately. Nope. His heart problems have come up before that, too. The depictions of Goodman
02:45in the series show just how merciless Family Guy can be on sensitive topics. Number 27. Lindsay
02:51Lohan. Family Guy has poked fun at Lindsay Lohan's partying ways on multiple occasions. In the episode
02:57I Dream of Jesus, she's apparently been drinking, taking her top off, and is overheard asking if anyone
03:02wants to get it on. Hey, I just drank a beer! Who wants to do me? In We Love You,
03:08Conrad, the show mentions
03:10Lohan's DUI, which made headlines in the late 2000s. On a similar note, in the episode Total Recall, the show
03:17ties her to cocaine after Peter licks Lindsay's fork. Miss Lohan! Lindsay! Over here, Lindsay!
03:23Excuse me, which one was Lindsay Lohan's dessert fork? I think it was that one. And you want to know
03:28what's
03:28crazy? That's not all. The show has taken jabs at her on other occasions, including in the direct-to-video
03:34television film Stewie Griffin, The Untold Story. Number 26. Walt Disney. His company, in general, has been on the
03:41receiving end of multiple parodies and jabs by Family Guy. What the hell? What's happened to us? I don't know,
03:46but
03:46suddenly I feel all sweet and warm and fuzzy. It seems we're in a universe where everything is drawn by
03:52Disney.
03:53But Walt Disney, the man himself, has also been the show's target multiple times. While the
03:58show uses him as an example of success in A Picture's Worth a Thousand Bucks, it also portrays
04:03him getting enjoyment out of drawing a nude Minnie Mouse. But most of the shots towards Disney have
04:08been based on his alleged anti-Semitism. Plus, Walt Disney was an outspoken anti-Semite.
04:13So Disney, ABC, ESPN, Touchstone, these would all be things to avoid. While it's been debated whether
04:19he was racist or anti-Semitic, the mere possibility gave Family Guy an entryway to jokes and parodies that
04:25some might say go too far. Number 25. Kanye West. With all the controversial things Kanye West has
04:31said, Family Guy was without a doubt going to pounce on the opportunity to roast him at least
04:36a few times. A prime example of that is the silly conspiracies Kanye utters during the episode Fat
04:41Actor. Sometimes you just gotta stand up for what's right. That's why I stood up to Kanye West.
04:47Dinosaurs were created by the Illuminati. The government hides secrets and Spaghetti-O.
04:52In Married with Cancer, after it's insinuated that he's doing something crazy right now,
04:57a cutaway portrays Kanye massaging lasagna as he prepares to announce he's joining ISIS.
05:02And then there's the episode where Chris gets a date with Taylor Swift. Why do we bring that up?
05:06Well, because the show destroys Kanye during that episode. Chris makes a collage of things
05:11T-Swizzle likes, and one of them is Kanye with his mouth shut.
05:15I'm making a collage for Taylor of some of her favorite things. Here's flowers and crop tops and
05:21pictures of Kanye West with his mouth shut. What a shot.
05:24Number 24. Bill Clinton. The former president's relationship with White House intern Monica
05:29Lewinsky is widely recognized as one of the most infamous scandals in the history of U.S. politics.
05:34Hello? Hello? Is this Linda Tripp? Yes.
05:38You shouldn't have talked, you stupid bitch! I hope you die!
05:42Boy, that, uh, that wasn't really a crank call. That was, that was just unpleasant.
05:47So, of course, Family Guy was gonna call it out multiple times. In certain cases, more directly
05:52than others. Quagmire parodies the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal in the episode The Cleveland
05:57Loretta Quagmire. In Girlfriend A, a cutaway shows Eisenhower voicing Clinton's infamous denial of any
06:03sexual relations with Lewinsky. But that scandal is not the only way the show has depicted Clinton in
06:08a negative light. In the episode Our Idiot Brian, Meg's friend voices her general disapproval of him.
06:13No one cares about cheating anymore, Meg. Not since slick Willie Clinton lowered the nation's moral
06:18standards. God, give it up, Patty! And in other cases, the show has mocked his mannerisms and word
06:25choices. Number 23. Britney Spears. Family Guy has taken some harsh shots at Britney Spears for her
06:31eating issues numerous times. In the 2005 episode titled Model Misbehavior, Peter calls her a fat guy.
06:38Lois, look at you. You're like Britney Spears. Except you're not a fat guy.
06:42In Prick Up Your Ears, which came out the following season, Stewie disses her by making
06:46a joke about her dietician. And a cutaway shows Spears going to town. By 2007, it became publicized
06:52that the pop star had been battling an eating disorder. Oh, yeah. And as if those cruel jabs
06:57about a sensitive topic weren't enough, in The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou, the show takes a dig
07:02at Spears' bad parenting. Ouch. Number 22. Michael Jackson. While the legacy of The King of Pop consists
07:09of countless musical achievements, it is also clouded by some controversy outside of music.
07:14And you better believe Family Guy would not shy away from pouncing on those joke opportunities
07:19about one of the most famous individuals ever. Wow! It looks like Michael Jackson's coming right
07:24at me! In multiple episodes, the show takes jabs at Michael Jackson regarding the sexual abuse
07:29allegations involving minors. A more overt example occurs in Stewie Loves Lois, in which Stewie is shown at
07:36trial testifying against Jackson. And in the episode 420, which came out two months prior to
07:41Michael's passing in 2009, he and Stewie are shown in bed together. The year prior, the show roasted
07:47him for something else, his onstage movements. Number 21. Donald Trump. Ever since Trump became
07:53president in 2017, Family Guy has gone after him in a variety of ways.
07:57Hey, my point is, if Peter Griffin gets to be a jerk all the time, then why can't Donald Trump?
08:04Huh. That is not the dumbest thing you've ever said.
08:09With all the highly controversial and questionable things he's said and done, he's given the iconic
08:14animated series no shortage of roast opportunities. The first instance comes in the episode Dearly
08:19Deported, where we see a reference to weird comments Trump has made about his daughter.
08:23The show has also used a text message to illustrate Trump's infamous comment about grabbing women by
08:29the you-know-what. The show has also poked fun at him for things like the hush money situation,
08:33his orange complexion, his hair, plus his general mannerisms and way of talking. It's all fair game.
08:40Lois might be starting to lose it. Even her cutaways are getting a little too minimalist. Have you noticed?
08:45Donald Trump's hair is unusual.
08:48Number 20. Kiss. Kiss plays a small role in the Family Guy canon. As Lois dated Gene
08:53Simmons before he was famous. They clearly still have some sort of connection as seen in Don't
08:58Make Me Over, when Gene uncoils his hilariously long tongue and says hello to Lois.
09:03Oh my. Hi Gene, I didn't know you were here.
09:09Alright, alright. Keep it in your mouth, rockstar.
09:11They do, however, play a major role in 2002's episode Road to Europe, where Ace Frehley is
09:16portrayed as a bumbling doofus and Peter argues that no one wants to dress like Peter Criss.
09:20No one wants to be Peter Criss, Lois. Not even Peter Criss.
09:23And who can forget the iconic fictional TV show Kiss Save Santa, where the band is portrayed as
09:28corny sellouts reduced to doing a stupid Christmas movie.
09:31Someone stole Santa? That does not rock!
09:34Easy Gene. Guys, let's go save Christmas.
09:37Number 19. Jimmy Fallon.
09:40Having both evolved in the 2000's, Family Guy has had a front row seat to Jimmy Fallon's career,
09:44and they love to call out his quirks.
09:47Back in 2005, Peter beat Jimmy on the set of Saturday Night Live for laughing and glancing
09:52at the camera too much, a criticism that was often directed towards him at the time.
09:56And this is for laughing and looking at the camera during every sketch you've ever been in.
10:00What do you think you are, Carol Burnett?
10:02When Fallon became host of The Tonight Show, the jokes were aimed at his safe and corporate image.
10:07After failing to make a viral video, Peter mentions that they should have gotten Fallon
10:11to do literally anything instead.
10:13Can't believe we couldn't come up with a viral video.
10:15We should have just gotten Jimmy Fallon to do any lame thing.
10:18And in H.T.T. Pete, Peter watches The Tonight Show,
10:21where Jimmy emasculates Al Pacino by making him play a childish game.
10:25Tonight get ready to lose all respect for Al Pacino when I force him to play a game meant for
10:29children!
10:30We don't think they care too much for his hosting duties.
10:33Or his acting, for that matter.
10:35Number 18. Alec Baldwin.
10:37On the show, Alec Baldwin is picked on for his eating habits.
10:41Which is a little weird considering he's not even that big.
10:44The first jab comes in Season 4's I Take The Quagmire,
10:48when Baldwin, in one of the most disturbing cutaways in the show's history,
10:51is seen getting milked by his younger, less successful siblings.
10:55It's just weird.
10:56There you go. There you go.
10:58Eat up, Steven. You're the weakest.
11:00In Ratings Guy, Peter plays a game called Hungry Hungry Alec Baldwins,
11:04where, in place of hippos, several Alecs gleefully devour the colored balls without Peter's involvement.
11:09For God's sakes, I've just been handed the coolest freaking toy on the planet.
11:12Well, you know, except for Hungry Hungry Alec Baldwins.
11:17I'm not, I'm not even touching the lever.
11:20And finally, in the Star Wars-inspired episode, It's a Trap,
11:23C-3PO Quagmire mistakes Jabba the Hutt for Alec Baldwin.
11:26Oh my God! Alec Baldwin?
11:29Oh, shoot up, each other.
11:31Number 17. Chevy Chase.
11:34This comedian enjoyed a career resurgence with Community,
11:36playing the old-fashioned and very un-PC Pierce Hawthorne.
11:41But his trajectory had stalled through much of the 90s and 2000s,
11:44and Family Guy was there to poke fun at it.
11:47In Brian the Bachelor, Brooke and Brian take multiple stabs at Chase,
11:51referring to his vices and decline in income.
11:54Oh, and maybe you can cut out when I said junk earlier, the whole Chevy Chase thing.
11:58Seems like he's probably the kind of guy who might sue.
12:02I mean, the guy's gotta have no money left.
12:04Stu and Stewie's excellent adventure shows a clip from the Chevy Chase show,
12:08his infamously short-lived talk program from 1993 that lasted just six weeks.
12:14And at the end of Don't Make Me Over, Peter claims that their thoughts are with Chase,
12:19which is likely a reference to his dead career.
12:21If I'm forgetting anybody, I'm sorry. Good night, everybody!
12:24Our thoughts are with you, Chevy!
12:25Of course, the joke stopped once he landed the role of Pierce.
12:29Number 16. Justin Bieber.
12:31Once upon a time, it was really cool to make fun of Justin Bieber.
12:34And Family Guy definitely jumped on that bandwagon.
12:37His biggest appearance is in season 11's Lois Comes Out of Her Shell,
12:41when she attends his concert.
12:43I know! He's perfect! He's like a boy and a girl!
12:46A woman in the audience talks about his gender-fluid appeal,
12:48and once Peter takes over on stage,
12:51he presents Conway Twitty with an old-school Bieber haircut.
12:54Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Conway Bieber.
12:58In another instance, a futuristic elderly Stewie comments on Bieber and Katy Perry
13:03being real music in a hilarious jab at mis-aimed nostalgia.
13:07Stupid younger generation.
13:09Back in my day, we had Katy Perry, Justin Bieber.
13:12That was real music.
13:14Bieber is later described in an app a day
13:16as a celebrity that became successful despite exposing himself.
13:20And finally, in the song Thank the Whites,
13:22Peter states that the Biebs talks and dresses like he's black.
13:26We gave you Eminem and Justin Bieber, too.
13:30Even though they dress and try to talk like you.
13:33Number 15. John Travolta.
13:36Family Guy seems obsessed with rumors around John Travolta's sexual orientation.
13:40The first jab comes in Peter Geist,
13:42when a cutaway shows Travolta getting confused during his wedding vows.
13:46John, do you take Kelly to be your wife?
13:48I totally do. I mean, yeah, yes, absolutely.
13:52And I'm gonna do stuff to her, too.
13:54Like, uh, touch her?
13:55Yeah, touch her.
13:57And, uh, kiss her?
13:58And touch her penis?
14:00I mean, no, not that, not that.
14:02In Mr. and Mrs. Stewie, Peter grows incensed over Lois buying twin beds
14:06and makes a questionable comparison to the Travolta's supposed sleeping arrangements.
14:11Lois, if God wanted me to not sleep with my wife, he would have made me John Travolta.
14:15In Big Fat, Quagmire invokes Travolta when explaining how he nabbed a private plane.
14:19Oh, a private plane?
14:21How'd you swing that, Quagmire?
14:22Well, let's just say I walked in on John Travolta with not Kelly Preston.
14:26And finally, a cutaway in Peter's Def Jam shows Travolta as a pilot
14:30encouraging his passengers to reveal their sexual identities.
14:34This is your captain speaking.
14:36We have reached our cruising altitude.
14:37It is now safe to take off your wigs and be gay.
14:41Jeez, the Family Guy writers are so obsessed with Travolta's sex life,
14:45you'd think they have something to hide.
14:47Number 14. Coldplay
14:48Family Guy's writers and producers clearly are not touched by Coldplay's music.
14:53In one hilarious cutaway, Peter is kicked out of the band
14:56after suggesting they change up their signature style.
14:59Guys, guys, I got an idea.
15:01How about we do a song that's not whiny bullshit?
15:04In Valentine's Day in Quahog,
15:05Meg's date confidently states his opinion of Coldplay
15:08in reference to his own personal style.
15:10Do you like Coldplay?
15:11Uh, am I a dull white guy?
15:12Yes, I like Coldplay.
15:14The writers also take a dig at their overly sentimental music
15:17as clocks can be heard playing during a cliche fictional movie
15:20about a busy corporate woman finding love.
15:22Over the next 90 minutes,
15:24I'd like to show you that all your problems can be solved by my penis.
15:31Having endured criticism in the past for being overly sensitive,
15:34the members of Coldplay are no strangers to jokes like these,
15:37and they certainly take them in stride.
15:40Number 13. Tom Cruise
15:41When it comes to making fun of Tom Cruise,
15:44nothing is off the table for the Family Guy writers.
15:47They go after his bizarre Oprah appearance.
15:49They go after Scientology,
15:51like showing Katie Holmes escaping from an ankle bracelet.
15:54I love you, Katie.
15:55I love you too, Tom.
15:58Oh my god!
16:00I'm free!
16:01She proceeds to free multiple prisoners,
16:04all of whom are male.
16:05The episode Meet the Quagmire
16:07shows a theory about why Cruise runs in all his movies.
16:10And of course,
16:11they go after his height.
16:12The so-called director's cut of Mission Impossible 5
16:15shows Cruise using a stepstool,
16:18and the recurring character Tiny Tom Cruise
16:20is an obvious jab at his surprisingly short stature.
16:23Wow, Tom Cruise!
16:26You look, um, bigger in the movies.
16:29Number 12.
16:30Caitlyn Jenner
16:30Jenner came out as a trans woman in 2015,
16:33and subsequently underwent a very public transition.
16:36And you know Family Guy,
16:38they like to provoke.
16:39As a result,
16:40the show has gone after Jenner on numerous occasions.
16:43In fact,
16:44there were references to Jenner's gender
16:46long before she revealed her transgender status to the world.
16:49For example,
16:49in the 2009 episode We Love You, Conrad,
16:52Stewie says the following.
16:54An elegant, beautiful Dutch woman.
16:57Later,
16:57Stewie and Brian meet a prisoner
16:59who made critical remarks about Jenner.
17:00Hey, what are you in for?
17:02I said Caitlyn Jenner wasn't brave and beautiful.
17:05Brian, there's some bad people in here.
17:07There are certainly more jokes,
17:09but they're mostly too rude or offensive to show here.
17:13Needless to say,
17:14Family Guy has never been a show to avoid sensitive subjects,
17:17or to handle them sensitively.
17:19Well, in the words of trailblazer Caitlyn Jenner,
17:22I will do anything for money and attention.
17:24So brave.
17:26Number 11,
17:27Madonna.
17:28Like with Tom Cruise,
17:29Family Guy goes after many different aspects of Madonna's persona.
17:33Some of the jokes are quite crude,
17:34like when Peter, Brian, and Francis call her stupid.
17:37Could there be anyone stupider than me?
17:41Madonna?
17:42Oh, yeah, she's pretty stupid.
17:44That's something we can all agree on, right?
17:45Right?
17:46Absolutely, yeah, Francis.
17:47Oh, major idiot.
17:48Other jokes are aimed at her supposedly selfish behavior,
17:51like when Meg's date brings Madonna a human heart.
17:54And yes, there are a plethora of jokes aimed at her age.
17:58During a game of truth or dare,
17:59Peter refuses to say that she looks old.
18:02When Peter is looking for the fountain of youth,
18:04he surmises that he's nowhere close
18:06after stumbling onto a Madonna concert.
18:09And in Peter's progress,
18:11Madonna is shown to be a settler of quahog in the 17th century.
18:14There was no hint of misery.
18:18Number 10.
18:19Robin Williams.
18:20The late Robin Williams was no stranger to Family Guy.
18:23And while there was some respectful stuff sprinkled here and there,
18:26many jokes are still made at his expense.
18:29In Mixed Stroke,
18:30Heater listens to Williams' manic stand-up for about 30 seconds
18:33before growing annoyed and going outside for a break.
18:36Politics.
18:37Huh, politics.
18:37Well, we're going to come down there and take all your oil,
18:40but this is our oil.
18:41Yee-haw!
18:42Well, here's my missile.
18:43Okay, take it, take it.
18:45Politics.
18:46Uh, you know what?
18:47I'm going to take a five-minute break.
18:48Huh? Five-minute break?
18:49In Family Guy Viewer Mail No. 2,
18:52Jeff Ross claims that he wants to punch Williams in the face
18:54while watching his movies.
18:56And speaking of movies,
18:57Peter refuses a free copy of What Dreams May Come
19:00in Brian's Got a Brand New Bag.
19:02I want to buy this.
19:03Great.
19:03And as a bonus,
19:04I'll throw in What Dreams May Come with Robin Williams.
19:06No, thank you.
19:07No charge.
19:08I do not want it.
19:09And in what's perhaps the darkest joke aimed at Williams,
19:12there's the whole Patch Adams bit.
19:14Number 9.
19:15Michael J. Fox
19:16As the star of Back to the Future,
19:19Michael J. Fox has appeared numerous times on Family Guy,
19:21as the show either references or parodies the character of Marty McFly.
19:25But they've also made fun of Fox himself,
19:27and, well, prepare to get sad.
19:29Hi, I'm Peter Griffin.
19:31Now, we were going to show you the actual scene,
19:34but it would just make us all sad.
19:36Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1991,
19:39and the disease is referenced multiple times on the show.
19:42He makes a very poor letter Z in a remake of Zorro,
19:45and Stewie warns Fox about his disease in The Juice is Loose.
19:48Perhaps the biggest joke is the one-two punch seen in Teagues for Two,
19:52in which Fox spills wine on Peter's shirt,
19:55and then writes him an uncashable check.
19:57I sent him the bill, and he sent me this check,
19:59but I don't think I'm going to be able to cash this.
20:04Number 8. Ryan Reynolds
20:05Reynolds is one of the most beloved actors of our time,
20:08and even Family Guy can't resist falling for his charms.
20:11But they do so, of course, in their own way.
20:14In the episode, Follow the Money,
20:16Quagmire's parent Ida Davis is shown sarcastically complimenting him.
20:19And as always, I am joined by my trusty psychic, Ryan Reynolds.
20:23I knew you'd say that.
20:25Ahahaha! Piano? Comedy? What don't you do?
20:28In Farmer Guy, Peter is portrayed as the owner of a failed video store
20:32that only rented copies of Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock's movie The Proposal.
20:36I have a poster from The Proposal you can look at.
20:39You'll get most of the story.
20:40Huh. They seem pretty mismatched.
20:42There you go.
20:43Reynolds' major appearance, however,
20:44comes in Season 10's Stewie Goes for a Drive,
20:47when he actually voices a homoerotic version of himself.
20:50Throughout the episode, Reynolds spends most of his time
20:53implying that he's attracted to Peter.
20:55He draws attention to his low-riding pants,
20:57tries to get his lower abdomen tickled,
20:59and gets way too intimate at dinner.
21:01If Ryan is not the best sport,
21:04we don't know who is.
21:06Is it me, or did she just make that weird?
21:07Number 7. OJ Simpson
21:09This celebrity's infamous murder case
21:12is parodied numerous times on the show.
21:14The white bronco chase is referenced twice,
21:16both when Cleveland helps Peter and Lois escape,
21:19and when Griffin ancestors flee from the law
21:21on a literal white bronco.
21:23There have also been at least two cases
21:25in which a Griffin has been revealed
21:26to be involved in the infamous case.
21:28In Long John Peter,
21:30Peter does the deed,
21:31and Simpson is blamed.
21:32And another episode shows a drunk Stewie
21:35planting the idea in Simpson's head.
21:37Telling you, Juice,
21:38she's screwing around behind your back.
21:40And if I were in your Bruno Mali's,
21:42I wouldn't stand for it.
21:44Another Mai Tai?
21:45Thanks. So listen...
21:48And finally, the episode The Juice is Loose
21:50is based entirely on Peter befriending Simpson
21:53and encountering resistance
21:54from the angry citizens of Quahog.
21:56He brutally killed his ex-wife,
21:58Nicole Brown Simpson,
21:59and her friend Ron Goldman.
22:01OJ Simpson?
22:02Yes.
22:03Was this in the news?
22:04And that is just a small taste of the barrage.
22:07Number 6. George W. Bush
22:09Serving as president from 2001 to 2009,
22:13George W. Bush ran the country
22:14through much of Family Guy's glory years.
22:17And let us tell you,
22:18they were not shy about taking pot shots.
22:21Bush is a recurring character on the show,
22:23having appeared in countless cutaways.
22:25Most of the jokes are aimed
22:26at his supposed incompetence as president,
22:28general foolishness,
22:29and childish behavior.
22:31The latter is captured in numerous jokes,
22:33like getting excited about a slinky
22:35going down the stairs
22:36and crying after knocking over a snow globe.
22:39In one of the show's best jabs,
22:41Bush shows up to Vietnam comically late.
22:43Oh, man, I just got your messages.
22:45Oh, I'm sorry.
22:46George, it's been over for a while.
22:48Really?
22:49Yeah, it's 1981.
22:50It's, oh, oh, wow.
22:51Oh, so I'm way late.
22:52Oh, boy.
22:53Something tells us the writers weren't fans.
22:56Number 5. Tom Brady
22:58Like George Bush,
22:59Tom Brady is a recurring character on Family Guy,
23:02likely owing to Quahog being in New England.
23:05Brady's biggest appearance comes in Patriot Games,
23:07as he voices himself
23:09and helps Peter get a job on the team.
23:11Peter, that was amazing.
23:12I've never seen a guy your size
23:14who could move like that.
23:15How would you like to play
23:16for the New England Patriots?
23:17Peter is also a huge fan of Brady
23:20and mentions him numerous times.
23:22But not everything is nice.
23:24The episode Love Story Guy
23:26makes reference to Deflategate,
23:27as Brady purchases some deflated footballs.
23:31Cutaway Land also makes reference
23:32to Brady's past friendship with Donald Trump,
23:35as Peter and Lois are disappointed by his MAGA hat.
23:37And perhaps the darkest joke
23:39sees a drunk Peter offering to give Chris
23:41a Tom Brady kiss,
23:43a reference to Brady controversially kissing
23:45his 11-year-old son on the lips.
23:47Chris, are you awake?
23:51Chris, do you want a Tom Brady kiss?
23:56Number four, Jay Leno.
23:58Another late-night host,
23:59Jay Leno doesn't get off any easier.
24:02In fact, he arguably gets it worse.
24:04For one thing,
24:05they make fun of his physical appearance,
24:06as fictionalized Leno always appears
24:09with a massively exaggerated chin.
24:11They also take digs at his high-pitched voice,
24:13bizarre laugh,
24:14and delivery style
24:15in episodes I Dream of Jesus
24:17and Screams of Silence,
24:18hence the story of Brenda Q.
24:19Here's a bunch of words in a row.
24:21Because the economy's so bad,
24:23they've decided
24:23they're going to shut down
24:24all the prisons.
24:25Yeah, yeah.
24:26And they're going to send
24:27all the inmates to Congress.
24:29Ironically,
24:30or perhaps sarcastically,
24:31Stewie is portrayed
24:32as a fan of Leno's
24:33when seen vehemently defending him
24:35after Peter makes fun
24:36of his terrible sense of humor
24:37in The King is Dead.
24:38It is so fashionable
24:39to take a shot at Jay Leno.
24:41Look, look,
24:41the fact is,
24:42the man is out there
24:43every bloody night
24:44with fresh material,
24:45and it's charming.
24:46And don't think
24:47that his fashion
24:48is off-limits either,
24:48as season 14's
24:50underage Peter
24:50takes a swipe at Leno's
24:52obsessive love of denim.
24:53So, be thankful,
24:55Jimmy Fallon.
24:55It could be a lot worse.
24:57Have you seen
24:57some of these laws
24:58they've got now
24:59about denim?
24:59You know, I say,
25:00if you don't like it,
25:01you may as well Levi's.
25:03Who's voting
25:04for these mayors?
25:05Rhode Island's a mess
25:06from top to bottom.
25:07Number three,
25:08The Beatles.
25:09Being one of the most
25:10influential bands
25:11in music history
25:12does not shield you
25:13from parody.
25:14And Family Guy
25:14is here to prove it.
25:16The Beatles
25:16and the individual members
25:18have long been
25:18targets of the show,
25:19and the jokes
25:20range far and wide.
25:22There's a jab
25:22at Yoko Ono
25:23breaking up the band
25:24as Stewie introduces
25:25her to John Lennon.
25:26Now fess up
25:27or I'll do to you
25:28what I did to John Lennon.
25:30John, have you met
25:30Yoko, Yoko John?
25:32There are jokes
25:32about Paul McCartney's
25:33ex-wife Heather Mills.
25:35There are references
25:35to their iconic appearance
25:36on Ed Sullivan.
25:38And yes,
25:38there are multiple jokes
25:40aimed at poor Ringo.
25:41Even these vary in theme,
25:43with shots taken
25:44at his physical looks
25:45and his inferior contributions
25:46to the band.
25:47Like when his song
25:48is put on the fridge
25:49like a children's drawing.
25:51Hey guys,
25:52I wrote a song.
25:53Oh, that's great.
25:54Oh, good Ringo.
25:54Fantastic.
25:55You know what?
25:56I'm gonna put it
25:57right here.
25:58Right on the refrigerator.
26:00Number two,
26:01Bill Cosby.
26:02Even before Bill Cosby's
26:04infamous downfall,
26:05he was a recurring target
26:06on Family Guy.
26:07Most of the jokes
26:08centered around
26:09Cosby's wacky facial expressions
26:11and unique way of speaking.
26:12Like when Stewie appears
26:14on Kids Say the Dargest Things.
26:16Stewie,
26:16what do you think
26:17candy is made out of?
26:19Sunshine and farts.
26:21What the hell
26:21kind of question is that?
26:22I love candy.
26:24When I was a little boy,
26:25we would play stickball.
26:27Of course,
26:28the jokes got a lot darker
26:29once the allegations
26:30came to light.
26:31Like when he appears
26:32in a Princess Bride
26:33parody with Stewie.
26:34The joke is taken
26:35even more literally
26:36in V is for Mystery,
26:37which shows a group of women
26:39sleeping at the dinner table.
26:40Or how about
26:41the Cosby Show opening
26:42that has Cosby
26:43dancing around
26:44the passed out cast members.
26:45No,
26:46Family Guy was not afraid
26:47of going there.
26:48We now return
26:49to the Cosby Show,
26:50knowing what we know now.
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27:22Number 1.
27:23James Woods.
27:24Unlike Adam West,
27:26James Woods
27:26actually plays himself,
27:28albeit with a few
27:29major caveats.
27:30James first appeared
27:31in Season 4's
27:32Peter's Got Woods
27:33as an insanely jealous,
27:35petty,
27:35and neurotic person.
27:36I don't know, Peter.
27:37I had this crazy idea
27:39that you and I
27:39were supposed
27:40to have dinner tonight.
27:41But I guess
27:42you had other plans, huh?
27:43His clash with Peter
27:44and Brian was so memorable,
27:46it led to him
27:46becoming a regular
27:47antagonist on the show.
27:48He steals Peter's identity,
27:50ruins Brian's TV pilot,
27:52and even transfuses
27:53the life force
27:54of a 17-year-old girl
27:55so he can return
27:56from the dead.
27:57And in accordance
27:58with Hollywood law,
27:59her life force
28:00was infused into me,
28:01bringing me back
28:02from the dead.
28:03It was all very hilarious,
28:05but things seemed
28:05to have turned sour
28:06between Woods
28:07and the show's producers
28:07over his controversial tweets
28:09and his issue
28:10with some of their scripts.
28:11Oh well,
28:12it was fun
28:12while it lasted.
28:13You know, Scooter,
28:14we don't allow hats
28:16at the dinner table.
28:17Oh, my bad, Mr. G.
28:18Dad, no!
28:19Aha!
28:20I should have known!
28:21Get out of my house
28:22right now!
28:22Son of a bitch!
28:24What Family Guy roast
28:25or parody
28:26did you find most entertaining?
28:27Let us know
28:28in the comments.
28:33what happens.
28:33Let us know
28:33what it means.
28:34Claudia and Geshe
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