Simpsons "cutaway gags"

Pre-Family Guy cutaways from classic Simpsons episodes

[@isaacjones6323]

The fact that Homer runs into the chocolate store when hes in a land of chocolate already is one of the funniest gags ever

[@danielbuxton205]

Agreed! I always loved that joke :D

[@RazalasTrebla]

Unlike the chocolate in the land of chocolate, the chocolate in the chocolate store is HALF-PRICE!

[@adonaiyah2196]

@@RazalasTrebla even though he's in a world of free chocolate Genius

[@Das_Kaenguru]

Well doh…he is smrt…a discount of 50% for a dollar is 50cent….a discount of 50% for free stuff is zero…so he is saving much more money!

[@jumpkicking]

@@adonaiyah2196 It's basically a fancy cannibalism store.

[@chapterblaq]

"Just eat the damn oranges!"

[@elliebean1118]

This might actually be my fave line in the vid.

[@chapterblaq]

Ikr for some reason it slayed me.

[@evrbody]

And then tie one to your belt, which is the style at the time.

[@presidentskroob]

@@evrbody that’s an onion

[@thetribalist6923]

@VorpalKatana give me five bees for a quarter.

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

I cant believe that The Simpsons predicted Family Guy

[@mba4677]

Rolf

[@johnlewtas6833]

except the simpsons were able to follow all their cutaways with a joke, rather than having the cutaways themselves be the joke.

[@Tomoya778]

too bad they didn't predicted how family guy would suck so much ass lol

[@GarrettPetersen]

Family Guy was heavily inspired by The Simpsons. FG was all about subverting the expectations created by The Simpsons.

[@johnlewtas6833]

@@GarrettPetersen yeah, the simpsons had the expectation of being funny, and family guy subverted that.

[@James-bi9uy]

"There'll be no accusations, just friendly crustaceans under the sea." Damn Homer, you're a lyrical genius.

[@leociresi4292]

Marge:”That’s your answer for everything, to live under the sea!”😂😂😂😂😂

[@DeadlyV1RU5]

The orange eating sequence absolutely slayed me. I don't know what's better - Willie's line about an orange eating class, or the fact that such a class actually turned out to exist, or Hans Moleman making an opposite and equally ridiculous comparison to Homer's, or Grandpa Simpson impatiently thumping the table in the reverse of Willie. That might be one of my favourite Simpsons clips of all time.

[@MrStarman926]

For me it’s the fact that they both make the opposite orange-marriage connection. Absolutely hilarious

[@ForumcoldiArchon]

Pretty sure Homer was in that class before and he remembered the allegory as it was about food.

[@CIutchX]

Made me augh pretty damn hard haha

[@Sgt-Wolf]

That's golden era Simpsons for you.

[@MoeSzyslak20]

Not to mention the fact that a whole class of people had nothing better to do then take a class on orange eating

[@oscargimblett1990]

I love how ar 2:06 they added an effect to make it look like they blue screened it in, to make it more like in Dr Strangelove. Brilliant.

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

Rear projection, more like. That's a big part of why Kubrick's movies are so incredible, he didn't have any computers to blue screen with. You watch 2001 like "Okay meh what's the big deal?" But there's no computer generated effects in that entire movie. Even the fictional computers running the spaceship in the movie wouldn't have been theoretically powerful enough to make the movie's effects.

[@Muonium1]

Not blue screen simulation effect, the term you're looking for that they did with Homer in a riff on Major Kong riding the bomb is the "dolly zoom" or "Vertigo effect".

[@CODMarioWarfare]

@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat They actually did tend to use blue screening over rear projection. There was an involved process of analog masking and compositing which could achieve chroma keying on film.

[@dummy3467]

Damn Homer ruined Barney’ life with just one can of beer.

[@ArchNemesis314]

When someone is that susceptible to addiction it can't be your fault

[@jkholtgreve]

As an alcoholic, this checks. One of the writers knew what he was talking about…haha

[@cpalmer8945]

And a hospital with 6 cynder blocks

[@jomillan00]

That’s a lot of damage

[@JudgeDreddMegaCityOne]

That progression gag is fantastic

[@cheesypoofz157]

I like how homer didn't even bother to imagine some kind of device had been attached to the vending machines in the mean time to dispense candy and sodas. They merely just spray out in an entirely unexplainable manner.

[@SamuelBlack84]

He became one with the machines

[@TFormers2002]

"Sir six cinder blocks are missing." "They'll be no hospital then I'll tell the children." 😔 One of the best scenes.

[@togekissbliss]

😔

[@GOAT_GOATERSON]

😔

[@James-bi9uy]

😀

[@James-bi9uy]

I mean 😔

[@deanfranz]

There'll *

[@Koinoyokan01]

Aw, the best part of the under the sea bit was afterwards when he standing on the couch. Marge: "That's your answer to everything!"

[@aaronsarchive82]

"Homer that's your solution to everything, to move under the sea. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!" "Not with THAT attitude."

[@matthewfinger2381]

I like how it implies that he was actually singing and dancing in front of them

[@iveyyewitt1621]

"Under the Seeeeeeeeeeeeeee..." that bit had me in tears when I first saw it I laughed so hard.

[@mrman-rb6dx]

“There’s very little meat in these gym mats.” implies that there is a small amount of meat in them

[@Das_Kaenguru]

Well…after two decades of children jumping into and sweating onto the mats….I suppose a small percentage could be marked as meatb

[@gastonbell108]

You don't say?

[@DowntownLAKid]

Essential inks is probably the hidden gem in that joke

[@residentelect]

I'd often wash my ground gym mat down with a carton of Malk... No wonder I have a stomach ulcer the size of a golf ball and crippling osteoarthritis 😳

[@bryanleeyf87]

Wow u understand the joke

[@missquark_]

"Mmmm the land of chocolate" has to be on my top 5 Simpsons joke segment ever, it's just so perfect!

[@lander77477]

That segment always makes me want to buy some high end chocolate next time i go shopping

[@DownUnderPunk]

It’s so perfect they gave it a whole damn level in The Simpsons Game. :)

[@kgisabeast]

Right there with Flushing Meadows 🥰

[@NoBop2000]

Even funnier the implication that Homer jusy went silent daydreaming about chocolate for 10 minutes before they said anything

[@I.Am.FurFreak]

Imagine how hard the animaters had it creating the Land of Chocolate with everything near the same shade and trying to figure out the bunnies appearing from the background shade.

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

What makes it even more impressive is that that whole scene is just from one single animator!. David Silverman animated the whole sequence (except for the chocolate rain part I thiiink. I need clearance on that) he also animated the entire Chili hallucination fiasco. I'd reccomend looking into him and watching a few animation reels.

[@I.Am.FurFreak]

@@randomguyontheinternet7940 Yeah! Was impressive!

[@blagoyeblaz3507]

Just eat the damn orange!

[@tyrannosuperior5248]

I'd like to point out these were all things worth cutting away to.

[@kurosakikun96]

Yep, there are some that use this to defend Family Guy, missing that these are either relevant to the plot of the episode or have some sort of pay-off leading back out of it, while for Family Guy they feel like they are more used because the writers don't know how to end a scene

[@amso7169]

@@kurosakikun96 The older episodes don’t shove the cutaways in as forcefully as they do now

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

Honestly now that I think about it Family Guy cutaways are like random comparisons made in Seinfeld but glorified more.

[@kevinibarra7259]

These cutaways work better than the ones shown on Family Guy because they're either real flashbacks or daydream sequences that actually have something to do with the plot of the episode or act as a punchline to a previously built up joke. Family Guy cutaways, on the other hand, not only have very little to do with the plot of the episode, but also, try to be their own separate joke with almost no build up or punchline whatsoever.

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

you whine too much.

[@paolo2763]

@@user-uo8ny1kj4c dude you're replying that to every recent comment mocking FB. Who's the real whiner, eh?

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

@@paolo2763 You wish it was me replying to everyone. I've seen more people cry about family guy bad than you think

[@NmaeUnavailablesigh]

@@user-uo8ny1kj4c No, the Family Guy cutaways I've seen are that terrible

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

@@NmaeUnavailablesigh Okay? but like. this is a simpsons video. not a video made for crying about another show. you and your basic bitch opinion isnt anything except annoying to normal people that arent neckbeards.

[@Aivottaja]

Simpsons in 2022: "That's almost as bad as that time C-3PO hired me to be his butler."

[@yourfinestlocalidiot]

"Hey PO, get me another beer!"

[@firefoxuser2557]

You think thaaats baaad?

[@apple54345]

i feel attacked

[@otsosokka]

Jee löyty suomalainen

[@Aivottaja]

@@otsosokka Tortillat avataan!

[@urphakeandgey6308]

That Barney cutaway hits kind of hard... There really are people like that out there. Success is right around the corner, but they just can't help themselves and fall into the trap. And it can all start with one friend innocently offering them something, often not even with any bad intentions.

[@jeremytung1632]

It’s like my dad always says, it takes generations to build a fortune but one crack head to ruin everything.

[@Sgt-Wolf]

Yep addiction or any other mental problem for that matter is a serious issue.

[@ms-iz9ye]

Probably why it was addressed in the first place..

[@MeMeMcsplosion]

It really does work both as a gag and as a commentary on the dangers of peer pressure and addictive drugs

[@jnordne2]

Seriously. A friend of mine in college was an alcoholic and used it as a crutch for stress. Showed up for one of our finals smashed. Luckily, his liver was about to shut down and that was the wake up call he needed. Got sober and finished getting his aerospace engineering degree.

[@SPM0717]

I'm always impressed how Homer managed to get into an orange with just his teeth without tearing the peel.

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

1:23 Willie's voice is pure hilarity. One of the funniest characters, made 10x funnier in delivery

[@aerisgainsborough2141]

"That's the last time you'll ever slap your Willie!!!"

[@leopardgeckoonsteroids7012]

@@aerisgainsborough2141 around*

[@nevertrustgoogle]

mate it's called an accent

[@bengonzales1182]

Hey! Wee bairn! Hie ye hence from me heath! ACH! Can't ye understand English?

[@oshabot1646]

Sup

[@Elitekross]

The way homer eats that orange definitely helps explain why marge puts up with him 👀👀👀

[@miraveta]

Holy fuqnuggetts now I know why she stays with him...you know what they say about fat girls well I guess its the same with fat guys. (I used to be fat and I love hotdogs so take that as you will)

[@beeshirt2425]

:(

[@lionelhutz5137]

Mmmmm juicy innards *drooling moans* 🤤

[@lyra7209]

I have no idea what you just said and I refuse to learn

[@blackskrillexvevo]

The Simpsons' cutaways and flashbacks were neat segments that showed up every couple of episodes to give a bit more insight of a certain character's past or a fun dream/future reality while still sticking to the plot and providing humour for it's brief appearance. Family guy uses these transitions as a gimmick that takes up half an episodes worth of screen time with little to no correlation to the story all for the sake of a running gag or lousy one-liner. God bless the golden age Simpsons cast for setting a bar on scenes like these.

[@ondrejlukac5769]

I missed Homer´s phantasy about robbing Kwik-E-Mart.

[@alanthe2]

I’ve never seen fantasy spelled with a ph before but you know what? It’s way better like that.

[@MrCreepjo]

@@alanthe2 you've never played phantasy star online then.

[@Synnystershy]

@@MrCreepjo I immediately thought about Phantasy Star when I saw that.

[@alanthe2]

@@MrCreepjo No, but I’ll look into it. It sounds phucking awesome.

[@cleanerben9636]

@@MrCreepjo oh man great times

[@markula_4040]

Nothing beats half priced chocolate after already having access to unlimited 'free' samples.

[@evrbody]

The half-priced chocolate is the good stuff.

[@heatherfranklin295]

I mean, we'll happily buy full-priced water when it's fairly easy to go out and treat and filter.

[@Darth234Ravenous]

Simpsons cutaway gags: 6 minutes Family guy cutaway gags: probably 6 days

[@nickstalker3254]

Because family guy is not funny.

[@merrimac290]

Season 3-6 were peak years of hillarious Simpson randomness.

[@sleepyhead8681]

7-8 were also great imo

[@sleepyhead8681]

2 was also quite good

[@rileycole2588]

Yup, 3-6 were the best. The rest I can take or leave

[@Izanagi-Arsene]

7 and 8 had some very good moments from the radioactive man movie, the episode that featured the iconic steamed hams segment and especially the episode with hank scorpio.

[@sleepyhead8681]

@@Izanagi-Arsene Most of season 7 and 8 are better than 3 and 5 imo. Season 2 is almost as good as 3 imo except Homer at the Bat and the one where Bart joins the Mafia.

[@TheRealTHD]

I like how one of Homer's solutions to a problem is to go live under the sea, a solution that Marge mentions that he's come up with multiple times.

[@SoshiTheYoshi]

“Hey Marge, remember the time we were in a crossover with a worse show?”

[@potato1341]

One thing I can say about these: they tie in to the plot, they are relevant to what's said, don't overstay their welcome and holy fuck they're not all kickstarted with a metaphor or simile like "this is like X when Y did Z". Not gunna bash every family guy cutaways cause some of them are genuinely funny and I understand that not everything said or shown has to be directly relevant to the story, letting the animators, writers and voice actors to do some dumb shit without much consequence or need to drag the story far out the way but they can stand to 1. Not let them take so long (like IIRC there was one where stewie was insulting a celebrity in a bar for a minute+ straight what had no punchline and no humour) and 2. Have it be organic and not a character saying something ridiculous

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

the original uploader doesnt need your corny philosphy about how funny something is. If anything save it for clown school

[@potato1341]

@@user-uo8ny1kj4c it's not philosophy, it's a popular subjective idea. Dozens of people find family guy cutaway gags, even the long, drawn out ones, funny. Same way dozens find them painfully unfunny and slow. But hey, keep the clown college idea for yourself. As joked about as they are, clowns are a pretty noble profession. Make good money, entertain people and require immense discipline, physical ability, stamina, technique, state of mind, training, gimmicks and understanding of spoken and physical comedy. Not everyone's cut out to be a clown. Hell, being able to cartwheel in shoes 3 foot sizes too large is a feat and a half.

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

@@potato1341If homer can go to clown school you sure as hell can graduate as a full fledged clown

[@potato1341]

@@user-uo8ny1kj4c he was supposed to be Krusty, so yeah, it's sorta the thing they joked with. Also, it's a cartoon. Not exactly the same as real clowning.

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

@@potato1341 see. still acting like a clown.

[@URFTBOUND4LIFE]

I laugh everytime during the land of chocolate bit when Homer takes a bite out of the dog that's made of chocolate and it yelps as it's running away😂😂

[@joeoconnor3657]

Unlike Family Guy, The Simpsons actually used these gags in conjunction with the storyline and did it very smartly, usually with a hilarious one liner added afterwards, whilst Family Guy just use them to fill the episode running time and half the time they are just pointless jabs at celebrities which usually just end up being long winded and boring. All the more reasons why the Simpsons won Emmys and Family Guy hasn't.

[@michaelcastellano9932]

Like the Mexican Funeral cutaway gag in Family Guy

[@burntpoptart853]

The truest thing ever said by a human being. Though the cutaway jokes in the early family guy seasons (seasons 1-4) were actually pretty funny, later on they became over reliant with the cutaway gags which were rarely funny and were just stale. You are very correct about how the cutaway gags in the Simpsons were smartly written and were part of the storyline. Family guy literally had an episode where Peters friends came over and had some fun while Peter was supposed to watch Stewie. Lois gets home and of course she’s angry and In order for her to forget what happened, Peter takes us to a Conway Twitty cutaway/segment that lasts over 2 minutes. I’m dead serious. So yeah no wonder The Simpsons won Emmys and Family guy didn’t.

[@Aivottaja]

Emphasis on _used_. They're veering more and more to being Family Guy Light with nonsensical one-shot references. It's not just boring anymore. It's depressing and sad. I used to think Simpsons was just irrelevant and worn out its welcome years ago. Now I think it's a walking corpse begging to be ended.

[@burntpoptart853]

@@Aivottaja In my opinion, The Simpsons stoped being funny around either season 9 or season 10. We do see some gems in modern Simpsons but it’s really rare. The Simpsons seem to just rely more on celebrity appearances and current events at this point. Episodes like Lisa goes gaga or Bart vs Itchy and Scratchy make me turn away from the series. Modern Family guy is still worse than modern Simpsons but I think it’s time for The Simpsons to just end. I also do feel like that they are begging to end like Family Guy is trying to do.

[@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421]

You think that's bad?

[@matthewbartlett3442]

“Newspapers add much need roughage and essential inks” is such an underrated line

[@hennaoctopus]

You cut off the best part of the under the sea joke, where it cuts back and marge is like "we'll move under the sea, thats your solution for everything! "

[@willmarsden7657]

Love how in a land of free and bountiful chocolate that Homer's most blown away by it being half price in a shop 😂

[@leociresi4292]

Chocolate doggo:”Aff Aff! Homer bites Chocolate doggo “Yipe yipe yipe!”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Raydnt69]

Am I the only one who thought Homer daydreaming about Maggie's wedding was wholesome?

[@SkulShurtugalTCG]

I'm convinced Maggie is his favorite kid.

[@cleverhardy5230]

@@SkulShurtugalTCG After all, he got the job at the power plant back to get enough money to care for three children; Maggie in particular. And Maggie does look up to her father, even saying "Daddy" as her first word, despite him hoping she'd never say a word on grounds of the other two children talking back.

[@pronkb000]

I like that in his fantasy he has apparently melded his consciousness with that of the vending machines (inasmuch as vending machines have consciousness), being able to control them at will.

[@benjaminwilliams1292]

Perhaps they sewed up the tuxedo onto him. How else could a man put on a suit when trapped between vending machines? Then again, he was just holding onto the can...😄

[@kisbie]

I like that he imagines himself adjusting to life with the vending machines. He’s smiling and happy and able to provide for everyone. I feel that attitude is key to Homer’s appeal.

[@Lime30373]

YOU THINK THAT'S BAD?

[@thescarvedinsect]

'No! NO! We are NOT resorting to that!'

[@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421]

@@thescarvedinsect actually, we are

[@fantum999]

Do you remember the time I went hang gliding with whoopy goldberg in alaska and found a justin bieber android

[@thescarvedinsect]

@@ti-fiter I honestly don't like _South Park_ now as much as I did when I posted that reply. I respect your opinion.

[@Shakes-Off-Fear]

This is why I didn’t understand Family Guy’s cutaways at first. The Simpsons made it perfectly clear that these were flashbacks and used the fade and harp technique.

[@IN-tm8mw]

5:54 Homer Biting into the friendly chocolate dog causing it to run away in terror will never not be funny to me.

[@leociresi4292]

Poor chocolate Scotty dog!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dracojim6537]

Yeah, it's funny. It would have been even funnier if it was a chocolate cat.

[@IN-tm8mw]

@@dracojim6537 that's dog placed so much trust in Homer and was instantly betrayed, HAHAHAHHAHAAA!

[@joelsylvestre9405]

Every Family Guy cutaway structure, "This is like blank when you blanked." Add whatever and get paid.

[@gacd2104]

Always the same

[@mattjindrak]

That's what made it stand out

[@awesomemantm2000]

Hey Lois, this is like the time I was Spiderman on his day off

[@philbecker4676]

Do you get all your thoughts from South Park or...?

[@daustin8888]

Manatee's write them

[@aliceduren6542]

"Mr. Simpson!" "Huh? Oh yeah! We were talking about chocolate?" "That was 10 minutes ago!"

[@bhunt799]

How does this show manage to manage to make funny cutaway gags that don't affect the pacing of an episode yet when Family Guy does it, it's usually done in an unfunny manner and drags the pacing of an episode to a screeching hoult.

[@DomOfSin666]

Family Guy does some things different, and the cutaway gags used to be one of the main draws of the show. Everyone was quoting family guy cutaways when I went to school. Also like the guy above me said, in the Simpsons they feel more like flashbacks than cutaways. Family Guy just wants to tell a joke, the Simpsons want to enrich the plot while also telling jokes. Usually FG plots aren't too deep (or atleast not as deep as a good Simpsons episode), they're just foundations used to tell jokes. That's great if it's your thing, some people just want to laugh. People like different styles of humor, quit being a snob about it. Both shows have had their highs and lows, but I love them both

[@DomOfSin666]

@@elliebean1118 Family guy barely uses cutaways anymore, there's like 5 or less per episode now. Most fans and non-fans like the change and imo the show has slowly been getting better as of late, but I love cutaways. I'm a simple man. In the end tho, just hope family guy keeps improving.

[@TallSilentGuy]

One manage too many.

[@ravensflockmate]

There is no difference you're just biased

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

ever heard of just watching the video instead of complaining about family guy? oh wait. you never have

[@aurelmatthews4164]

"There will be no hospital then, I'll tell the children" Still laughing at this four minutes later

[@DinoJake]

Seth McFarlane, circa 1996: "Man, these cutaway gags the Simpsons do sure are really funny. Kinda wish they'd do 'em more often. Hrm. I wonder what a whole show revolving around cutaways would be like..."

[@sft-9139]

"There'll be no hospital then I'll tell the children"

[@cerocero2817]

Homer eating those alien looking creatures in his fantasy always made me unconfortable as a kid.

[@hankbarcelona7314]

Those things really exist! They're called seahorses.

[@cerocero2817]

I mean the two fellas dancing at 3:46. Tell me that doesn't look like a sentient little alien.

[@hankbarcelona7314]

@@cerocero2817 Ah, yes they do look kind of alien. Maybe they're nudibranchs?

[@cerocero2817]

@@hankbarcelona7314 That's a really good guess, wouldn't be surprised if that was what they were trying to draw.

[@BillBraskyy]

Barney's introduction to alcohol is literally how like half (or more) of the stories in the Big Book of AA start lol

[@reedlong1648]

When you realize the simpsons did cutaway gags b4 family guy. #thesimpsonsdiditfirst

[@adamjones8258]

You do know cutaway gags existed before the Simpsons right?

[@elliebean1118]

@@adamjones8258 So did nuclear family animated sitcoms. It was called The Flintstones. Don't remember a lot of cutaways in that.

[@theshycryo]

But family guy did it right

[@thescarvedinsect]

'We don't act like we took a lot from The Simpsons, but we took a *LOT* from The Simpsons.'

[@thenegotiator7875]

@Daniel Carey and they use them so frequently aswell, kind of why I stopped watching

[@shademaster24601]

The vending machine one is so wholesome. Way to look on the bright side, Homer!

[@DukeofDarkCorners]

And followed by his equally optimistic response to "Homer, I'm gonna have to saw your arms off”: “They'll grow back, right?"

[@christopherlewis1315]

Whenever I hear Lunchlady Doris say "There's very little meat in these gym mats," I think that meat she's talking about is almost certainly human flesh that children lost on the mats over the years.

[@ayoutubechannel3813]

Simpsons cutaways actually had something to do with the story, and didn’t drag too long unless necessary. Family Guy cutaways are very pointless and only exist just to poke fun of pop-culture. They are also filler and sometimes unnecessarily drag way too long, especially the Conway Twitty cutaway and the karaoke cutaway in the episode “Quagmire’s Mom” where Peter waits *1 minute* to just sing a song.

[@ayoutubechannel3813]

@@letsdraw8062 Actually, I only hate seasons 12-now of Family Guy. Seasons 1-3 were great, seasons 4-6 were good or alright, seasons 7-11 were average (I know a lot of people hated seasons 10-11, but they at least stayed true to the show’s roots, with episodes like "yuG ylimaF", and there were also some great episodes in those seasons), and seasons 12 to now, oh boy, they aren’t good, with seasons 12, 13, and 17 being the worst seasons of the show.

[@caseyself2134]

Long story short Simpsons will always be better Family Guy is a terrible abomination and the worst thing since cancer

[@dkrampage2933]

Holy shit it happened again

[@ayoutubechannel3813]

@@dkrampage2933 We were meant to be together

[@LogShaw1587]

@@caseyself2134 worst thing since cancer is a *little* harsh

[@jeremytung1632]

The land of chocolate will always be one of the most entertaining sequences in animation.

[@samspetifore9875]

Great work on this compilation! I love that the last of the cutaways is literally the best cutaway of any animated show of all time. That episode is classic.

[@BardiXOfficial]

I don't know, But seeing Homer eat Raw alive fish makes me wanna eat some Raw fish

[@Nonamearisto]

These cutaways generally have to do with the plot, don't take too long, and they usually have a character acting like himself during the cutaway. Family Guy's cutaways, while sometimes funny, generally have nothing to do with the plot.

[@dirkdiggler.]

This is more true than the time brian and bing crosby went to the Illinois state fair in gorilla costumes.

[@Nonamearisto]

@@philbecker4676 That doesn't make it better. "At least it's not pretending it isn't crap" doesn't save it from being crap.

[@Nonamearisto]

@@philbecker4676 Family Guy humor is for 12 year olds. Honestly, I'm sick of this "______ is subjective" crap. That mindset is holding us back as a culture. We need to have standards for things if we want them to improve.

[@operationd--msday]

@@Nonamearisto YEAH LETS SET PETER GRIFFIN ON FIRE!

[@nid150]

@@Nonamearisto lol saying that family guy is funny isn't going to ruin society

[@music-channel69]

Remember that time we were in Family Guy's writing room just now?

[@DTheAustralian]

I think what people don't realise is that the ways the Simpsons & Family Guy do cutaways are different, yet suitable for their shows. The Simpsons is more grounded in reality and structure, whereas Family Guy is wackier and more free-flowing. It's why these cutaways, as well as the best FG ones, work so well- The Simpsons uses it to add to the humour, whilst Family Guy uses it to diversify their humour's subject matter.

[@Mooondoggy]

The whimpering of the dog after homer takes a bite out it, and the shrimp trying to escape after homer eats all it's friends adds such an edge to these idyllic fantasies... Homer's selfishness shining through in his own personal paradise. Now THAT's a 3D character

[@soiyavnz]

Brutal he ate the chocolate dog 😂😂😂

[@leociresi4292]

Wow! Chocolate 1/2 off!

[@V1VISECT6]

"Sir six cinderblocks are missing." "There'll be no hospital then, I'll tell the children."

[@chom6096]

These sequences work a little better and feel less random and forced because more often than not it’s a flashback or someone imagining things. In family guy the cutaway doesn’t even have to have anything to do with the context of the episode. Peter could be sad he lost a game of ping pong and he’ll say “aw man this is worse than when a frog has an abortion”

[@cinematicgoodness7325]

I love how Homer's smallest misdemeanor can have grave consequences (giving college Barney an insatiable taste for beer and ruining his life, cancelling the construction of an entire children's hospital just because he needed cinder blocks to build a makeshift book shelf for his radio, etc.)

[@g-saviour6581]

“You leave me no choice but to ask you nicely again” lol

[@daliborjovanovic510]

That's fewer cutaway gags than in your average modern Family Guy episode XD

[@tonyraffetto931]

4:39 fucking brilliant

[@mustafafranklin]

1:27 The eating of an orange is a lot like a good marriage Just eat the damn oranges 🤣🤣

[@LordTchernobog]

The Arielle parody scene reminds me the Hungarian dub as well. But also: RIP József Székhelyi, 1st, long running voice of Homer in Hungary 😥

[@commanderkeen3787]

Oh man I laughed so hard the first time I saw the Under The Sea part and Homer is surrounded by skeletons at the end 😂

[@coffeebrown9371]

So family guy stole cut away gags from the simpsons

[@Aivottaja]

Yet they managed to make them awful. If they bothered to steal, they could have at least kept their ill-gotten goods in pristine condition.

[@josema7679]

They made them worse

[@bewdragon2908]

Yeah, well, the fax machine is nothing but a waffle iron with a phone attached!

[@jonpatchmodular]

@@Aivottaja ifyoudontlikeitdontwatchit

[@Aivottaja]

@@jonpatchmodular I don't.

[@camelopardalis84]

I love big pupils Simpsons. Whenever I see a Simpsons character with big pupils, I know what I'm seeing is from a great episode.

[@docvince1491]

The difference between these and Family Guy’s is the fact that The Simpsons doesn’t think wasting the audience’s time is funny. Unlike Family Guy were that’s the entire point and it sucks.

[@canobenitez]

I don't believe they were tryng to copy Simpsons formula, they never intended to do so, I don't know why people compare them, they are 2 ways completly different of approaching a scene. A cutaway gag without any backstory can be fun too. If you like one better than other that's ok, but that's your opinion. PS: I hate family guy and it's bad written cutaways.

[@Dragular]

It doesn't waste the audience's time. It's a testament to the show's approach. Unlike other shows, Family Guy just focuses on trying to be funny.

[@ms-iz9ye]

@@canobenitez of course they were copying the Simpsons form-u-ler.. they copied the Simpsons and the Flintstones and then the honeymooners. All of it goes back in reference to something prior.

[@jonpatchmodular]

ifyoudontlikeitdontwatchit

[@leikfroakies]

This is crazier than that time my cut away gags were actually relevant to the story rather than just distracting from it

[@George_Harold_Burns_]

I like how the land of chocolate joke is far more developed than anything on family guy ever, and its not even that great of a joke. And they based a whole level on that one sequence in The Simpsons Game like nearly 20 years later. For what is basically a throwaway joke

[@aaronsarchive82]

The Land of Chocolate music also plays on loop in the restrooms by the Simpsons Ride at Universal.

[@spibow]

@@aaronsarchive82 Incredible. Perfect place to put the music for land of chocolate

[@JD-jc8gp]

@@aaronsarchive82 Damn, Joe Jackson must be rich.

[@TheWorldsStage]

Me: "Haha, look at Homer buying chocolate from a store when it literally rains chocolate. How dumb." Also me: "Ooo, Aquafina is half-off!"

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

Glad to see Simpsons is also capable of embracing its format.

[@ajlogomanthecreepysusiefan5502]

4:26 If this was Family Guy, Peter would try to clap, only to for a gorey bloodiest of a squish to happen of his corpse with the entire audience screaming and running away and then explain the joke with him looking at the viewer emotionless saying: “I tried to clap with my hands stuck to the vending machines and then I squashed myself and know I am a bloody skeleton with eyeballs. Now laugh.”

[@ashamansedai]

"You leave me no choice but to ask you nicely again"

[@thenerdbeast7375]

These aren't cutaway gags. These are either flashbacks, daydreaming or events elsewhere. The Family Guy style cutaway gag is random with no relevance to the plot or characters.

[@chriswelcome8102]

How did he put on that wonderful tuxedo

[@STNKbone]

The scene with Barney in college is almost exactly like a flashback from the show Taxi that explains how Cristopher Lloyds character becomes a junkie.

[@kradanbandicootovich6444]

Homer basically ruined Barney's life. What a man

[@aperson22222]

I liked the clinic with doctors made of mayonnaise. Well, some of them were just interns.

[@borntoclimb7116]

3:17 the best:)

[@sleepyhead8681]

The art is so great for the gag song. My fav cutaway gag.

[@borntoclimb7116]

@@sleepyhead8681 same

[@thomasdonald3291]

The way the candy and soda just flies out of nowhere 🤣

[@anthonymcglinch7503]

"There's very little meat in these gym mats" is my favorite Simpsons quote.

[@DevilboyScooby]

I distinctly remember one about a washing machine race, don't recall the episode though but I think the commentary track for it talks about how Family Guy took over the cutaways mantle.

[@JcDizon]

Oh I think that one was when Homer's half-brother showed up for the second time. Marge wanted a new washing machine and her old one was sold to Moe's and it was used for bets in racing.

[@robertneagu1078]

​@@JcDizonyes it was Last ep of s3

[@finaltheorygames1781]

The Simpsons was amazing when it was good.

[@gnbman]

The orange-eating class and serum experiment would feel right at home in classic/early Family Guy.

[@duncanurquhart5278]

i love how many of homers fantasy involve him running around eating random objects

[@danielwalker26]

Anyone else amazed that Homer ate an orange without pealing it?

[@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462]

Didn't take the orange eating class

[@jacksonpalagi6399]

Thats why marge puts up with him

[@GhostbusterPalu]

2:03 had me in tears 😂🤣

[@hexcodeff6624]

Watch Dr. Strangelove, that's the movie the reference is from. A true classic.

[@Wetknees]

I like how alcohol causes Barney’s back teeth to pop out of his skull

[@FoldTrace]

Funny how most of this are flashbacks and memories

[@TheMightofDab]

2:30 this is probably the most "family guy" cutaway I've seen on the simpsons (at least before they started those awful thought bubbles) and its better than any cutaway joke family guy has ever done

[@professionalballsinspector2006]

The Simpsons did better cutaway gags than Family Guy

[@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421]

and the sad thing is that Family Guy does it all the time while the Simpsons does it very occationally

[@quackster8295]

Really? This isn't even funny at all. I never found The Simpsons funny, not even in the early seasons. Not to mention that the show is a complete shell of what it used to be. At least Family Guy isn't completely dead like The Simpsons

[@Ar_sole_hair_fiddler]

At least they're portrayed as being inside of the character's thoughts, or being in the same general location.

[@iusedyourtowel6765]

I was born in 77 and now Homer is younger than me.

[@trunkslamchest8821]

Ehehehehehehehe ey Louish rememba da time we did cutaway gags after the simpsons *vomits* ehehehehehehehe road house

[@jamesblake5215]

🎶 Under the sea, under the sea, they'll be no accusations just friendly crustaceans under the seaaaaaaaaaaa! 🎶

[@jeffallen55]

Dan's line reading of "You got real purdy hair" is so disturbingly hilarious.

[@jaygasper4853]

Such a typical adolescent male, " it's fun to smash things"

[@Roy_Boy4.1]

I remember watching the land of chocolate episode when I was a kid. I used to laugh so hard once he bit the dog. It's not as funny now for some reason. Maybe I've just turned sour as I got older.