From an ABCNews.com article:
ABC News’ Cullen Dirner reports: Two popular Republican figures, Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove, will make an appearance on next season’s “Family Guy.”
Arguably a liberal leaning show, “Family Guy” is reaching out to the other side of the aisle. Karl Rove, the former Bush senior adviser and deputy chief of staff, confirmed Friday on Twitter that he will appear on the show.
“Yes, it’s true. Will be a guest on the Family Guy next season,” Rove tweeted.
Seth MacFarlane, the show’s creator, tells THR.com that it is time to give the other side some face time.
“The Family Guy tends to be very liberal, because it is written by liberals,” MacFarlane said. He then added that the majority of the show’s lifespan has been during the Bush administration and they thought it was time to mix it up.
One of the show’s main characters, Brian the family dog, plays a liberal role. However, since Obama has taken office, Brian has found he has nothing to complain about. According to MacFarlane, in the upcoming season Brian has a change of heart, glomming onto Republican radio host Rush Limbaugh.
Some discussion points on this article:
- This is how “American Dad” (from the people who bring you “Family Guy”) has depicted Karl Rove in the past. Do you think the Boy Genius knew of this satanic portrayal of him before he agreed to do “Family Guy”? He had to have seen it at some point…
- The ABCNews reporter calls Family Guy “arguably a liberal leaning show,” but three paragraphs later, he quotes the show’s creator, Seth MacFarlane, who says, “‘Family Guy’ tends to be very liberal, because it is written by liberals.” Not sure why the reporter felt the need to spin that one…
- Of course, we would give “Family Guy” a lot of credit if they assumed the role of watchdog and got some jabs in at Obama, but given the episodes the “Family Guy” team submitted for Emmy consideration and the show’s history of (sometimes vicious) attacks on Republicans, you’d be dreaming to think “Family Guy” will literally take a “right turn.” But we shall see…
Leave your thoughts below. Another possible prompt: what’s in it for Rove and Limbaugh?