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Stewie uncensored
The release of'Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story' gives
'Family Guy'fans a new option for their addiction
"Family Guy" fans who almost single-handedly persuaded the Fox network to rethink its can
cellation of the cult-favorite sitcom in 2002 were rewarded Sept. 27.
After fans tuned in continuously to cable reruns of the first three seasons and bought up
more than 3.5 million copies of the DVD box sets, the show was resuscitated.
Then even better news came: "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story" was setfor an early fall release.
And now, I feel lucky that there's a "Family Guy" movie (straight-to-DVD, that is) so I can
squander hours on repetitive Stewie-watching.
The DVD actually contains three episodes ("Stewie B. Goode," "Bang
Oh Was His Name-O," and "Stu and Stewie's Great Adventure")
from the new fourth season. It deals with Stewie, the world
domination-bound baby genius, and a series of self-dis
coveries he undergoes. The focal point of the movie is
the maniacal dictator-to-be's quest to find his real fa
ther after he sees a man on the news to whom he
bears an uncanny resemblance.
However, in true "Family Guy" fashion, the narra
tive arc of this movie is loose at best. Ancillary stories
involving the rest of the Griffin family—father Peter,
mother Lois, son Chris, daughter Meg and dog Brian—fuel
the rest of this picture, along with the occasional random
flashback and pop-culture allusion.
Sure, it's vulgar and crude. Stewie maims or murders more
than the usual number of characters throughout the film and Peter
teaches Meg to "love a man's gas" by locking her in the car and
farting repeatedly, but isn't that just part of this Rhode Island family's
simple charm?
Of course, it's politically incorrect. In a bar scene involving Brian
and Stewie, the tiny prodigy toasts the "black man," thanking him for tak
ing it all in stride, though I suspect, like many smart comedians of ourtime, that the writers behind the
show use comedy as a means of social and political commentary as opposed to sheer senseless humor.
COURTESY
STEWIE, page 10
BY KRISTEN GERHARD
PULSE REPORTER
■ In my opinion
TREVOR DAVIS
STAY CLASSY
Magazines
make grocery
stores more fun
Grocery shopping sucks.
I always get that annoying shopping cart
with the twisted wheel. Then people look at
me funny when I run into the huge stack of
canned peas.
Knowing I have to deal with the messed
up cart, elevator music and long lines, I have
to think positive: Soon I will be down the
magazine aisle for some high quality reading.
Unfortunately, shoppers won't have
as many reading options at Albertsons
this month.
The October issue of Seventeen magazine
was recently pulled from the shelves be
DAVIS, page 11
PULSEMUSIC PULSEMUSIC
Broken Social Scene, "Broken Social Scene": In 2002, two years before Internet buzz and word of mouth
propelled Canadian indie poppers The Arcade Fire into the world's iPods, fellow Canadians Broken Social Scene
quietly released "You Forgot It In People," one of the year's most critically acclaimed pop records.
This year Broken Social Scene has released its first full-length studio album since "You Forgot it in People" and
the self-titled album finds the band exploring densely composed pop. The seventeen-piece band, led by Kevin
Drew and Brendan Canning, includes members from Stars, Do Make Say Think, The Dears and Feist.
It's easy to get lost in any one of the album’s 14 tracks; the music often swells and transforms itself during the
duration of a song. "7/4 (Shoreline)" starts as a breezy indie pop song then changes itself into a triumphant, driving
musical force.
The album's centerpiece "Windsurfing Nation," a warm up that bursts into a song, is followed by the deceptive
ly simple "Swimmers," which is a sultry ballad.
Each track on the album is so packed with music that it is impossible to take in the whole album in one listen.
Each listen will help to reveal the depth and beauty that the album contains. Not to say thatthe album is perfect;
some tracks fell a little long and sometimes there is too much to take in at once.
Fans of Broken Social Scene may feel that "Broken Social Scene" is not as ambitious as "You Forgot it in People,"
and I would agree with them. But "Broken Social Scene" is easily the band's most accessible album. Check it out.
—Andrew McCollum
INSIDE PULSE
'Far Cry' sequel takes Xbox
games to a new level
Turtles Bar and Grill gives
South Eugene its own 'Cheers'
For more 'Family Guy' fun, see
the story's continuation
PULSE PICKS
AMY LICHTY
PULSE EDITOR
1. "I will Play My Game
Beneath The Spin
Light" by Brand New
2. "Overdue" by
The Get Up Kids
3. "The District Sleeps
Alone Tonight" by The
Postal Service
4. "Tiny Vessels" by
Death Cab ForCutie
5. "Night Minds" by
Missy Higgins
TREVOR DAVIS
PULSE REPORTER
1. "Proudest Monkey"
by the Dave Matthews
Band
2. "For Nancy" by
Pete Yorn
3. "Sea Song" by
The Doves
4. "Victoria" by
John Mayer
5. "Yellow" byColdplay
ANDREW MCCOLLUM
PULSE REPORTER
1. "Just Be Simple" by
Songs: Ohia
2. "Pacific Theme" by
Broken Social Scene
3. "A Red So Deep" by
Cursive
4. "Deafening" by From
Monuments to Masses
5. "Spritz!! Spritz!!" by
Minus the Bear
KRISTEN GERHARD
PULSE REPORTER
1. "If" by Maroons
2. "After School Spe
cial" by Jurassic 5
3. "Gone 'till Novem
ber" by Wyclef Jean
4. "Infrared Roses" by
Eyedea
5. "Goin’ Down South"
by R.L. Burnside feat.
Lyrics Born