Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show

Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show
"You're welcome, America."

Season: 8 Episode: Special
Total Episode Count: SP4
First Aired: November 8, 2009

Guest Starring: Marlee Matlin, Patrick Warburton
Featuring: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein
Also Appearing: Walter Murphy & His Orchestra, Peter, Lois, Stewie, Brian, Meg, Chris
Musical Numbers: Theme Song, Edelweiss, Poker Face, Cal Johnson Theme Song, Rocketman, Surfin' Bird, Shipoopi

Director: Louis J. Horvitz, Jackson Douglas

Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show is a commercial-free live-action/animated variety show starring Seth MacFarlane (creator of Family Guy, voice of Peter, Brian, Stewie, Quagmire and others) and Alex Borstein (voice of Lois) airing on November 8, 2009 (at 8:30/7:30 central time). It contains comedy sketches, original animation, and live performances of Family Guy’s best musical numbers, as well as some surprise celebrity guests.

• The evening begins with a live performance of the theme song.
• Seth then introduces Walter Murphy and His Orchestra, who play one of the transition cues
• The tranistion cue is used for an original animation, where Peter asks his family what celebrity they would have sex with
• Seth then begins to sing Edelweiss, but is constantly interrupted by Alex, who is uncomfortable about it
• Seth and Alex introduce some screen tests of Hollywood actors auditioning for movies they would never be cast in, including
  • Bea Arthur (RIP) in Showgirls
  • Gregory Peck in Transformers
  • Kathy Griffin in The Piano
  • The Cowardly Lion in United 93
  • Renée Zellweger in Independence Day
  • Kermit the Frog in Philadelphia
• Stewie then introduces a sneak peek at Sherlock Holmes
• Seth and Alex reenact the scene in I Dream of Jesus where Marlee Matlin calls Moviefone
• Alex sings Poker Face as Matlin, but the real Marlee Matlin comes on stage and has never been so insulted in her life
• Alex then tells a joke that only a rapist could hear, and the pianist laughs
• Stewie introduces a sneak peek at Ninja Assassin
• Alex and Seth introduce an animated clip from the failed Fox pilot Hill Street Jews
• Seth sings the contradictory theme song to the failed Fox western Cal Johnson (played by Patrick Warburton)
• Seth and Alex play a little game in order to promote The Cleveland Show, where every time they would cuss, instead of being bleeped, the cusses would be replaced by a soundbite of Cleveland saying his name
• Seth concludes by singing a medley of some popular Family Guy songs: Shipoopi, Rocketman and Surfin' Bird

Sponsorship

Originally, Microsoft Windows 7 was going to sponsor the event, but after viewing how vulgar Seth and Alex's material was for the show, they pulled out. Instead, Warner Bros. was the sole sponsor and during the special, they showed a sneak peek of their upcoming movies Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr. and Ninja Assassin.^[1]

Stewie makes some jokes about that.

References

1. ↑ 'Sherlock' to Sponsor Family Guy Special

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