Posts tagged "Peter Griffin"

Blerditorial: Has “Family Guy” Jumped the Shark?

I didn’t have TV reception for almost half a decade (summer 1996 to the beginning of 2002), so I had a lot of catching up to do once I was able to actually watch TV again. Hell, I still have major pop culture lapses from that era-not knowing anything about “Friends”, for example. One of the first shows that was brought to my attention once I was back in touch with the rest of society was “Family Guy”, via the […]

Hump Day Flashback: “Surfin’ Bird”

Sometimes I feel like maybe I’m too hard on music nowadays. It’s not like the novelty song started with “Laffy Taffy” or “Teach Me How to Dougie” or even “Tootsee Roll” and “Dazzey Duks”. Silly songs-whether dance instructionals or just nonsense tunes-have been around forever and, truthfully, some of the most important songs in rock history have been throwaway songs. “Louie Louie”, anyone? This brings us to “Surfin’ Bird”, the 1963 classic from The Trashmen that has become popular again […]