Talking Simpsons - American Dad! "Pilot"
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 163 minutes
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Summary
"Francine, you be very careful out there today—we're at terror alert orange! Which means something might go down somewhere in some way at some point in time... So look sharp!" - Stan Smith
This week, we're switching gears and looking back at the first episode of American Dad, which only just returned to Fox after over a decade of basic cable existence. Though the series was at first seen as a cheap copy of Family Guy born out of the misery of the George W. Bush administration, American Dad didn't take long to carve out its own weird, wonderful identity and quietly thrive over the last two decades. So join us as we explore the roots of an entirely different prime-time cartoon that refuses to die.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by patreon.com slash talking Simpsons. |
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| 0:54.5 | Ahoy, hoy, everybody, and welcome to Talking Simpsons, the podcast that erupts with goo every seven hours. I'm one of your host, the anorexic James Cameron Alien, Bob Mackie, and this is our chronological exploration of the Simpsons and related shows, and who is here with me today, as always. Henry Gilbert, and I was around for the Reagan administration. I know how things are supposed to be. And this week we are looking at the American Dad pilot. |
| 0:55.9 | That's it. |
| 1:00.0 | If Steve needs power, I'll rig the school election and make him student body president. |
| 1:01.5 | Wow, can you do that? |
| 1:03.8 | Ricking elections is my bread and butter, Roger. |
| 1:06.6 | You know how many votes George Bush actually got in the first election? |
| 1:08.1 | Seven. |
| 1:13.8 | This episode originally aired on February 6, 2005, the same night as Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass. |
| 1:14.6 | And as always, Henry will let us know what happened on this mythical day in real world history. |
| 1:20.3 | Oh my God! |
| 1:22.5 | North Korea declares itself a nuclear power. |
| 1:26.0 | Moulon 2 is released direct to video and also at the Super Bowl 39. |
| 1:31.5 | We got our first look at the brand new Batmobile in a special Super Bowl trailer for Batman begins. |
| 1:38.6 | Nice. |
| 1:39.3 | So some people are watching the Super Bowl, others watching Mulan 2. |
| 1:42.9 | Who won that night? |
| 1:44.8 | They wanted to see, you know, how does the new guy replacing Eddie Murphy do as taking over the character? |
| 1:52.0 | As far as I remember, that is a white guy who can do a really mean Eddie Murphy impression. |
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