I watched the show when it originally aired. As best I could with Fox's inability to schedule new shows. Then watched it again when aired on AS. Then watched AS become dominated by the ratings of two shows. Then saw the show become popular. Then saw all the references to FG's references. And if I see someone post one more flaming FDR joke [you know which one, specifically], I won't watch the damn thing again.
Oh, and the re-pilot is pretty good. Not FG's best, not FG's worst. An average episode of an average show. I guess it's quintessential FG: extended film parody which is mostly irrelevant to the plot [though funny]. Film reference which is flagrantly integrated into the plot, which ultimately comes off as an artifact of the writers' inability to direct the story line. Oh, and a male/male relationship as male/female dichotomy for a sub-plot. Those are always, always funny, no matter how many times I see it reused.
So, uh, is Stewie teh gh3yz? :¬\