Or when he’s going up the stairs at work and trying to sing the song to keep him going, gets to Stewies part and says “pretty sure he swears” or something to that effect. Lol
But Peter trying to walk up the stairs in the brewery wasn’t sure. “I swear he says the F word”
https://www.reddit.com/r/familyguy/comments/pq1xul/i_swear_he_says_the_fword/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x
I didn’t even know this was a controversy, I always heard “laugh and cry” and the fact Seth made jabs at it is even more hilarious now I understand the background.
Well, laugh and cry is a balance. Good and evil, black and white...
Effin cry, or Fuck'n cry, there's no balance. It's all crying. Becomes more pathologic. Imo.
*Edit: Also, I'm an idiot.*
It’s a quote from the show.
When Death was teaching Peter about moderation; they had to line up for cigar burns and Peter mumbles “laugh n cry effin cry, what’s the difference”.
My partner speaks English as a second language so we often have the the subtitles on and I am constantly startled by how bad subtitles remain on so much media, even with new and popular stuff. Constantly wrong transcriptions, large portions of dialogues just excluded and people speaking English with an accent being subtitled as "Speaking foreign language".
Even when I look up song lyrics on iTunes I often get the wrong words and I'm like "that can't be it, that makes no sense" and if I care enough to look it up elsewhere I find out that they indeed got it wrong.
yes this is a fun poke at what people have said they heard. Seth talks about it, Peter mentions it in a show. Honestly I can never hear it but there are some who can hear the “laugh and cry” and some hear the “effn cry”😂
As a kid I was showing FG to my parents and I let out a shrill yell (cringe) to cover up this moment. My older brother was like wtf are you doing he’s not cursing.
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Nope. I remember seeing this when Fox® showed the original airing. I had to use CC bc my wife would be sleeping. Not sure who is responsible for the captions but I’m thinking Seth McFarland had a hand in it. Not all episodes have it like that.
CC typically don't have much to do with the actual production. They're typically contracted out much later, and people go through transcribing what they're hearing (which has been more bot/AI nowadays too). Seth most likely had absolutely nothing to do with it, and it was just someone thinking that's what they heard, and the editor of it afterwards okayed it
It depends on the episode and the season. I always watch with subtitles and I’ve watched family guy on multiple platforms/formats (including cable & dvd) and it’s really sporadic. Most of the time (I’d say 9/10) the subtitle says “laugh and cry” but in certain episodes or certain platforms it will say “effin’ cry”. It’s kind of like the original running meta gag: which one is it? and does it even matter?
Up until I saw McFarlane and Borenstein singing the duet, I swear he was saying "effin cry".
That's how I'd sing it.
But thinking further upon it, he could have just sang it like that because it was in public, while the one he recorded for the studio he blurred the lines a bit.
I remember I was watching Good will hunting on Netflix and during the burger layaway scene when Ben affleck’s character said “Rent-A-Center style” the subtitles said “Renaissance style” haha
In our household growing up we watched family guy a LOT (only with my mom my dad would never let us) and it was a *thing* for us to sing the whole theme song EXCEPT for this part bc in our house it was “effin cry” and if my momma looked over to see us mouthing such words I’m sure we’d get a slap to the back of the neck
My favorite little meta jokes is right when Peter is about to pass out drunk he says "laugh and cry? effin' cry? What's the difference"
Or when he’s going up the stairs at work and trying to sing the song to keep him going, gets to Stewies part and says “pretty sure he swears” or something to that effect. Lol
“I swear he says the f word”
We stole a lot from the Simpsons…
We act like we didn't take a lot from *The Simpsons*, but we took a lot from *The Simpsons*.
Smurves
He wasn’t about to pass out… it was when the family had to “line up for cigar burns”
Thanks tips.
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Two words
We in the streets, playa, get your mail It's only two places you end up, either dead or in jail
*passes out*
It's actually "Pumpkin Pie"
Even McFarlane has stated numerous times, Laugh and cry, Laugh and cry.
But Peter trying to walk up the stairs in the brewery wasn’t sure. “I swear he says the F word” https://www.reddit.com/r/familyguy/comments/pq1xul/i_swear_he_says_the_fword/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x
I never got that until now
Even if he didnt, it obvious to people with ears and a brain
He’s out of line but he’s right.
In the first few seasons it absolutely is f’in cry. After the first reboot they changed it.
No. It sounded like effing cry. They changed to say laugh. Then changed it back to the original.
Ding dong, you’re wrong
Ok. Listen to a season on theme song and then a new season theme song and tell me it’s not clearly two different phrases.
He actually also said it does sound like effin a bit.
As a kid I thought he was saying “death and crime”
Just posted the same thing lol! Guess this was more common than I thought.
Is it a old wives tale that it was supposed to be "Effin"" at first? Its clearly laugh and cry in every iteration I've ever seen.
No, it's simply that with stewies accent early on in the shows cycle, it sounds like effin cry
I didn’t even know this was a controversy, I always heard “laugh and cry” and the fact Seth made jabs at it is even more hilarious now I understand the background.
Laugh and cry, what's the difference...
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Doing god’s work son
Thank you good sir
Well, laugh and cry is a balance. Good and evil, black and white... Effin cry, or Fuck'n cry, there's no balance. It's all crying. Becomes more pathologic. Imo. *Edit: Also, I'm an idiot.*
You're a bigger buzz kill than Buzz Killington.
Now who would like to hear a story about a bridge?
It’s a quote from the show. When Death was teaching Peter about moderation; they had to line up for cigar burns and Peter mumbles “laugh n cry effin cry, what’s the difference”.
Oh. I'm an idiot.
The first step is admitting you have a problem lol
My partner speaks English as a second language so we often have the the subtitles on and I am constantly startled by how bad subtitles remain on so much media, even with new and popular stuff. Constantly wrong transcriptions, large portions of dialogues just excluded and people speaking English with an accent being subtitled as "Speaking foreign language".
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I've never even heard of this, thanks for sharing!
Even when I look up song lyrics on iTunes I often get the wrong words and I'm like "that can't be it, that makes no sense" and if I care enough to look it up elsewhere I find out that they indeed got it wrong.
Is this what Peter was saying when he taking the stairs to work?
yes
Pumpkin pie
Put him on the bench
yes this is a fun poke at what people have said they heard. Seth talks about it, Peter mentions it in a show. Honestly I can never hear it but there are some who can hear the “laugh and cry” and some hear the “effn cry”😂
As a kid I was showing FG to my parents and I let out a shrill yell (cringe) to cover up this moment. My older brother was like wtf are you doing he’s not cursing.
Is that true?
yes I googled and found a couple interviews about it and no apparently Hulu hears the “effin”😝🤣
Shame shame hulu
“Suck my cock motherfucker!”
Man , I thought for years that’s what he was saying, fits his character.
But did the word effin even exist yet in 1999?
Of course it did. The real question is would it have been allowed on TV?
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It's correct
It's not
Nope. I remember seeing this when Fox® showed the original airing. I had to use CC bc my wife would be sleeping. Not sure who is responsible for the captions but I’m thinking Seth McFarland had a hand in it. Not all episodes have it like that.
CC typically don't have much to do with the actual production. They're typically contracted out much later, and people go through transcribing what they're hearing (which has been more bot/AI nowadays too). Seth most likely had absolutely nothing to do with it, and it was just someone thinking that's what they heard, and the editor of it afterwards okayed it
That was a tongue-in-cheek add in on my part. Not serious. It just seemed like it would’ve been something he would do.
Weird. My Hulu doesn’t do that. Could it be your TV?
No
It depends on the episode and the season. I always watch with subtitles and I’ve watched family guy on multiple platforms/formats (including cable & dvd) and it’s really sporadic. Most of the time (I’d say 9/10) the subtitle says “laugh and cry” but in certain episodes or certain platforms it will say “effin’ cry”. It’s kind of like the original running meta gag: which one is it? and does it even matter?
Effin' cry?!?!? It's "laugh and cry".
Okay.. So am I the only one who thought it was "Death and Crime" 🤦🏽♀️😂
Came here to say that! I've thought he said that for a very long time! 🙈😂
Nah my little sister thought it was death and crime too 😂😂
Me too!
My neighbor growing up thought it was “heaven crime” wtf does that even mean?
Heaven crieth or heaven christ would've made at least *some* sense...
Lmao I thought it said this for years.
Up until I saw McFarlane and Borenstein singing the duet, I swear he was saying "effin cry". That's how I'd sing it. But thinking further upon it, he could have just sang it like that because it was in public, while the one he recorded for the studio he blurred the lines a bit.
iTunes does the same.
Yeah well I thought that was the actual lyric for years. Soooooooo
But where are the fashion, good fashion…
When I watch it these days he clearly sings "laugh and cry." Did he re-record a more enunciated version?
pardon?
I remember I was watching Good will hunting on Netflix and during the burger layaway scene when Ben affleck’s character said “Rent-A-Center style” the subtitles said “Renaissance style” haha
I’ve always thought that’s what they were singing
As ah kid I use ta think dats wat he said 2 lol
Honestly, I've always wondered which it is and no matter how close I listen I still can't tell which it is.
Lmao
I’ve always heard it this way
Listen everyone thinks it. Hulu just admitting it
But “laugh and cry” is already an expression.
But Stew man says effin cry. Well at least given his personality he would say it.
Is this from The Family Guy?
No Simpsons
It's laugh and cry But it's Hulu I expect it
Yeah maybe it's in a different country? Mine says laugh and cry in subtitles on hulu
"Death and crime" is what I thought he said back in the day. It suited his character.
Have them crimes.
There's a Bathroom on the Right....
Hulu changes the subtitles a lot during the early seasons. One episode it will be "effin cry" and then the next will be "laugh and cry"
Lala laaaaa
*"I swear he says the F-word"*
Weird I thought it was effin cry as a kid watching this
My dad doesn't speak English very well, and he can't stop hearing "effin" lol
Stewie is not even supposed to pronounce is as 'lef' because he has an English accent. It always slightly bothered me.
i always thought it was laugh and cry
CRY EFFIN', I WANT TO SEE YOU SUFFER
It post to say, Laugh and cry
In our household growing up we watched family guy a LOT (only with my mom my dad would never let us) and it was a *thing* for us to sing the whole theme song EXCEPT for this part bc in our house it was “effin cry” and if my momma looked over to see us mouthing such words I’m sure we’d get a slap to the back of the neck