How Family Guy's Most Controversial Character Disappeared: Herbert
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- In this weeks video, I look into Family Guy's most controversial character, Herbert the Pervert. What happened this character? Was he removed from the show all together?
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actually when disney acquired fox they did in fact ask the writers and producers to tone down anything triggering to make it more in line with Disney values which is why they also stopped doing dark humor and other things that are controversial
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When Herbert found out Peter was Chris's dad. I don't think he was excited. I think he blew up from the complete shock and disgust of wanting Peter. A 40 something-year-old man. instead of what he's usually after.
Yeah this is what I thought too
Nah I think the thought of a porn incest scenario happening in front of him sent him over the edge
I agree, that’s what I got from the episode.
You could be right, but in my opinion, Herbert thought the idea of a half naked boy wrestling his dad was so erotic because he's such a perverted creep. His explosion represented his intense excitement.
@@LydiaLovesTimelinesI think you are right cuz there was an episode where he went into a closet with Carter (Lois’s dad)
My brother used to do the voice so well. Rest in peace, Bucky.
His voice must’ve been great. Also, 22 hours ago???
@@caydencrawford18RUclips has to be glitching
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@@caydencrawford18Her patrons get early access
@@caydencrawford18channel membership or smthn
The last time I remember seeing him was in an episode where he saved Chris from a fire and took him back to his house, and stewie said, "You know what he's earned it"
Damn, I remember that joke, I died laughing
couple minutes later
“alright that one seems less earned”😂
F**king outrageous 😂😂😂😂😂
That was fucked up.😅 He kept "rescuing" him.
i think he was to close to home i found out seth stopped making family guy after 10 seasons and the new people were quick to write him out.
If you were a kid growing up in th 60's, 70's, and 80's there was always that one older guy living by himself in the neighborhood that always seemed overly friendly. Perhaps your mom would tell you not to talk to him and you'd ask why and the response was like "because I said so!" Herbert is that guy and that's where he comes from. That's where the humor of the character comes from.
Those guys still exist but they moved to the internet
Pedos didn't stop existing in the 80s bro
And gmod serverw@@mayanksinghkarakoti
Yes, I think Herbert was not only on the show to be perversely funny but also as a warning to younger people to watch out for lurkers with similar behavior.
I knew this man . He WAS this character through and through. His name was Herb also.
RIP to a very perverted fictional old man. Makes Quagmire look like an angel.
Nah Quagmire and Herbert aren't that far from each other.Isnt there a scene where Quagmire tried to make Meg drink his çūm?
@@user-gu6gm6tk7kthe old man is still atleast 10000 times worse
Not really, he doesn't. They're both monsters.
Well, no not really. Quagmire has pretty much done everything Herbert has done and more. I mean, at least Herbert never banged a corpse. Quagmire's done that several times.
I dont think anyone can make quagmire look like an angel tbh
It is kinda amazing how FG made Herbert. how everything from his character design to his voice goes together perfectly. And you absolutely know what kind of person he is yet he steals half the scenes he's in truly remarkable.
Yeah, it kinda made fun/made you understand how such a perverted open secret could last- Seth is always giving us little Hollyweird tidbits (how did he know about Bruce Jenner??!! That was yeeears before!!) so maybe this was his commentary on Harvey Weinstein/Bill Cosby etc, Herbert was even in several positions of power (he turns out to be the leading member "Grand Wizard" of some secret society that Lois"s dad is in so god knows how many people he's groomed, so maybe the joke got a little too on the nose after the whole #metoo era thing...or maybe he was just added to make Quagmire look more socially acceptable and since they've now 'fixed' his character there's no longer any need for Herbert🤷♀️
@@twiceshy9773the bruce jenner thing was a common joke at the time
"Get your fat space ass back here." is still pretty hilarious
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HERBERT SKIP HIM,
He pretty much disappeared overnight when Disney bought Fox. I'm not saying that Disney ordered it to happen, but it did happen at pretty much that exact time when FOX sold to disney.
It's a shame because he really was one of the funniest characters in small doses. It also shows just how far removed Seth Macfarlene himself is from FG these days. He no longer writes for them at all and just shows up to do voice work. Without Seth's guiding hand and writing influence, the show has lost a bit of it's original charm and style that comes from the man himself. Seth has a unique sense of humor and writing style that you either love or hate (i love it), but it's been missing from FG in recent years. Just like Herbert.
The newest season does have a different vibe to it
Seth knows what's up with Disney. He may be wrong about a lot of things, but he's not THAT stupid if he is taking as much work as he can away from the mouse Now that they own his Big Three animated sitcoms.
Come on bro you know they ordered it to happen.
They didn’t want competition from Herbert
@@AA-BBlmao 💀
If only these companies put this much effort into stopping their real p-words as they do their animated ones.
Every company has them employed
Why not just say the actual P-word? Would it game the algorithm too much?
Well that would mean possibly putting a stop to themselves and their friends/associates 🙄
@@skeetermania3202 RUclips comment censors are really finicky.
@@skeetermania3202 I haven't thought of a RUclips friendly replacement for it yet. I say Cosby instead of r@p3. Perhaps Herbert could be an acceptable code for this kind of behavior.
"Stay away from that dirty old man, Billy. He's a Herbert."
"What's a Herbert, mommy?"
"It's someone who can't wait to pick fruit off of a tree until it is actually ripe."
Disney hasn't been a "squeaky clean" family oriented company for a while. They parade as one.
Turning red....
@@lindinle turning so red, they proved why Walt named names.
@@lindinle ?
Disney does suit the pedofiles, but perhaps keeping Herbert as a dirty little secret is a little more up their alley.
I think Disney did have a hand and slowly getting Herbert removed from the show. It's just another example of how Disney tries to protect its good image. another example would be when FX/Disney got rid of Kurt Sutter after a joke about Walt Disney was written in his show Mayans MC
@@YukiKitsune361no no no, they canned a show with actually good rep for “not fitting the brand” which you get what that means, Disney can’t decide if it wants to have forced rep or no rep
@@owlbert2020 the problem with modern "diversity" writing they are just there to be there
many dont realy have a personality just the diverse fact
@@darkcrow125 EXACTLY. Characters feel forced in to be the token black guy when there is amazing rep out there but it’s overshadowed by companies like Disney putting out shit like Strange World with its forced gay charcters
@@owlbert2020Just the same with Nimona. They want „rep“ so they can pretend to be inclusive but which they can easily cut out in certain regions. The only thing they stand for is making as much money as humanly possible.
@@owlbert2020"foreced gay characters" You're not just wrong youre stupid. There's hundreds of movies about hetrosexual relationships why cant a movie briefly a homosexual relationship
The 95% of us definitely appreciate the presence of someone who can speak about modern pop cartoons intelligently and at length. Thank you for what you do.
agreed, these are fun to watch. we also get them for free!
The epidose where Chris lived with Herbert was halarious. Seeing Herbert getting frustrated with Chris being Chris made me laugh out loud.
"Beware your heart's true desire, lest you end by getting it"
- Oscar Wilde
"You really know how to waste a Cialis."
Most of Herbert’s lines made you say “Oh that’s just wrong” but you’d be cracking up while you said it. Honestly I sometimes wonder if people who have had to deal with predators irl, ever use over the top absurd characters like Herbert to help in the healing process. After all humor can help some people to move through situations.
I was molested as a child, and harassed by grown men my whole life. Herbert is hilarious, and nothing like them. He’s a caricature.
@@saelcaha2102 First off I’m very sorry for what happened to you, and I’m glad you made it out. Secondly that’s what I always think. If Herbert was realistic, he would be horrible. The problem I believe, is that we’ve become so sensitive that many TV and film executives don’t understand that it is possible to make fun of a dark topic (such as abuse, or racism) without actually endorsing that topic. George Carlin (my favorite comedian) made fun of some really dark topics, but I’m quite certain he didn’t actually endorse most of them.
“There are people in this country who like to tell you what you can and can’t talk about. Or maybe you can talk about it, but you can’t joke about it. Like rape. They’ll say ‘Rapes not funny. You can’t joke about rape.’ And I say ‘Fuck you, I think it’s hilarious. How’d ya like that?’ I can prove rape is funny. Picture Porky Pig raping Daisy Duck… see? And I know what a lot of guys are gonna say. They’re gonna say ‘Daisy was asking for it. She had on tight feathers. Porky got horny and he lost control.’ A lot of guys talk like that. They blame the woman. Doesn’t seem fair to me. Doesn’t seem right. But I believe you can joke about it. I believe you can joke about anything. It all depends on how you construct the joke. What the exaggeration is. Every joke needs at least one thing to be absurdly out of character.”
- George Carlin
Again I’m happy you made it out. I hope your life is happier now.
I hated herbert n I know other ppl who were SA as kids who hated him as well but I think getting rid of him is kind of dumb. He just grossed me out n I felt like he was overall annoying. I also find the giant chicken n his fights with Peter annoying . After seeing the same joke play out it's like ok I fucking get it. Herbert is a pedo n the giant chicken hates Peter how many times r we gonna tell the same joke. Although herbert never made me laugh, I guess I can see how other people who were SA might find him funny. He honestly made me cringe tho. Everyone has their limits. For me it's pedo jokes, but I don't mind rape, racist, sexist, homophobic, or anti religion jokes. But something abt SA kids like it just makes me sick and sometimes angry I just can't laugh at it. I'll laugh at literally anything else before that
@@rustyshackleford6376 Sorry for what happened to you. I’m glad you made it out. I should clarify that it is of course perfectly valid if you don’t find dark humor appealing. Some people use edgy jokes to help them heal. Point is that no one should tell you how to work through your pain as an individual.
I was in a group therapy session a few years ago with a woman who had been assaulted, and she used dark humor as a coping strategy. The therapist leading the group basically shamed her for using humor as a coping strategy. I called them out for it, and they didn’t say anything about it for the rest of the session. But everybody has a different way of dealing with stuff. Me? I had a stroke when I was 17, and yet I find the episode where Peter has one to be hilarious. I crack up whenever I see his exaggeratedly droopy face. Point is, everyone is different and that’s okay. I hope you’re doing better now.
I@@saelcaha2102Better an honest analysis from someone that unfortunately has experienced molestation. May you continue to heal and know peace.
Since Obi Wan is a main protagonist of the prequels I can imagine Brian or Peter playing him. Stewie should remain Anakin Skywalker though
I thought they said the Cleveland Show was going to do the prequels.
Brian as Obi wan and stewie as anakin would be so cute!!
@@mightyfilmright cause at the time of the parody’s release the prequels weren’t exactly loved like they are today and the joke was that both the Cleveland show and prequels are horrible but they aren’t
@@FluffyCloudsandCatswhy do you think Anna can turn to the dark side it's because Obi-Wan tried to do some religious things because we could make some jokes about Jedi and the Catholic Church
Or just Herbert with hair
Herbert fits an actual Disney employee. Probably hits too close to home.
So you can harm children, you just can't do a cartoon about somebody who triggers every red flag regarding it.
Who?
Imagine if FG did a Batman parody and had Herbert as Alfred. He would spend most of his days helping Robin and ignoring Bruce.
🤣
I swear I remember a couple years back there was an article stating they were going to phase out Herbert, but for the life of me I can't find it now. I even was considering selling off my Herbert figure, because I am one of those weirdos who has one, but decided to keep it for when they officially killed him off, then it just never happened.
I was only joking about the Herbert figure. Nothing wrong with owning one haha
I did look into buying Family Guy toys for a video but they are so expensive now
They also said they were phasing out gay jokes. At least some of them were funny unlike the conveyor belt of cringe that constituted *sWill & disGrace.*
@@Attmay?
I love the character of Herbert the pervert. Really miss seeing him on the show. Even though he was so controversial he was really funny.
He was a pee-pee...
True
Totally agree dude, I was always laughing my butt-off at his persistence with Chris…he was always trying to get him!😄😁😆😅🤣😂🥳😎
I enjoy Herbert as a character on Family Guy while still finding him creepy in relation to Chris.
I had a roommate who called him his favorite character once.
The older you get, the funnier Herbert becomes. So many scenes went over my head as a kid lol
Lmfao I remember a scene where Chris asked if he was a pedo
I genuinely miss Herbert and his story line honestly
why do you care about a pedophile's story line?..
Me too
Yeah me too, I hope he starts to show up more often!🥺
Yeah he was always one of my favourites..
Disney figures that Herbert the Pervert resembles the suits in Disney and Hollywood a little too much.
I used to hate that character so much but realizing now that he may have been a warning makes me miss his presence a little bit.
I always imagined Herbert would have went out in some To Catch A Predator type scenario (most likely courtesy of Stewie)
I find it hilarious that Chris Hansen got busted for bouncing a check when his career was built on exploiting one of the worst Supreme Court rulings in American history.
I know this is a controversial opinion, but I'm honestly glad Herbert is being used less. He's a one-note joke character and them trying to "humanise" him is just morally reprehensible to me. I usually opt more to rework classic characters rather than scrap them, but Herbet's not salvageable in the same way you could salvage Pepe Le Pew from Looney Tunes. The latter simply needs to be less clingy with women, while the former begins and ends at being disgustingly horrible individual.
right, like who wants to keep watching an old man prey on children. why are people complaining?
PepeLePew is not salvageable. He's an attempted r@pist. He refuses to take "no" for an answer. That's literally his one and only "joke".
I disagree to some extent, yeah he's not as bad as Pepe but for a mature (as mature as PG16 you can get) cartoon that kinda defeats the joke. Herbert being a POW survivor, veteran, and patriot while also being a sick creep is the type of conflicting reaction you're expected to have, him being a funny character also adds on to the absurdity. From what I can recall, Pepe was supposed to have a role for Space Jam 2 and he was supposed to be lectured about consent but WB, at least I think it was WB, just axed him off altogether because it was safer to ignore his existence than try to explain what's not appropriate and face the inevitable online backlash. I think the best metaphor is thinking Herbert as the fart joke character, it's only funny when you least expect it but it gets stale very fast.
@@jaidora "WB, just axed him off altogether because it was safer to ignore his existence than try to explain what's not appropriate and face the inevitable online backlash."
Just another reason to hate Warner Bros. in this day and age.
I agree. As you said, Herbert is basically a one-note character, and I always found him more creepy than funny (although his voice is kinda funny).
Herbert is like Mr. Sinister from the X-Men comics; The biggest POS you would never be friends with, but somehow also the single most entertaining character in the franchise.
I don't know how Herbert the Pervert got another video but here we are! As always, Lydia thank you for the wonderful coverage on such an " interesting character". Also, can't wait to pick up your book! It looks awesome for an old Simpsonite like myself!❤
No wonder Bob's Burgers has gone so sentimental since Disney acquired the rights, it’s just not been the same. Those first few seasons were the best 😪
I've never been able to get into that show, but I'm not surprised that Disney is making its mark on that show and not in a good way. They do this every time. It's one thing when they are adapting obscure English children's books for the screen since they need Disney versions in order to get people to read the OGs. But when it is a TV show with an established fan base, then we really have a problem. Maybe this is why I did not develop any emotional attachment to it. I knew this would happen. I saw how the other Fox cartoons played out.
Stewie is not the only character oblivious to Herbert's true intentions.
Meg called Herbert a "disgusting old man" in one episode.
Oblivious? There was a clip of Stewie calling him out!
I thought Meg calling him that would show she's not oblivious to that.
Family Guy has always been aimed at adults though, so it's strange why Disney would remove something from the show that would be unsuitable for a young audience when it's not even aimed at them.
Adulthood is to Disney as kryptonite is to Superman. Any fan of *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* can tell you that the lyrics of "The Age of Not Believing" reflect how Disney has historically had trouble getting over the perception that western animation is just for kids, which somewhere along the line turned into a self-fulfilling prophecy. That seem to happen once the boomers started becoming adults, at least in the physical sense. That movie is actually a step on the road to Touchstone because they showed how much you can get away with with a G rating in the context of a story about middle-aged people in love. Bottom line: they were still implying what other studios' movies were showing explicitly.
Greatest character ever written, RIP
I find humor in absurdity...The more dirty and absurd the better. I also think taking a subject so dark and finding humor in it is an extremely underrated talent. That being said, i feel Herbert was one of the funniest characters ever...
Same, they found a perfect way to distract the feeling of ‘gross’ with some quick wit turning it into great satire.
*Family Guy* relied on shock humor so much that the only way they could keep that up was by building jokes around genuinely hurtful behavior and attitudes.
@@Attmay Do you like FG or not? Have you been able to ever enjoy an episode of the show... at all?
“Squeaky clean, family-friendly image that Disney’s always had”
Yeah, about that…. Pretty sure those days are over and, it would seem, were just an illusion anyway. Family-friendly? No. Kid-friendly? Absolutely. Like a worm is fish-friendly until the fish finds the hook. Herbert was a mirror to Disney, and Disney didn’t like that. It has nothing to do with morals.
Nothing says squeaky-clean and family-friendly like Helen Reddy and Mickey Rooney rubbing their butts against the window of a lighthouse.
*SOB* should've been no surprised to anybody who was paying attention. It was even worth the setup to an FG cutaway. When Julie Andrews won that horse race in her film debut, you could see her bra strap.
See also: Angela Lansbury shaking her butt as she utters a magic incantation set to a Sherman brothers song.
Even in terms of perverted jokes, Quagmire is just more versatile.
He gets around more because he's an airplane pilot and he's a spring chicken compared to Herbert. He's still got a few years left where he can score with women who aren't also elderly.
It’s a little weird that Herbert’s role has been reduced but Quagmire can still stick around. Not saying we should condone either character’s behavior, they’re both disgustingly despicable.
But honestly given the current landscape, The FG writers could easily make a lame joke about Herbert playing the ukulele and singing about how the nasty allegations against him aren’t true.
That’s what bothers me, in my opinion if you’re going to get rid of one character for the nature of its comedy you should consider the other one as well, as both were extremely ‘out there’, if you know what I mean.
To be fair, the Family Guy writers have been trying to “redeem” Quagmire for a while now. There are several episodes in which Quagmire is thrown into the role of a hero and the results were definitely.. mixed. I agree with you though, the decisions Family Guy makes with it’s characters will never not confuse me.
Actually, given Disney’s track record in recent years, Herbert may actually be the perfect spokesman for them lol.
*THIS* !!!!!
yep, i absofreakinlutely LOVE disney's classics like most people my age, but also know they are part of the cult, also pretty racist in the past, i will still love their golden age movies, just that "magical" doesn't cut it for me anymore, their content is just a front
You guys need to study media more.
@@vooshmoozik6185 you calling them racist is parroting the company line. They denounce their past in order to keep people from finding out the sordid truth about their present. Just like Simba when he ran from Pride Rock.
I think Herbert exploding with the means of being replanted/reborn was just his body's hard factory reset just in case he was caught in his dirty deeds with a parent present for safety/escape/self preservation purposes. I don't think he could even control it. The reset was set prior, and he was in that situation with a now known dad, so the reset was carried out.
YES been waiting for this one!
Also you should do a video analyzing if Haley is really Stan's biological daughter from American dad
I’m sure she is his bio dad, they were just messing with you
@@whitedragoness23 Not really, that episode turned it into a complete 50/50 chance and it doesn't help that she actually resembles the guy too.
It’s very unclear. It’s likely Stan isn’t the father cause of Franelas timeline
I mean they did the one episode where Chris is jealous that Doug is getting Herbert’s attention which to me implied that Chris knew what Herbert was
Herbert gave us one of the best versions of "time of my life" we ever had in the first Star wars special.
I have a Love/Hate relationship with Herbert. On the one hand, he is funny. On the other hand, my name is Herbert, and it sucks being constantly teased/compared to a pedophile.
You think that's bad? My name is the same as Jodie Foster's pimp from *Taxi Driver!*
You should also do a video on Bob's burgers: Linda and Gene's relationship. Or A video on Teddy.
I would not be surprised, if they retired the character. People are so sensitive these days, they rather would cancel something controversial rather than watching something they enjoy.
That posessed tree from Poltergeist scared the hell out of me as a kid
I know years ago the LGBT crowd was collecting signatures to remove Herbert at our local college. I'm surprised he lasted this long.
They go so overboard that I'm starting to think they're agenda was and is about attacking children. I bet a lot of closet bisexuals are why the LGBT was never stopped in it's tracks.
He lasted long because he was a warning against people like him.
Despite Disney's clean kid-friendly image of 100yrs, it's anything truly but, as a number of former Disney Child Celebrities can attest to...those that are willing to discuss the matter anyway.
I can't help but give props to Seth MacFarlane for making Herbert the way he did, very crazy bold that few shows would touch.
He's welcome back as far as I'm concerned. Screw The Haters.
OMG!! This is better than the time I was in a Lydia Loves Timelines video
Hey nice to see you see 😀👋
I didn't realise how expensive and rare a Herbert figure is 😮
I don’t mind Herbert being reduced to a background character because the p*do jokes are kind of forced imo-at least now considering even quagmire has angles to his character
They tried to give him a backstory and they tried to give him redeeming characteristics. But can somebody as sick as this even be redeemed? Even so, how is his behavior worse than that of other characters on this show? Peter beats up chickens. Lois is a h0. Stewie wants to kill his mother. Chris and Meg have a host of issues that each justify their own individual videos. Quagmire is a lothario. Brian is into bestiality. I don't even want to know what Mr. and Mrs. Goldman do in their private lives. We don't even see him actually doing these things. All we get is implication.
Another thing is, even though we aren't often explicitly told the characters ages we do know that they DO age as the series goes on.
If you want an in universe explanation for Herbert showing up less you could easily say that Chris is just too old now.
His interest in Stewie was never really high. Like he makes a few comments to him but he's already been much more focused on Chris.
@@lizziescott you wonder whether he's one of those Brian Peck/Bryan Singer types who doesn't care about the AOC as long as there is grass on the field.
This is why I wish they'd finished the Ricky Schroder version of *Apt Pupil* and not just because David Schwimmer wouldn't be in it.
He fits the Disney's people in power character
I miss this character to be honest he was super funny
*The Herbert and Apu Show* would have made a better *Family Guy/Simpsons* crossover than what we got.
My favorite character!
I miss him.
I’m crying. I miss Herbert, he was hilarious but too controversial for the newer generations
Same man, hope he comes back!😭
More like too controversial for Disney. Characters like Herbert coincidentally didn’t start to disappear until **after** Disney bought Fox. I see it more as a greedy corporation censoring art so their image isn’t “tainted” by it.
@@Flippylover_69Disney Guy isn't *Family Guy.* It's *Chubby They/Thems.*
I totally forgot about ‘those are a different Lost Boys line’ 🤣
I wonder if meg can be the main character in force awakens where meg can play Rey in the show because I think that can be a great role because 9% of the time she doesn’t get a good role and barley makes an appearance on a good role of the Star Wars parody segments
Never thought of it like that. Could you imagine Herbert going on a solo detective journey and meeting with the kaminoins? Thatd be kinda weird. Not to mention all the clones would have to the giant chicken because he was boba fett
So far you made around 5 videos where quagmire was a major focus of the video as well as herbert timeline and now another herbert video.
Lydia, you are the bravest youtuber I ever seen since Brandon rogers who isn't afraid of demonatization
A very brave soul👍👏👏❤
Let us hope that courage sticks with you
I still think Herbert is one of the best characters on this show and could only hope that it gets better. Good luck to you all and may we see more like him. ❣️🤩
I'd forgotten that last line about wanting Chris to fart on a sandwich 🤣😂
It's a fictional TV show. It makes a ton of jokes, including a whole bunch of them about domestic v**lence. The whole point is to not take it seriously. If you don't like it, don't watch it. Focusing in on just one character, when there's a host of issues if you take it seriously - like making fun of alcoholism, domestic v**lence, sibling v**lence, drinking and driving (one episode where Peter even ran over a park full of kids), et al, says more about the person focusing just on that.
It’s kinda funny they creators made Herbert’s nose and chin look like a certain something and they could made a joke of the nose going pointy when Chris is around.
But other then possible flash back stories to his youth as a veteran I don’t know if one could evolve herbert
At least he has plenty of great clips for years to come in over 20 seasons.
Disney wouldn't even think of letting Family Guy parody their flagship franchise
Makes me wonder if at some point in his life, herbert has at least had a girlfriend or gotten a woman pregnant given his occupation as a soldier who fought in world war 2 or at least gotten married until his wife died
Man I hope not, that would take away from the hilariousness of his perceived pedo-steriotype!
I know he has the same voice actor as Cleveland, and he stepped away from the role as Cleveland so I wonder if that was a small part of it. But I agree with all the other reasons you mentioned
I tend to think that Herbert hits a little too close to home for Disney given its controversies of recently.
Sheriff Grady can tell you that.
The character ran its course. There’s only so much “I want to sleep with underage boys” jokes you can make before it stops becoming shocking and funny and more shocking and obvious and desperate for laughs (not to mention gross)
I have a feeling it was when Mike Henry (who voices Cleveland, Herbert and and a few others) handed over his voice acting for Cleveland to another actor. I that regard Consuela (who is also voiced by Henry) is not as prominent as before. I am just speculating but it could be a factor
I'm fine with him being gone. While I did get some chuckles out of his character before, I feel nothing that he's pretty much gone. In fact, until you mentioned him I had forgotten about him completely.
I think his voice is the funniest part tbh
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Me sitting here with a Herbert the pervert figure on my shelf: 😳
Shock value has always been at the center of the show whenever I have described what makes Family Guy what it is, it is just that it's shock value. No one in there right mind supports child abuse and I in no way believe they were trying to endorse it.
He was the funniest character, too me he was hilarious and honestly i enjoyed his appearances! Wish the show would include him more, but i understand the controversy (I probs am rooting for him, because i can do the voice 😂)
Stewie knows exactly who Herbert is. In the fire rescue scene, Stewie can be heard saying 'He's earned that' as Chris disappears into Herbert's house.
That's hilarious Disney's squeaky clean image 🤣 😅😅
Herbert was voiced by Seth and he cut back on his voice over work.
Seth wants to work anywhere but Disney as much as he can and only work for them as much as he is contractually obliged to. This is *Disney Guy* now as far as he is concerned. *Family Guy* as we knew it died with the Fox-Disney merger. Even Quagmire's affinity for *Pete's Dragon,* as much as I share it, seems like priming the pump for that!
He wasn't excited that Peter was his father he seemed shocked and horrified.
I miss Herbert I was once played a d&d session where the main villain was a vampire based around him he ended up catching one of the players and by the end of the session said player nearly died from taking repeated back if you know what I mean
Disney probably got rid of Herbert because they didn’t want a negative representation of a chomo on the show 😂
“Squeaky clean family image Disney has always had” yeah except their disgusting history and subliminal messages. 😒😒😒
Laughs in all the butt jokes in 1930s and 40s cartoons
Great job as usual Lydia I got an idea for a video. What ever happened to Itchy and Scratchy on The Simpsons? I know they're just a parody of Tom and Jerry but what ever happened to them?
Now that you mentioned it, I honestly can't remember the last time I saw them 🤔
@@LydiaLovesTimelinesoh yeah, that was a funny cartoon that Bart watched ALL the time. It was even in the movie!
If Disney got rid of them, that's almost as hurtful as getting rid of Apu. They are really making me hate that show, honestly.
Every single time you said "Herbert the pervert" i lost it 😂😂
Herbert could literally be a spokesman for Disney 2023...
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Great video as always, Lydia!
Question: Can you do a video over the disappearance of the "Road to.." episodes?
They ran out of places in this world to go to so they created new ones. Now that there's *The Orville,* they're getting first dibs on the new ones.
0:22- My hatred for Herbert is astronomical. Disgusting how this character and Quagmire have been romanticized like they are.
People like u are why comedy is dead
He became President of the United States.
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@cowtzu It's yo momma.
That’s really unfair.
For Herbert. He does not have dementia.
Seth Macfarlane's the type of guy to say Oopsie daisy and make the *slip and fall sound effect* when he slips on a banana pill
Imagine gay porn if it was in the style of a 60s H-B cartoon.
I’d love for you to do a video about the “Road to” episodes with Brian and Stewie! I always loved them, 2016 is the last time we had one, I wonder if they’ll make anymore
He was only controversial because some people forget they have a remote to change the channels.
"Change the channel" is a copout argument. Sometimes it's the channel that needs to change. When it's The Disney Channel, they changed before, they can change again.
I think a lot of people like the idea of Disney more than the reality of it based on the things they liked about it when they were kids. My childhood overlapped with Disney bouncing back from nearly getting taken over, but it still felt like Disney because it was the last years before they bought ABC.
Idk if people have to constantly complain about how bad something is in a cartoon where almost every idea is exaggerated, far-fetched, and targets a lot of dark ideas by making light of them maybe they have to realize it’s just a cartoon. There’s a reason for these characters existing because it’s so insane in real life it adds the shock value when we actually see it on a screen. Remember now. It’s a cartoon.
I think Herbert could’ve been used and actually still hilarious outside of his philia. His delivery and voice is hilarious on top of the fact that he’s just a sassy old man is what I always liked. He has that soft county accent and him being old you wouldn’t expect him to say the things he said. Everything that came out of his mouth was funny cause of that imo. They could’ve played with that more and developed him like Quagmire.
I agree. As far as I’m aware, the most they ever tried to develop Herbert outside of the pedo jokes (Star Wars doesn’t count because it’s just a parody and not actual canon), was the episode where he fights and ultimately kills the Nazi prison guard. Herbert confronting Mr. Google-Search (as Peter called him) was a very brief moment where you could not consider him a one note joke.
@@CedarBlankenship Yeessss the fight with him and the Nazi Vet was hilarious and he actually had some sort of story line. “One note joke” was a good way to put it and summarize what I was trying to say.
The end of that fairy tale episode gave me ultimate Jump scare and the most ultimate heart attack when he was hiding behind Chris’ door
Herbert will never have a downfall, he is the greatest character on Family Guy. Yea, I'm just messing around.
So if Disney now technically owns family guy... Wouldn't that make Herbert the pervert chronologically "the first gay Disney character" O_o
no 😭
they already have some
Not even close. Touchstone counts, so Coco, the gay cook from the pilot episode of *The Golden Girls,* was the first openly gay Disney character.
Gay-coded characters are another matter. How far back do you want to go? Is the Reluctant Dragon far back enough?
Herbert shows me how much more tolerated a guy going after a boy is than a girl.
Either way, listen to your children and teach them to be aware of their surroundings.
I'll tell ya right now, Disney doesn't want Herbert silenced. They love the guy.
You'll never convince me that a company that sexualizes children has something against a predator like Herbert.
We need more Herbert
Oh no, they switched my metamucil for methamphetamine.
Seriously, this character was an uninteresting, one note character. He should have been a one and done.