Student Successfully Passes Off 'Family Guy' Joke As Own

Story by Erik Mellgren 

| Published Nov 3, 2009

Local student Sam Weber couldn't believe his luck after attending a party last Friday evening. Weber dropped a line about the head of the maid’s union, a recurring joke on "Family Guy," at a topical moment of conversation during a game of beer pong, and the room went wild.

“People were rolling on the floor and asking me what in the world that it was from.” Weber said. “And so I took a shot in the dark and took credit for it.”

As the night wore on, Weber continued to steal from "Family Guy" to make jokes relevant to the conversation. “I couldn’t believe it: (It's) the best show on TV, and nobody at this party watched it! At any of my fraternity’s parties, they would have called me out, but these people had never heard of it.” Weber went on to describe how he was proclaimed “the funniest guy there” by everyone at the party.

Weber has decided to hang out at that house with greater frequency after being able to use stolen material to get the phone numbers of “four smokin’ hotties.” When asked further about the situation, Weber replied, “Maybe they watched "Family Guy" but just weren't used to the jokes being used when relevant to a situation.” "Family Guy" is known for using several interchangeable jokes that bare little relevance to the plot during the show. Weber has decided to spend his week finding some other "Family Guy" jokes to use this upcoming weekend.