Popular animated series Family Guy premiered its 19th season on Sunday, September 27 with a surprise for Pakistani fans. During the opening scene of the first episode called Stewie's First Word, the Pakistan Super League is mentioned.
As the episode starts, Peter and the gang are at the Clam, the neighbourhood bar wherein Quagmire expresses his frustration with the influx of foreign sports fans crowding the place every Saturday morning. He points at two Pakistanis, who turn out to be Lahore Qalandars supporters. Joe turns out to be a Karachi Kings fan however is shown to quickly covers his t-shirt commenting " I am rooting for Karachi but I don't have a death wish about it."
This season's Family Guy premiere launches with a joke about Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalanders pic.twitter.com/ipWCVGJ8wQ
— Fasi Zaka (@fasi_zaka) September 28, 2020
The clip quickly gained steam on Twitter with some Pakistani fans not satisfied with the accent used in the episode. According to them, the way Lahori fans are shown talking in the episode is rather Indian than Pakistani.
Since when do Lahoris sound like that? Ignorant much. https://t.co/duJYPBy24U
— Nandz (@NandanaKamal) September 28, 2020
i mean the Lahori accent is ☠️ but thinking its same as South Indians ✖️ https://t.co/4pJEOa5UHS
— mustafa (@shitpostafa) September 28, 2020
Indian accent suggests as if joke was meant to be about IPL teams. Perhaps a last minute change. https://t.co/L1tyHdGzoX
— Abdul (@abdullmuqeett) September 28, 2020
At the same many were rather excited that Pakistan was mentioned in the series.
PSL making it's presence felt in an unexpected way https://t.co/Acw7kWsryM
— hellzking_316 (@hellzking_316) September 28, 2020
So cool https://t.co/N9sFgxOcct
— Omar (@omarion_15) September 28, 2020
Awesome !! @thePSLt20 has become much more famous 🙂 https://t.co/fvdQGaBdoF
— Talal Ahmad (@TalalSalimi) September 28, 2020
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