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Last night I was watching an episode of American Dad (episode 10, All About Steve) and I noticed a very cool thing. Apparently, the makers of American Dad got a bit of their juice from a very comic clip that was all over the internet. From the descriptive pages on Fox, here’s what happens near the end of this episode :

“During a panel discussion on Star Wars vs. Lord of the Rings, Vevver is speaking when Stan barges in. Vevver tells the crowd that Stan is the man who convinced Lucas to not release the original, untouched version of Star Wars on DVD, and the crowd attacks, allowing Vevver to escape.” [Read here, scroll to Episode 110, released on the 25th of September]

For copyrighted reasons, I can’t put up a sample of the clip because YouTube doesn’t allow copyrighted material. But here’s a screenshot of the dancing/shadow-fighting geek :

It’s amazing how one geek can change the world with a dance and some humming, and it’s pretty cool how a cartoon can make that geek immortal. :)

Related : American Dad has landed in Europe