Is the “Family Guy” version of Bette Midler’s “The Rose” better than the original?

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In the fourth episode of the seventh season of Fox’s long-running animated comedy “Family Guy,” featured the Griffin family participating in a beautiful rendition of Bette Midler’s 1979 song “The Rose,” as they embark on a long road trip.

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Considering it’s a parody version of the song, it’s surprising how heartwarming it is. For a show like “Family Guy,” you’d expect them to punctuate it with a fart joke or some random cutaway gag, but they play it as sincerely as possible. It may even be more enjoyable than the overly saccharine original version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkLpXVaxUPk

The only bad thing about it is that Stewie is absent.

What do you think?

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