That tricycle gag felt like a Family Guy joke and I don't know if that's a good thing or not...
It's a good thing. Picture it; A slice of life gag manga. A charater says, "This sucks worse than when I did that guest shot on an american cartoon". Next panel is Peter Griffin Yelling at the character, "No! cut away gags are our thing!" and scene. Maybe it be better in anime format. I bet they could actually get Seth Macfarlane to do the voice.