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I could have sworn that this came out already.

Just give me the Robot Chicken Star Wars episodes and I'll watch those again. So much better.

I don't remember, did I read it here...their parodies aren't really parodies so much as they are placing their characters into classic movies and just having them reenact the scenes. They don't have to make a joke because the fans just eat that shit up.

I could tell Family Guy was going to suck from the first time it came back on the air. It was as if it was being produced by fans who'd been watching the DVDs for the last four years and just wanted their chance to do a Family Guy episode.

Seriously, how long can one person do the same thing over and over? Is it the money(I'm looking at you, Simpsons?

Does anyone still like this show? I know that younger kids probably do because it's still crass and that's right up their alley but do adults still like this show? I watched The Cleveland show a few days ago and they had a fat woman character, who I'm assuming was supposed to be Madea, who would fart and then say "I'm outrageous" every time you saw her (which was often). There were also two extended puking scenes.

The popularity of this show confuses me. Must be the same people who think Larry the Cable Guy is funny. I mean, apparently this McFarlane guy has found an audience, and good for him, I guess, but... I just don't get it. Not because I'm stupid, but because the jokes aren't funny.

No, Pat. When something is so painfully unfunny as family guy is, and when they're shitting all over Star Wars, we're gonna get PISSED. You don't have to be a hipster, or like indie movies for family guy to make you want to kill something.

All you need is half a brain (nay, a quarter) which you, Sir or Madam or Ass Carbuncle, are clearly lacking.

Forget you all.

Family Guy is hilarious! It is so random and rediculous that i's like it was written by a couple of whales who just pick random words and form analogies...wait...that was an episode of South Park.

Seriously though, Family Guy is like a modern Monte Python's And Now for Something Completely Different.

Seriously though, Family Guy is like a modern Monte Python's And Now for Something Completely Different.

*backs out slowly to avoid the inevitable firestorm*

Blah blah blah Family Guy sucks blah blah blah

Whatever. That video made me chuckle.

No, Griz, you already referenced the modern Monty Python yourself: South Park.
Posted by: Snath at November 25, 2009 11:42 AM

Really? I'm a Monty Python fan, and never once did I ever see an episode where they denied global warming, said it was okay to say the word "fag" no matter what, or made all homosexuals out to either be complete perverts or men who want to be women. Maybe that's because Monty Python, unlike South Park, was never so preachy it dilluted all the comedy and made it completely annoying. I'm not saying Family Guy carries that mantle either; I enjoy Family guy (and no, I don't think Larry the Cable Guy is in any way amusing.), but no way is it THAT funny.

For the record, I like to think I have a real handle on comedy. I've studied comedians for years, how they move when they talk, how certain jokes work and why certain jokes fail. I overanalyze comedy to death, and like many of the people on this site, I hate to death all the asinine Dane Cooks and Carlos Mencias of the world. But really, it's the absurdism of Family Guy that gets me more than anything. Not every joke works (in some episodes, only a few do), but the ones that land do so very well for me. When they have a message that I think is out of line, I call them out on it. But when they do shit like the "Live Ostrich" bit, or basically any time where Brian acts like a real dog, I can't stop laughing.

It's not in the galaxy of Arrested Development, but I like it more than South Park.

The baby amuses. The dog sometimes, too.

Stating that it's the modern day Monty Python, however, is something I think we can all agree to take exception to. Good comedy is hard to make, for performer and writer alike. To produce the level of comedy you see in ANY Monty Python effort requires Herculean amounts of talent and energy, comparatively.

I will occasionally chuckle at Family Guy, mostly for the baby. But let's not be hasty and call it something it's not. It's Seth McFarland and Alex Borstein sitting in a sound booth, spouting random non-sequiturs, not fucking rocket science.

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"When something is so painfully unfunny as family guy is, and when they're shitting all over Star Wars, we're gonna get PISSED."

I'm not pissed, I just think it isn't funny. Just like I think most of Seinfeld isn't funny. I don't doubt the intelligence of Seinfeld fans the way I do the intelligence of Family Guy (or Larry the Cable Guy) fans, though. Personally, I think Family Guy is an elaborate (and profitable) joke by McFarlane: "I wonder how many people will think that a thousand random, not-all-that-funny-themselves-originally references grafted onto a cartoon is hilarious?" The answer: quite a few. Oh well.

Family Guy is someone's poor imitation of The Simpsons. Maybe that's the joke, too. Man, I need to draw a cartoon of a steaming pile of dog doo. That talks. And references Star Wars. Maybe I can get a show on Fox, too.

Sure, some of the gags in this little "trailer" were dismissable, but the others had me chuckling, and at the very least, snickering. I liked "Blue Harvest", and I like "Family Guy" when it has its good episodes and bad. My judgment on comedy isn't what you would call passable, over the years I've really started disliking Dane Cook and I think I've always hated Carlos Mencia. George Carlin, Louis CK, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, these are the comedians I watch, and I laugh every time because every one of them are geniuses. So I'm not a witless drone that goes to see every one of the "Movie" movies in theaters. I don't give those wastes of celluloid a fighting chance. But I find "Family Guy" to be quite funny, especially when it doesn't have to rely on cheap humor to get a laugh out. If you watch enough, you can find a few witty, smart punchlines in there, and that's why I watch it. Come on, last Sunday when Quagmire told Brian as to why he hated him is one of my favorite comedy scenes of all time. It was written so well, and you felt sorry for Brian while wanting it to go on. That's good comedy, which is very hard to come by these days. "Family Guy" isn't the best, but it's not the worst either.

I do think that Seth should get less air time on Sundays, however. He has 3 shows in the cartoon block! That's ridiculous. "Family Guy" is the only watchable one. I haven't seen "Cleveland Show" once and I don't plan to anytime soon. Bring back "King of the Hill", premiere a new cartoon (not created by Seth) with an original and intriguing synopsis, and cancel the godawful "Cleveland Show" and "American Dad". Seth really only shines in one show, and that's "Family Guy".

Ehh. Fuck indie films and I certainly don't have an English lit degree. I question my maturity AND my intelligence and only catch the Daily Show a few times a month. All that being said, I don't get The Family Guy at all. They always seem to go for obvious jokes and the aesthetics suck ass. Seth MacFarlane and his sychophants can drown in their own feces indeed.

Can't it be both?

I missed a Family Guy thread? Darn.

Family Guy is dung. Utter dung.

The righteous indignation expressed here actually defending this drek is astounding.

Family Guy is a phenomenal show, I watch it all the time and I've owned every episode since it first was available to do so. How people or why people don't like or get this humor is really their unfortunate luck. Super funny show and like someone said earlier I am also into real comedy, the likes of George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Bill Cosby, Bill Hicks, Chris Rock etc ... So I do believe I have a sound foundation of knowledge on what is funny and why its funny (I know everyone has there own opinion on this, but I'm talking about breaking down clips and re watching studying it if you will)Anyway all that aside if you don't get his humor (and if you can't find out why people think its funny or understand it, then you don't get it) then it's your misfortune. He is an amazing comedic writer and I'm so thankful for shows like this and American Dad which is also HILARIOUS (honestly I can't say I care too much for the Cleveland show, but he probably doesn't have a BIG hand in that as well, it really doesn't doesn't fit his writing style)

I'm very happy and thankful for shows like the ones mentioned above as well as South Park for being around otherwise Prime time T.V would Suck Major ANUS, like you all do who don't like these shows. Peace out turd burglers