Family Guy

[grand theft sparrow]

That chicken fight?  Not funny.

Even The Simpsons at their worst haven't come up with filler that bad.

[squints]

I thought this was one of the funnier episodes. Mostly because Quagmire was hilarious

[Gamblour.]

The chicken fight was so goddamned forced, even though it was good. Then American Dad had the same thing with the raccoon...

I think the first god joke was a good summation of Family Guy now: "Hey, I'm Family Guy. See this joke over here, whoa! Look at that joke! So, you wanna go out sometime?"

[Ravi]

The chicken fight was so goddamned forced, even though it was good. Then American Dad had the same thing with the raccoon...

Haven't they done the chicken fight before?  It went on and on and on both times.  It's a bad sign when a comedy has several laugh-free minutes in a row.  I was sitting there, chewing my gum, waiting for it to end.  I found the raccoon chase in AD funnier because it had some context (a rarity in the McFarlane universe) and because of the raccoon's facial expressions, the exploding truck, etc.

I think the first god joke was a good summation of Family Guy now: "Hey, I'm Family Guy. See this joke over here, whoa! Look at that joke! So, you wanna go out sometime?"

That exact thought occurred to me when that God joke appeared.

Overall this was another OKAY FG episode.  I didn't care too much for the scene where blind Peter goes into Chris' room thinking he's Lois, but the joke right after he leaves was hilarious.  When its not hitting your repeatedly in the skull with obvious or spoonfed jokes FG can be pretty damn funny.

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

Upon returning, Family Guy has become repetitve and dry.  The jokes are weaker, and only appealing to the stupid people that watched it and laughed at the jokes that weren't even funny.  The show used to have intellectual obscure references, now... it's just trying way too hard.

[meatwad]

The show used to have intellectual obscure references

really?

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

The show used to have intellectual obscure references

really?

"He's charming, all British men are."

"I don't know Lois, what about Benjamin Disraeli?"

(Cut to Benjamin Disraeli)

"You don't even know who I am."

I know that's not super intelligent and they could've pulled anyone's name from a text book, but in the mid to late season of Family Guy there was some pretty deep stuff.

[Pubrick]

he was jewish.

[Pas]

They mock obscure references in the episode with the Murphy Brown parody anyway.

Anyway, they shouldnt have come back.

[tpfkabi]

none of the new episodes have come close to most (if not all) of the new ones. this past episode rehashed some old things: the chicken fight (and they left it open to bring it back) and the jokes with Jesus/God doing miracles to impress people/pick up chicks. i believe they've used some variation of that in probably half a dozen episodes or so.

i thought Sunday's American Dad was the best for that show so far though.

as i have been going through the dvd sets, i have come across some things i must have missed the first time i watched them. all last week i was laughing about the episode where they go to the Indian Casino and then the sprit of the Fonze comes to Peter and Peter asks him if he ever got a sexual disease.

"herpes twice and the clap"
(pause)
"heeeeeeeeyyyyy."

[Gamblour.]

And now for this week's edition of "Family Guy directly ripping off the Simpsons" (doesn't have to be new episodes):

Episode where Brian fucks Pewterschmidt's (sp) dog while on the race track is directly lifted from the episode where Santa's Little Helper fucks some random dog on the racetrack. Both episodes focus on the puppies, but we know the Simpsons did it better.

Stay tuned for next week's edition of "Family Guy directly ripping off the Simpsons."

[squints]

The simpsons have done everything dude. They've been around for a long long while, haven't you seen the "Simpsons did it" episode of south park? It's a problem any animated show is going to face if it lasts more than three episodes.
The reason the old episodes of Family Guy are great (IMO) is because I find new and funny things each time I watch an episode. I think the reasons the new ones are getting a lot of flack is because they're not on DVD. If i had the opporunity to watch all three of these episodes over and over again I'd be finding more and more things to quote and laugh about later. I can't remember every joke from sunday's episode and I've looked for it on the internet to no avail. They're not doing anything different now than they were three years ago. I actually like the fact that they're referencing old episodes because they know that their fans are going to recognize things like the chicken fight, the greased up deaf, and the old perv. I can guarantee when the fourth season comes out on dvd it will sell just as much if not more than the first two volumes. I imagine FG will be around for a long time (this is out on a limb and i know i'm going to piss people off but: in time they will replace the simpsons)
Sunday's american dad was the funniest yet

Best Shows on Television:
1. Curb
2. Family Guy
3. South Park

[Pas]

And now for this week's edition of "Family Guy directly ripping off the Simpsons" (doesn't have to be new episodes):

Episode where Brian fucks Pewterschmidt's (sp) dog while on the race track is directly lifted from the episode where Santa's Little Helper fucks some random dog on the racetrack. Both episodes focus on the puppies, but we know the Simpsons did it better.

Stay tuned for next week's edition of "Family Guy directly ripping off the Simpsons."

That reminds me of that time I read Shakespeare... I was like : "GOSH THAT'S SO LIFTED FROM SOME GREEK TRAGEDY"

[Ravi]

I think the reasons the new ones are getting a lot of flack is because they're not on DVD. If i had the opporunity to watch all three of these episodes over and over again I'd be finding more and more things to quote and laugh about later.

I give the old episodes flack as well, and I don't think anyone here's saying, "Family Guy used to be so great, but now they've changed."  I'm not saying the show's shit, just that it isn't great or brilliant.  There's potential for a really good show in FG, but a lot of the time it seems like the writers are pandering to demographic that expects constant in-your-face gags and thinks that random humor is necessarily funny.

[Pubrick]

I give the old episodes flack as well, and I don't think anyone here's saying, "Family Guy used to be so great, but now they've changed."  I'm not saying the show's shit, just that it isn't great or brilliant.  There's potential for a really good show in FG, but a lot of the time it seems like the writers are pandering to demographic that expects constant in-your-face gags and thinks that random humor is necessarily funny.

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