King of the Hill or Family Guy?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Family Guy...

Though I do enjoy King of the Hill.

[flamingyouth]

2. King of the Hill.

Yup.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

5. We've been TiVoing it, but I still haven't got the episode with Alabaster

Slim, the pimp from Oklahoma. I think you were the one who recognized the line from that show.

[flamingyouth]

8. It's called "Ho Yeah!" and I think it's coming up soon

I TiVo it too and I saw that it's coming on in the next 10 days or so. :D

[bigwillq]

3. Family Guy (nt)

[Sannum]

4. Family Guy

King of the Hill is a little TOO real. I grew up in Texas.

[Gormy Cuss]

13. King of the Hill for a similar reason..

Family Guy is little too real after living in Massachusetts.;)

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

24. And the problem with that is....?

:-)

[Gormy Cuss]

34. I know how to spell quahog?

I've even eaten quahogs?
;-)

My next door neighbor in Somerville had a son named Peter. His mother sounded just like Lois when she called to him: "Peeee-tah"

[Dem_4_Life]

22. King of the Hill !!!

I grew up in Texas too and the fact that it is sooooo real is what makes it hilarious. This show is one of the best animated shows that I have ever seen and I watch it all the time and laugh everytime.

The show would not be the same without Dale. His character makes the show and it would not be as funny without him.

[Cannikin]

6. Family Guy....I'm wearing my Stewie pajama pants right now!

[jpgray]

7. I think King of the Hill was more original and had better characters

Family Guy is more about catch phrases, one-liners and bizarre non sequitur / obscure reference humor, which I feel already has been done better by the Simpsons and other shows. Both are great fun to watch though.

[Deja Q]

9. Futurama

:P :D

[Dukkha]

37. The once and future king of animation!

I can't wait until Comedy Central brings it back. They will do it right! unlike Faux Network

[XemaSab]

10. Family Guy

is one of the few shows where I've actually laughed REALLY REALLY hard.

[Nicole]

11. King of the Hill

Cracks me up.

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

12. King of the Hill

Although I do love Family Guy for being a funny simple cartoon, King of the Hill is like a sitcom via animation, and its hilarious. I think I like it because Hank reminds me so much of my dad with being so uptight about "modern" things.

[Mojambo]

14. Family Guy

I never really got King of the Hill.

The dedication to pop culture detail in Family Guy is terrific.

[ohno]

15. Both

I believe they are both great in their own right. I'm leaning towards Family Guy, though.

[ScreamingMeemie]

38. Welcome to DU ohno!

:hi:

[Richard Steele]

16. Family Guy pushes envelopes, KoTH rehashes familiar clichés.

If this was 1962, your poll would be:
"Lenny Bruce or Vaughn Meader?"

And TIME has told that tale; just like it will tell this one.

40 years from now, classic comedy cartoon fans
in AD 2046 will ask, "King of the What?",
just like y'all are wondering "Vaughn WHO?".

[Fox Mulder]

17. Family Guy

I do like King of the Hill, too.

[terrya]

18. King of the Hill, hands down.

It's a funny, true to life show.

I have never laughed once during "Family Guy".

[Deep13]

19. "Glenn, isn't there an 'o' in 'country'?"

Giggity giggity.

I guess being a native New Englander I appreciate FG's biting sarcasm. I don't think either the Simpsons or Beavis and Butthead ever push sensibilities as much as FG. KH is well done and the characters are interesting and 3 dimensional. I find Boomhower especially amusing. Still, that's not what I look for in comedic entertainment.

[Jamastiene]

47. My stepdad talks just like Boomhower.

I like Kahn next door too. He cracks me up talking about the dumb hillbillies next door.

I like Family Guy too. Giggity. Quagmire is great and Stewie is great for all his little sayings, like "Victory is mine."

[Juffo Wup]

20. Family Guy sucks now

"Hey, let's extend this ten second bit to five minutes so we don't have to write any material."

I used to like it, now it's just boring.

[CBGLuthier]

27. You got that pegged.

It's like they have 3 or 4 gimmicks and use them over and over.

I swear the next time one of them says, "Reminds me of the time" or "That's worst than when I.."
I will just scream.

Oh and the talking about nothing at all in extraordinary situations shtick and the just reenacting a scene from a movie or TV show as if it is automatically funny just because they do it.

I once read an opinion that the main difference between Family Guy and Simpsons is that the Simpsons embacres humanity in spite of its flaws whereas Family Guy is pure grade-A nihilism. Hard to argue against that some times.

I think most of the shows on Adult Swim blow these two out of the water week in and week out. The Venture Brothers in particular has been very rewarding this season.

[Deja Q]

28. After season 2 it went down... after season 3,

the intermixing of esoteric material became a bit too disjointed (or schizophrenic?) in its approach. Not funny.

South Park did one heck of a spoof on FG, that sums it up well (despite the spoof not being so gross, the esoteric cutaway was spot on...)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

31. Running gags and well timed comedy.

It works perfectly well.

Family Guy's funnier now that it's ever been.

[Hippo_Tron]

44. I think that those five minute segments are designed for limited audiences

For example, in the Episode where Peter joins the New England Patriots, the two minute Shipoopi song is hillarious if you've been in or seen The Music Man but probably not funny at all if you haven't.

[NewWaveChick1981]

21. Family Guy

Hubby loves both King of the Hill and Family Guy, but if I watch them, I'll watch Family Guy. :)

[Mike Daniels]

23. Like them both but KOTH is a better quality show

Admittedly, I used to find some of the Bill driven episodes a bit too depressing for a show that led into The Simpsons. That said, the show has always shown a great affection and warmth for all of the characters (even Khan and Cotton) and the storylines are more plot driven and better developed than a lot of the live-action 30 minute shows.

[Radical Activist]

25. Too much drama in King of the Hill

I like it but I don't need a depressing cartoon.

Family Guy annoys the hell out of me sometimes, especially when they try to milk a joke for a little too long, but I like it. giggity

[JVS]

26. Aqua Teen Hunger Force

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

35. And now we have a winner!

[SmileyBoy]

29. King of the Hill is not funny at all.

Mike Judge tries to be too realistic with that show. Seth McFarlane just jumps out of the realm of reality, and that's why Family Guy is a lot funnier.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

30. I don't get the point of a realistic animated sitcom.

Why animate when you can do the same thing live action?

[SmileyBoy]

32. Exactly. KOTH would be the same if it was live-action.

It would be a spitting image.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

33. King of the Hill

The first series of Family Guy was good and the second was decent, but the third really lost me and that goes double for what I've seen of the fourth. Parker & Stone nailed it in the 'Cartoon Wars' South Park episode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLsdVSGwIro

[jus_the_facts]

36. Neither....

....if I watch tv it's PBS and now it's been taken over by pukes it's gettin' pretty lame too.

[catbert836]

39. Neither.

I used to watch every episode of Family Guy, but IMHO, it's gone downhill to the point that almost the whole episode is a string of bizarre, mostly unfunny flashback jokes, with no plot.

As for King of the Hill, I've tried to watch it a few times, and have found it completely boring with no humor at all. Although I'm guessing a lot of the jokes are probably lost on non-Texans such as myself.

[SacredCow]

40. Both....

And Futurama, Southpark, Drawn Together, Venture Brothers, The Simpsons, American Dad, etc.....

It's all good!

[JohnKleeb]

41. Family Guy

Much more funny though I do enjoy watching King of the Hill and I like Mike Judge's work particular Beavis and Butthead and Office Space.

[Placebo]

42. Family Guy makes me laugh 'til I cry!

King of the Hill has never done that.

[Fenris]

43. "King of the Hill"

As much as I love the recycled pop culture references of "Family Guy" (I'm not being facetious - I really do love them), "King of the Hill" successfully portrays Texans in a way that is never mean-spirited or mocking. It's rare to find a show set on neither coast capture so well the experience of actually living in a small town. The characters are familiar to any Texan - who hasn't met a Hank or a Peggy or a Boomhauer or a Dale? It's light-hearted without being overly sentimental, and it's funny without being a rapid-fire 20-minute one-line-joke explosion. It's subtle, too, which is something sorely lacking in most TV shows.

That being said, there are certain episodes I won't watch. The "Ms. Wakefield" episode was just morbid and unfunny. And the Enrique-centric show was annoying and boring. But what show doesn't have misfires?

[mdmc]

45. family guy

but i like em both

[radkitty]

46. King of the Hill.

Family Guy's alright, but overrated.

[Haole Girl]

48. Would you believe me if I said

I have never watched a single episode of either. I haven't- really. Which one do you think is better?

[JackDragna]

49. King of the Hill means well and it's well written..

..but it's too tame to be consistently funny. Family Guy is better in that regard.