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Tue Sep-25-07 08:56 AM
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I guess I'm "left out" again, I can't stand that show "Family Guy." |
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Tue Sep-25-07 08:57 AM
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1. never watched it. don't plan to. |
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the few commercial spots I've seen are idiotic enough.
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Tue Sep-25-07 08:59 AM
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3. Well, that's two people now who don't like the show... |
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Tue Sep-25-07 01:51 PM
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19. I hate it, I think it's stupid especially the mean little kid and dumb dog that talks. |
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It reminds me of that other awful cartoon called "Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home"
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Wed Sep-26-07 01:44 PM
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31. Showin' yer age, Sequoia! But you're right... |
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...That's one of those '70s shows that I had the misfortune of viewing once or twice as a teenager and the goddamn theme song's been in my head ever since. ("Wait til your father gets/Until your father gets/Wait til' your father gets home..."). Deemded as somewhat subversive at the time, "Wait Til Your Father Gets Home" was, in my humble opinion, a response to the success of "All in the Family," and possibly "Sanford and Son." In later years, we'd get "Married with Children," a far snarkier and offensive version of lower-middlee-class family life, which was infinitely more effective. "Family Guy" is HUGELY over-rated. I enjoy the talking dog and the Chris-Hitchens toddler, but nine times out of ten, the shows go nowhere and rely on simplistic, old-skool humor. "Southpark," by contrast, is often truly subversive, and will always rank highly in my book.
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Wed Sep-26-07 05:51 PM
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37. That's the problem, they've replaced South Park w/ Family Guy |
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in my area. South Park rocks!
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Wed Sep-26-07 06:05 PM
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That is NOT an acceptable replacement. Did they do it because of "South Park" controversy or because "Family Guy" gets better ratings where you are?
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Wed Sep-26-07 06:53 PM
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40. I think it was the new fall season more than anything. |
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Edited on Wed Sep-26-07 06:53 PM by Sequoia
And Family Guy was in syndication.
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Wed Sep-26-07 07:01 PM
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42. Gee, I usually like fall... |
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...but thinking of you enduring "Family Guy" instead of "South Park" this autumn is going to take a tiny bit of my pleasure away, as I watch the leaves change their colors and the geese fly southward in their respeldent "V" formations. When I see the geese, Sequoia, I will think of you enduring "Family Guy." Yet, inevitably, my thoughts will turn to the Paris Hilton episode of "South Park." As they too often do.
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Thu Sep-27-07 11:57 AM
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48. Thankfully....Comedy Channel had it on last night. |
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Tue Sep-25-07 08:59 AM
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2. More for the rest of us! |
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I find it very often hilarious, but when they miss they miss big.
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Tue Sep-25-07 12:09 PM
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Tue Sep-25-07 09:06 AM
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4. I don't eat mushrooms... |
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Tue Sep-25-07 09:19 AM
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5. I don't waste time on it either |
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I watched the Star Wars episode, which was great except for a few really dumb parts that made me wonder about the morons I was sharing that hour of tv with :) (This kinda stuff is why I had to mostly stop watching tv, it scares me what passes for entertainment between the commercials, but that's a whole nother thread right there)
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Tue Sep-25-07 09:21 AM
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I don't like it or watch it either...
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Tue Sep-25-07 11:44 AM
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7. Most of it is disgusting, but that Star Wars parody actually was funny. |
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Tue Sep-25-07 11:52 AM
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8. Possibly the least funny show I've ever seen |
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And among unfunny shows, it is certainly the most passionately advocated by its zealot fans!
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Tue Sep-25-07 11:57 AM
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9. I don't like it either. My kids do, though. |
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I love outrageous humor and the political leanings of the show seem to be in the right place, but it just doesn't work for me. It's ham-handed and relies too heavily on trash culture references, and the crude sexual jokes are without wit.
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Tue Sep-25-07 11:59 AM
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10. Why do you want to invade Iran? |
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Thu Sep-27-07 04:14 AM
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46. That was funnier than anything on FG :-) |
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Tue Sep-25-07 12:14 PM
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12. It's off-the-wall random and edgy, and to many people that automatically = funny |
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Edited on Tue Sep-25-07 12:15 PM by WildEyedLiberal
I've been subjected to more Family Guy than I ever cared about seeing because it's pretty much THE comedy show phenomenon on college campuses. My friends are ridiculously fanatic about it: "OMG you've GOT to watch Family Guy!!! WHAT???? How can you not think it's funny??????"
The expectation is that you'll laugh at literally ANYTHING the characters say, even if there's no wit or cleverness involved at all. I really hate the "flashbacks" where Peter or whoever will be like "Remember the time I (did something really inane and off the wall and which is supposed to be funny on account of its sheer absurdity)"? Off the wall, crude, and offensive does not necessarily equal hilarious, and that's the big mistake the Family Guy writers make.
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Tue Sep-25-07 01:55 PM
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20. Agreed. The flashbacks are inane. |
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I've tried to like it, because I have friends who think it's hilarious. But everytime I begin to think "Hmmm....maybe it's not too bad", there'll be one of those "...like the time I was Nixon's chauffeur" or whatever moments. "Stupid" is too nice a word for it.
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Wed Sep-26-07 03:32 PM
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If it's a funny situation, just mentioning it should be funny - we don't need to actually see it played out.
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Thu Sep-27-07 04:15 AM
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47. Those disconnected bits give me humour whiplash |
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I also can't stand the constant vaudeville bits.
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Tue Sep-25-07 12:20 PM
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13. You tastes are different than mine, therefore, you must be ... |
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...parochial/provincial/uneducated/excessively educated/slow witted/snobbish/a Republican sympathizer/intolerant/humorless/the President of Iran (choose one). :evilgrin:
I laugh my ass off watching that show.
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Tue Sep-25-07 12:28 PM
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14. kinda like a 3 trick pony |
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watch about 3 episodes and you pretty much got the gist of it.
but if i were going to sit around and smoke grass with some people and it came on, i'd watch it.
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Wed Sep-26-07 11:26 AM
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27. That, and Robot Chicken |
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And maybe Aqua Teen Hunger Force. What can I say, I dig absurdity in all forms. ;-)
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Tue Sep-25-07 12:35 PM
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Tue Sep-25-07 01:14 PM
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16. Holy freakin' crap, Lois! There's another one! |
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And another! And another! To the Petercopter!
:P
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Tue Sep-25-07 01:49 PM
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18. You crashed the Petercopter. Try the Hindenpeter instead. nt |
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Tue Sep-25-07 01:23 PM
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17. Different strokes for different folks! I happen to love it! |
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Tue Sep-25-07 02:29 PM
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21. I just got the first 2 seaons on dvd |
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I just have one thing to say, well maybe two things...
:spray: :rofl:
oh and...
Gigity gigity gigity. LOL
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Tue Sep-25-07 04:31 PM
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22. You're a long way from the only one, buddy. |
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I've been forced to watch it a couple times -- at best, I'll get one small chuckle an episode. It's a piece of crap, and not worth wasting time on.
On the other hand, even the worst episodes of Titus will give you a couple good laughs.
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Tue Sep-25-07 04:58 PM
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23. It's for pop culture nerds |
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The precision, detail and care with which they approach stuff is quite impressive.
That Star Wars episode was a prime example. They got everything right, and yet still managed to stay true to the vibe of the show.
Lots of different shows though. People like different shit.
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Tue Sep-25-07 05:02 PM
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24. Eh, it's amusing sometimes. |
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Edited on Tue Sep-25-07 05:03 PM by DarkTirade
They're basically trying to find a middle ground between Simpsons and South Park, with a few new quirks thrown in there. I'll watch it if it's on and there's nothing better.
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Wed Sep-26-07 03:30 PM
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It's good for a giggle or two, but most of the time it's damn annoying.
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Thu Sep-27-07 03:59 AM
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45. Mostly I think the lack of amusement now is because they haven't come up with new jokes |
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once the old ones get old. Unexpectedly long pauses and weird random flashbacks are funny the first few times... not as much anymore.
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Tue Sep-25-07 05:03 PM
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25. I've never seen it, so I have no basis on which to form an opinion. |
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Tue Sep-25-07 05:04 PM
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26. I've grown to like the show, actually. |
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Wed Sep-26-07 12:04 PM
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i watched it this week because of all the talk in here - It was funny for about 60 seconds. I wish I could get that old guy character out of my brain... but it's stuck and now I have to have a lobotomy...
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Wed Sep-26-07 12:11 PM
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29. "Left Out" would be a good name for a sitcom. |
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About a hapless liberal who doesn't fit into the liberal mold and doesn't like Family Guy.
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Wed Sep-26-07 01:23 PM
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30. This is just like the time I used to be Jesse Jackson's nosehair trimmer! |
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After the first season, that's about how inane and stupid it became.
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Wed Sep-26-07 02:47 PM
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32. I am right there with you |
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Edited on Wed Sep-26-07 02:47 PM by 1gobluedem
I've never seen the program; the promos were enough to convince me that I never want to watch it ever.
Edited to get rid of the inadvertent brogue.
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Wed Sep-26-07 03:38 PM
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35. Sounds like we got a lot of.... |
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I can't get enough of Family Guy.
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Wed Sep-26-07 03:43 PM
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36. The Simpsons is better, usually. The PJs were the best. |
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And Fox took off the show that was BETTER than the Simpsons: The PJs.
A Claymation joint project of Eddie Murphy and Ron Howard. As good as the Simpsons at its best. But they took it off, because there was a crack addict. It was about black people in the projects, and the PC people objected because everyone wasn't squeaky clean like they were on the Cosby Show.
The main character was Thurgood Orenthal Stubbs, a not very bright superintendent in a high rise project. I got the "Thurgood" and "Orenthal" references but it took me a while to figure out who "Stubbs" was. Singer in the Four Tops, now deceased, I believe.
Smokey the Crackhead: Wears button saying "Lose Weight Now, Ask Me How".
:rofl: :rofl:
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Wed Sep-26-07 06:07 PM
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It doesn't do anything for me, either. I watch "The Simpsons" and "King of the Hill" and then turn the channel.
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Wed Sep-26-07 07:00 PM
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41. You should start a thread about it. |
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That'll show those sorry Family Guy-liking bastards!
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Wed Sep-26-07 07:06 PM
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43. You aren't alone. It's so wanna be. |
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You remember that couple of seasons when the Simpsons went bad cause instead of finding the humor in Homer the character, they just had him do anything shocking and "unexpected", which soon enough became expected, just for a laugh?
Well, I think the Family Guy is like those two seasons turned into a cheap knock off, but with a bigger, fatter, less funny Bart and a bigger, fatter, less funny Homer, and a talking dog and a talking baby who isn't nearly as funny as Maggie, and a lot of topical celebrity put downs.
It's like the Simpsons for stupid people.
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Wed Sep-26-07 07:29 PM
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44. My horrible ex-boss liked the show..... |
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and that's always been enough to make me think it sux, and have never watched it.
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Thu Sep-27-07 12:32 PM
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49. I liked "Family Guy" better.... |
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