I have a question about Family Guy

[CreekDog]

Is the plot important?

Most of the episodes I've enjoyed I could not recount what the episode was about.

. or is it okay if I only watch for the stupid allusions to pop culture from a decade or two ago? :shrug:

[Blue-Jay]

1. plot?

I never noticed. The show still makes me chuckle, however.

[Lex]

2. I haven't been able to make it through an episode yet.

I've tried, too.

:shrug:

[Number23]

18. I hear ya...

it's pretty rough getting through an entire episode.

But then when you do, you come across little gems like Peter referring to "Sex and the City" as "a story about three prostitutes and their mother."

[meegbear]

19. Brian said that ...

I just to have seen that very episode a couple days ago.

[insanity]

3. no

Which is why the movie was about the last time I could handle Family Guy.

I used to be a big fan, but it became kinda unfunny after obscure reference jokes being the driving force of every episode.

[Tektonik]

4. watch this

http://allsp.com/l.php?id=e142

and this:

http://allsp.com/l.php?id=e143

[CreekDog]

5. it keeps pausing, and i'm just at the beginning

but i have a good feeling about this!

[leeroysphitz]

6. I'm sorry but honestly it has literally been YEARS since anybody, writers or audience

has asked about a Family Guy plot, and I'm not just being a smart ass.

Seriously... "plot" as an element takes a back seat every chance it gets. Either to semi-"humor" or to a crude stab at a suspense film the plot is almost always a foreign financed also ran thrown in because there are a few old incredibly old folks out there who can't figure out how to watch a movie without the same very old, very tired plot standards. Just like Escanaba In Da Moonlight or whatever the fuck it was called.

[CreekDog]

15. okay, you're on a timeout

:spank:

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' was rather lacking in plot as well

And continuity and production values and all that other crap that's vital to teevee entertainment.



Yet, it's the funniest comedy in history.

Go figure. :shrug:

[CreekDog]

8. you're crazy, don't you remember the episode about "The Larch"?

:shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Sure

I also remember they screwed up that plot line with the Horse Chestnut. :D

[Fox Mulder]

10. I didn't know there was a plot to the show.

I thought it was a bunch of toilet humor and vague references to the 80s. :shrug:

[CreekDog]

11. could that be the plot?

:rofl:

[Neoma]

12. Family Guy is pure stupidity, don't watch it.

[CreekDog]

17. if pure stupidity stopped me from watching a show

i wouldn't watch anything. :dunce:

[DarkTirade]

13. ... is that what important?

I don't think I've ever seen that word used in conjunction with Family Guy... :P

[Danger Mouse]

14. family guy is funny but gets old after awhile.

simpsons in its prime was much stronger, since it had a story and you cared about the characters.

[krispos42]

16. What is this "plot" of which you speak?

Is this some post-Renaissance branch of literary thought? Or does it derive from the ancient Athenians or perhaps-

<farrrrrrrrrt>

Whew! Feels like that meatball sub I had for lunch is taking the express elevator down!

:evilgrin:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

20. No. The plot is generally just an excuse to hang jokes like this around:

http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=13b0d005d31a020c4916110dcb130700

Family Guy is funny as hell but I still think that Simpsons in its prime (it's been years) is the best due to better characters that you care more about, and some of the stories being decent.

[Pierre.Suave]

21. Just one great family guy moment...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSy_88Ts1vw

:rofl: