Family Guy

[Tama2]

You guys ever seen Family Guy?

[UltimateSpamGrover]

The question should be,

"Who hasn't seen Family Guy?"

[Tama2]

The Civity Creeps.

[UltimateSpamGrover]

It seems today
That all you see
Is violence in movies
And sex on TV.
But where are those good old fashioned values
On which we used to rely?
Lucky there's a Family Guy!
Lucky there's a man who
Positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry!
He's a Family Guy!

[Tama2]

The jokes are pure genius even though they are stupid. Like...

Chris: Dad, what's the blow-hole for?
Peter: I'll tell you what it's not for, son. And when I do, you'll understand why I can never go back to Sea World.

It's just like wtf?

[Lionx]

Most of the show's jokes are more there to provoke a WTFH response lol.

O no, o no, o no!

KoolAid guy: O YEA!!!!! xDD

[The Captain]

It has a very wonderful sense of timing and knows exactly when to suddenly segue to a side joke. In many ways, it's the cartoon equal of Monty Python's Flying Circus because the plot or arc of a particular story can sometimes go through so many twists and turns that the end result doesn't quite add up and yet on some level still does.

Take care all.

[gokufusionss1]

poor mans simpsons.

[Lionx]

Nah Simpsons is more of a ironic funny more than WTF funny =/ Plus Simpsons is kinda declining lately.

[Sr. Tobias]

I wouldn't say it's declining, but if it is, it's comprehensible... I mean, for instance, Bart's been 10 for about 20 yrs or so... anyway, both shows r equally funny, but with different kinds of humor.

[Pure Strife]

There was an episode where Chris went into witness protection, and Brian jumped into a closed car window with Peter in it. Peter sat there for a whole minute just saying things like "Bryyyyan", or "wake up sleepy head".

To this day, that is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

[°¿°¿°]

yea i loved that 1 but i would only hope i didnt get FBI agents as stupid as they were if i got assigned to witness protection lol

[White Raven]

Great show. I can't wait for the new episodes that'll be shown on Fox in March...here's Season 4's episode list that they have in the works:

Season 4
51. 4-1 North by North Quahog
52. 4-2 Fast Times at Buddy Cianci High
53. 4-3 Don't Make Me Over
54. 4-4 Blind Ambition
55. 4-5 Stewie B. Goode (1)
56. 4-6 Bango Was His Name Oh (2)
57. 4-7 Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure (3)
58. 4-8 The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire
59. 4-9 Petarded
60. 4-10 Brian the Bachelor
61. 4-11 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter
62. 4-12 Breaking Out Is Hard to Do
63. 4-13 Model Misbehavior

[Sr. Tobias]

the best gag, according to me, is in that episode where Chris gets concerned with his weight, and they all go to the pool for some reason, and it's like:

employee: I'm sorry mam, u can't park ur van there.
Lois: It's not a van, it's my son!
employee: oh... OH! I'm sorry...

[Cz]

Thanks a lot for that info, White Raven. I assume that it'll take some time to reach the UK, but it's nice to know what to expect from the new series.

Family Guy's humour can sometimes be a little bit too risky (When you Wish Upon a Weinstein being a good example of this) but has provided plenty of great laugh-out-loud moments. As it tries not to bog itself down in plotting, as The Simpsons can do on occasion, it is free to explore a greater range of jokes, which makes it the better show in my view. Its warped view of reality gives it far more scope for comedy, with each show essentially being a series of sketches. The Captain's comparison to Monty Python is pretty accurate.