We get it Seth McFarlane

On October 30 2009 18:01 KarlSberg~ wrote:
Family guy is very funny.


Compared to American Dad.


But still pretty bad.

On October 30 2009 19:38 Manifesto7 wrote:
Anybody remember Duckman? Best fucking show ever.

Also {CC}StealthBlue, you are angry AGAIN. WE GET IT.

But then all of a sudden Peter, dressed as Mary Poppins, falls ontop of two kids, vomiting and crying as he realizes he's killed them both before using his umbrella to slide them under the bed and escaping out the window. I mean you can laugh or cry, but you did not see that coming.

On October 30 2009 20:46 MakkurtE wrote:


The point isn't that we didn't know they were about to make a joke involving Mary Poppins. The point is that you know exactly when they're about to cut to one of their "omg sooooo random" sketches, and you know exactly what to expect. Fans say it's fantastic how random and unpredictable they are, but honestly i just think it's dumb, unimaginative and repetitive.

Making the same joke strictly following the "Remember the time i did X with X?" template, inserting two random pop culture references that will make college students squeal with delight isn't creative in the slightest. I've also never seen any subtlety that apparently exists. I've been told it's there, but never been shown an example.

IMO, at their absolute best

simpsons > south park > futurama > family guy

On October 30 2009 20:53 Pritler wrote:
Family guy should be considered as easy watching, you can work on something and have FG playing in corner. But that's pretty much all it's useful though.

Every episode has this scene:
Peter says: remember the time when I ...

On October 30 2009 21:07 Flicky wrote:
Ok, ignoring angry people moaning about TV shows. I am very upset not to see anyone mention The Venture Bros in this thread. Hmm, I don't think I've read about it on this website but that's now the point. Look it up on wikipedia and go watch it instead of rating various cartoons like they're the only ones that exist. It's incredibly funny.

On October 30 2009 19:42 axion wrote:
South Park is my favorite! Chicken and cow.

On October 30 2009 17:01 Kennigit wrote:
Also, The Cleveland Show sucks.

On October 30 2009 21:59 Kazius wrote:
Family Guy has the absolute worst musical bits ever. Other than that, the formulas, and lack of follow-through (which some might consider a great thing, because it ends up not being as preachy as the Simpsons or South Park), it's a rather decent show. It has some great bits, for the most part is recyclable garbage, but hey, we live in a world where there is this magical thing called "other channels" and "the internet", in which if (like me) you don't really like something, you can just find something else.

The people who whine about FG must have seen too much of it to be anything but CLOSET FANS. Yeah, I said it. You're trying to show everyone what ironic hipsters you are, but you just LOOOOOVE it. You won't smile or laugh because it's not clever enough for you, but YOU WANT IT. It makes you all tingly and emotional in ways that you can't fully understand but crave for anyways. In short, it's not called rape if you come back for more again, and again, and again.

I've seen 80, maybe 90 minutes of it (in various fragments of episodes)... and always ended up watching something else instead. Not my thing I guess.

On October 30 2009 22:41 MakkurtE wrote:
Ah here, spare me the "you just don't get it" spiel. I see what it offers. It's still shit. That's not high satire. There's nothing there that hasn't been done far better far long ago imo. Family guy is (still) on the air for the sole reason of it's zany sketch factor.

But fine, i'll compromise, what i described as "what fans like about family guy", is what" 99% of fans i've heard espress their opinion" like about family guy. I wouldn't want to generalise.

On October 30 2009 22:56 ghostWriter wrote:
Family guy isn't a show for intellectuals of course, but I still enjoy watching it and it's very funny to me.

On October 30 2009 23:34 Snet wrote:
Yea family guy is just terrible now.

On October 30 2009 23:19 micronesia wrote:

I don't agree with this... if you are far from an intellectual then you won't get family guy... and you also want to be wordly to get all the references they make.... I don't get them all so sometimes I drop a question into conversation with my parents to find out who such-and-such is/was.

On October 31 2009 01:25 ghostWriter wrote:


Well, yeah they make a lot of references, but you just have to be culturally aware to understand references, which is different from being an intellectual. Also, a lot of their jokes tend to be scatological, which don't really require intelligence to understand.

On October 31 2009 03:27 MakkurtE wrote:
Hmm. How about this. Maybe it's you who isn't intellectual and worldy enough to fully understand it. As in you might be overly impressed by it because you haven't experienced proper satire. Sounds like bullshit right? Well yeah, it is. But IMO it's no more/less bullshitty then you suggesting likewise for anyone who doesn't like.

Honestly, i really just don't get how you think so highly of it, and don't see the levels of subtlety you do. I'm sure you'll roll your eyes and assume it's because i'm too thick, but honestly, it's just nothing i haven't seen before, done better, with better writing, characters, and humour. That said i haven't seen an episode of the past 3 seasons, and don't plan on doing so. So perhaps it's a very different show these days, but i doubt it

On October 31 2009 00:36 Liquid`Drone wrote:
not_a_notion's show-ranking is the most accurate I have ever seen, as it happens to be the same one I would make.

On October 31 2009 05:43 Probe. wrote:


Futurama is easily the best.

On October 31 2009 06:21 Hawk wrote:
Family Guy is just random

On October 31 2009 09:35 IntoTheWow wrote:
how can anyone rank South Park above The Simpsons (both in their prime). lol

On October 31 2009 09:33 Chuiu wrote:
Stewie is bicurious, not gay. Though I get how everyone says he's gay, most people like things to be black and white.

On October 31 2009 09:40 KurtistheTurtle wrote:

I did fall for that girl who just wanted cookies. But he also likes men. I'd say this is correct

On October 31 2009 07:25 CharlieMurphy wrote:
Micro/Ack, we won't win. TL http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=52255
But i'll try anyways:

People argue that Futurama has a plot, has a story arc, and that family guy doesn't blah blah. But when it boils down to it, these are comedy shows. Not dramas. It's not like family guy has incoherent babble and only random jokes or pop references (btw Futurama does the same shit to a lesser extent and fails miserably). There is generally a story in the episode, which is the basis for most of the jokes and such. The story may be basic and not relate to any other episode but who the fuck cares? Simpsons and many other shows use the same formula.
The fact that you are watching comedy shows for great story arcs and clever plot lines is as retarded as watching the daily show for your news.

On October 30 2009 23:35 micronesia wrote:

I haven't watched it in a few seasons so I'm depressed to hear this.

Actually, I've found Family Guy to be a great test of one's character, to find out if they'll turn out to be a complete twat later on.

Those who hate this show are usually religious, republican, a right wing crack pot, uneducated, gay haters, take being an adult WAY too seriously, hate liberals or democrats, uneducated, white trash or redneck, old fashioned, conservative, or just painfully stupid.

People who enjoy this show are usually educated, fun, intelligent, and live in reality.

On October 31 2009 11:40 MamiyaOtaru wrote:
from youtube comments:


FFS. Why do so many Family Guy lovers sound like this? It's absolutely insufferable. So many people defending a show that's LOLRANDOM and claiming they like it because they are intelligent. Yeah people who don't like it obviously don't get it because it's so deep (and lolrandom) and those people are dumb.

You know what else sucks? Are You Being Served. Some people praise it for being different, and British, and if you don't like it you don't get it, and British humor is superior and maybe you have to be smart to get it and blah blah blah. But it's terrible. What does this have to do with FG? Not a whole lot

On October 31 2009 07:25 CharlieMurphy wrote:
Micro/Ack, we won't win. TL http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=52255
But i'll try anyways:

People argue that Futurama has a plot, has a story arc, and that family guy doesn't blah blah. But when it boils down to it, these are comedy shows. Not dramas. It's not like family guy has incoherent babble and only random jokes or pop references (btw Futurama does the same shit to a lesser extent and fails miserably). There is generally a story in the episode, which is the basis for most of the jokes and such. The story may be basic and not relate to any other episode but who the fuck cares? Simpsons and many other shows use the same formula.

The fact that you are watching comedy shows for great story arcs and clever plot lines is as retarded as watching the daily show for your news. So don't come in arguing that Futurama is a better show because it clearly isn't, and you Futurama guys even admit it.

The other main point you Futurama fans have, is that FG has the same jokes recycled over and over and that they always do the flashback style random jokes. They have done this often but it's not the ONLY jokes in the show. There are hundreds? of jokes in the episode and you guys single out 1 style of gag and call the whole show bad? How bout if I do the same thing; "Futurama is lame, they always just do jokes about how dumb Fry is and cut him off or ignore him", or "Bender is a robot, they always make jokes about how much he's a stubborn robot", and you can pretty much do the same thing with every character in the show..That is neither clever, funny, or plot related btw. Oh, and guess what? They do this Fry is dumb joke like 10 times EVERY episode, at least.

Comedy shows are comedy shows. If the show is not as funny as the other, then it's obviously not better. If you claim otherwise then you are basically saying the show is not a comedy show, and then if you compare it with something that is not comedy, it also loses. So I guess your more "intelligent, acquired taste" show is actually some kind of retarded hybrid that was cancelled and has succumb to making straight to DVD movies that also blow. Have fun watching those, but don't tell me how much better futurama is than any other show, because it is not.

On October 31 2009 10:35 Ack1027 wrote:
why argue
its tlnet

why post

lol