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Topic: Don't do it, Cartoon Network! Don't do it!! (Read 12957 times)
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WayAbvPar
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Family Guy has never been funny. Ever.
Wow. You really need to look into a humor implant. I can see not liking it overall, but saying it has never had a funny moment is beyond ludicrous. |
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Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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WindupAtheist
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Wow. You really need to look into a humor implant. I can see not liking it overall, but saying it has never had a funny moment is beyond ludicrous. In lieu of a humorous, clever, or even remotely relevant response, I'm just going to post this picture of Soundwave. Then everyone who likes Family Guy will be too busy shrieking "OMG LOLOLOL TEH 80S RULED!!1!" to flame me.  |
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"Yeah, it's pretty awesome." -- Me
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schild
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People like Family Guy because it IS funny. The last episode where Peter and Lois tried to reform the hippie duo they had back in the day was just brilliant. When Chris revealed what they really acted like on stage it was one of the finest moments in FG history and the lucidity from Chris was just awesome. Sure, some of the little nostalgic "remember the time" clips are funny, but the show itself is what makes it hilarious. What kills me are the folks who like Adult Swim and those cartoons (Harvey Birdman, Aqua Team, etc) and don't like Family Guy. They're practically the fucking same, but Adult Swim SAYS the jokes instead of animating them.
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Samwise
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I just figured it out. There's only one person on Earth that I've ever heard make the claim that Family Guy is never funny.
WUA is Eric Cartman.
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HaemishM
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Chris Ryall, formerly of Movie Poop Shoot and now of Comics 101 hates Family Guy. Some people's funny bones are just borken.
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Llava
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Rrava roves you rong time
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Excuse me, are you a parking ticket?
Cause you got FINE written all over you!
Giggity.
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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The old perverted man thinks same-sex marriage is wrong.
NO! BAD HIGGINS! You had yours!
It is funny.
American Dad, on the other hand, is not at all funny.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Samwise
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American Dad got a little bit funnier after the first few episodes. It's not nearly as good as Family Guy, but it has its shining moments. Patrick Stewart is one of them. The Star Wars Kid was another.
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schild
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[Phone starts to beep]
Lois Griffin: Oh my!
Old Man: Uh, yeah, I was just wondering, uh... where the newspaper boy was.
[beep]
Old Man: Haven't seen the newspaper in a couple days. Wonderin' if he ever gonna come back.
[beep]
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Old Man: Ah, you're starting to piss me off, you little piggly son of a bitch. Call me.
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Margalis
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Family Guy has some funny moments but it's a fluff show.
What made The Simpsons so great for the first 5 seasons or so was that it was hilarious and the characters and situations were vaguely real and believable. Homer about to cheat on his wife, Homer getting Marge a bowling ball for her birthday, etc. The situations were recognizable.
The Simspons now are just totally random and so is the Family Guy. They live and die based on individual gags because the characters themselves are just gag vehicles with no real personas. Episodes are just a series of random jokes.
The same thing happened with Seinfeld. It started as something quasi-realistic then they ran out of material and got into wacky shit like Kramer's blood being used as motor oil or something...
That kind of thing can work but it's just not as meaty overall.
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vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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Llava
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Rrava roves you rong time
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And The Simpsons made some... well, I don't want to call them philosophical statements, because they're not, but it made STATEMENTS.
Family Guy doesn't.
It's certainly not the "omg funniest show evar" like a lot of people seem to think, but it is a good quality show with good quality gags that can get a laugh out of anyone with a soul. At least it doesn't get all preachy and up its own ass with messages.
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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Fabricated
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Family Guy is fucking hilarious. It tries way too hard and the "WOW, THIS IS JUST LIKE THE TIME I ___________" cutaway gags are really, really old at this point, but ADAM WEST dammit.
Adam has most of the best lines and bits in the series.
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"The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist." - George Bernard Shaw
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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I agree Family Guy is basically a container for jokes, but they make me laugh. I represent the target demographic. I tune in for vomit jokes and James Woods pimping Videodrome and A-Team references and running gags and Street Fighter references, and it delivers.
The Simpsons is more like a container for funny quotes these days. For me, the best Simpsons era was the Conan O'Brien run. Hey, I just like that sort of thing. I am not interested in seeing someone make a statement, I want jokes.
Southpark spoofing Family Guy was funny too.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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bhodi
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No lie.
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Fast animals.. slow children, next on FOX.
[Short, pudgy kid, running] Come on guys, wait up!
*cut to running jungle cat then back to kid*
[Short, pudgy kid] I tripped and lost my shoe!
*cut to jungle cat running faster then back to kid*
[Short pudgy kid] Oh no, I got honey all over my legs!
*cut to running, leaping cat, dramatic music, fades out with cat ripping cloth apart*
Comedy gold. I about fell out of my chair.
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tazelbain
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tazelbain
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Ba, Westling on Sci Fi
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"Me am play gods"
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Margalis
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I'm watching it (sci-fi wrestling) right now.
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vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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