Come on, Karen. Do you hate your body so much I'm going to teach you the lesson that it is not okay to be a freshman. Jobs you think you would be suited for. Oh, my God. This one time, we got so baked The continuing adventures of an incompetent father, a forgiving wife, a dumb son, a clever daughter, a madman genius baby and an intelligent dog that likes a drink. Sound familiar? The set-up is a little Simpsons-esque. Peter is a fool like Homer, who tries to do right by his family.
Lois is a strong mother who forgives like Marge, but that's where it ends in terms of characters. The adventures they get involved in are OTT like the Simpsons and are humorous but with a moral every time. The majority of the jokes are pop-reference with plenty of cruel swipes. Some happen in flashback style memories, others come from the characters themselves. Peter is funny because he is a fool e. However he isn't as well developed as Homer and often struggles to carry the show by himself.
Lois isn't very good and doesn't get many jokes unlike Marge. The kids are not too good either -neither Meg or Chris have the wit or character of Bart and Lisa. Of the babies Stewie is the highlight of every show. His English accent and his manic plans and homicidal tendencies are hilarious. The dog, Brian is also funny and is by far the most intelligent member of the family. The problem with it is that it isn't as clever, intelligent or as sharp as Simpsons.
The animated series needs a certain depth if it's going to win over the adult market. This has plenty of pop-references and plenty of imaginative scenes that are funny - but it lacks consistency and clever script writing. Some of the episodes have thin story lines that aren't developed well and some of jokes aren't funny. The strength of the Simpsons is that the scripts are consistently sharp and well written. That is the main weakness here.
The second is that the characters are well developed - with the possible exception of Peter. They all tend to trade on their traits - i. You don't feel like you know them any better even having watch 2 series worth of them. Some of the jokes are not intelligent either - but think they are. It makes too many jokes about Hitler, Jews and ethnic minorities.
Many of these aren't funny and seem to be lazy swipes at the respective communities, it almost makes it worse that these jokes come from a distinctly white WASP family. In fairness this doesn't happen too often but when they do they leave a nasty taste in the mouth.
Overall, it's regularly very funny but if it's well developed characters, intelligent scripts, clever references and consistently funny episodes then the Simpsons is the family for you my friend. This is a second place - but not a close one. So it's fair to say that it's lost some of its edge, and that the latter series aren't as good as the earlier years, but the success of Family Guy can't be argued with, it's still watched and adored by millions, and I'm one of its viewers.
I think if they want to continue with it beyond the next Series they are going to need to tinker about with the formula somehow and freshen it up a bit, it's true some of the gags are being recycled, even still I still watch and howl with laughter.
Stewie will forever be my favourite Griffin, and some of the caustic one liners are hilarious. There always has to be a show about a family where the dad is a working stiff and not exactly the world's smartest person.
I haven't seen every "Family Guy" episode, but what I have seen makes me nearly die laughing. The show focuses on the Griffin family in Quahog, Rhode Island, who always get into loony situations due to dad Peter's moronic attitude.
Lois is the wife who always tries to right Peter's mistakes, Chris is the sexually tensed-up son, Meg is the daughter with a valley girl attitude, Stewie is the baby who apparently wants to take over the world, and Brian is the dog who's smarter than any of the humans. I gotta say that this show has more stuff relating to sex than any other show that I can recall. My favorite episode was either the episode where they have to hide out in a hick town, the episode where Peter secedes from the United States, or the episode "North by North Quahog" especially the part where they watch "The Passion of the Christ II".
True, virtually everything that happens on "Family Guy" is completely improbable, but in a good way. You won't be able to contain yourself if you see even one episode. If there was no Simpsons or South Park, this could probably be the best cartoon series ever created. Basically its the same format as Simpsons, a family that have misadventures, a fat dad and each member having their own individual happenings. The only difference is that it has a baby and a dog, that can actually talk.
And its like South Park because of some bad language and violence included. It was number 5 on The Greatest Cartoons. Quinoa 11 June Family Guy is the next best thing to come around pon comic animation. I laugh in every episode at the antics of Peter and his family. Baby Stewey is the funniest animated character since Homer Simpson.
It is a great show, but it should be on after the Simpsons and not on Tuesday when almost no one watches TV. Great entertainment. Should be on more. Great cartoon. Lots of drinking and fighting. I love the brutal fight he had with the chicken. Formulas tedg 8 December It all started with "The Flintstones," I suppose. In its time, it was novel. Since then we've had a number of versions of the dumb dad cartoon.
This one was recommended to me by a reader because it is edgier than the others. Here's the formula we have to all these: "Simpsons," "South Park," this. No matter how risky or gross the humor, it is "justified" by this. This is what my friend thought I would like, mostly because it is so prominent. The notion is that these characters all know they are in movieland and that all their jokes and doings are from that world. So they move seamlessly from their town into other worlds.
Seemed like tame stuff to me. That's because of the limits of TeeVee I suppose. See what the South Park guys did with the big screen without these limits. I'm not impressed. Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements. Brilliant, edgy comedy. Created by Seth MacFarlane who also does some of the voices , a story revolving around Peter Griffin and his family - Lois, Chris, Meg and Brian, the dog - plus some friends and neighbours.
Sort of The Simpsons but with more adult-orientated humour, more in- jokes and more pokes at modern life. Very funny and clever. Many of the jokes require you to know about history and other topics.
Quite irreverent and edgy too - don't watch this if you're easily offended. Whether this comes from the convincing physics of Peter trying to grab a slippery frog with a shoebox, or realistic dialects and conversations, there's something amusing about situations that viewers can relate to.
One fan-favorite gag that exemplifies this is Peter's lengthy wincing as he spontaneously bangs his knee. It's a subtle, but effective bit. Yet, it's been several seasons since it cropped up. As fans know, Peter has a tendency to partake in crazy and absurd shenanigans. This can occasionally lead to all-out carnage, often leading to his friend Cleveland bearing the after-effects.
Season 5 saw a few moments in which these antics brought the destruction of the front of his house. This would lead to him tumbling downward while in his bathtub and frantically repeating "No! Many found the randomness of this bit amusing at first. Yet, there's only so much you can do with such simple and brief slapstick, which became apparent after being used roughly 10 times in total.
The bite-sized, situational episode seems to fit Family Guy like a glove, given its tendency to fire-off so many random gags. This notion is reinforced with the trio of "Viewer Mail" episodes, each of which have a few shorts that show the Griffins in drastically different settings and scenarios.
But while the anthology concept has been done in some form via parody episodes, the anthology trio hasn't been tried in quite some time. It'd be fun to see just what sort of wacky concepts the Family Guy fanbase could dredge up these days. There might have been a place for this wacky gag in the show's early seasons. Thankfully, Fox saw the error of their ways and eventually brought it back and it remains a staple of their schedule today. Looking for something else to watch?
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