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The Quiet One 
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 Posted: December 26 2008 at 17:17 |
 el böthy wrote:
moreitsythanyou wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:
Vulgarity is more of a selling point for me. I have a soft spot for Matt Groening's work as I started out reading his Life In Hell cartoons since the '80's. I kind of dismissed the Family Guy at first, but now that I've seen a few episodes, I like it. I don't generally go out of my way to watch either, but certainly will if there isn't anything else on I want to watch better. For me da bomb these days for a family cartoon series is the Boondocks. 
I used to watch South Park religulously at the beginning. I still check in on that from time to time.
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Yeah! Best show currently running.
New theory: People from Argentina love Family Guy because they haven't shown the crappy recent seasons yet, only the old ones from back when the show was good. 
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No, we actually have seen those seasons, thank you very much.
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JLocke
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Posted: December 26 2008 at 17:08 |
Simpsons did it all first, you you can't very well argue that Family Guy is more original, so it really comes down to personal preferance.
Family may rehash alot of Simpson-isms, but when Simpson did them, I never laughed. Family Guy did it again, and I still laughed!  Seth MacFarlane is just a naturally talented comedy/writer.
Simpsons wins in originality, but Family Guy gets my vote when it comes to the laughs.  |
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1800iareyay
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Posted: December 25 2008 at 22:01 |
el böthy wrote:
If we talk about the current Simpsons, then Family Guy has the edge... if we take the Simpsons in their (already) 20 years... then they win hands down
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False. Even washed up, aimless Simpsons is better than cheap Simpsons plagiarism. I used to think Family Guy was the funniest show ever. Then I turned 15. I used to think the Simpsons was great. Then I turned 18, and started watching movies and reading the news. Then The Simpsons got even funnier. Advantage: Simpsons Seriously though, I tried to go back through my box sets of the pre-cancellation FG. It's truly no better than what's on now, we all just got older/got sick of the same goddamn joke. I could barely sit through it and just kept up because...well, I'm anal. It's sexist, irrelevant, desperate, and plays up stereotypes for cheap laughs instead of satircal ones. But I went back to The Simpsons S3-8, and it's a five year run of pure prefection. Not a single other show can boast that. Arrested Development never had a weak episode in its run, but it had one full length season, one trimmed, and one half season. And that one came the closest in sitcom territory. The Wire comes the closest overall.
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el böthy
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Posted: December 25 2008 at 20:39 |
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el böthy
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Posted: December 25 2008 at 20:38 |
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If we talk about the current Simpsons, then Family Guy has the edge... if we take the Simpsons in their (already) 20 years... then they win hands down
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: December 24 2008 at 01:28 |
BroSpence wrote:
crimson87 wrote:
Family guy by far , they weird situations are exellent. There is one episode in which Chester , the tiger from Lays is listening to Tom Sawyer while getting high and he says: Whoa! Neil Peart is the best drummer ever!!
You don't get that stuff in the Simpsons. |
Instead The Simpsons gets much better jokes, references and guests like the Moody Blues.
"Mr. Simpson, I'm familiar with B.O.C!"
Honestly, I feel like Simpsons and FG are in a Seinfeld/Banya relation. Some people love the jokes like "puke". Others don't. Puke certainly is a funny word, but saying puke over and over and over again, or showing it, or making some poorly thought outside story based on it time and time again gets very old very fast.
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J-Man
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Posted: December 23 2008 at 21:43 |
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I like the Simpsons a little more, though Family Guy is funnier...
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Jim Garten
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Posted: December 22 2008 at 07:09 |
Although I'll always have a soft spot for The Simpsons, there's just something about Family Guy which gets me every time - I can almost guarantee if I watch any eposode, at some point I'll either fall over laughing, or sit there with my mouth open saying "they can't say that!"
Having said that, yes, some of the humour in Family Guy tends to be more overtly sexual, but I don't think they're ever overly gratuitous (the episode on censorship to my mind was a modern classic).
Mind you, what do I know - I still love old carry-on movies... 
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: December 22 2008 at 06:39 |
cacho wrote:
^what's wrong with that? I don't categorise these type of TV series for each season, since they don't have a sequence. So to me Family Guy is the whole program, not making divisions with seasons.
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The thing about Family Guy is that after it's major cancellation, when it returned the quality started out the same and dropped really fast.
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BroSpence
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Posted: December 22 2008 at 02:07 |
crimson87 wrote:
Family guy by far , they weird situations are exellent. There is one episode in which Chester , the tiger from Lays is listening to Tom Sawyer while getting high and he says: Whoa! Neil Peart is the best drummer ever!!
You don't get that stuff in the Simpsons. |
Instead The Simpsons gets much better jokes, references and guests like the Moody Blues.
"Mr. Simpson, I'm familiar with B.O.C!"
Honestly, I feel like Simpsons and FG are in a Seinfeld/Banya relation. Some people love the jokes like "puke". Others don't. Puke certainly is a funny word, but saying puke over and over and over again, or showing it, or making some poorly thought outside story based on it time and time again gets very old very fast.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: December 21 2008 at 18:08 |
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^what's wrong with that? I don't categorise these type of TV series for each season, since they don't have a sequence. So to me Family Guy is the whole program, not making divisions with seasons.
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: December 21 2008 at 13:54 |
Slartibartfast wrote:
Vulgarity is more of a selling point for me. I have a soft spot for Matt Groening's work as I started out reading his Life In Hell cartoons since the '80's. I kind of dismissed the Family Guy at first, but now that I've seen a few episodes, I like it. I don't generally go out of my way to watch either, but certainly will if there isn't anything else on I want to watch better. For me da bomb these days for a family cartoon series is the Boondocks.
I used to watch South Park religulously at the beginning. I still check in on that from time to time.
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Yeah! Best show currently running. New theory: People from Argentina love Family Guy because they haven't shown the crappy recent seasons yet, only the old ones from back when the show was good.
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<font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR]
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: December 21 2008 at 12:58 |
Vulgarity is more of a selling point for me. I have a soft spot for Matt Groening's work as I started out reading his Life In Hell cartoons since the '80's. I kind of dismissed the Family Guy at first, but now that I've seen a few episodes, I like it. I don't generally go out of my way to watch either, but certainly will if there isn't anything else on I want to watch better. For me da bomb these days for a family cartoon series is the Boondocks. I used to watch South Park religulously at the beginning. I still check in on that from time to time.
Edited by Slartibartfast - December 21 2008 at 13:02
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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The Quiet One
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Posted: December 21 2008 at 12:25 |
Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:
"Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact."
Homer Jay Simpson
And the best one:
Homer : Why wouldn't anyone give me any award?
Lisa : You won a Grammy.
Homer : An award worth winning.
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As I said before, in this case, I prefer the more crazy/surreal humor from Family Guy. I also love Dr. House's humor and as well as Seinfield brilliant jokes. Which from these 3(even if Dr.House isn't really a humorous program in it's entirety) I prefer them over Simpsons. Please Ivan, I don't want to discuss with you about Simpsons, they're great, they're one of the most famous TV programs on earth, but you must know better than me that it's a matter of taste.
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Epignosis
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Posted: December 21 2008 at 11:25 |
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One of my personal favorite quotes (especially as an educator):
Lisa: "Assistant Groundskeeper Skinner, don't you think it's wrong that I can't get the best math education because I'm a girl?"
Skinner: [sighs] "I don't have any opinions anymore. All I know is that no one is better than anyone else, and everyone is the best at everything."
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: December 21 2008 at 11:12 |
"Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact."
Homer Jay Simpson
And the best one:
Homer : Why wouldn't anyone give me any award?
Lisa : You won a Grammy.
Homer : An award worth winning.
Iván
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - December 21 2008 at 11:17
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The Quiet One
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Posted: December 21 2008 at 11:09 |
manofmystery wrote:
keith_emerson wrote:
Family Guy! Their jokes are deeper and funnier.
Of course that's my opinion
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hope that's a joke
its Epic Movie humor, completely random with no meaning outside the occasional political cheapshot or an entire episode that must have been slapped together by Peta reps
I'm not saying the Simpsons has been tolerable, because for the last few years they haven't, but Family Guy is written by manatees |
THAT makes Family Guy unique compared to The Simpsons, that's funny!
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The Quiet One
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Posted: December 21 2008 at 11:07 |
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^that was a great one! That his grand, grand father was black, that one, right? Superb!
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crimson87
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Posted: December 21 2008 at 11:05 |
I voted for family guy , The simpsons can't compete against that ep in which Peter thought he was black , hilarious. Or the parody black to the future.
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: December 21 2008 at 11:02 |
manofmystery wrote:
Grand Funk Railroad paved the way for Jefferson Airplane, which cleared the way for Jefferson Starship. The stage was now set for the Alan Parsons Project, which I believe was some sort of hovercraft. - Homer Simpson
I used to be a great drummer but now I'm nothing. Like Phil Collins. - Bart Simpson |
Don't forget: "It's BTO. They're Canada's answer to ELP. Their big hit was TCB.
That's how we talked in the 70's. We didn't have a moment to spare." - Homer Simpson
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