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Icarium

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Topic: South Park, Family Guy or The Simpsons?
Posted: July 26 2010 at 04:25

South Park the Movie Sountrack should be on PA

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Posted: July 24 2010 at 06:23

South Park.

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Posted: July 20 2010 at 09:59

South Park by a mile.

As others have said, Simpsons used to be brilliant, but the new episodes are awful, unfunny, forced humour that doesn't work (reminiscent of Family Guy).

I know I've had my Family Guy rant somewhere on this discussion board so I won't go into that. Instead, I'll just say that Family Guy wouldn't get my vote.

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Posted: July 09 2010 at 02:28

Family Guy cos of Star Wars satires - they are brilliant

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Posted: July 09 2010 at 02:16

All have their funny parts, but the only series that seems to be getting better is South Park.

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Posted: July 08 2010 at 20:28

Morningrise wrote:

Classic Simpsons seasons are unbeatable but today I must say Family Guy beats the hell out of them. South Park is awesome too. Probably the most mature, intelligent of the three. But I must go with the wacky, insensitive Family Guy humour.

Amen to that!

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Posted: July 08 2010 at 12:49

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South Park is the only show that I've watched for any amount of time that just gets funnier and funnier with every season. Maybe it's because the creators are Canadian and so am I, but their level of satire and outright offense makes for an awesome show every time. So I voted for it.

Parker and Stone are not Canadian. They are from Colorado and Texas, respectively.

Shhh!

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Posted: July 08 2010 at 11:16

JLocke wrote:

Parker and Stone are not Canadian. They are from Colorado and Texas, respectively.

Ah well then, I have been grossly misinformed LOL

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Posted: July 08 2010 at 01:53

Parker and Stone are not Canadian. They are from Colorado and Texas, respectively.

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Posted: July 08 2010 at 01:42

I definitely agree that classic Simpsons like seasons 3-8 were their best, but I still think there are certain mostly early South Park episodes that are so much better than any Simpsons episode... actually or any show at all.

A few I love:

Tom's Rhinoplasty (1st season)

Rainforest Schmainforest (3rd season)

Tweek Vs. Craig (3rd season)

Chinpokomon (3rd season)

Timmy 2000 [ep. with Phil collins (Wow! Fanks!)] (4th season)

A few later ones I like a lot too:

Up The Down Steroid (Season 8)

The Jeffersons (Season 8)

Le Petit Tourette (Season 11)

Season 12 is definitely my least favorite season...

...I also love listening to all the music that's been on the show. Someone edited all the music and posted a torrent for it. It's awesome. I usually listen to my ipod on 'shuffle all', so its great when something hilarious from south park comes on random. I actually got even more into the show once I got the music...

One great song was officially released, that was in an early episode, was also in their movie, Orgazmo and its on the soundtrack. Its called Now You're A Man. Montage is good too... America, F*ck Yeah (both versions) and I'm So Ronery from Team America are great too. Their 1st movie, Cannibal The Musical has some funny songs too. But you'd have to see the movie to enjoy the Cannibal ones though...

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Posted: July 07 2010 at 22:22

Classic Simpsons seasons are unbeatable but today I must say Family Guy beats the hell out of them. South Park is awesome too. Probably the most mature, intelligent of the three. But I must go with the wacky, insensitive Family Guy humour.

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Posted: July 07 2010 at 22:22

The Simpsons would win if we set this poll in the 90s. Their episodes from the early days are un-freaking-touchable. Some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen. However, they've passed their prime and now they try to survive by copying the randomness that Family Guy brought to the scene.

Family Guy was great for the first 4 seasons and they're getting good again now in their 7th, but for a while there they were so full of themselves that it seemed like every episode was a giant inside joke and was not at all that funny.

South Park is the only show that I've watched for any amount of time that just gets funnier and funnier with every season. Maybe it's because the creators are Canadian and so am I, but their level of satire and outright offense makes for an awesome show every time. So I voted for it.

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Posted: July 07 2010 at 21:37

Squidbillies has been making me laugh a lot lately.

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Posted: July 07 2010 at 20:02

Not to threadjack or anything, but Ugly Americans is surprisingly good.

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Posted: July 07 2010 at 19:12

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. . . I have no emotional interest in what happens to Peter Griffin.

But I don't think you're supposed to. It's not that kind of show.

Nevertheless, I laugh harder and enjoy a show more when I care about the characters.

Huh. Well, whatever works for ya, I guess. Wink

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Posted: July 07 2010 at 18:58

JLocke wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

. . . I have no emotional interest in what happens to Peter Griffin.

But I don't think you're supposed to. It's not that kind of show.

Nevertheless, I laugh harder and enjoy a show more when I care about the characters.

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Posted: July 07 2010 at 18:52

JLocke wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

. . . I have no emotional interest in what happens to Peter Griffin.

But I don't think you're supposed to. It's not that kind of show.

How could you not for a deformed guy whose chin is made of testicles? Tongue

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Posted: July 07 2010 at 18:50

thellama73 wrote:

. . . I have no emotional interest in what happens to Peter Griffin.

But I don't think you're supposed to. It's not that kind of show.

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Posted: July 07 2010 at 18:41

South Park for me. I know they claim not to have a political agenda, but I sure end up agreeing with them a lot. Also, funny. Simpsons is second because of the emotional attachment I have for the characters. I really care what happens to Homer. I have no emotional interest in what happens to Peter Griffin.

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Posted: July 07 2010 at 18:35

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My thoughts on all three:

The Simpsons: The beginning: boring. The latest: inconsistent. The middle: the best TV I'll ever watch in my life.

South Park: Probably the most consistent. Almost no disappointment comes from this show.

Family Guy: Looks like it was written by a 12 year old. Whoever thought it'd be a good idea to just go "Alright guys, lets make a show, give it a plot, spend about 5 minutes of the show focusing on said plot and spend the rest of the show cracking random jokes that have nothing to do with anything." The jokes aren't even funny either. If they're gonna do this, they should just do stand-up comedy. Also, the filler! The chicken fights are the worst bits of TV I've seen in my life. And I remember seeing one episode where they incorporated an entire Conway Twitty song for no reason... Even a section of one wasn't funny in previous episodes, but that was just...bad.

Alright, that being said, I used to watch Family Guy a lot. I'll admit the middle is at least watchable and has it's entertaining moments, but from now on, I'm skipping past every new and old episode.(inb4peoplesaywhydoyouknowsomuchifyouhateitsomuch)

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Poll Question: Which do you like most?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
South Park	14	[41.18%]
Family Guy	8	[23.53%]
The Simpsons	12	[35.29%]
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