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 Posted: July 07 2010 at 01:29 |
Family Guy. I just find those nonsensical flashbacks hilarious!
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JLocke
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 01:47 |
By the way, if Futurama had been listed here instead of The Simpsons, my choice would have been a lot harder. A much funnier show, in my opinion, and Matt Groening's true masterwork. I'll take ''bite my shiny metal ass'' over ''eat my shorts'' any day of the week. 
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 02:03 |
 JLocke wrote:
By the way, if Futurama had been listed here instead of The Simpsons, my choice would have been a lot harder. A much funnier show, in my opinion, and Matt Groening's true masterwork. I'll take ''bite my shiny metal ass'' over ''eat my shorts'' any day of the week. |
Futurama was too maudlin and pop culture a lot of the times. Sure, Jurassic Bark works, although they totally ruined the ending with Bender's Big Score, but the endless thing with Fry and Leela just got tiresome, as do the constant veiled references (which people 1000 years from now somehow still care about or remember?). It's sort of like how everybody thought the UK Office was great because of the drama, but I don't want drama, I want to laugh. The UK Office also had terrible sense of humour, so that was obviously a problem as well.
Although I still watched Futurama on Netflix Instant pretty much all day today.
I'll go with The Simpsons, South Park is more deliberately offensive than funny a lot of the time (the two are not always the same!), and Family Guy is just terrible. Surprisingly, I saw a new episode of American Dad lately, and it was better than both Family Guy and the new episodes of The Simpsons. Which goes to show you how far The Simpsons has fallen.
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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JLocke
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 02:48 |
Henry Plainview wrote:
JLocke wrote:
By the way, if Futurama had been listed here instead of The Simpsons, my choice would have been a lot harder. A much funnier show, in my opinion, and Matt Groening's true masterwork. I'll take ''bite my shiny metal ass'' over ''eat my shorts'' any day of the week. |
Futurama was too maudlin and pop culture a lot of the times. Sure, Jurassic Bark works, although they totally ruined the ending with Bender's Big Score, but the endless thing with Fry and Leela just got tiresome, as do the constant veiled references (which people 1000 years from now somehow still care about or remember?). It's sort of like how everybody thought the UK Office was great because of the drama, but I don't want drama, I want to laugh. The UK Office also had terrible sense of humour, so that was obviously a problem as well.
Although I still watched Futurama on Netflix Instant pretty much all day today.
I'll go with The Simpsons, South Park is more deliberately offensive than funny a lot of the time (the two are not always the same!), and Family Guy is just terrible. Surprisingly, I saw a new episode of American Dad lately, and it was better than both Family Guy and the new episodes of The Simpsons. Which goes to show you how far The Simpsons has fallen. |
Why are you speaking about Futurama in the past-tense? It's back on the air, and new.
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Henry Plainview
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Yeah, but while I haven't managed to find a full episode online in CC's hellish website, from what I've heard and the clips that I've seen suggest that it's not very good. Beast With A Billion Backs was pretty good, but the rest of the movies were...less so, so I shouldn't be surprised.
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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TheClosing
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 13:35 |
South Park is either the funniest show around or it's falling flat on it's face. The Simpsons haven't been good for well over a decade, although in it's prime it was pure brilliance. As for Family Guy, it's a show that revolves around random gags so it gets old fast. I guess that Seth guy has a few shows now that are practically the same thing. I just don't get how he gets away with it ...
My vote goes to The Simpsons for pure nostalgia.
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crimhead
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 13:38 |
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South Park for me. Still timely and topical.The 200th show was great.
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Vompatti
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 15:29 |
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South Park. I think I've only watched Family Guy once or twice.
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DisgruntledPorcupine
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 15:46 |
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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Slartibartfast
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 15:50 |
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Used to be a huge South Park guy, but kind of lost interest in it over the years. The Family Guy is on constantly, multiple channels, so these days I end up watching more than the other two. Been a fan of Matt since he was doing the obscure Life In Hell comic strip. Don't go out my way to watch the Simptoms these days, but still enjoy it.
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Dean
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 16:33 |
None of the above. I never got into family guy, but the others are just as tedious to watch now ... makes you kinda nostalgic for Just Wait Till Your Father Gets, Until Your Father Gets, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home... well, perhaps not. It's time for something new, and I don't mean Life & Times of Tim. 
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manofmystery
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 18:35 |
DT-PT wrote:
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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thellama73
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 18:41 |
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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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JLocke
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 18:50 |
thellama73 wrote:
. . . I have no emotional interest in what happens to Peter Griffin.
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But I don't think you're supposed to. It's not that kind of show.
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Slartibartfast
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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.
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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? 
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thellama73
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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.
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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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JLocke
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 19:12 |
thellama73 wrote:
JLocke wrote:
thellama73 wrote:
. . . I have no emotional interest in what happens to Peter Griffin.
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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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Huh. Well, whatever works for ya, I guess. 
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zappaholic
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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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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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CinemaZebra
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 21:37 |
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Squidbillies has been making me laugh a lot lately.
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: July 07 2010 at 22:22 |
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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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