South Park, Family Guy or The Simpsons?
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Topic: South Park, Family Guy or The Simpsons?
Posted By: Mr Greeen Genes
Subject: South Park, Family Guy or The Simpsons?
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 14:15
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South Park!
The Simpsons are good too...
Some early episodes of Family Guy are funny, but for the most part I'm not a big fan.
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Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 15:34
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South Park puts the other 2 to shame. ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 15:57
The Simpson's has become a bit tiring. South Park as well. The Family Guy has this juvenile sense of humor that still works for me.  If there's nothing better out there to watch on TV, I gravitate to it, probably most likely because there isn't anything better out there to watch. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 16:06
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Family Guy is pretty terrible
South Park is brilliant
but seasons 3-8 of The Simpsons were the greatest achievement in television history (seasons 1,2, 9, and 10 were damn good as well)
usually this topic (which continues to pop up) sends me into an extended rant about how The Simpsons has been violently and graphically defiled (wanted to use the stronger word but figured I'd get in trouble) over the last 10 years but I don't feel like it today -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 16:41
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I'm voting for Family Guy, simply because it's under-appreciated here, and won't last long. However, South Park is the only show on the poll with true balls.
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Posted By: Noak
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 17:29
| South Park is quite funny, but only in small doses. The first three seasons of Family Guy are gold, pure gold. The third-eight season of The Simpsons are marvellous. Vote goes to The Simpsons. Their good stuff is better than Family Guy. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 17:37
Exactly this.
Though I would add:
The Simpsons are better to watch as a fun series, they have good plots.
Family Guy however is by far more hillarious in my opinion, the plots are pretty aimless, and that's what I like about it.
I haven't watched enough South Park to have a good opinion about them, but one thing that I know is that I'm not fond of the show.
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Slartibartfast wrote:Posted By: Kestrel
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 18:09
| Family Guy is absolutely terrible. Simpsons are okay. South Park has some brilliant moments so... South Park. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 18:16
Fixed.
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 18:29
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1. The Simpsons
2. South Park
3. Family Guy |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 18:32
Fixed  ------------- Time always wins. |
Posted By: rpe9p
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 19:30
I feel the same way, but id amend it by saying south park is often brilliant, they can be kind of hit or miss for me
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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 19:31
Pretty much.
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 19:43
I've gotta agree on this one  ------------- 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 19:46
Yeah me too!
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: July 06 2010 at 20:05
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Although they've all had their brilliant moments..... South Park. No contest.
------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 00:46
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The one that isn't Family Guy.
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 00:48
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Overall: Simpsons hands down Currently: Family Guy. Yeah yeah hate on it, esp being a prog site filled with people needing to hate popular things but its funny, and clearly not "intelligent" but a lot less stupid than people prob think. However, this is only because Simpsons have lost in IMO (inevitable) And same with South Park. Was a time that I watched it religiously, brilliant stuff but it too has lost it for me. My fav shows on TV are Venture Bros and ATHF! |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 00:51
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 00:52
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Oh yes. Funny thing: Used to hate the show And even though FG is the freshest of the 3, it is very close to "losing" it for me as well. Thank god for those crazy living foods.... |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 01:29
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Family Guy. I just find those nonsensical flashbacks hilarious! |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 01:47
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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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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 02:03
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. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 02:48
Why are you speaking about Futurama in the past-tense? It's back on the air, and new.
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 03:02
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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. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: TheClosing
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 13:35
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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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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 13:38
| South Park for me. Still timely and topical.The 200th show was great. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 15:29
| South Park. I think I've only watched Family Guy once or twice. |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 15:46
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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) |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date 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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Posted By: Dean
Date 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.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 18:35
 Here's a man who knows his television.------------- Time always wins. |
Posted By: thellama73
Date 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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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 18:50
But I don't think you're supposed to. It's not that kind of show.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 18:52
How could you not for a deformed guy whose chin is made of testicles? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 18:58
Nevertheless, I laugh harder and enjoy a show more when I care about the characters. -------------
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 19:12
Huh. Well, whatever works for ya, I guess.
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 20:02
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Not to threadjack or anything, but Ugly Americans is surprisingly good.
------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 21:37
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Squidbillies has been making me laugh a lot lately.
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date 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. |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: July 07 2010 at 22:22
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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. |
Posted By: Mr Greeen Genes
Date Posted: July 08 2010 at 01:42
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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 By: JLocke
Date 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 By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: July 08 2010 at 11:16
Ah well then, I have been grossly misinformed |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 08 2010 at 12:49
Shhh! ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 08 2010 at 20:28
 Amen to that! |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date 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. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: July 09 2010 at 02:28
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Family Guy cos of Star Wars satires - they are brilliant ------------- 
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Posted By: JemJem714
Date Posted: July 20 2010 at 09:59
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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 By: EatThatPhonebook
Date Posted: July 24 2010 at 06:23
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South Park. ------------- 
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: July 26 2010 at 04:25
| South Park the Movie Sountrack should be on PA |