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[furrykef]

Sometimes I think I'm the only guy on Earth who thinks Family Guy is funny. (Yeah, I know tons of people have said it's funny, but I get the sneaking suspicion that many of these same people are now saying it never was funny.) Sure, the humor is often stupid and nonintellectual, but who said humor has to be intellectually stimulating? (And I do love intellectually stimulating humor too; Douglas Adams is my favorite author, for instance.)

To be fair, I haven't watched much of the later seasons, though -- not 'cause I don't like the show but because I can't be bothered to watch TV much at all -- so maybe the show got worse over the last couple of seasons, I dunno. And don't get me wrong, the show does have its low moments (one chicken fight was enough; it's also annoying when the phrase "Like that time when..." appears within the first five seconds of an episode), but I still think on the whole it's pretty good.

I never could stand King of the Hill either, really. I wasn't gonna post in this thread for that reason, but since everybody's hatin' on Family Guy, I felt I had to.

- Kef

[chief]

Ok the early seasons of Family guy weren't bad Kef... The later seasons they just turn into a bunch of morons going "durrr I R Meg! I fart lolz!" And then people like Morgan laugh. So it was more made for the southren none schooled ones Had to Morgan

[Shadow]

wasnt this series cancelled years ago? I mean,all the eps I ever saw were re runs.
I could never stand the show.It was just barely funny in a pathetic way.Theirs only so many times I can listen to Hank talking about propane and propane accessories.

[Morgan]

Ok the early seasons of Family guy weren't bad Kef... The later seasons they just turn into a bunch of morons going "durrr I R Meg! I fart lolz!" And then people like Morgan laugh. So it was more made for the southren none schooled ones Had to Morgan

You mean for retards like you:P I wouldn't laugh at that shit. That's just...lame. *kills chief for even saying so!*

WHOO HOO! *throws a party*

I mean....that's so sad.

Goddamn I hated that fucking show. No offense.

Funny I watched my first every episode about 2 days ago and I thought it was crap I found it boring and not very funny. A show that I will be sad to see go is South park even though they have some offensive episodes Like the snuke (offensive to British) its just so good it one of them cartoons that take the piss out of every thing no one cares that its dose.

I hate South Park too.

[furrykef]

A show that I will be sad to see go is South park even though they have some offensive episodes

I thought being offensive was the whole point of South Park.

[furrykef]

He already did.

[Ratty Randnums]

I'm serious, its as if the writers are just pulling their work from the trash bin.

On a commentary in one of the early seasons of The Simpsons Matt Groening and the writers mentioned a "rejected joke box" (or something along those lines) and they ribbed each other saying (quoted from memory) "We have a rejected joke box?" "Not anymore!" "Family Guy stole it! *laughter*" someone who has the DVDs handy and remembers this could probably get the actual name they called it and quote it better but eh that's the gist x3

[Ratty Randnums]

..Now Beavis and Butt-head-- THAT should've lasted 13 seasons

Oh yeah, well Futurama should have lasted 13 seasons,

AND STOP DISSING FAMILY GUY!

Funny I watched my first every episode about 2 days ago and I thought it was crap I found it boring and not very funny. A show that I will be sad to see go is South park even though they have some offensive episodes Like the snuke (offensive to British) its just so good it one of them cartoons that take the piss out of every thing no one cares that its dose.

I hate South Park too.

A show that I will be sad to see go is South park even though they have some offensive episodes

I thought being offensive was the whole point of South Park.

I wish they cancelled South Park instead of KotH (and Futurama)! SP sucks, they swear past the limit of the Censor's standards (overswearing), for example:

Cartman (aka Fatbutt): "Holy S**t, Snape killed Dunbledore AND Kenny!"
Kyle: "YOU B*****DS"
(I censored out the swears cause I HATE SO MUCH SWEARING!)

I once heard that a friend of a teacher bought a SP VHS when it was still new... and for her KIDS TOO!!!!! WHen she showed it to her kids, she was suprised to see her children exposed to words like "Don't call me fatass, you dildo", implying that not all cartoons are for kids and that videos and DVD's of adult (and semi-adult) cartoons should be marked with a sticker saying "ADULT CONTENT"

The episode about the word s**t uncensored, and "Bigger, Longer, and Uncut" made my head explode with "THE FURY OF MIDNA"!

What's so wrong with "bad" language that it upsets you that much? And your friend's kids being exposed to words like that from a VHS she bought them isn't SP's fault, it's her's for assuming that all cartoons are child friendly and not monitoring what she buys for them to watch if she cares so much.
South Park was funny, but it's been underhandedly conservative at least since the war in Iraq started (their pro-Iraq-war episode was the 200th episode special), maybe since Sept. 11th 2001, so I've lost a lot of respect for them.
Especially when they put on a strawman argument (like with the atheism episodes) I'm positive (just from their ability to so artfully avoid the real argument and instead attack the messengers) they must know fully well is/are strawmen, effectively and purposefully misinforming/lying to thousands if not millions of people.

[chief]

Oh Fucking hell... Why do some people hate fucking swearing so much. I mean fuck... Ok you dont like "bad language" thats find but... for fucks sake Family guy isnt that holy fucking ass god of good language either. In fact I think that Family guy has worse language because of how stupid they fucking talk sometimes. In South Park sure they fucking swear a lot but they still at least use good smart language and aren't tossing around fucking fart jokes like if they stop it'll be the end of the mother fucking world..


And maybe cause I'm in Canada and we have very lack cencorship in tv... But.. I have a daughter myself.. If I don't want her seeing swearing or whatever I turn it off. Its self Cencorship.. Its not that fucking hard.

[furrykef]

Especially when they put on a strawman argument (like with the atheism episodes) I'm positive (just from their ability to so artfully avoid the real argument and instead attack the messengers) they must know fully well is/are strawmen, effectively and purposefully misinforming/lying to thousands if not millions of people.

I thought using strawman arguments was the point of the show.

[Ratty Randnums]

Especially when they put on a strawman argument (like with the atheism episodes) I'm positive (just from their ability to so artfully avoid the real argument and instead attack the messengers) they must know fully well is/are strawmen, effectively and purposefully misinforming/lying to thousands if not millions of people.

I thought using strawman arguments was the point of the show.

To make fun of them maybe in the early seasons, but not to present them as valid arguments.

[Anaesthesia]

AND STOP DISSING FAMILY GUY!

"ONOES PEOPLE ON THE INTERNETS DISAGREE WITH ME!!!!"

The episode about the word s**t uncensored, and "Bigger, Longer, and Uncut" made my head explode with "THE FURY OF MIDNA"!

My spidey senses tell me that you're very young and very, very sheltered.

Words like fuck and shit and cunt are not somehow more offensive than the bloodbaths and Helen Keller jokes on Family Guy. And it's not that great a show in the first place. You're entitled to your own opinion about it—I still kind of like the earlier seasons myself—but going into CAPSLOCK RAGE over complete strangers who don't share your opinion isn't particularly mature.

Also, unless you're writing for a school or the public that demands you clean up any language, self-censoring your speech makes you look childish and passive-aggressive. We're all big boys and girls, and we sure as fuck have made it past that motherfuckin' stage in early childhood where we cover our ears and shriek like pussies at the mere sight of a shitty word. Noitch.


On a much lighter note, have some lovely KotH pilot!

[chief]

And maybe cause I'm in Canada and we have very lack cencorship in tv... But.. I have a daughter myself.. If I don't want her seeing swearing or whatever I turn it off. Its self Cencorship.. Its not that fucking hard.

Whoa, I didn't know you had a kid.

Yea I have a 21 month old daughter... So... She actually doesn't watch tv yet but nyeh.