I'm still irritated about that, too. Family Guy seasons 1-4 all worked pretty well for me, since then it has gotten downhill. At least it feels so for my brother and me and since then, again we both feel that way, American Dad has gotten better and the Cleveland show as well. Don't see the reason for that though.The Gentleman said:Wait, Family Guy hating is a thing?
The point of shock comedy is creating a situation so vile and unbelievable the only possible reaction is to laugh. Sort of like when you see somebody accidentally hit an old lady with a shopping cart. It's terrible, but there's something sort of funny about it, too.pearcinator said:It is true that anything can be made funny...but there is mature and immature comedy. I have a feeling that if I farted in a microphone you would shit yourself laughing. Family Guy is mostly immature comedy...for people who don't have a keen sense of humour.
I might have to take you up on this, I watched the first season and haven't been back since.Father Time said:I won't defend the celeveland show but for American Dad are you watching the old ones or the more modern ones. Because IMO the early ones were terrible but the later ones were pretty good.AgentNein said:ZOMG I AGREE SO MUCH BOB.
I really thought the show was pretty weak when it started, and when it came back? It infected this family of stereotypes with this wonderful absurdity.
It had always been there, in these shy hints, but I don't think it ever fully reared it's head til the show's resuscitation.
To paraphrase someone somewhere, "I was cancelled before, and being cancelled don't scare me no more". To visit Mcfarlan's intentions, I think he came back to the show pretty fearless in where he was willing to take these stories. I for one enjoy it.
Although neither American Dad nor The Cleveland Show have grown on me for some reason. To me it feels like they got stuck with the B writing team. Not sure how it actually is but that's how I've felt.
Their Christmas specials are fantastic.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Who knows?!synobal said:Seriously? that is your big thing? You like family guy? Big freaking deal. I don't understand what the big deal is.
I wouldn't avoid it on Bob's recommendation. I've seen a few eps, and they aren't awful. I got a few genuine chuckles out of it, but it certainly wasn't good enough for me to seek out more. I found it far more watchable than FG has been in the last 5 years. Do what you will, but you could be surprised if you keep your expectations low enough; Certainly lower than what Bob was trying to set us up for.templar1138a said:Also, before watching this I was simply uninclined to watch Bob's Burgers. Now I'm going to try not to.
In that case, my inclination has just been bumped up to "I'll watch it if someone else shows it to me."Signa said:I wouldn't avoid it on Bob's recommendation. I've seen a few eps, and they aren't awful. I got a few genuine chuckles out of it, but it certainly wasn't good enough for me to seek out more. I found it far more watchable than FG has been in the last 5 years. Do what you will, but you could be surprised if you keep your expectations low enough; Certainly lower than what Bob was trying to set us up for.templar1138a said:Also, before watching this I was simply uninclined to watch Bob's Burgers. Now I'm going to try not to.
Good! That's exactly where I'm at with it too. Now that we've discussed this, I probably should go seek it out. I'm in a drought of good shows right now, and Bob's Burgers has a chance to fill that hole. It might be worth it just for H. Jon Benjamin, and pretending he's Archer with amnesia, like in that one Archer episode.templar1138a said:In that case, my inclination has just been bumped up to "I'll watch it if someone else shows it to me."Signa said:I wouldn't avoid it on Bob's recommendation. I've seen a few eps, and they aren't awful. I got a few genuine chuckles out of it, but it certainly wasn't good enough for me to seek out more. I found it far more watchable than FG has been in the last 5 years. Do what you will, but you could be surprised if you keep your expectations low enough; Certainly lower than what Bob was trying to set us up for.templar1138a said:Also, before watching this I was simply uninclined to watch Bob's Burgers. Now I'm going to try not to.