Family guy or The Simpsons?

[Anonymous]

Which one of the above shows do you think is the funniest?

I used to really like the simpsons but I caught the last 5 minutes of family guy once and have never gone back.

feel free to explain or just give the shows name.

 

[Venetia]

I have more of a history with the Simpsons, and if you're gauging Simpsons from earlier than 7 years ago (after Phil Hartman died it went downhill from there), then Simpsons wins based off sheer laugh quota.

But nowadays, with the Simpsons' CRAPTASTIC writers, Family Guy wins.

Plus, you see the Star Wars episodes? AWESOME.

 

[bojjenclon]

Both!!!

 

[Anonymous]

@bojjenclon
thats a good choice.

but I do prefer family guy.

@Venetia
tried watching the star wars one on you tube, but seems it has gone due to copyright, although my friend said he watched it their yesterday?

 

[shannon]

I think Family Guy is stupid, sorry. Simpsons win.

 

[Rye]

Family Guy has its moments, but overall, I think Simpsons is better.

 

[$t3v0]

I think Family Guy is stupid, sorry. Simpsons win.

Yeah, Family guy is pretty foolish. It's like watching someone TRYING to impress you and they're trying too hard. That's how it comes off with me.

Obviously The Simpsons gave small elements of foundation to Family Guy and it hasn't built the 1st floor for me yet.

 

[Anonymous]

The Simpsons gave small elements of foundation to Family Guy

I have to agree there, family guy definitely has roots to the simpsons.

 

[hima]

The simpsons, of course.

I've seen the family guy. Not my type :/ Also, Mr. Burns and Smither aren't in there!

 

[badmonur]

I guess its a question of choice. Simpsons has alot of long setups for thier jokes, family guy is kinda right in your face.
For me its family guy cus I dont like to wail.
Its like an ABS or TBS, whats your preference

 

[PeteD2S]

They're different, period.
I like both.

 

[Anonymous]

thats why I chose family guy coz the humor happens all the time,

though the simpsons has the funniest part during a halloween special "the shinning" (shh we'll get sued episode where homer is chasing marge up the stairs and he is pulling funny faces and scares himself when he looks in the mirror, gets me every time.

 

[Venetia]

So has nobody else here but me noticed how AWFUL the writing is lately for The Simpsons? I realize that the show's been around forever but pre-season-7 I was laughing every minute, and nowadays it barely squeezes a smile out of me perhaps once an episode. I can still laugh at the oldies, the ones where Troy McClure was randomly appearing and Homer still had a little mental function ... But for the last several years it seems like they have a completely different writing team comprised entirely of monkies who repeat old jokes and try to "get edgy".

The difference for me between Family and nowadays Simpsons is that F.G. can pull off "edgy". But the golden days of The Simpsons were almost never "edgy", and that's when it shined, because the characters can't pull it off. It seems like they keep trying to make up for their writing talent by making Homer more and more braindead, and by loosening his and Marge's marriage more and more. Back in the day, Homer wasn't bright, but he atleast cared about his family, and now it seems like they're trying to turn him into Peter from F.G., who never gave a crap about anything, but aren't quite making it.

Example. The episode where Patti (Marge's sister) turns out to be gay. They were trying to push the edgy card there way too hard, and I didn't laugh a single time. Or when Bart runs away to be a gangster-rapper. Half the episode's lines were by guest stars.

That's the reason I never got excited about The Simpsons Movie, and I still haven't seen it. If they'd released a movie seven years ago, I'd have been knifing people in the back to get advanced tickets. It's a real shame.

Perhaps in about ten years, when F.G. has had as many episodes as The Simpsons, they'll go down the same path, but for right now the lines are never corny, the characters are still well-defined, and they stay within their boundaries of their ability to "push the envelope", so to speak.

 

[Rye]

Venetia, I notice the decline in quality in Simpsons, but I still consider it better than Family Guy. I much perfer the older episodes of Simpsons. :x

 

[Dopples]

I think South Park is still great, and it's been going for at least 10 seasons. Age doesn't define how funny a show is, content does. Out of these two though, I'd say The Simpsons, simply because it was one of the first cartoons I saw that kept my interest.

 

[Anonymous]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pWkhpsIq0g

the person who uploaded this did in normal, slow and fast speed.

 

[Venetia]

I think South Park is still great, and it's been going for at least 10 seasons. Age doesn't define how funny a show is, content does. Out of these two though, I'd say The Simpsons, simply because it was one of the first cartoons I saw that kept my interest.

I forgot all about South Park, you're right. That show is still kicking @$$ and taking names.

But what else you said is right, too: The Simpsons is still on the air because everyone has a nostalgic tie to it. It was the first American cartoon that pushed what was, back then, the "envelope" of what's acceptable for cartoons to do. It was, along with Married With Children, the show that gave FOX its place among the networks. It redefined cartoons in non-Japanese eyes as something that can be "designed for adults", something which hadn't really been seen outside art films for decades. It set a precedent on comedy because much of it was timeless and brilliantly executed.

HOWEVER, it's not doing that anymore. I keep watching because I keep expecting it to get funny again, but now it almost feels a little disheartening to see a show which was so golden and now is so tarnished.

What I'm saying is that The Simpsons needs better writers again. It needs to stop showing guest stars every ten seconds, and it needs to stop trying to be edgy. Either that, or it needs to go, while people still hold it in a fond spot of their minds.

I know I'll get a lot of people disagreeing, but before you hit the "Reply" button, think about it: Are you defending them because you love the show, or are you defending the show because you loved what it used to be?

 

[shannon]

Yes, the new seasons of the simpsons do suck, I think its time for them to go off the air. But I agree with the person who said earlier that the Family guy seems like they are trying hard to impress and not quite getting it. FG goes at a breakneck pace, apparently trying to cram as much stuff in a few minutes as possible, kind of like a cereal commercial aimed at kids. You know, the ones where they try to tell a story about the trix rabbit or Fred and Barney in 10 seconds? And also FG has the annoying habit of repeating the same jokes over and over again, as if repetition makes it more funny, which reminds me of Saturday night live.

More people should have watched Futurama, it was the successor to the simpsons and was just as funny. But it had to go and get cancelled. People suck.

 

[Venetia]

Yes, the new seasons of the simpsons do suck, I think its time for them to go off the air. But I agree with the person who said earlier that the Family guy seems like they are trying hard to impress and not quite getting it. FG goes at a breakneck pace, apparently trying to cram as much stuff in a few minutes as possible, kind of like a cereal commercial aimed at kids. You know, the ones where they try to tell a story about the trix rabbit or Fred and Barney in 10 seconds? And also FG has the annoying habit of repeating the same jokes over and over again, as if repetition makes it more funny, which reminds me of Saturday night live.

More people should have watched Futurama, it was the successor to the simpsons and was just as funny. But it had to go and get cancelled. People suck.

Ha, I actually like the repetition, and I enjoy the pace of F.G. The only jokes I'd change are the ones about obscure old TV stars, since that's not really targetting their key demographic, but otherwise I think they do the over-the-top-holy-crap-are-they-allowed-to-do-that-on-a-network thing well. Of course, I have a rather blunt sense of humor, and a blatent potty mouth ...

And actually, Comedy Central has bought a new season to Futurama after all this time. From what I've heard, we may see it air in February 2008. They have almost all the old voices and writers, so here's hoping they don't screw it up, because out of all three (Simpsons, F.G., Futurama), Futurama's my favorite.

My only worry there is that its being on Comedy Central will skew it into a "Drawn Together" territory. That show is "edgy" but too simplistic and kinda too boorish to be funny. I dunno where the line is drawn between being F.G. blunt and Drawn Together boorish, but it's thick and dark and ugly.

 

[Reives]

Imo Family Guy relies too much on randomness for its jokes, Simpsons is more classic (although it's true that the newer releases are declining in quality). South Park is more intelligent in terms of its concepts, for the most part. I watch Simpsons when I'm spent for relaxing, South Park when I'm awake, and Family Guy when in between. D: