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View Poll Results: Better Show: Simpsons or Family Guy | |||
Simpsons | 58 | 53.70% | |
Family Guy | 50 | 46.30% | |
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06-14-2005, 09:31 AM | #51 | |||
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06-14-2005, 09:37 AM | #52 | |
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I concur fully with the alien and the butterman. They have shown true wisdom and good taste.
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06-14-2005, 09:41 AM | #53 |
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Arguing that Family Guy is better than the Simpsons isn't like arguing that Bonds is better than Cobb. It's like arguing that John Tudor was better than Babe Ruth.
I think anybody who prefers Family Guy over the Simpsons (even now) just isn't smart enough to get the humor of the Simpsons - the show aims too high for them or something. |
06-14-2005, 09:46 AM | #54 |
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06-14-2005, 09:46 AM | #55 | |
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Humor is subjective, you humorless git...but maybe you just aren't smart enough to get that...
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06-14-2005, 10:04 AM | #56 |
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06-14-2005, 11:59 AM | #57 |
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It is interesting that, by far, most of the posts in this thread are for Family Guy, but The Simpsons still have the lead in the poll.
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06-14-2005, 12:22 PM | #58 | |
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I always though the people who dont like FG usually dont like how FG is willing to dip into more conversatival areas then The Simpsons. The thing with FG is it takes two or three eposides to really understand it. Last edited by Galaxy : 06-14-2005 at 12:23 PM. |
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06-14-2005, 12:39 PM | #59 |
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The thing about Simpsons being less edgy is false isn't it? Back when Simpsons came out, wasn't it viewed as being edgy and controversial? Maybe my memory is remembering it wrong...
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06-14-2005, 12:51 PM | #60 | |
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That's because Family Guy is the younger sister who keeps pulling on the brother's jacket saying "can I play, too". Sure, if he agrees, they play the same game but they're not in the same league. Family Guy fans could claim The Simpsons are overrated (not really) or that it's lost its luster (very true) to try to bring it down to their level. But in the end, Family Guy is still a show that doesn't get many ratings outside of the 18-25yo demographic, is based on inside jokes and proprietary humor, and has no depth: no emotional arc, no compelling stories, just jokes loosely strung together by a random story. On it's best day, Family Guy may be funny and that's all it will ever be but on The Simpsons best day, it was all of those things. These days, the Simpsons has become what Family Guy is- shallow quick hitters, playing to the lowest common denominator. All this poll shows is that the Simpsons have fallen a long way. Sure, there were players better than MJ the last year he was in the league. But that wasn't because they were as great as he was in his prime, it was because he had fallen to their level. SI
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06-14-2005, 12:54 PM | #61 | |
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Good post. |
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06-14-2005, 01:09 PM | #62 | |
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Excellent post.
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06-14-2005, 01:24 PM | #63 |
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More like the Family Guy is the younger sister pulling at the sleeve of the rotting corpse.
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06-14-2005, 01:56 PM | #64 |
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Wow, very close.
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06-14-2005, 09:25 PM | #65 |
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The main edge the Simpsons has over Family Guy (or any other TV show, except for perhaps West Wing, Sopranos, ER and perhaps a few others) is its rewatchability quotient. There are episodes from it's prime that I may have seen 5 times, yet it still feels fresh and new.
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06-14-2005, 11:13 PM | #66 |
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Lois is hot, not Jessica Rabbit hot though, and it appears that Brian not only has a thing for Lois, but for Meg as well.
Having said that Simpsons rule. Even Futurama is better than Family Guy. Last edited by Kobeck : 06-14-2005 at 11:30 PM. |
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