You know what's really not funny?

[redqueen]

Family guy.

I just don't find it all that funny, but lots of people love it.

:shrug:

[Symarip]

1. Friends

Friend makes Family Guy look like Monty Python or Laugh In.

[redqueen]

3. You don't watch TV so you're unqualified to judge the quality

of TV shows.

SO THERE!

[Symarip]

5. Shows like Friends scared me off

Syndication keeps me away.

[redqueen]

7. I bet you wouldn't like It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia either.

[Symarip]

11. Is it good?

I'll watch it. But I've never seen it. Then again, you think Friends was entertaining. Tell me what you think about it, and I'll do the opposite.

[redqueen]

14. It sucks.

[Symarip]

15. Nice Try

Now I definitely won't watch it. And I won't be missing anything because I don't watch TV to begin with.

[Deja Q]

2. The early years (1 & 2) have some good moments

Afterwards it's just got nothing redeeming.

I liked the Star Wars parody... well thought out...

[redqueen]

8. I didn't see it.

I saw the Robot Chicken Star Wars parody. That was ok I guess.

[IndianaJones]

4. pbbbbbt. nice Pee Wee Herman avatar. nt.

[redqueen]

9. It is Thom Yorke.

You know this!

[arcadian]

45. From Bewitched?

You should have stuck with Pee Wee.

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. yadtm.

[redqueen]

12. Fanatic.

:eyes:

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. Laughless

:P

[av8rdave]

10. It's hit or miss for me

I watch it occasionally. Sometimes, it's hilarious, and other times I guess I just don't get it.

My son and his friends love it. Actually had a party when they brought it back.

[redqueen]

13. I don't bother with hit or miss.

That said, IASIF has had a couple of stinkers... but overall I still find it hilarious, so I keep watching.

I <3 Charlie Day. :)

[av8rdave]

18. The only time I ever channel surf is when I'm working and on a layover

I've run across it a few times flipping through hotel channels. I never actually make a point to watch it. Come to think of it, I'm that way with a few shows.

[Deep13]

48. I usually find the misses are when I am not in the mood to watch it.

Not always, but often it is funnier the second time around.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

16. I'm reminded of these interviewees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDmrA94MDQw

[redqueen]

22. Interviews? Are they later?

I couldn't make it through the poorly-recorded clips of the show.

And all the creaking... what was that about? Is that more of the 'funny'?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

32. Yeah, they're after the clips.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

19. It

sucks

[redqueen]

23. I've chuckled at a few things...

but overall, :thumbsdown:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

20. Friends sucks.

Sorry, it's true. :P

[redqueen]

24. Your opinion is incorrect.

:P

[Starbucks Anarchist]

30. Never!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rDnUi4aFu8
:P

[malta blue]

21. I don't think it is funny either

:popcorn:

[redqueen]

26. Apparently it was gone and then it came back.

But then as weak as The Simpsons is... I guess it's really not so surprising. They have to use something to sell ads, right?

[malta blue]

31. I suppose...

I don't really like the Simpsons either...
















:hide:

[supernova]

25. Is Family Guy the new Three Stooges?

I think FG is a guy thing, just like The Three Stooges, i.e. more men like them than women.

I watch it sometimes, but it's not a must see for me. I never watch TS, though.

[redqueen]

28. I dunno...

I liked The Three Stooges when I first moved out on my own. :blush:

[HEyHEY]

27. aside from Stuey, I don't laugh at it.

[redqueen]

29. Yeah...

the few times I've chuckled, it's usually been at that character.

[stuntcat]

37. yah

he's kinda sick }( that makes me laugh.

I've had to watch that show a few times with my inlaws, they're crazy about some TV.

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. It's outrageous

It's "OMD, I can't believe they just did that!" humor.

It's almost always irreverent, frequently gross and generally some of the best satire I've seen on Mer'kin teevee — though I must admit much of the satire seems directed by Seth McFarlane toward Seth McFarlane, as if he's showing us how clever and edgy he is. (I'd just as soon they'd dump many of the bits in which he shows us how well he can sing, too.)

I think you've gotta have a certain, special kind of twistedness to appreciate it, and I'm proud to be such a twistee. :)

[redqueen]

35. A certain vanilla sort of twistedness, maybe.

:evilgrin:

[Oeditpus Rex]

40. I'll grant you that

It certainly isn't the same kind of twistedness you'd find in some British comedies, for example. But this is Mer'ka, so we take what we can get past the censors. :)



Oh — and Alex Borstein, the voice of Lois et al, is funny as fuck in her own right and oddly hot in a sort of retro-'50s way.

http://www.alexborstein.com/main.htm

[Deep13]

49. Ditto on the music numbers.

Although the Gene Kelly thing was good, at least for long enough to see what it is. After that, it just drags.

[DS1]

34. Not anymore. I've laughed about once this entire season

[redqueen]

36. I thought I'd be dead to you for saying this.

:P

[DS1]

38. Nope. I've been complaining about FG for awhile

American Dad is the better of the two, but even that is running out of ideas. At least it doesn't have "If you think that's bad, remember than time when.."

[flvegan]

39. It used to be funny.

It's sometimes almost difficult to watch. Kind of like Saturday Night Live now. You see them trying to be funny, and missing it.

[redqueen]

42. These shows shouldn't last so long...

if they'd just kill them off while they're still good, it would be better.

[flvegan]

44. I think SNL could still be very funny, it's the current writers

that suck, I think. I think one reason SNL had such a long run is because they kept rotating with good tenured cast members and kept good writers. Except for Amy Poehler, who's now gone, the cast seems weak and their sketches weaker. They CAN do well, as shown during the primaries and election. Some of those sketches were fall down hilarious.

[motely36]

50. I thought Amy was still there

I swear she was on this past weekend. Is she leaving?

[flvegan]

52. This past Saturday was her last show.

[TreasonousBastard]

41. Are you worried you might be missing...

a comedy gene? Not to worry-- as with cheese, there is no accounting for taste in comedy. I don't expect everyone to share my tastes, and don't think any less of them unless thay make a big deal out if it.

Myself, I have always hated "Seinfeld" and "Friends" with a passion, but think Sarah Silverman and Carlos Mencia are hysterical. And Fraiser and Becker are still delights. Really, really, wish Dave Chapelle would come back, and, yeah, luv the classics like Honeymooners, Lucy, MTM, WKRP...

(Neutral toward "Family Guy," but do find it droll at times. Likewise IASIP, although I find anything, ANYTHING, with Danny Devito in it worth watching just because he's in it.)

[redqueen]

43. Nope!

I think IASIF is the best thing to come along in years. Even the ones before DeVito joined.

[SidneyCarton]

46. McFarland's humor is more of the sophmoric shock variety

Half the time you're laughing more out of shock and discomfort. I have chuckled at Family Guy, but there have been times that I've wanted to shoot the writers too.

[Deep13]

47. Maybe it is a New England thing, but I find it pretty amusing.

I like American Dad too.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

51. It was very funny its first two seasons, before it was cancelled.

After it returned it got too self-aware, too lazy, and too preachy.

[Lex]

53. I think if I were a 12 year old boy, I'd find it hysterical.

Otherwise, not so much.

[LanternWaste]

54. I watched it once...

I watched it once and couldn't "get it" for the life of me-- it seemed rather pedestrian.

But then again, it's the favorite show of a best friend (whose taste I respect), and seems to be all the rage with the Hip & Trendy twenty-something crowd (of which I'm neither..).

Who knows...?