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Doe
11/25/20 11:59:14 PM
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ShineboxPhil
11/25/20 11:59:33 PM
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Doe posted...
Whats the joke, Family Guy?
she's standing here and....

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FrankJaegr
11/26/20 12:00:07 AM
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Solar_Crimson
11/26/20 12:02:11 AM
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Her accent and clear foreignness is the joke.

Same with how the Blacuweather reporter is an angry Black man.

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g0ldie
11/26/20 12:05:45 AM
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hot take - Family Guy was never funny, and it got by on its edgy, controversial, and/or offensive humor

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iPhone_7
11/26/20 12:06:54 AM
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Who said that was supposed to be funny? Her name is Tricia Takanawa & shes a reporter.

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electricbugs2
11/26/20 12:07:57 AM
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g0ldie posted...
hot take - Family Guy was never funny, and it got by on its edgy, controversial, and/or offensive humor
Nah first three seasons were a top tier adult cartoon. It blew Simpsons of the time out of the water.

Now anything past the DVD sales reboot, yeah. Had its moments but was mostly just trash TV.

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bnui_ransder
11/26/20 12:09:05 AM
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I miss when comedy was allowed to be controversial

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008Zulu
11/26/20 12:09:22 AM
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I like Ollie the Weatherman better.

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Proto_Spark
11/26/20 12:09:29 AM
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iPhone_7 posted...
Who said that was supposed to be funny? Her name is Tricia Takanawa & shes a reporters.

I thought the joke was "Asian Reporter" as if there was a difference and then her being obviously Asian, as if you wouldn't be able to tell otherwise.

Not a good joke, mind you, but that's what I thought was supposed to be funny.
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g0ldie
11/26/20 12:11:41 AM
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electricbugs2 posted...
Nah first three seasons were a top tier adult cartoon. It blew Simpsons of the time out of the water.
to each their own, but I can't remember "peak" Family Guy making me laugh.

but tbf, I wasn't watching The Simpsons back then, so I can't compare.

Futurama and King of the Hill were a lot better back then, IMO.

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Shablagoo
11/26/20 12:12:04 AM
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g0ldie posted...
hot take - Family Guy was never funny, and it got by on its edgy, controversial, and/or offensive humor

Yeah, they occasionally hit on a funny joke here and there but it was mostly just crass potty humor and being edgy.

Funnily, Seth McFarlanes The Orville is like the opposite of that clever and heartfelt. One of my favorite current shows.

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lilORANG
11/26/20 12:13:54 AM
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I think the joke is that Tom Tucker is like a stereotypical macho Newsman who is a bit racist and doesn't really hide it.
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electricbugs2
11/26/20 12:14:23 AM
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g0ldie posted...
to each their own, but I can't remember "peak" Family Guy making me laugh.

but tbf, I wasn't watching The Simpsons back then, so I can't compare.

Futurama and King of the Hill were a lot better back then, IMO.
I never cared for Futurama for whatever reason. Maybe because I was a huge sci fi fan and younger me didnt like that they were mocking it I dunno. KotH though was arguably the best adult cartoon to date. Even my mom liked that one and she loathes Simpsons, Family Guy etc.

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Proto_Spark
11/26/20 12:14:29 AM
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g0ldie posted...
to each their own, but I can't remember "peak" Family Guy making me laugh.

but tbf, I wasn't watching The Simpsons back then, so I can't compare.

Futurama and King of the Hill were a lot better back then, IMO.

tbf, Peak Family Guy correlated with the worst episodes of the Simpsons so it probably made Family Guy seem better in comparison.

Simpsons however has rebounded and for the most part is quite enjoyable (although a different show than the early seasons) while Family Guy has just lost its appeal and not tried to bounce back.
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UnholyMudcrab
11/26/20 12:17:36 AM
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g0ldie posted...
hot take - Family Guy was never funny, and it got by on its edgy, controversial, and/or offensive humor

"Family Guy isn't funny" is pretty much a zero Kelvin take
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coh
11/26/20 12:19:42 AM
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Proto_Spark posted...
tbf, Peak Family Guy correlated with the worst episodes of the Simpsons so it probably made Family Guy seem better in comparison.

Simpsons however has rebounded and for the most part is quite enjoyable (although a different show than the early seasons) while Family Guy has just lost its appeal and not tried to bounce back.

simpsons never rebounded. If it was bad then its literally unwatchable now

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Strider102
11/26/20 12:21:02 AM
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008Zulu posted...
I like Ollie the Weatherman better.

"Ollie, how's the weather today?"

"IT'S RAINING!!!"

"Thanks, Ollie."

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TreyFlowers
11/26/20 12:21:04 AM
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Maybe it's because I'm not American, but I can't fucking stand King of the Hill and don't understand the love it gets online

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TheoryzC
11/26/20 12:26:55 AM
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TreyFlowers posted...
Maybe it's because I'm not American,


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ShineboxPhil
11/26/20 12:29:01 AM
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TreyFlowers posted...
Maybe it's because I'm not American, but I can't fucking stand King of the Hill and don't understand the love it gets online
https://youtu.be/WlWmCXihec4

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pfh1001
11/26/20 12:30:10 AM
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g0ldie posted...
hot take - Family Guy was never funny, and it got by on its edgy, controversial, and/or offensive humor


I agree, I've never been a fan of the style of writing/humor.
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KnightofShikari
11/26/20 12:30:17 AM
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i like when diane simmons told snake to remember the basics of cqc

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electricbugs2
11/26/20 12:30:57 AM
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TreyFlowers posted...
Maybe it's because I'm not American, but I can't fucking stand King of the Hill and don't understand the love it gets online
You pretty much have to be from Canada or the US (obviously) to get KotH.

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Shadowplay
11/26/20 12:49:29 AM
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TreyFlowers posted...
Maybe it's because I'm not American, but I can't fucking stand King of the Hill and don't understand the love it gets online
The humor is pretty subtle in many cases. It's often making fun of American conservatives and when they come into conflict with ridiculous coastal liberals.

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MagnusDJL
11/26/20 12:54:48 AM
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Hot take maybe - everyone always says Family guy sucks after season 3, but I actually think Season 4 is largely fine.

After that though is when it definitely starts to go down the shitter.
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So_Hajile
11/26/20 1:10:00 AM
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https://youtu.be/tJdgErAfiRQ

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KeeperOfShadows
11/26/20 1:13:44 AM
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g0ldie posted...
hot take - Family Guy was never funny, and it got by on its edgy, controversial, and/or offensive humor

Wouldn't getting by on it's humor imply it was funny?

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xMythic
11/26/20 1:23:49 AM
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I've always thought they were poking fun at the trend of Asian women typically being onsite reporters or correspondents for major news networks back in the 80s into the 90s. So I guess the joke is that Quahog has their very own Asian reporter like the big time news stations do. That's the way I've always interpreted it, but I could be way off.

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g0ldie
11/26/20 1:26:16 AM
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KeeperOfShadows posted...
Wouldn't getting by on it's humor imply it was funny?
sorry, I meant that was the kinda humor it was known for and found success with, not that it handled it particularly well, IMO.

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Doe
11/26/20 2:17:54 AM
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MagnusDJL posted...
Hot take maybe - everyone always says Family guy sucks after season 3, but I actually think Season 4 is largely fine.

After that though is when it definitely starts to go down the shitter.
I think this is pretty accurate. Theres lots of good stuff in season 4.

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legendarylemur
11/26/20 2:25:51 AM
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I think people are a bit hard on FG in general, but I've always found the Stewie/Brian adventure episodes great. Some of the story ones are really good too, like the mansion one where they killed off a few characters

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Damn_Underscore
11/26/20 2:26:42 AM
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It's edgy af to say Family Guy was never good.

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_Savage
11/26/20 2:31:05 AM
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MagnusDJL posted...
Hot take maybe - everyone always says Family guy sucks after season 3, but I actually think Season 4 is largely fine.

After that though is when it definitely starts to go down the shitter.
So it's like SpongeBob.

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_Savage
11/26/20 2:31:41 AM
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cuh posted...
I dont watch King of the Hill to laugh (although sometimes it does make me laugh), but rather to appreciate the character storylines and interesting perspective on Texas life. Its very specific and it seems realistic, to an extent.
This KotH was basically real lol

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Machete
11/26/20 2:54:57 AM
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008Zulu posted...
I like Ollie the Weatherman better.


I never cared for him... except for the one time in I think season 4 when Quagmire was flying the plane and it was like a breaking news crisis and they went to Ollie for details and he was just like "I'M AT THE WRONG AIRPORT!!" and it cut back. For some reason that was really hilarious though. He had been a meme before that but not one that I found funny.
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Eliza3
11/26/20 3:07:38 AM
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I guess it was only supposed to be "edgy" and that equals funny to preteens. I remember thinking it was funny as a kid, but now that I'm thinking about it again... I can't tell what the joke is supposed to be, nor can I remember what I thought the joke was.

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Damn_Underscore
11/26/20 3:12:39 AM
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The people acting like Family Guy is all inappropriate jokes are flat out wrong. I mean how can you not think this is funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPagzl4EQ4Q

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Machete
11/26/20 3:16:23 AM
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Eliza3 posted...
I guess it was only supposed to be "edgy" and that equals funny to preteens. I remember thinking it was funny as a kid, but now that I'm thinking about it again... I can't tell what the joke is supposed to be, nor can I remember what I thought the joke was.


I think it peaked when I was in college after it was cancelled and they replayed episodes on adult swim and I was usually drunk and/or high when I watched them and I thought the show was funny as hell. I was thrilled when they brought it back, but after 1 or 2 new seasons, I was like "huh... why did I want this again?" And lost interest.
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Eliza3
11/26/20 4:25:11 AM
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Machete posted...
I think it peaked when I was in college after it was cancelled and they replayed episodes on adult swim and I was usually drunk and/or high when I watched them and I thought the show was funny as hell. I was thrilled when they brought it back, but after 1 or 2 new seasons, I was like "huh... why did I want this again?" And lost interest.
Yea the appeal has definitely lessened. I still think the older seasons are generally funny, but it's really low bar humor.

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Amy Chao
11/26/20 5:08:47 AM
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The first 5 seasons maybe are good for family guy but now it's so bad. Way too edgy for no reason when it wasn't like that before and it's still not cancelled?!
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Crazyman93
11/26/20 5:20:31 AM
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electricbugs2 posted...
Nah first three seasons were a top tier adult cartoon.
It really wasn't. I have no idea why people think the first three seasons actually have more quality than the rest. It's still the same jokes, except it's Meg being bullied instead of Peter ending up in space.

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thronedfire2
11/26/20 5:22:23 AM
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I always thought it was a reference to Lost

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricia_Tanaka_Is_Dead

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Sensual_T_Rex
11/26/20 5:47:22 AM
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She always made me think of this scene from Up in Smoke.

https://youtu.be/Q252BCavobU

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smoke_break
11/26/20 6:14:55 AM
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legendarylemur posted...
I think people are a bit hard on FG in general
This, but I guess because it's so popular people expect more, and are more critical of it. I think it's a funny enough show though, even now.

And I can't be the only one that read the topic title in her deadpan voice.

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ZevLoveDOOM
11/26/20 6:28:00 AM
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just like The Simpson, this show is basically on life support at this point...

it amazes me how both still have an audience after all these years.
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scar the 1
11/26/20 6:41:57 AM
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For me Family Guy is pretty perfect for what it's supposed to be. Braindead comedy that you leave on in the background. Sometimes the gags are good, most often they're meh, but it doesn't really matter because it's not a show I'm ever invested in.

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