Okay, I hear the show is doomed anyway. But I really wish its last days weren’t spent dithering about Brian’s love life. Whoa, hot babes digging sex with a dog. Oh, that’s so daring and edgy. You know what, no it isn’t! It’s just boring! What is this “The Hills” girl like Brian’s sixth or seventh human girlfriend? And they’re all the same. Can’t he find a bitch who likes him?
Say, why don’t we pair up Brian with a female armadillo? At least that would take some imagination. He could get leprosy or rabies or something.
I can’t wait for Cleveland’s series. It can’t be as bad as Family Guy is getting.
Wait is Family Guy doomed (again)? I thought it still had decent ratings.
At any rate, I agree that the show is but a shadow of its former self. It uses to have some intelligence, but not it’s just lame shock humor. I still laugh occasionally, but I don’t go out of my way to watch the show anymore.
I still like “Family Guy,” but tonight’s episode too, I wasn’t thrilled about. Brian is too real in it as was Stewie. Part of the problem with comics or cartoons is often it’s too easy to let one or two characters take over. Like “Peanuts,” Snoopy, Woodstock and “Peppermint” Patty, took over and when you read the early strips you see how better it was.
Same with “Family Guy,” Stewie and Brian are great characters, but they are taking it over. It used to be very ambiguous whether adults could understand Stewie, now clearly they all can.
Also, the show was brilliant and underrated the first 3 seasons. Season 4 was ok. The rest of it was nothing special, a few high points, and a number really lousy episodes.
I guess they should put the sword of Damocles over them again, so maybe they could put some energy into their writing.
Please. I am so over the Homer/Peter/Stan character. What is it about fat, stupid men who can’t relate to their son, daughter, and third dependent? Stan is only Homer/Peter after rehab. It’s like watching some weird parallel universes: What if Charlie Brown grew up to be a small-town alcoholic who worked in a nuclear power plant? (Homer). What if Charlie Brown grew up to be a small-town alcoholic who married the daughter of a rich man? (Peter). What if Charlie Brown channeled his aggression into CIA training but never got over his basic insecurities? (Stan).
I’m in the minority; I still enjoy the show. I was late to the party, so I don’t expect it to be anything but filthy, plotless, and hilarious. I agree that it’s a totally different show than it was in 1999, but I care more about guilty belly laughs than the characters. And the cutaways are underrated; for every cheap pop culture reference, there are 2 bits that are darkly clever.
I came to it later as well, and I think it’s hilarious. It would be perfect it Meg and Chris would go away. I’m happiest when it’s Brian and Stewie (preferably with Stewie ripping on Lois).
Didn’t they riff on that just recently? I don’t remember the episode, but Brian wants Stewie to explain something to someone and Stewie says, “I can, but she won’t really understand - she’ll just get the general idea,” and Brian says something like, “Oh, is this one of those times?”