# Seth: Drop "American Dad"!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 30, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460 "2010-11-30T21:05:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/1 "2010-11-30T21:05:52Z")
And concentrate on “Family Guy”!
What’s the diff, really?
He works for the CIA? But still fucks up a la Peter???
It’s lame. Sorry, it just is.
Cool Walter Murphy music, but stay with the “Guy”
Thanks
Q
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### Author:  [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/2 "2010-11-30T21:07:33Z")
American Dad is about 1000x superior to Family Guy, which has become an unfunny abomination. I wish they’d cancel FG for real and give American Dad at least another 5 seasons.
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### Author:  [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/3 "2010-11-30T21:09:35Z")
I must agree that Family Guy seems to have run its course. I like American Dad better these days. Maybe Stewie and Brian could be transfered over once in a while. That’d be cool.
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### Author:  [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/4 "2010-11-30T21:18:59Z")
Huh! 🙂
Yeah, well, okay… Brian’s tried to screw Lois, and Stewie got Brian to eat the shit out of his diaper and then his vomit…
Yeah okay, I’m wide open. What else ya 2 got (and I DO watch AD!;))?
See how easy I am???
;)🙂
Quasi
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### Author:  [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/5 "2010-11-30T21:25:09Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#):
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> American Dad is about 1000x superior to Family Guy
I shocked that you would tell such a filthy lie, Pep. AD is TEN THOUSAND times better than FG, not one thousand.
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### Author:  [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/6 "2010-11-30T21:34:07Z")
You **GUYS!!!** ;)😉
I chuckle at you, furiously! 🙂
Quasi
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### Author:  [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/7 "2010-11-30T22:14:51Z")
The Quagmire Show!
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/8 "2010-11-30T22:33:11Z")
How about "The Brian and Stewie Show. A different road show every week!
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### Author:  [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/9 "2010-11-30T22:45:56Z")
The Roger Show!
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### Author:  [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/10 "2010-11-30T22:47:59Z")
The man makes three shows, and you want him to keep making the shitty one? AD took awhile to hit its stride, but I’ve often enjoyed it more than FG. Especially the political episodes; AD is a satire, FG likes to pound their message into your head, often via Brian.
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### Author:  [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/11 "2010-11-30T23:18:22Z")
It’s all about Roger, he’s the only reason I still watch.
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/12 "2010-11-30T23:36:06Z")
AAHHH! RAISINS!!!
_Cleveland_ is by far the most disposable of the three.
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### Author:  [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/13 "2010-11-30T23:46:47Z")
> [@Sitnam](#):
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> It’s all about Roger, he’s the only reason I still watch.
Yup. He cracks my shit up. Though, in fairness, Claus is pretty funny, too.
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### Author:  [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/14 "2010-11-30T23:55:30Z")
You really can’t compare the two though. They are two very different shows, they just have the same creator and are drawn the same.
Family Guy’s comedy is more with the cutaways and pop culture jokes and the shock factor jokes. American Dad is actual written comedy that is the satire of the “True blue 100% America Fuck Yeah!” guy.
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/15 "2010-12-01T00:42:20Z")
> [@Sitnam](#):
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> It’s all about Roger, he’s the only reason I still watch.
“Haley, these Chocodiles, Oh my God. These Chocodiles, Oh my God. Oh my God, Haley, these Chocodiles.” 😃
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### Author:  [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/16 "2010-12-01T01:24:21Z")
I like them all. They are all very different shows, just with the same drawing. The Cleveland show is the best IMO.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/17 "2010-12-01T04:13:33Z")
The strength of _American Dad_ is that it’s open to political humor as well as the family-based humor. _American Dad_ also has more workplace humor but that’s only in contrast to its almost complete absense in MacFarlane’s other shows.
_The Cleveland Show_ is the one I see as the most disposable. MacFarlane’s already got two series for family jokes - why does he need a third? The only new thing _The Cleveland Show_ seems to offer is an opportunity for racial humor but that hasn’t been a significant source of stories.
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### Author:  [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/18 "2010-12-01T07:28:54Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> _The Cleveland Show_ is the one I see as the most disposable. MacFarlane’s already got two series for family jokes - why does he need a third? The only new thing _The Cleveland Show_ seems to offer is an opportunity for racial humor but that hasn’t been a significant source of stories.
Definately. I was hoping that MacFarlane would use Cleveland as a spoof of the Obamas the same way he used _American Dad_ to send up GW Bush and the Republicans.
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/19 "2010-12-01T07:48:07Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#):
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> He works for the CIA? But still fucks up a la Peter???
He doesn’t fuck up a la Peter. Stan is smarter, more mature, and saner than Peter. When Stan fucks up, it’s because he’s got an obsessive need for order and control, and he’s either in a situation that’s out of control, or a situation where he’s afraid he’s losing control, so he overreacts, oftentimes making the problem worse, because he’s unable to empathize with other people or understand or care that they have beliefs and desires different from his.
Peter is just dumb and completely ruled by his impulses.
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### Author:  [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-drop-american-dad/562460/20 "2010-12-01T08:10:59Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#):
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> He doesn’t fuck up a la Peter. Stan is smarter, more mature, and saner than Peter. When Stan fucks up, it’s because he’s got an obsessive need for order and control, and he’s either in a situation that’s out of control, or a situation where he’s afraid he’s losing control, so he overreacts, oftentimes making the problem worse, because he’s unable to empathize with other people or understand or care that they have beliefs and desires different from his.
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> Peter is just dumb and completely ruled by his impulses.
In other words, Peter = retard (literally, apparently); Stan = asshole.
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