# Simpsons Vs Family Guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-vs-family-guy/257060 "2004-07-27T06:41:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-vs-family-guy/257060/1 "2004-07-27T06:41:16Z")
Who is the stupider father, Homer Simpson or Peter Griffin? Which wife puts up with the most crap, Marge Simpson or Lois Griffin? Who is less popular in school? Lisa Simpson or Meg Griffin? Who is more devious? Bart Simpson or Stewart Griffin? Who is more of an evil genius? Sideshow Bob or Stewart Griffin? Who would win in a dog fight, Santa’s Little Helper or Brian Griffin? please feel free to add your own questions but answer some of these. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-vs-family-guy/257060/2 "2004-07-27T07:07:48Z")
> [@START](#): > > Who is the stupider father, Homer Simpson or Peter Griffin? I don’t think Peter is stupid, just really immature, as you can see when he makes himself throw up with his finger. > [@](#): > > Which wife puts up with the most crap, Marge Simpson or Lois Griffin? Marge does. A lot of times, Lois goes along with it. > [@](#): > > Who is less popular in school? Lisa Simpson or Meg Griffin? Meg. Lisa has at least some friend (Jamie, the Twins). > [@](#): > > Who is more devious? Bart Simpson or Stewart Griffin? Stewart. Bart has never tried to kill anyone. > [@](#): > > Who is more of an evil genius? Sideshow Bob or Stewart Griffin? Stewart. Bob never built a time or weather machine. > [@](#): > > Who would win in a dog fight, Santa’s Little Helper or Brian Griffin? Brian, he fights dirty, as seen in his fight with Stewie. Plus he’s a mean drunk. That could give him the edge. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-vs-family-guy/257060/3 "2004-07-27T07:09:53Z")
Here’s a question. Both Homer and Peter have done things to anger God by making themselves godlike. Who was worse? ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-vs-family-guy/257060/4 "2004-07-27T07:25:22Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Brian, he fights dirty, as seen in his fight with Stewie. Plus he’s a mean drunk. That could give him the edge. Thanks for answering my questions…that did give me another idea before I go to sleep and that is… Worst alchoholic, Barney Gumble or Brian Griffin? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-vs-family-guy/257060/5 "2004-07-27T17:59:04Z")
> [@START](#): > > Worst alchoholic, Barney Gumble or Brian Griffin? I’m going to have to go with Brian. At least Barney knows he’s an alchoholic and has tried to stop, whereas Brian just keeps going. I mean, he’s not drunk, he’s “just tired from staying up all night drinking.” (I know Peter said that, but he was also talking about Brian, and Brian agreed with him.) ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-vs-family-guy/257060/6 "2004-07-27T20:06:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Worst alchoholic, Barney Gumble or Brian Griffin? I’m going to have to disagree with you RandMcNally. Barney is a worse drunk. He’s fat, unkempt, and spends most of his time at Moe’s. Brian can usually function normally, because he doesn’t drink all the time, and he gets out more. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-vs-family-guy/257060/7 "2004-07-27T21:32:26Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > I’m going to have to disagree with you RandMcNally. Barney is a worse drunk. He’s fat, unkempt, and spends most of his time at Moe’s. Brian can usually function normally, because he doesn’t drink all the time, and he gets out more. In the early Simpsons, I’d have to agree with you. But lately, Barney has given up drinking. He realized that it was a bad thing, and has tried to clean himself up. Brian, on the other hand, is oblivious to his problem. (Or did Barney go back, and I missed those episodes? I haven’t watched the Simpsons in a while.) ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-vs-family-guy/257060/8 "2004-07-27T22:23:35Z")
I didn’t ask any questions about Christopher Griffin…The only one I can think of now is who is more likely to go into the old man’s basement to get a popsicle, Milhouse Van Houten or Christopher Griffin? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-vs-family-guy/257060/9 "2004-07-28T00:17:47Z")
RE: Peter vs. Homer… Homer’s stupidity is based on obliviousness, whereas Peter’s is just a total lack of social graces. Not quite different, but Peter has gotten quite clever when he’s needed to… would Homer have been able to direct _Anna & the King_, for instance? 😃