The Simpsons was the "must-see" program of the nineties. Nothing like it ha been done before. Well now, alas, Our yellow faced friends are starting to show their age and becoming a bit...dare I say it... boring? 1999. Along comes this show called "Family Guy". It is only 2 years since South Park first hit our screens with its extremely crude content that was not everyone's taste. Personally I like South Park (In small doses).
Family Guy kind of bridges the gap between The Simpsons and South Park. The main characters are an American Family called "The Griffins" there's dad Peter, an overweight man who doesn't have any job that I can recall, the mother Lois, an apparently attractive redhead (its hard to tell with cartoon characters), the troubled teenage daughter Meg, the awkward teenage son Chris, baby Stewie (who for some reason talks with an English accent and has a very large vocabulary for someone his age), and the dog Brian (who unlike most dogs actually stands on 2 feet and doesn't bark, but talks instead).
Unlike The Simpsons and South Park there's not a host of secondary characters to build story lines around. Pretty much every story concerns a member of the Griffin family. The show seems to do a parody on every movie and TV show ever made, not to mention poking fun at many,many celebrities. Its a very simple formula I'll admit, but God is it funny. The humor is dark and razor-sharp. Sometimes its exhilarating. Yes. I used the word exhilarating to describe a cartoon.
Its hard to believe this show has been around for nearly 10 years because its still streets ahead of anything else (comedy-wise) thats on TV nowadays.
Very underrated and very,Very Funny.
Family Guy kind of bridges the gap between The Simpsons and South Park. The main characters are an American Family called "The Griffins" there's dad Peter, an overweight man who doesn't have any job that I can recall, the mother Lois, an apparently attractive redhead (its hard to tell with cartoon characters), the troubled teenage daughter Meg, the awkward teenage son Chris, baby Stewie (who for some reason talks with an English accent and has a very large vocabulary for someone his age), and the dog Brian (who unlike most dogs actually stands on 2 feet and doesn't bark, but talks instead).
Unlike The Simpsons and South Park there's not a host of secondary characters to build story lines around. Pretty much every story concerns a member of the Griffin family. The show seems to do a parody on every movie and TV show ever made, not to mention poking fun at many,many celebrities. Its a very simple formula I'll admit, but God is it funny. The humor is dark and razor-sharp. Sometimes its exhilarating. Yes. I used the word exhilarating to describe a cartoon.
Its hard to believe this show has been around for nearly 10 years because its still streets ahead of anything else (comedy-wise) thats on TV nowadays.
Very underrated and very,Very Funny.