There was nothing ever inherently wrong with the family guy formula, but at some point, evolution of their comedy became necessary. Unfortunately for the creators and viewers, I think the family guy style of humor is not something easily built upon. You can try to strengthen storylines and create more meaningful moments all you want but at the end of the day you're still relying on a very inflexible approach to their humor
I don’t mind having 1-2 cutaway’s gags in the show and maybe they could use different style of humor jokes that are clean, dry, sarcastic or dark but if they keep using the same humor over and over eventually it’s going to get old at this rate family guy is robot chicken.
One of the first things Bart said was "I'm Bart Simpson. Who the hell are you?", To his own father no less. That must have been crazy to people at the time.
It was. And stiff leg Republicans didn't like it, although I'm republican now. But Bart being that way only lasted a few years because the show pivoted as they say today. Homer's personality changed a little and he became more of a main character. And the writing was marvelous. That was until that principle skinner episode in the fall of '97. That was the first Crack. I watched it weekly until maybe '05. By then it was more bad than good.
In Bart's defense, however, Homer was dressed as Santa Claus, so Bart didn't recognize him until Homer revealed who he was. Iirc, I think Bart even apologized and explained that he didn't know it was Homer.
@@senorpepper3405 for me It was a great series, until Season 19. Exactly the year after the movie. If I had a scale It would be like: Perfect 1. 1 - 8 Pretty Good 2. 9-11 Great 3. 12-18 Good 4. 19-20 Meh 5. 21-23 Bad 6. 24-25 Worse 7. 26-32 Live and let Die... please 8. 33-??
@@pasalasaga I will say I didn't expect the Simpsons movie to be any good and because of that I didn't watch it right away. But it was pretty good for the time period.
@@senorpepper3405 I loved It as a kid. I stopped watching in 2014 on s26 because I had high School and The Simpsons were from 14:00 to 15:00 and I get out at 14:45
@NazriB Are you a bot? That was the most moronic string of words I've heard this week, and that's saying something. You're just admitting you have no counterargument if your response is just to call someone fat (which would be irrelevant even if it was true)
True. FG due to a few points is coming up on 25 seasons in 2026 or so. Seth MacFarlane needs to get Disney to drop it. Let it end on a + note. Not limp to the finish.
I feel like Family Guy has faded in quality because it just made every character so unlikable. In the early seasons, Peter was an idiot. But he wasn't malicious. Lois was kind of flat. But she wasn't so easy to hate. But in later seasons, it's like every character has lost any redeeming values they once had. It's not like It's Always Sunny, which never attempted to make their characters likable in the first place. At least the Simpsons try to maintain a balancing act between their characters being likable and being a jerk. But Family Guy just doesn't seem to be trying anymore and it really shows.
Two reasons I like older family Guy way better is bc Peter and Lois weren't so terrible as parents,Peter actually kinda cared Abt his wife and children and was somewhat a better friend the same goes to Lois she actually cared Abt her family and friends and tried to be a decent person and the cutaways were actually kinda funny compared to now and more of the humor was actually funny and well thought out...other then that Modern Family Guy is just a hollow shell of it's former self and became a boring show that has no heart anymore and a one dimensional show with no good morals or anything,Modern Simpsons,American Dad and Bob's burgers are better
tbh I kind of enjoyed the wicked edgelord humor during seasons 8-11 but around 12 and onward I feel like it became more grotesque and repetitive. I haven't really watched the new ones since season 15.
Honestly I haven't watched Family Guy in a while but thought to jump back in with the last season that just went by (season 20), and I genuinely believe there's been a jump up in quality just between season 19 and 20. The cutaways are less obtrusive, the jokes didn't feel crass or lowest-common-denominator. Not every episode was a banger, but I got the feeling the writers finally decided to shake up the formula a bit and I'd like to see more of that going forward.
I think the "dark era" of Family Guy was a necessary step in both adapting it to modern audiences but also changing their characters so that they could actually do something cool for once. I kind of jump around episodes because there is A LOT. But I do enjoy most of the older episodes and episodes from the most recent season.
Slowly the show just developed a system they knew would get people to watch and laugh it’s not their fault that the audience now has either matured past them or just moved on
@@lizardguyNA The original audience are 20 years older than when it started so they would have and it would be the next generation of viewers. It won’t go away cause it’s always thrust into the public eye
@@noahtaylor7106 ''It's always thrust into the public eye.'' That's why I prefer more underrated adult cartoons (American Dad, Futurama). I don't care if Seth MacFarlane was also responsible for AD as well, at least one cartoon comedy of his remained consistent in my opinion. Family Guy is too overhyped.
It's really nothing to do with the audience honestly the show's quality has just declined because Seth MacFarlane literally hasn't cared about it in years. It's a dead horse that at this point Fox is just beating for every last bit of cash they can ring out of it.
There’s no way people are complaining about family guy being inappropriate when South Park is literally the most out of line over all these shows, I can’t even stomach South Park sometimes
Family Guy is just shock value for the sake of shock value South park uses profanity and vulgarity to make a point I know plenty of people who love South park who find Family Guy to be just vulgarity for the sake of vulgarity The first three seasons of Family Guy are gold I won't deny that but after they brought back Family Guy after it was canceled the tone changed and it just wasn't nearly as funny as it was when it started and nowadays if I see a clip of an episode that looks interesting I will seek it out but it's not a must-watch show like it was when it first started South park on the other hand never fell off I think that the fact that they don't just use vulgarity for the sake of vulgarity in addition to the fact that South park only takes a week to make an episode so they're able to keep it super topical and fresh also helps the show quite a bit compared to say Family Guy
@@ZakkandtheJdo you remember the episode when they had “Must Shit TV”? That episode wasn’t proving a point, it was definitely vulgar for shock value. Before that episode the word “shit” was banned or censored out on TV and cable. Only premium channels like HBO, Cinemax, Showtime & Starz (which was new at the time) were the only networks that allowed the word “shit”.
I have no problem with the offensive humor or the Dark jokes. I think that should be allowed in this medium. My problem is that they are always trying to make every situation into a joke. Like having the most jokes per episode will make it better somehow. I get that it is a comedy, but sometimes jokes pack harder of a punch when there is some breathe time and some real moments in between to supplement the comedy.
A lot of people mistake the first 3 seasons as the golden era but it was actually season 4 to 6, it was the most funny and diffierantiated it from the simpsons
The first 3 seasons are damn near unwatchable. I didn't start to like it until at least 5 or 6, and to be honest it has always been a show by show basis since then. Well...really a joke by joke basis. Like every single episode ever has had at least 4 horrible jokes.
I remember one time someone commented on another video that they feel like one of the signs that signified Family Guy's lowest downfall was when Quagmire and Brian more or less swapped personalities.
@@okjeffy6581 Brian at least had actual reason to hate Quagmire after all the shit Quagmire put him through after suddenly deciding he hated Brian for reasons that were hypocritical at best. Quagmire just out of the blue decided to start hating Brian because the writers decided to shove that into him as his latest schick.
@@okjeffy6581 That was so dumb.. Quagmire says he hates Brian because he hits on Lois?!? That's like quagmires' whole shtick he wants to bang lois it's been like that the whole show.. That was funny when Brian slept with his dad tho
@@dagfinissocool in a vacuum, Quagmire had some good points (he was honestly saying a bunch of stuff that I was already thinking about Brian at that point) and if they were made by just about anyone else, it probably wouldn't have been as weird
I have a theory that Seth MacFarlene is purposefully trying to sink Family Guy. He's said he wants it to end so he can focus on other projects but because its still successful the network keeps it around. so I wonder if he's trying to sabotage it. And its funny that American Dad is so much better, because I've heard its his one project he actually has the least direct involvement right now.
Hate to burst your bubble, but Seth hasn't worked on the show in years. The only thing he does is provide voice over for a lot of the characters. So I don't think Seth sabotage is a go. American Dad is great though.
I haven't watched American Dad in some time, but last time I did actually watch an episode (probably season 10 or smth) it felt like it had dropped in quality.
My MAIN problem with Family Guy is that the stories have really gone bad. I remember this episode where Chris has an anger problem and it turns out that it's just being used as an introduction to another story. Also, the cut-aways before do make sense because, first, it's nostalgic, and second, it's what you'd think what would happen if that scenario actually happen. But the cut-aways now is just random things being thrown in together, nothing makes sense.
Generic and repetitive jokes that are being recycled since 2009 on the internet Haha racism , haha *insert stereotype of a particular community * , haha 9/11 typa shi Some jokes hurts sentiments but can still be laughable... Family guy jokes are just painfully unfunny Remove the "do you remember the time when i...." , "just like when he...." , some unwanted cuts and you will be able to post full episodes of family guy on yt shorts
I have never seen more than maybe ten minutes of Family Guy, and I think it's possibly the least funny show or concept I have ever encountered on any medium anywhere. It almost reminds of Andy Kaufman ironically pretending to be awkward and unfunny on camera just to elicitate laughter from the audience, except in the case of Family Guy there is no irony: it really is as dull as it looks. I don't think I am even exaggerating when I say that most of the time I don't understand why a particular sketch is supposed to be funny in the first place. In preparation for this comment I tried to watch a few minutes of compilations from its jokes in RUclips, and most of the time I truly don't get where the humor is supposed to be.
@@jvjjjvvv9157i only recommend you to watch the first four seasons These were the ones that are good and could possibly be 5 and 6 the mixed seasons but no Seasons 1-4 are the ones that people less watch because of you know brainless teens that find modern seasons fun But these ones 1-4 i love them even then that i passionatly hate this show nowadays like REALLY HATE IT Modern simpsons is boring South park is way too focused on serialization Spongebob is nowadays pure nonsense and abuses on references of old episodes But family guy nowadays is Just pure PAIN and suffering since 2010's (season 8) these GOD AWFUL seasons are the ones they take clips from to make those awful compilations and tiktoks brainless videos about family guy funny moments
@@sylviam6535 what exactly is the political agenda against family guy here?? anyone who is a writer especially for comedy realizes how awfully easy and uncreative family guy's humor is
I think another major factor in why Family Guy is hated is also it’s lack of constancy. Particularly, when it comes to its characters. The characters in family guy flip flop in personality all the time depending on what jokes or stories the writers want to do. One minute, Peter is the archetype sitcom dad who’s bumbling and incompetent, but has a good heart and cares about his family, the next he’s basically a remorseless jerk who doesn’t care for his friends or even his own family. Brian griffin is sometimes the voice of reason straight man to everyone’s insanity one moment and then the next he’s a pretentious, self satisfied jerk. Lois is a caring mom and level head to Peter’s shenanigans, the next she’s a lustful, violent and petty woman who’s abusive to her children. And I don’t even think the writers ever bothered to give Chris a personality outside of being a dumb, naïve teenager. In any great comedy, especially situational comedy, the humour should start with the characters themselves and how they would react in a situation. If the characters are just being used as empty shells for the writers to reel what ever jokes they want regardless of which characters is telling them, that’s just bad comedy writing.
I know, and my solutions to these writing problems are what my dad would call extreme: Have Peter put down, have Lois sent to the loony bin, and have Brian go to a shrink
Going off what you said about the characters just being there to say a joke for the sake of comedy I agree and notice it’s a lot more present in the modern episodes when they try to be relatable to the audience and force out cutaways that go on for far too long. It sometimes feels like filler to me and it’s just there just to keep the runtime going. It also doesn’t help when the characters say exactly what they’re going to do and cutaway to exactly what they just said or they proceed to do said action right then and there. But that’s just how I feel about that it’s very noticeable compared to the earlier Family Guy Episodes
This newest season has been more family oriented and I really like it. The kids and Peter have been getting along. Meg has been treated like everyone else and has even gotten her props. I’ve actually felt some sympathy for Peter. And Peter and Lois are actually acknowledging their failing marriage in more than one episode. Their dynamic isn’t as evil anymore
Eh, I gotta say, if anything this makes me hate the show more. It's too little too late. You can't go joke about incest and then try to make a happy family after. Bob's Burgers ftw...
A basic Family Guy episode: -Peter finds something that he loves and abrasivly shoves that thing in everyone's face. -Another things starts happening because of the former point. -Peter is nasty as despicable to everyone around him because of that last thing -Peter regrets what he did, everyone forgives him, all goes back to normal -Someone farts on Meg's face The end
As someone who has watched all family guy episodes this is only 40% accurate because u forget family guy tells two stories simultaneously both Peter’s side and stewie or (and) Brain plus some episodes are specials it is a relatable show imo
I think in general people take family guy _way_ too seriously. The show doesn’t respect itself that much and neither do it’s creators, and that’s how I’ve always seen it. I love old family guy and new family guy. It’s just there to try and make you laugh, and if it misses whatever. You just cherish when it hits instead of whining when it doesn’t. That’s how I’ve always looked at it.
@@lukelichtenthal5407 right, isn’t that mainly an opinion? I’ll give you demeaning and sometimes forced, but as for whether or not someone enjoys those jokes, is that not subjective
I think family is so stupid and lazy but that’s why it works. I don’t want to sit down and have a show tell me what to think or have me reflect on todays awful society. I just wanna be numb and laugh my ass off. It’s not that deep. Why can’t it just be stupid and rip at eveyone? It doesn’t have to be some out of the box revolutionary discovery.
Family Guy was awesome when it was made fun of by SP. It's terrible now. It has no energy and inspiration. They should just let the characters grow like the Simpsons
I'm so sick of people looking for character development in shows like Family Guy. I've loved Family Guy for 20 years and it's a perfect show to forget about your day, turn your brain off for 20 mins, smile, and laugh. I've never once thought, "hmm I wish Peter would be a better dad, or husband." If I want that stuff I go to drama's or anime for character development and good storytelling. I don't watch GoT, HOTD, or Better Call Saul for there jokes. So why would I watch an edgy comedy for character development and good storytelling?
@@Marcus616Family Guy has entertainment quality. Just not on the traditional "character development" way. I see that the movies and TV shows that are more commonly considered to be the best ones by the 'internet critics' are usually because they have the most deep characters, that have the most touching atmospheres, etc. Personally, I never even cared about this and I don't consider those to be key factors for a TV show or movie's quality. If they were mere books, then those aspects would certainly be much more necessary. But the audiovisual technology allows for other aspects to be just as entertaining to consume. Family Guy has no need to present a logical development of its world. And that's part of its humor. There are episodes where Griffin family members die and are alive on the next scene. There are episodes that end with permanent or irreversible consequences, but they are just gone on all the other episodes. You don't need to care about all of this. Family Guy is a show where you sit and watch open-mindedly to enjoy its random jokes just because they make sense. It's like when you create a joke that has absolutely no relation with your current social context, but you still tell it because it works. People usually call them "bad jokes", but they work and are funny to you regardless. Family Guy might be too random and have no development on its writing, but it's probably the funniest show I ever seen and ever will see in my life. I just let myself enjoy how they make really cool jokes out of well-thought contexts, without thinking "wow, this is bad because this cutaway has nothing to do with the episode's plot". This is bullshit. Family Guy works with more than just the strict plot's jokes and that's awesome. And I also don't consider Family Guy to be "brain dead". It's not like those TV shows where there are only fart jokes, or only sex jokes, or only dark humor. Family Guy really knows how to create a totally different situation and totally different jokes on every episode, even if they have a certain formula that they repeat. Whenever I felt I was seeing something that I seen before in another episode, those were always positive things that I always like to see in episodes. I never feel like I'm seeing the same thing when I watch Family Guy.
I saw some people complaining about the voice acting. I'm a brazilian, so I watch it on brazilian portuguese. I can see how the english voice acting feels a bit more natural, but also more forced and less cartoon-ish. The brazilian voice acting for Family Guy works so incredibly well and makes the jokes feel even better to appreciate. Peter's voice is literally the same as Spongebob's Mr. Krabs (same voice actor), rather than a stereotypical overweight man's voice. I think that the brazilian voice acting for Family Guy works because they hired quality voice actors to say the super stupid lines of the show, so, instead of looking forced like Seth MacFarlane's voices, they are all normal voice actors saying really stupid shit.
FG is one of those shows you discover in your teens and because it's more adult you can't help but watch it. Part of me believes I watch it for nostalgia, but truthfully, I find it to be a fun show. If I want something more adult than the Simpson's, less commanding than South Park and not as random as Robot Chicken, it's the perfect dark humour fast food. Although American Dad has better character and story driven continuity and Roger is much more funnier than Brian, in a sense we need FG to be the daft and offensive show it is.
I don't think it can be underestimated how much Family Guy changed after its revival (with that change increasing over time). It's basically unrecognisable now. As well as being more character-focussed and less reliant on stereotypes (see early Joe, Mort and Cleveland), it used a lot less cut-away gags, and those it did use were usually clever ones, messing with audience expectations. Eg. Peter talking about the time he hit a deer with his car, cut to him having rear-ended a driver who was a talking deer. It also had a lot more absurdism that WASN'T cut-away gags. To me, that's what set it apart from The Simpsons. Jokes like Joe's trampoline not working due to a power cut, or Peter trying to distract an angry mob by pointing off-screen and shouting "Erm... look over there! It's Bigfoot". Pan to Bigfoot saying "Hey, this isn't about me". Whether you find them funny or not (and you probably don't based on my written versions of them), it's undeniable that this is a style of humour that The Simpsons can't really do outside of Halloween specials. Same with KotH and Bob's Burgers. It made Family Guy unique. Then the show came back, and it was crasser, relied more on offensive stereotypes, had more cut-aways that were less plot-relevant or clever, and the absurdism mostly drifted away outside of 'lol random'. Basically I feel they're two different shows, with a few seasons in between (4 to maybe 6 or 7) that straddle both styles.
Offensive humor is great. It's just that Family Guy forces it. Better writting would help the show a lot, but I don't think anyone cares at this point lol. It's been on air for so long.
If i gotta rank my animated favorite showsoff the top of my head King of the hill as it actually does continue having characters grow up like Nancy breaking it off with John and Luanne becoming a mother and growing up from the start. Same with Khan and all the neighborhood. It's a delight especially now. South Park where it has some bad episodes or seasons here and there it's still overall good being able to make them at a high speed. American dad as it went from basic to very good with using Roger in his personas and running with it being a gag that helps the story not hurts it like family guy cut away gags Bobs burgers the movie was good not great just a long episode bur I stopped watching long ago but still understood everything going on. Modern Simpsons family guy and cleavland show rock bottom garbage that both can't make a message or do it well as well as bad comedy and no real reason to exist other than contracts or safety in branding
Used to be into King of the Hill and The Simpsons but have now swapped both for American Dad and Futurama. Between the three, only The Simpsons is going bad and should be cancelled one day. Could not get with Bob's Burgers. Family Guy and The Cleveland Show are the worst. Enough said.
@@TheBenCarroll honestly Simpsons should have been cancelled many years ago. Futurama goes without saying is good but we gotta see how the new season goes
I never hated Family guy. Did the comedy become worst? Sure, but its still entertaining as hell. I can never get bored watching it. I dont understand the hate for it.
how do u enjoy a show with a ton of unlikable characters edit: I get that not ALL fictional characters have to be perfect angels y'all but im just saying
i’ll always respect seth macfarlane as a creator because you cannot deny his talent as a voice actor, writer, and even a vocalist. despite family guy starting off as almost a simpson’s knockoff may have stunted it, but once it came into its own, i think was when it really started to shine. the cutaways were what made it different than simpsons, it had this air of randomness and that gave it charm. but over the years it became so big that eventually it realized it was set for life. the show didn’t need to be innovative, funny, or new anymore. and it began to devolve until eventually it became what it was today- a show where everyone in it is a psychopath and evil and the jokes are much less funny and the cutaways are just random for the sake of being random, they don’t have the same charm as they used to. they used to be more complex jokes, more than just “this is worse than that one time that something wacky and bad happened” or “this is more crazy than when this crazy thing happened”. they used to be more complex jokes with better references. now it’s just “this is formula, we do it cause we have to and we put no effort into it” i’ve always found it ironic that the show’s intro talks about good old family values, and at the beginning of the show’s run, this was a clear joke. like peter and lois cared about their kids more than they seem to now, but it was funny then cause there were the occasional things happening that made that statement ironic. now it’s still ironic, but it’s not funny anymore because that’s 100% what you expect from the show. you know all the characters hate eachother and fight constantly or they just argue or insult eachother. it’s rare in modern family guy to see anyone show actual GENUINE affection towards eachother. most of the affection you see is on the same level as brian going after some new girl with scummy tactics all cause he wants to get laid. it’s known that he doesn’t actually care about anyone he dates. and there’s rarely a vulnerable moment or a moment of connection. and obviously family guy is meant to just be a surface level pastime show but still. to have characters JUST be assholes all the time can be exhausting. sometimes positivity can be funny too, like all the old gags that peter and his friends would get into while drunk. i don’t think it’s shocking that american dad is doing better than family guy in terms of its writing and whatnot. family guy got canceled, and when it did, it was pretty much just a simpsons alternative. and american dad was born, and it seems to me that seth and everyone on the show actually has more of an emotional attachment to these characters and they care about not flanderizing them. i think overall, family guy is whatever and it’s gonna continue to be whatever. it’s trash tv, it’s not very funny, but it’s something to do to pass the time. that’s probably why it’s the king of tiktok right now. they say the subway surfers beneath the video is what’s keeping your attention span, because family guy is so lacking in substance that it’s kinda hard to watch without something keeping your attention. and funny enough, that’s what the modern cutaway gags are for. that’s what keeps your attention, because family guy is just SO average.
As I have a brain and the time to read all of this apparently I completely agree with everything you said. Family guy just isn’t what it is anymore, can’t do any of the jokes they’re used to since how everyone gets in their feelings over a joke on an animated show.
Family guy is one of the few pieces of media that's been around long enough to be on the receiving end of both old school Christian conservative cancel culture, and new progressive cancel culture.
You mean the "new school christian conservative cancel culture". Did you miss those nutjobs vowing to make America a Christian nation? They're bringing back Santanic Panic and you centrists just ignore it. You just ignore the SCOTUS disregard of Roe and the separation of church and state. You whine about "cancel culture" but just ignore that conservatives burn books and call in bomb threats to a childrens hospitals. Both sides my ass.
More like conservatives didn’t care and just started making excuses for the Shitsons and South Barf instead even though the writers and producers hate their guts.
Being "hated" doesn't really matter as long as it gets attention from millions of people. As Mayweather once said, "love me or hate me, you will watch me"! This is the same reason why the entertainment business focuses more on pushing political statements in works of fiction instead of improving their quality.
@@thelibyanplzcomeback I'd definitely say the latter. I won't pretend family guy has no redeemable qualities and I can easily turn my brain off and enjoy it but it's not near good enough to recieve the praise it's given imo
I think an issue with Family Guy became that it appeared like they couldn't find their identity or forgot it. It's weird just how different seasons 1-3 is compared to like season 10. Gags are fine for FG. It's something the show has always had, but there came a point where it was way more random and out of place than ever. Old FG cutaway gags fit into the story and whatever the conversation was about. New FG just started doing overly random stuff that just didn't fit well. Some cutaways lasting almost 2mins. The other issue is that FG made every character insufferable in some way. Making them terrible people but also trying to get you to feel bad for them at the end of every episode. They made Brian completely unlikeable and then had the episode where Quagmire goes after him with a speech which felt weird to listen to because Quagmire is a rapist lol. Listening to Quagmire have this holier than thou attitude towards Brian was weird considering who is character is. You have Quagmire the perverted rapist, Brian the douchebag atheist bad father, Lois that started caring less about her kids and husband, same thing for Peter. All of the characters turned negative. Seahorse Seashell Party is one of their worst episodes because of the piss poor message about Meg standing up for herself and how she needs to take the abuse to keep the family dynamic going. Idk who wrote that episode, but that was such a lowball message to give. Screams Of Silence is also another. Lois making fun of that woman in person and laughing at her. That killed the character for me. Also same thing with Brian Is A Bad Father. It's like the writers couldn't help themselves when writing shittiness onto these characters. I understand shock value, but at points FG really went overboard and just started killing any likeability their characters had. Even in South Park you don't see them turning all of their characters into horrible people doing horrible things to people. Theres still a balance. FG used to have that balance. Brian was way more likeable in the early seasons. Meg had hobbies and was treated normally but a little nerdy at school. They went from that to having Meg agree with needing to take family abuse for the betterment of the family. That really tuned me out from the show. And you had Lois running over Stewie and then trying to hide it like early Lois would've ever done that.
the thing with videos like this is that they are presented with captivating visuals, but lack any REAL informative or worthwhile theses. It feels like a watchmojo blog post in video form
I was obsessed with Family Guy growing up, but season 7 is where I started to fall off. And well, I think it's because of the reasons you mentioned in this video. I started to see what the critics were talking about. How the show was edgy and shocking for its own sake, but not really having a point behind it (though the few times they did try, those episodes kinda sucked). Mind you, I was a teen back when I watched Family Guy, and watching something that was willing to be edgy was all I needed to like it. Though nowadays, I like my comedy to have some kind of a point. Not to mention shock value diminishes over time, because life happens. I'd also say it's due to the characters just becoming unlikable over time; just so they could try to be more shocking, I suppose. Sure, Peter was a dimwit, but in earlier seasons, he still loved his family at the end of the day. Nowadays, I have to wonder how the man still even has a family, and hasn't died from sheer stupidity. Lois went from being a voice of reason, who occasionally made mistakes, to being abusive and standoffish with her kids. All of the characters have become some flavor of asshole, to where they don't really feel all that distinct from each other, and they just don't feel like the same characters.... Family Guy really is a franchise zombie at this point. It's clearly dead, but it still shambles on, despite this....
@@joshdavis8381 Unlike the SImpsons who have been dead for 20+ years FG was never meant to have a point or teach you anything. FG is simply a show to make you laugh for its crude humour
I never said it had to. Besides, some episodes very clearly wanted to say something. Also, why bring up The Simpsons? Never mentioned them either. My whole point is that Family Guy's charm just isn't there anymore, and none of the characters feel that unique from each other, since they're all awful people, but not even in a good way. It's just there for basic shock value, and once that wears off, it has nothing
American Dad is still funny even in more recent times. Its all I can take from Seth MacFarlane in cartoon form now and anyway, people are still standing by Family Guy.
Yeah. However, there were still some of the OG writers left until Season 6. When Dan Povenmire started Phineas & Ferb, he took most of the original writers that were left with him. You can tell cause while Seasons 4-5 ramped up the dark/shock humor, there was still an effort to keep some heart & charm in the show. After they left it started to fade away, and by Season 7 that core was no longer there.
I watched the first 6 minutes and just turned it off because I do agree: it’s lazy writing. It was boring me to sleep, family guy works better than sleeping pills. American Dad is so much better with actual characters.
Oh, I agree. While I still follow South Park, I have phased out King of the Hill but I say stick with the latter series. It is class. I have shamefully replaced KOTH with American Dad now. AD is one of it's many successors. Coincidentally, I moved on from The Simpsons to Futurama.
I like the simpsons but family is hard to watch at points and stewie and brain carries family guy but simpsons has many more memorable scenes and characters . In my opinion
the Simpsons just got to Old and redundant FG is for the most part pretty consistently very funny And SP was almost always our gold for a very long time, they used the same formula of resetting each week to begin a new story (except for the occasional 2 or 3 partners) they used it successfully for so long but the past 5 or so seasons have gone against every that made it great for so long by tying each episode and seasons into each other, and even far worse thire whole sense of humor has changed, now it's like they make some stupid point in the first 2 min of the episode and then beat it ino the ground for next 20 mins usually using endless, annoying and straight up lame ass puns over and over I have been watching SP since I was 8 yrs old in 1997 and have long considered myself part of the be SP generation, I never thought I would say this but the past 5 or so seasons of SP are just literally unwatchable it's just terrible, south Park has jumped the shark 🦈 big time (Also Sunny has pretty much been consistently killing it forever now).... In my opinion Simpsons golden age was abi 97-05ish South Park golden age was about 97-12ish Family guy golden age was about 99-14ish
I notice most people who talk shit about family have this weird snooty “I’m smarter than you” mentality and they like overly hate the show. Like they get angry if you say you like it. They are pretty much Brian griffin. Wants to appear superior but ends up looking dumber than what they hate
Hard agree. A lot of them are also huge fans of South Park and think it’s the most brilliant show ever created, despite it having the same edgy humor Family Guy has. Zero self awareness.
So they are South Barf fanbullies projecting its flaws onto a superior show, along with those who take their inability to acknowledge the decline and fall of the Shitsons out on *Family Guy.*
Constant exposure of a piece of media breeds frustration. Just because someone hates this show doesn't mean they're smug or love South Park, some people just don't like the increasing reliance on sociopathic humor, overly-long gags, and farts. Accusing anyone who doesn't like something of being jealous is avoiding addressing their criticism
There is a HUGE difference between old Family Guy (1-9) & new Family Guy (after season) For example, the humor is lazy and Peter & Lois are terrible people.
Honestly like the Simpsons it lacks any reason to really exist and the jokes are just flat being shock humor and cut away gags that just take up time. American dad. King of the hill and bob's burgers knows how to keep a plot better grounded so when something is shocking you feel the impact more as it's not just a Gag and things return to normal afterwards. Plus American dad knows how to use thier punching bag better in Claus as he actually gets wins a few times to make it more than just a meg situation as well as tell fun storylines that give each of the cast either something to do or go to new places. The cast shrunk but that didn't stop it from being fun like the Christmas episodes or adding rogu and Jeff to the main cast which look at family guy failing at Vinny Also it ages horribly as family guy wants to play real world political messages like the Simpsons especially in 2016 to 2020 and people say that lame excuse "it's just a cartoon" when the message sucks and "it's really telling a message" when it aligns with thier own beliefs. Basically flat and not able to be a good thing either.
It's also worth noting that Klaus is protrayed as a much worse person then Meg so that you don't feel as bad for him. He's implied to have been a literal 1940s Nazi in his human years and he also tends to immediately abuse and misuse anyform of power he is given when he gets the chance. Outside of maybe one or two one off episodes Meg doesn't really hurt anybody.
The show itself not a problem You can still choose to not watch it The problem is fanbase that keeps worship this garbage and putting in every hole in the internet
Classic Simpsons is good, but I haven't gotten a laugh from the Simpsons in many years now. Family Guy can still get laughs while modern Simpsons is usually cringe-worthy at best.
The first few seasons of family guy were so good because you can actually see Peter as a human with morals and feelings and love for his family. And having Brian there as his conscience bounced off well with the comedy in the show. But since then, the humour has had no effort put into it and Brian is only remotely relevant in the episodes of adventure with him and Stewie
American Dad is more than ''okay,'' it's underrated and I have sometimes preferred adult cartoons like that (Duckman, King of the Hill, Futurama, Drawn Together) or ones that other people hate (South Park). American Dad, Futurama and South Park are three that I still commit to.
Came back to say that Family Guy is one of the three worst adult cartoons in my opinion, the other two being their spinoff The Cleveland Show and another series called Drawn Together.
I used to like family guy but since 2015 or so the writers have come down with a severe bout of TDS. All we hear now is political whining and crying about certain news personalities. It's lazy writing and completely uninspired. I only tolerate it because it's something I can turn off my brain and watch it.
Always like American Dad better but all my friends kicked my ASS for that. WHY? It has so much more tone and comedy to it than always saying "Ah like that one time where..." then slapping u with a cutaway lol
@@SamanthaJonesSATC exactly that. sometimes the cutaways arent even jokes. Its just happening what was said by whoever described it before and theres no pointe. Whoever enjoys it should go on and enjoy it, but I just wonder WHY anyone would laugh about this
Seasons 1-4 are GOLD! That’s the FG I know and love. I do watch the new stuff out of loyalty, but it’s definitely not as funny. Also, I liked the cutaways and all the songs 😅
I love and hate family guy cause so many cut-aways got annoying. It seemed to make family guy with no thought, no story. Where American Dad did it different 👍 and South Park was genius writing cause nouthing was off the table like Beavis and Butt-Head back in the day.
Only American Dad, South Park and Beavis and Butthead emerge as winners here in my opinion and I agree with everything you said there about them as well as Family Guy, a series I was actually into years ago but alas, they bought this hatred.
South Park and American Dad are still watchable. Beavis and Butthead have been rebooted recently and the fans are happy. Speaking of reboots, Futurama is coming back next year with all new episodes so let's hope they're still gold. I prefer Futurama to The Simpsons now. Simpsons is a show I can't like anymore for obvious reasons but at least they're not the trainwreck FG gradually devolved into.
Family Guy actually saved my life many times. Whenever I was bedridden and suffering from panic attacks and suicidal tendencies, I would put it on and it calmed me right down with laughter and familiarity. Even if I had seen that same episode 100 times.
I feel somewhat the same and i also use family guy to cope with my loneliness and to keep me feeling secure during silent moments. I play it every night (along with spongebob) and still reference the best jokes and cuttaways. But I can admit that its quality isnt the same anymore and that some episodes/scenes are disturbing or just in bad taste. But i do still love the series for what it was. I think this comfort stems from family guy having been in my life from childhood and always being something i enjoyed.
@@eve_11.11 beautifully written! I do agree that Family Guy has gone downhill in it’s later seasons. Whether it’s all this woke stuff or different writers I don’t know but there are definitely still some bangers!. It’s hit or miss but I still watch to stop my brain from spinning.
No, they’re authentically repulsed by the randomness of the cutaway gags as being a cheap attempt to fill in forced jokes that are not even part of the main narrative. In a way FG is objectively inferior to SP.
A big part of why the show’s been on a downward spiral ever since “Quagmire’s Dad” is because Seth MacFarlane hasn’t been involved in anything but voices since 2010. That give you a clue?
Maybe adult "western animation" was becoming its own thing. Animation in places like Japan already had lots of animation not geared particularly toward children, even in the 90s.
One day out of curiosity (and being stoned), I watched an old season 1 episode of FG. It was weirdly charming, and it was still charming when I watched it again sober. I'd never intentionally watched Family Guy before then, I'd only heard and seen gross potty humor and bad things about it, but that season 1 episode was some genuinely funny stuff. Very sad that this is the show that keeps going and decaying while good stuff gets cancelled or delayed
Cruel humor? I really don't mind. But Lazy Writing? I do. Because South Park made that episode to exaggeratedly mock Family Guy because of its humor unrelated to the plot, but then Family Guy became what South Park imagined.
Family Guy humour is based reality compiled into sacarsm hence why it's controversial sometime. But, it's not just humour. There's also the element of narrative telling you to learn forgiveness and give someone another chance to be better. It's a good doctrine considering it's a cartoon that kids are able to enjoy.
Family Guy isn't a cartoon that's made for kids to be able to enjoy. If you think that it's made for kids to be able to enjoy then you are a dunce. Everything you typed is incorrect besides Family Guy being animated, a cartoon, sometimes controversial, reality based humour
Idk why I so often imagine a family guy theme park land. It’d be basically the Simpsons but different. Maybe a ride dealing with Stewie and Brian in the multiverse or one of the former’s inventions. Or Peter and the chicken. The clam would be there of course
I don't like family guy for exactly the reason South Park said. The jokes are lazy. They're not trying to be better, they're trying to be edgier. I have no problem with offensive jokes, but they're not funny.
South Parks new seasons to me ain't that funny. They are trying way too hard these days IMO. Some of it's too over the top and extreme. SP seasons 1-11 were the best.
While I enjoy American Dad far more due to the consistency, toned down humor, writing and general moments (and some old songs used that really hit the spot at that particular scene), I always liked to watch Family Guy for the offensive jokes and boundry pushing they did. Yes, some jokes may be a bit too far, but honestly there's both way worse out there and if you turn off your brain, it's not half bad sometimes
I just hate the ones coming out now because somewhere along the line the show lost it's BITE and it just feels like they already know there are "certain topics" they can't joke about...
The thing I've always hated family guy for is the lazy comedy. The jokes are just awful. Be offensive, be dirty, be crass, but for God's sake also be clever. FG is not clever.
Agreed. It’s lazy to the core. I recently watched the one where Peter discovers his real dad lives in Ireland and you’d think that this particular character would be a recurring one, so they show him only to NEVER show him in a single episode ever again! Honestly that episode in particular really made me hate family guy.
Honestly, I don't think Modern Family Guy is the worst thing ever as the cartoon community makes it out to be. Most of the show's shocking moments were out years ago and now this show is just like modern Simpsons in terms of being generic. Sometimes it works when it's experimental but it's extremely boring other than that.
I just don’t see how family guy is bad. Maybe I’m not sophisticated enough lol. But I do think everybody is too uptight. Don’t want nobody to talk about nobody.
Even though I’m not a Family Guy fan, I’ll admit its earlier seasons were fine (I don’t love them, I don’t hate them) since the characters were still likable, they didn’t go overboard with cutaway gags, and Meg was not a punching bag. It’s the post-revival seasons that keep me from enjoying it (that and the fact that I think it’s only pushing buttons just for the sake of doing so).
A couple of things: 1)Family Guys is a show I love and a show I love to hate. 2)If I were to be an executive at Fox, I'll be the guy who'll be known and take the bullet for being the one to cancel Family Guy. Imma put it out like ol' yeller.
Good analogy. I used to like Family Guy but I just straight up hate it and have completely disowned FG. They did this to themselves, making people hate their show.
Problem is, no one person gets to decide to just pull the plug on any show on any network. It’s just one of those shows, like The Simpsons and AFHV that are going to stick around forever regardless.
I can't like The Simpsons anymore either, Grimes. I choose to watch the more underrated Futurama instead. At least the latter is not showing off as much and I've been following Futurama since day one. I will always cherish the memories of the good times we had.
American Dad is one animated show by Seth MacFarlane I can still tolerate watching. Reminds me of King of the Hill in many ways and I used to be into KOTH.
Since people aren’t mentioning it … They literally made an episode where Jesus wanted to sex with Lois and did it with other women. And after all that says “I’m not even real” This is an obv overstep
honestly, Terifteriq videos on Family guy really changed my opinion on the show itself. his analysis really helped me to be more forgiven of Family Guy. I still think the show is lazy, and the way they constantly punch down topics and groups, without making a single relevant point on it, and even make jokes that are, impossible to laugh for how upsetting they are, really make my blood boil with anger. but is not as bad as many say it is. when Family guy does it right, they fucking do it right. and Seth is an amazing creator and he does look like a sweetheart.
Hey I'm interested in checking Terifteriq out based on what you said about him but I'm having trouble finding him on RUclips or the Internet. Mind helping me out?
Family Guy pre cancellation was actually really funny and had character development as well to the point that between the second and third season they really hit their stride. After Family Guy was cancelled, all the focus went to American Dad and I feel that the surprise reinstatement caused resources to be split between both shows and American Dad took priority because it was newer whereas Family Guy already had an established fan base at that point. It's a shame because you could tell after a certain point they were really phoning it in. Most series can't keep pulling it together after being canceled and bounced around like Futurama.
Honestly I can never get myself to hate Family Guy.
Yeah I’ve been watching since I was 3 (so 2007)
@@helpkirbyhasagun_2047 I started binging it on shorts 2 months ago and I love it so much.
@@someguywithmtndew5691 Arggh me matey
Well wakeup face truth
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Goddamn making me feel old…I was 14 in 2007
There was nothing ever inherently wrong with the family guy formula, but at some point, evolution of their comedy became necessary. Unfortunately for the creators and viewers, I think the family guy style of humor is not something easily built upon. You can try to strengthen storylines and create more meaningful moments all you want but at the end of the day you're still relying on a very inflexible approach to their humor
Exactly
Milking the cow until blood comes out. Mmm, ruptured arteries!
I enjoyed its old humour not its current one and its definitely not lazy but i think the guy in this video is just being a upset puhsey
@@dl3209 10k productions definitely is being one lol
I don’t mind having 1-2 cutaway’s gags in the show and maybe they could use different style of humor jokes that are clean, dry, sarcastic or dark but if they keep using the same humor over and over eventually it’s going to get old at this rate family guy is robot chicken.
One of the first things Bart said was "I'm Bart Simpson. Who the hell are you?", To his own father no less. That must have been crazy to people at the time.
It was. And stiff leg Republicans didn't like it, although I'm republican now. But Bart being that way only lasted a few years because the show pivoted as they say today. Homer's personality changed a little and he became more of a main character. And the writing was marvelous. That was until that principle skinner episode in the fall of '97. That was the first Crack. I watched it weekly until maybe '05. By then it was more bad than good.
In Bart's defense, however, Homer was dressed as Santa Claus, so Bart didn't recognize him until Homer revealed who he was. Iirc, I think Bart even apologized and explained that he didn't know it was Homer.
@@senorpepper3405 for me It was a great series, until Season 19. Exactly the year after the movie. If I had a scale It would be like:
Perfect 1. 1 - 8
Pretty Good 2. 9-11
Great 3. 12-18
Good 4. 19-20
Meh 5. 21-23
Bad 6. 24-25
Worse 7. 26-32
Live and let Die... please 8. 33-??
@@pasalasaga I will say I didn't expect the Simpsons movie to be any good and because of that I didn't watch it right away. But it was pretty good for the time period.
@@senorpepper3405 I loved It as a kid. I stopped watching in 2014 on s26 because I had high School and The Simpsons were from 14:00 to 15:00 and I get out at 14:45
The Simpsons is about funny people who are occasionally horrible.
Family Guy is about horrible people who are occasionally funny.
It's sad to watch family guy season 1-6 and seeing how good the show once was, and knowing what it would eventually become
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@NazriB Are you a bot? That was the most moronic string of words I've heard this week, and that's saying something. You're just admitting you have no counterargument if your response is just to call someone fat (which would be irrelevant even if it was true)
@@NazriBlook at yourself in the mirror and realize who the fat one is you got more rolls than a chinese bread factory
True. FG due to a few points is coming up on 25 seasons in 2026 or so. Seth MacFarlane needs to get Disney to drop it. Let it end on a + note. Not limp to the finish.
I feel like Family Guy has faded in quality because it just made every character so unlikable. In the early seasons, Peter was an idiot. But he wasn't malicious. Lois was kind of flat. But she wasn't so easy to hate. But in later seasons, it's like every character has lost any redeeming values they once had. It's not like It's Always Sunny, which never attempted to make their characters likable in the first place. At least the Simpsons try to maintain a balancing act between their characters being likable and being a jerk. But Family Guy just doesn't seem to be trying anymore and it really shows.
Its not supposed to have eloquent character development, its a comedy
Two reasons I like older family Guy way better is bc Peter and Lois weren't so terrible as parents,Peter actually kinda cared Abt his wife and children and was somewhat a better friend the same goes to Lois she actually cared Abt her family and friends and tried to be a decent person and the cutaways were actually kinda funny compared to now and more of the humor was actually funny and well thought out...other then that Modern Family Guy is just a hollow shell of it's former self and became a boring show that has no heart anymore and a one dimensional show with no good morals or anything,Modern Simpsons,American Dad and Bob's burgers are better
Exactly
You know it’s about and not Abt
@@dimsumboy22 family guy lover
Damn right!
tbh I kind of enjoyed the wicked edgelord humor during seasons 8-11 but around 12 and onward I feel like it became more grotesque and repetitive. I haven't really watched the new ones since season 15.
Honestly I haven't watched Family Guy in a while but thought to jump back in with the last season that just went by (season 20), and I genuinely believe there's been a jump up in quality just between season 19 and 20. The cutaways are less obtrusive, the jokes didn't feel crass or lowest-common-denominator. Not every episode was a banger, but I got the feeling the writers finally decided to shake up the formula a bit and I'd like to see more of that going forward.
It’s kinda going the same way for the Simpsons too. Season 33 is considered a return to form.
I think the "dark era" of Family Guy was a necessary step in both adapting it to modern audiences but also changing their characters so that they could actually do something cool for once.
I kind of jump around episodes because there is A LOT. But I do enjoy most of the older episodes and episodes from the most recent season.
I agree. Season 21 episodes kind remind me of the first seasons family. Peter is less of a jerk
Family Guy hardly ever even does cutaways anymore.
Peter giving Babs a good clam lapping is the best thing that has happened to FG in a while 😂
Slowly the show just developed a system they knew would get people to watch and laugh it’s not their fault that the audience now has either matured past them or just moved on
Question, has the audience really matured and moved on? Because I don't see the show going away.
@@lizardguyNA The original audience are 20 years older than when it started so they would have and it would be the next generation of viewers. It won’t go away cause it’s always thrust into the public eye
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Ya know what you can do to stop that though? Stop watching.
@@noahtaylor7106 ''It's always thrust into the public eye.'' That's why I prefer more underrated adult cartoons (American Dad, Futurama). I don't care if Seth MacFarlane was also responsible for AD as well, at least one cartoon comedy of his remained consistent in my opinion. Family Guy is too overhyped.
It's really nothing to do with the audience honestly the show's quality has just declined because Seth MacFarlane literally hasn't cared about it in years. It's a dead horse that at this point Fox is just beating for every last bit of cash they can ring out of it.
There’s no way people are complaining about family guy being inappropriate when South Park is literally the most out of line over all these shows, I can’t even stomach South Park sometimes
Xavier: Renegade Angel. Try that one! 😃
Womp womp
Family Guy is just shock value for the sake of shock value South park uses profanity and vulgarity to make a point
I know plenty of people who love South park who find Family Guy to be just vulgarity for the sake of vulgarity
The first three seasons of Family Guy are gold I won't deny that but after they brought back Family Guy after it was canceled the tone changed and it just wasn't nearly as funny as it was when it started and nowadays if I see a clip of an episode that looks interesting I will seek it out but it's not a must-watch show like it was when it first started
South park on the other hand never fell off I think that the fact that they don't just use vulgarity for the sake of vulgarity in addition to the fact that South park only takes a week to make an episode so they're able to keep it super topical and fresh also helps the show quite a bit compared to say Family Guy
@@ZakkandtheJdo you remember the episode when they had “Must Shit TV”? That episode wasn’t proving a point, it was definitely vulgar for shock value. Before that episode the word “shit” was banned or censored out on TV and cable. Only premium channels like HBO, Cinemax, Showtime & Starz (which was new at the time) were the only networks that allowed the word “shit”.
I have no problem with the offensive humor or the Dark jokes. I think that should be allowed in this medium. My problem is that they are always trying to make every situation into a joke. Like having the most jokes per episode will make it better somehow. I get that it is a comedy, but sometimes jokes pack harder of a punch when there is some breathe time and some real moments in between to supplement the comedy.
The first 3 seasons of Family Guy were actually brilliant …super well written
4-9 were good to.
A lot of people mistake the first 3 seasons as the golden era but it was actually season 4 to 6, it was the most funny and diffierantiated it from the simpsons
The first 3 seasons are damn near unwatchable.
I didn't start to like it until at least 5 or 6, and to be honest it has always been a show by show basis since then. Well...really a joke by joke basis. Like every single episode ever has had at least 4 horrible jokes.
@@mickeyrube6623 How are they unwatchable? The first 3 seasons are hilarious.
There have been flashes of that brilliance since then.
I remember one time someone commented on another video that they feel like one of the signs that signified Family Guy's lowest downfall was when Quagmire and Brian more or less swapped personalities.
Where they all of a sudden hated each other.
@@okjeffy6581 Brian at least had actual reason to hate Quagmire after all the shit Quagmire put him through after suddenly deciding he hated Brian for reasons that were hypocritical at best. Quagmire just out of the blue decided to start hating Brian because the writers decided to shove that into him as his latest schick.
@@immortalfrieza Brian never hated Quagmire though
@@okjeffy6581 That was so dumb.. Quagmire says he hates Brian because he hits on Lois?!? That's like quagmires' whole shtick he wants to bang lois it's been like that the whole show.. That was funny when Brian slept with his dad tho
@@dagfinissocool in a vacuum, Quagmire had some good points (he was honestly saying a bunch of stuff that I was already thinking about Brian at that point) and if they were made by just about anyone else, it probably wouldn't have been as weird
I have a theory that Seth MacFarlene is purposefully trying to sink Family Guy. He's said he wants it to end so he can focus on other projects but because its still successful the network keeps it around. so I wonder if he's trying to sabotage it. And its funny that American Dad is so much better, because I've heard its his one project he actually has the least direct involvement right now.
Which is WHY I love American Dad.
Hate to burst your bubble, but Seth hasn't worked on the show in years. The only thing he does is provide voice over for a lot of the characters.
So I don't think Seth sabotage is a go.
American Dad is great though.
@@Lechgang Likewise and I agree.
Seth doesn’t work with family guy he only does the voices and that’s it.
He works on other projects
I haven't watched American Dad in some time, but last time I did actually watch an episode (probably season 10 or smth) it felt like it had dropped in quality.
My MAIN problem with Family Guy is that the stories have really gone bad. I remember this episode where Chris has an anger problem and it turns out that it's just being used as an introduction to another story. Also, the cut-aways before do make sense because, first, it's nostalgic, and second, it's what you'd think what would happen if that scenario actually happen. But the cut-aways now is just random things being thrown in together, nothing makes sense.
People tend to hate the most successful things, Family Guy is no different
Generic and repetitive jokes that are being recycled since 2009 on the internet
Haha racism , haha *insert stereotype of a particular community * , haha 9/11 typa shi
Some jokes hurts sentiments but can still be laughable... Family guy jokes are just painfully unfunny
Remove the "do you remember the time when i...." , "just like when he...." , some unwanted cuts and you will be able to post full episodes of family guy on yt shorts
Did you laugh when Stewie dressed as a GIF for Halloween? 😐
I have never seen more than maybe ten minutes of Family Guy, and I think it's possibly the least funny show or concept I have ever encountered on any medium anywhere. It almost reminds of Andy Kaufman ironically pretending to be awkward and unfunny on camera just to elicitate laughter from the audience, except in the case of Family Guy there is no irony: it really is as dull as it looks. I don't think I am even exaggerating when I say that most of the time I don't understand why a particular sketch is supposed to be funny in the first place. In preparation for this comment I tried to watch a few minutes of compilations from its jokes in RUclips, and most of the time I truly don't get where the humor is supposed to be.
@@jvjjjvvv9157i only recommend you to watch the first four seasons
These were the ones that are good and could possibly be 5 and 6 the mixed seasons but no
Seasons 1-4 are the ones that people less watch because of you know brainless teens that find modern seasons fun
But these ones 1-4 i love them even then that i passionatly hate this show nowadays like REALLY HATE IT
Modern simpsons is boring
South park is way too focused on serialization
Spongebob is nowadays pure nonsense and abuses on references of old episodes
But family guy nowadays is Just pure PAIN and suffering since 2010's (season 8) these GOD AWFUL seasons are the ones they take clips from to make those awful compilations and tiktoks brainless videos about family guy funny moments
Family guy the type of guy to have 33% critics score and 75% audience score
At this point, the critic score no longer matters. All they do is push their out of touch opinions on others.
@@sylviam6535
Fans can be just as out-of-touch.
Honestly, I’m getting sick of this mentality that fans’ opinions are automatically valid.
@@theoneonyoutube4925 - The critics are far more likely to push a political agenda than the fans.
@@sylviam6535 what exactly is the political agenda against family guy here?? anyone who is a writer especially for comedy realizes how awfully easy and uncreative family guy's humor is
@@meyr1992 - This is about the critics’ score always being more pro woke that the audience’s score.
I think another major factor in why Family Guy is hated is also it’s lack of constancy. Particularly, when it comes to its characters. The characters in family guy flip flop in personality all the time depending on what jokes or stories the writers want to do. One minute, Peter is the archetype sitcom dad who’s bumbling and incompetent, but has a good heart and cares about his family, the next he’s basically a remorseless jerk who doesn’t care for his friends or even his own family. Brian griffin is sometimes the voice of reason straight man to everyone’s insanity one moment and then the next he’s a pretentious, self satisfied jerk. Lois is a caring mom and level head to Peter’s shenanigans, the next she’s a lustful, violent and petty woman who’s abusive to her children. And I don’t even think the writers ever bothered to give Chris a personality outside of being a dumb, naïve teenager. In any great comedy, especially situational comedy, the humour should start with the characters themselves and how they would react in a situation. If the characters are just being used as empty shells for the writers to reel what ever jokes they want regardless of which characters is telling them, that’s just bad comedy writing.
I know, and my solutions to these writing problems are what my dad would call extreme: Have Peter put down, have Lois sent to the loony bin, and have Brian go to a shrink
Going off what you said about the characters just being there to say a joke for the sake of comedy I agree and notice it’s a lot more present in the modern episodes when they try to be relatable to the audience and force out cutaways that go on for far too long. It sometimes feels like filler to me and it’s just there just to keep the runtime going. It also doesn’t help when the characters say exactly what they’re going to do and cutaway to exactly what they just said or they proceed to do said action right then and there. But that’s just how I feel about that it’s very noticeable compared to the earlier Family Guy Episodes
This, nailed it.
Well said
Sometimes I feel like that sometimes irl though, having an inconsistent personality
Though I wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t nuanced to that level
This newest season has been more family oriented and I really like it. The kids and Peter have been getting along. Meg has been treated like everyone else and has even gotten her props. I’ve actually felt some sympathy for Peter. And Peter and Lois are actually acknowledging their failing marriage in more than one episode. Their dynamic isn’t as evil anymore
Especially meg centred episodes
You mean the show got a tad tamer?
Eh, I gotta say, if anything this makes me hate the show more. It's too little too late. You can't go joke about incest and then try to make a happy family after. Bob's Burgers ftw...
@@kymo6343southpark for the win*
Sorry bro family guy having such a dark/fucked up sense of humor is what made the show so legendary.
American dad is a million times better than family guy, personally.
American dad essentially never uses cutaways. And in the extreme rare times they do, the cutaway is actually about the episodes storyline.
American Dad is the only one I still enjoy. Family Guy is dead to me now.
A basic Family Guy episode:
-Peter finds something that he loves and abrasivly shoves that thing in everyone's face.
-Another things starts happening because of the former point.
-Peter is nasty as despicable to everyone around him because of that last thing
-Peter regrets what he did, everyone forgives him, all goes back to normal
-Someone farts on Meg's face
The end
As someone who has watched all family guy episodes this is only 40% accurate because u forget family guy tells two stories simultaneously both Peter’s side and stewie or (and) Brain plus some episodes are specials it is a relatable show imo
imo the only funny episode that follows this formula is the surfin bird one, wich was also the first one iirc
Last scene will star with peter saying ''what the hell i was doing 😮''
Ended up with ''could you forgive me?'' *scratches his wrist*
@@IcecoldKilla10 not particularly scratching… more like rubbing the wrist with his hand
you forgot the cut-offs every minute
“Supposedly fiction” it… it definitely is fiction though
No it references reality a lot. Real life Events, companies, products and real life people. So not entirely fictitious
I think in general people take family guy _way_ too seriously. The show doesn’t respect itself that much and neither do it’s creators, and that’s how I’ve always seen it. I love old family guy and new family guy. It’s just there to try and make you laugh, and if it misses whatever. You just cherish when it hits instead of whining when it doesn’t. That’s how I’ve always looked at it.
It’s not good laughs though!
@@lukelichtenthal5407 humor is obviously subjective so not sure what your point here is
@@SilverSlugs16 My point is that it’s not good comedy. It’s forced, demeaning and drags on for too long; especially the cutaways.
@@lukelichtenthal5407 right, isn’t that mainly an opinion? I’ll give you demeaning and sometimes forced, but as for whether or not someone enjoys those jokes, is that not subjective
@@SilverSlugs16 I agree with the other dude, the comedy of family guy just feels bleak
I think family is so stupid and lazy but that’s why it works. I don’t want to sit down and have a show tell me what to think or have me reflect on todays awful society. I just wanna be numb and laugh my ass off. It’s not that deep. Why can’t it just be stupid and rip at eveyone? It doesn’t have to be some out of the box revolutionary discovery.
Family Guy was awesome when it was made fun of by SP. It's terrible now. It has no energy and inspiration. They should just let the characters grow like the Simpsons
I'm so sick of people looking for character development in shows like Family Guy. I've loved Family Guy for 20 years and it's a perfect show to forget about your day, turn your brain off for 20 mins, smile, and laugh. I've never once thought, "hmm I wish Peter would be a better dad, or husband."
If I want that stuff I go to drama's or anime for character development and good storytelling.
I don't watch GoT, HOTD, or Better Call Saul for there jokes. So why would I watch an edgy comedy for character development and good storytelling?
Yeah! Who wants quality entertainment when you can be brain dead! C’mon guys!
@@Marcus616Family Guy has entertainment quality. Just not on the traditional "character development" way.
I see that the movies and TV shows that are more commonly considered to be the best ones by the 'internet critics' are usually because they have the most deep characters, that have the most touching atmospheres, etc. Personally, I never even cared about this and I don't consider those to be key factors for a TV show or movie's quality. If they were mere books, then those aspects would certainly be much more necessary. But the audiovisual technology allows for other aspects to be just as entertaining to consume.
Family Guy has no need to present a logical development of its world. And that's part of its humor. There are episodes where Griffin family members die and are alive on the next scene. There are episodes that end with permanent or irreversible consequences, but they are just gone on all the other episodes. You don't need to care about all of this. Family Guy is a show where you sit and watch open-mindedly to enjoy its random jokes just because they make sense. It's like when you create a joke that has absolutely no relation with your current social context, but you still tell it because it works. People usually call them "bad jokes", but they work and are funny to you regardless. Family Guy might be too random and have no development on its writing, but it's probably the funniest show I ever seen and ever will see in my life. I just let myself enjoy how they make really cool jokes out of well-thought contexts, without thinking "wow, this is bad because this cutaway has nothing to do with the episode's plot". This is bullshit. Family Guy works with more than just the strict plot's jokes and that's awesome.
And I also don't consider Family Guy to be "brain dead". It's not like those TV shows where there are only fart jokes, or only sex jokes, or only dark humor. Family Guy really knows how to create a totally different situation and totally different jokes on every episode, even if they have a certain formula that they repeat. Whenever I felt I was seeing something that I seen before in another episode, those were always positive things that I always like to see in episodes. I never feel like I'm seeing the same thing when I watch Family Guy.
I saw some people complaining about the voice acting. I'm a brazilian, so I watch it on brazilian portuguese. I can see how the english voice acting feels a bit more natural, but also more forced and less cartoon-ish. The brazilian voice acting for Family Guy works so incredibly well and makes the jokes feel even better to appreciate. Peter's voice is literally the same as Spongebob's Mr. Krabs (same voice actor), rather than a stereotypical overweight man's voice.
I think that the brazilian voice acting for Family Guy works because they hired quality voice actors to say the super stupid lines of the show, so, instead of looking forced like Seth MacFarlane's voices, they are all normal voice actors saying really stupid shit.
What part of this show exactly makes you smile, or laugh, or think that it is edgy?
@@jvjjjvvv9157 Every part of Family Guy makes me laugh. It's the funniest show I know.
FG is one of those shows you discover in your teens and because it's more adult you can't help but watch it.
Part of me believes I watch it for nostalgia, but truthfully, I find it to be a fun show. If I want something more adult than the Simpson's, less commanding than South Park and not as random as Robot Chicken, it's the perfect dark humour fast food.
Although American Dad has better character and story driven continuity and Roger is much more funnier than Brian, in a sense we need FG to be the daft and offensive show it is.
I feel that Roger is similar to the Alf character from the 1980s. Brian is a pompous bore.
South Park and American Dad I can still stomach and I prefer Futurama to The Simpsons now anyway.
I don't think it can be underestimated how much Family Guy changed after its revival (with that change increasing over time). It's basically unrecognisable now. As well as being more character-focussed and less reliant on stereotypes (see early Joe, Mort and Cleveland), it used a lot less cut-away gags, and those it did use were usually clever ones, messing with audience expectations. Eg. Peter talking about the time he hit a deer with his car, cut to him having rear-ended a driver who was a talking deer. It also had a lot more absurdism that WASN'T cut-away gags. To me, that's what set it apart from The Simpsons. Jokes like Joe's trampoline not working due to a power cut, or Peter trying to distract an angry mob by pointing off-screen and shouting "Erm... look over there! It's Bigfoot". Pan to Bigfoot saying "Hey, this isn't about me". Whether you find them funny or not (and you probably don't based on my written versions of them), it's undeniable that this is a style of humour that The Simpsons can't really do outside of Halloween specials. Same with KotH and Bob's Burgers. It made Family Guy unique.
Then the show came back, and it was crasser, relied more on offensive stereotypes, had more cut-aways that were less plot-relevant or clever, and the absurdism mostly drifted away outside of 'lol random'.
Basically I feel they're two different shows, with a few seasons in between (4 to maybe 6 or 7) that straddle both styles.
Actually the earlier season had more cutaways than the later season, with the last few seasons having the lowest amount ever.
@toowiggly Either way, I'm done with Family Guy.
I don't understand how people can love characters who act like complete jerks all the time.
Me neither! Just a bunch of online sheep!
Finally, someone who thinks the same as i do, i thought i was unique
Family guy episodes never actually have a storyline. It’s just random shit to throw in cutaways.
Offensive humor is great. It's just that Family Guy forces it. Better writting would help the show a lot, but I don't think anyone cares at this point lol. It's been on air for so long.
It will never be South Park, that's for sure
Good. That show was and is conformist garbage from the get-go and the fanbullies who attack people for not liking it only make me hate it more.
@@Attmay I meant because South Park is the best animated satire around. Family Guy is just garbage.
Offensive humor works when the jokes are creative. Family Guy by contrast uses the same dozen race jokes over and over again
@@debater452 Exactly, yes. Family Guy brought about their own downfall because of the repetition among other things.
If i gotta rank my animated favorite showsoff the top of my head
King of the hill as it actually does continue having characters grow up like Nancy breaking it off with John and Luanne becoming a mother and growing up from the start. Same with Khan and all the neighborhood. It's a delight especially now.
South Park where it has some bad episodes or seasons here and there it's still overall good being able to make them at a high speed.
American dad as it went from basic to very good with using Roger in his personas and running with it being a gag that helps the story not hurts it like family guy cut away gags
Bobs burgers the movie was good not great just a long episode bur I stopped watching long ago but still understood everything going on.
Modern Simpsons family guy and cleavland show rock bottom garbage that both can't make a message or do it well as well as bad comedy and no real reason to exist other than contracts or safety in branding
South Park and American Dad I can still stand to watch. Ditto Futurama.
Used to be into King of the Hill and The Simpsons but have now swapped both for American Dad and Futurama. Between the three, only The Simpsons is going bad and should be cancelled one day. Could not get with Bob's Burgers. Family Guy and The Cleveland Show are the worst. Enough said.
@@TheBenCarroll honestly Simpsons should have been cancelled many years ago. Futurama goes without saying is good but we gotta see how the new season goes
@@ivanbluecool Yes to both.
This list is spot on. I’d also add Futurama between King of the Hill and South Park
I never hated Family guy. Did the comedy become worst? Sure, but its still entertaining as hell. I can never get bored watching it. I dont understand the hate for it.
Because the jokes they’ve came up with since since Season 13 have been annoying and shitty filler jokes I’d say a good 50% at least since that point
how do u enjoy a show with a ton of unlikable characters
edit: I get that not ALL fictional characters have to be perfect angels y'all but im just saying
Because it’s bad tv it’s not engaging it’s just dumb comedy the lowest form of entertainment
Funny how people say "comedy is subjective" but when it comes to Family Guy the rule doesn't apply because "reasons"
@@CantRead1 that is a bad comparison
i’ll always respect seth macfarlane as a creator because you cannot deny his talent as a voice actor, writer, and even a vocalist. despite family guy starting off as almost a simpson’s knockoff may have stunted it, but once it came into its own, i think was when it really started to shine. the cutaways were what made it different than simpsons, it had this air of randomness and that gave it charm. but over the years it became so big that eventually it realized it was set for life. the show didn’t need to be innovative, funny, or new anymore. and it began to devolve until eventually it became what it was today- a show where everyone in it is a psychopath and evil and the jokes are much less funny and the cutaways are just random for the sake of being random, they don’t have the same charm as they used to. they used to be more complex jokes, more than just “this is worse than that one time that something wacky and bad happened” or “this is more crazy than when this crazy thing happened”. they used to be more complex jokes with better references. now it’s just “this is formula, we do it cause we have to and we put no effort into it” i’ve always found it ironic that the show’s intro talks about good old family values, and at the beginning of the show’s run, this was a clear joke. like peter and lois cared about their kids more than they seem to now, but it was funny then cause there were the occasional things happening that made that statement ironic. now it’s still ironic, but it’s not funny anymore because that’s 100% what you expect from the show. you know all the characters hate eachother and fight constantly or they just argue or insult eachother. it’s rare in modern family guy to see anyone show actual GENUINE affection towards eachother. most of the affection you see is on the same level as brian going after some new girl with scummy tactics all cause he wants to get laid. it’s known that he doesn’t actually care about anyone he dates. and there’s rarely a vulnerable moment or a moment of connection. and obviously family guy is meant to just be a surface level pastime show but still. to have characters JUST be assholes all the time can be exhausting. sometimes positivity can be funny too, like all the old gags that peter and his friends would get into while drunk.
i don’t think it’s shocking that american dad is doing better than family guy in terms of its writing and whatnot. family guy got canceled, and when it did, it was pretty much just a simpsons alternative. and american dad was born, and it seems to me that seth and everyone on the show actually has more of an emotional attachment to these characters and they care about not flanderizing them.
i think overall, family guy is whatever and it’s gonna continue to be whatever. it’s trash tv, it’s not very funny, but it’s something to do to pass the time. that’s probably why it’s the king of tiktok right now. they say the subway surfers beneath the video is what’s keeping your attention span, because family guy is so lacking in substance that it’s kinda hard to watch without something keeping your attention. and funny enough, that’s what the modern cutaway gags are for. that’s what keeps your attention, because family guy is just SO average.
Holy shiatsu!!! Just start a blog, dude.
i ain’t reading allat
Nigga wrote a whole essay
As I have a brain and the time to read all of this apparently I completely agree with everything you said. Family guy just isn’t what it is anymore, can’t do any of the jokes they’re used to since how everyone gets in their feelings over a joke on an animated show.
@@fruitsalad1362what I said
I hate the new family guy .
Family guy is one of the few pieces of media that's been around long enough to be on the receiving end of both old school Christian conservative cancel culture, and new progressive cancel culture.
You mean the "new school christian conservative cancel culture". Did you miss those nutjobs vowing to make America a Christian nation? They're bringing back Santanic Panic and you centrists just ignore it.
You just ignore the SCOTUS disregard of Roe and the separation of church and state. You whine about "cancel culture" but just ignore that conservatives burn books and call in bomb threats to a childrens hospitals.
Both sides my ass.
@@fatbuddy719 Not a centrist or American
@@friendlysperg1372 ok?
@@xblade149 eh?
More like conservatives didn’t care and just started making excuses for the Shitsons and South Barf instead even though the writers and producers hate their guts.
Hated? It's been on TV for like 20 years. Can't be that hated
Being "hated" doesn't really matter as long as it gets attention from millions of people. As Mayweather once said, "love me or hate me, you will watch me"! This is the same reason why the entertainment business focuses more on pushing political statements in works of fiction instead of improving their quality.
@Khaled Shanshal Still true, regardless. And they know this.
family guy is a great show
@@yoda9518 i really like the show too. I watch it to fall in sleep.
@@yoda9518 I don't agree, but I don't think it's garbage
Hating early Family Guy is not a matter of having a sense of humor; it's a matter of taking jokes.
W
A good portion of early family guy was kind of shitty in quality too, not just "offensive"
@@sweett3253 Do you hate Family Guy or are you just indifferent?
Just curious.
@@thelibyanplzcomeback I'd definitely say the latter. I won't pretend family guy has no redeemable qualities and I can easily turn my brain off and enjoy it but it's not near good enough to recieve the praise it's given imo
@@sweett3253 Yeah, I can see why people think it's humor is subpar.
I think an issue with Family Guy became that it appeared like they couldn't find their identity or forgot it. It's weird just how different seasons 1-3 is compared to like season 10. Gags are fine for FG. It's something the show has always had, but there came a point where it was way more random and out of place than ever. Old FG cutaway gags fit into the story and whatever the conversation was about. New FG just started doing overly random stuff that just didn't fit well. Some cutaways lasting almost 2mins.
The other issue is that FG made every character insufferable in some way. Making them terrible people but also trying to get you to feel bad for them at the end of every episode. They made Brian completely unlikeable and then had the episode where Quagmire goes after him with a speech which felt weird to listen to because Quagmire is a rapist lol. Listening to Quagmire have this holier than thou attitude towards Brian was weird considering who is character is. You have Quagmire the perverted rapist, Brian the douchebag atheist bad father, Lois that started caring less about her kids and husband, same thing for Peter. All of the characters turned negative. Seahorse Seashell Party is one of their worst episodes because of the piss poor message about Meg standing up for herself and how she needs to take the abuse to keep the family dynamic going. Idk who wrote that episode, but that was such a lowball message to give. Screams Of Silence is also another. Lois making fun of that woman in person and laughing at her. That killed the character for me. Also same thing with Brian Is A Bad Father. It's like the writers couldn't help themselves when writing shittiness onto these characters.
I understand shock value, but at points FG really went overboard and just started killing any likeability their characters had. Even in South Park you don't see them turning all of their characters into horrible people doing horrible things to people. Theres still a balance. FG used to have that balance. Brian was way more likeable in the early seasons. Meg had hobbies and was treated normally but a little nerdy at school. They went from that to having Meg agree with needing to take family abuse for the betterment of the family. That really tuned me out from the show. And you had Lois running over Stewie and then trying to hide it like early Lois would've ever done that.
the thing with videos like this is that they are presented with captivating visuals, but lack any REAL informative or worthwhile theses. It feels like a watchmojo blog post in video form
This is why modern family guy fails
@@reeyees50 i was talking about the video, not family guy
I was obsessed with Family Guy growing up, but season 7 is where I started to fall off.
And well, I think it's because of the reasons you mentioned in this video.
I started to see what the critics were talking about. How the show was edgy and shocking for its own sake, but not really having a point behind it (though the few times they did try, those episodes kinda sucked).
Mind you, I was a teen back when I watched Family Guy, and watching something that was willing to be edgy was all I needed to like it. Though nowadays, I like my comedy to have some kind of a point. Not to mention shock value diminishes over time, because life happens.
I'd also say it's due to the characters just becoming unlikable over time; just so they could try to be more shocking, I suppose.
Sure, Peter was a dimwit, but in earlier seasons, he still loved his family at the end of the day. Nowadays, I have to wonder how the man still even has a family, and hasn't died from sheer stupidity.
Lois went from being a voice of reason, who occasionally made mistakes, to being abusive and standoffish with her kids.
All of the characters have become some flavor of asshole, to where they don't really feel all that distinct from each other, and they just don't feel like the same characters....
Family Guy really is a franchise zombie at this point. It's clearly dead, but it still shambles on, despite this....
Family guy still gets about 1.5 million viewers same day as episode premier. Far from dead
I'm talking more about it's creativity. Sure, maybe a lot of people still watch it, but from what I've seen, it just seems so uninspired these days.
@@joshdavis8381 Unlike the SImpsons who have been dead for 20+ years FG was never meant to have a point or teach you anything. FG is simply a show to make you laugh for its crude humour
I never said it had to. Besides, some episodes very clearly wanted to say something.
Also, why bring up The Simpsons? Never mentioned them either.
My whole point is that Family Guy's charm just isn't there anymore, and none of the characters feel that unique from each other, since they're all awful people, but not even in a good way.
It's just there for basic shock value, and once that wears off, it has nothing
As bad as Family Guy is, American Dad (even the title is generic) is magnitudes worse.
It's not too complicated. The people who made Family Guy good originally left to work on American Dad.
Thats why american dad is actually funny, atleast the early seasons
American Dad is still funny even in more recent times. Its all I can take from Seth MacFarlane in cartoon form now and anyway, people are still standing by Family Guy.
Yeah. However, there were still some of the OG writers left until Season 6. When Dan Povenmire started Phineas & Ferb, he took most of the original writers that were left with him. You can tell cause while Seasons 4-5 ramped up the dark/shock humor, there was still an effort to keep some heart & charm in the show. After they left it started to fade away, and by Season 7 that core was no longer there.
South Park is clever, Family Guy is not...but I can fall asleep to Family Guy so that's all I get on my algorithm lol sigh
Even trey and matt cant stand it
@Bdub10 Even they can't stand Family Guy, yes.
South Park I like. American Dad is all I can take from Seth MacFarlane now. Oh and it's not The Simpsons I watch, it's Futurama.
I watched the first 6 minutes and just turned it off because I do agree: it’s lazy writing. It was boring me to sleep, family guy works better than sleeping pills. American Dad is so much better with actual characters.
That's why I prefer American Dad.
It’s enough hurts what you said the new Family Guy is a shit
@@daniapfel2825 Anyway, I agree with the American Dad fan here. Family Guy brought this on itself.
@@SamanthaJonesSATC Good ok
South Park is still the best show and King of the Hill
Oh, I agree. While I still follow South Park, I have phased out King of the Hill but I say stick with the latter series. It is class. I have shamefully replaced KOTH with American Dad now. AD is one of it's many successors. Coincidentally, I moved on from The Simpsons to Futurama.
I like the simpsons but family is hard to watch at points and stewie and brain carries family guy but simpsons has many more memorable scenes and characters . In my opinion
the Simpsons just got to Old and redundant
FG is for the most part pretty consistently very funny
And SP was almost always our gold for a very long time, they used the same formula of resetting each week to begin a new story (except for the occasional 2 or 3 partners) they used it successfully for so long but the past 5 or so seasons have gone against every that made it great for so long by tying each episode and seasons into each other, and even far worse thire whole sense of humor has changed, now it's like they make some stupid point in the first 2 min of the episode and then beat it ino the ground for next 20 mins usually using endless, annoying and straight up lame ass puns over and over
I have been watching SP since I was 8 yrs old in 1997 and have long considered myself part of the be SP generation, I never thought I would say this but the past 5 or so seasons of SP are just literally unwatchable it's just terrible, south Park has jumped the shark 🦈 big time (Also Sunny has pretty much been consistently killing it forever now).... In my opinion
Simpsons golden age was abi 97-05ish
South Park golden age was about 97-12ish
Family guy golden age was about 99-14ish
I notice most people who talk shit about family have this weird snooty “I’m smarter than you” mentality and they like overly hate the show. Like they get angry if you say you like it. They are pretty much Brian griffin. Wants to appear superior but ends up looking dumber than what they hate
Hard agree. A lot of them are also huge fans of South Park and think it’s the most brilliant show ever created, despite it having the same edgy humor Family Guy has. Zero self awareness.
So they are South Barf fanbullies projecting its flaws onto a superior show, along with those who take their inability to acknowledge the decline and fall of the Shitsons out on *Family Guy.*
success breeds jealousy
time and time again without fail
@@Attmay
🤣 Family Guy is not superior to South Park! But... I also think South Park just needs to end already. It has gone on more than long enough.
Constant exposure of a piece of media breeds frustration. Just because someone hates this show doesn't mean they're smug or love South Park, some people just don't like the increasing reliance on sociopathic humor, overly-long gags, and farts. Accusing anyone who doesn't like something of being jealous is avoiding addressing their criticism
There is a HUGE difference between old Family Guy (1-9) & new Family Guy (after season)
For example, the humor is lazy and Peter & Lois are terrible people.
Honestly like the Simpsons it lacks any reason to really exist and the jokes are just flat being shock humor and cut away gags that just take up time.
American dad. King of the hill and bob's burgers knows how to keep a plot better grounded so when something is shocking you feel the impact more as it's not just a Gag and things return to normal afterwards.
Plus American dad knows how to use thier punching bag better in Claus as he actually gets wins a few times to make it more than just a meg situation as well as tell fun storylines that give each of the cast either something to do or go to new places. The cast shrunk but that didn't stop it from being fun like the Christmas episodes or adding rogu and Jeff to the main cast which look at family guy failing at Vinny
Also it ages horribly as family guy wants to play real world political messages like the Simpsons especially in 2016 to 2020 and people say that lame excuse "it's just a cartoon" when the message sucks and "it's really telling a message" when it aligns with thier own beliefs. Basically flat and not able to be a good thing either.
It's also worth noting that Klaus is protrayed as a much worse person then Meg so that you don't feel as bad for him. He's implied to have been a literal 1940s Nazi in his human years and he also tends to immediately abuse and misuse anyform of power he is given when he gets the chance. Outside of maybe one or two one off episodes Meg doesn't really hurt anybody.
Well now I feel stupid for finding some of the jokes funny.
It’s only ok to laugh when it’s objectively good and not to your taste at all.
@@THGMR-ox7sd Family Guy is ''stupid.''
Used to be into King of the Hill and never got with Bob's Burgers. I hate Family Guy now but still tolerate American Dad for all of those reasons.
I like Family Guy, haters sand me please.
The show itself not a problem
You can still choose to not watch it
The problem is fanbase that keeps worship this garbage and putting in every hole in the internet
Classic Simpsons is good, but I haven't gotten a laugh from the Simpsons in many years now. Family Guy can still get laughs while modern Simpsons is usually cringe-worthy at best.
The first few seasons of family guy were so good because you can actually see Peter as a human with morals and feelings and love for his family. And having Brian there as his conscience bounced off well with the comedy in the show. But since then, the humour has had no effort put into it and Brian is only remotely relevant in the episodes of adventure with him and Stewie
American dad is okay ... Family guy is one of the best .
American Dad is more than ''okay,'' it's underrated and I have sometimes preferred adult cartoons like that (Duckman, King of the Hill, Futurama, Drawn Together) or ones that other people hate (South Park). American Dad, Futurama and South Park are three that I still commit to.
Came back to say that Family Guy is one of the three worst adult cartoons in my opinion, the other two being their spinoff The Cleveland Show and another series called Drawn Together.
I used to like family guy but since 2015 or so the writers have come down with a severe bout of TDS. All we hear now is political whining and crying about certain news personalities. It's lazy writing and completely uninspired. I only tolerate it because it's something I can turn off my brain and watch it.
Always like American Dad better but all my friends kicked my ASS for that. WHY? It has so much more tone and comedy to it than always saying "Ah like that one time where..." then slapping u with a cutaway lol
American Dad I love and can still stand to watch. Family Guy dug its own grave of hatred with their over reliance on cutaways.
@@SamanthaJonesSATC exactly that. sometimes the cutaways arent even jokes. Its just happening what was said by whoever described it before and theres no pointe. Whoever enjoys it should go on and enjoy it, but I just wonder WHY anyone would laugh about this
Other two animated shows I enjoy, South Park and Futurama are still being slagged off most days.
Seasons 1-4 are GOLD! That’s the FG I know and love. I do watch the new stuff out of loyalty, but it’s definitely not as funny.
Also, I liked the cutaways and all the songs 😅
I understand you !
I love and hate family guy cause so many cut-aways got annoying. It seemed to make family guy with no thought, no story. Where American Dad did it different 👍 and South Park was genius writing cause nouthing was off the table like Beavis and Butt-Head back in the day.
Only American Dad, South Park and Beavis and Butthead emerge as winners here in my opinion and I agree with everything you said there about them as well as Family Guy, a series I was actually into years ago but alas, they bought this hatred.
South Park and American Dad are still watchable. Beavis and Butthead have been rebooted recently and the fans are happy. Speaking of reboots, Futurama is coming back next year with all new episodes so let's hope they're still gold. I prefer Futurama to The Simpsons now. Simpsons is a show I can't like anymore for obvious reasons but at least they're not the trainwreck FG gradually devolved into.
family guy is hated because it long overstayed it's welcome
there, I just saved you 12 long boobless minutes.
I honestly don't see the problem with Family Guy being offensive. It used to be a funny show. I just think that the writing could be WAY better.
Never realized it was hated
It’s been hated for a while…
@@okjeffy6581 never relized
It became hated.
Family Guy actually saved my life many times. Whenever I was bedridden and suffering from panic attacks and suicidal tendencies, I would put it on and it calmed me right down with laughter and familiarity. Even if I had seen that same episode 100 times.
I feel somewhat the same and i also use family guy to cope with my loneliness and to keep me feeling secure during silent moments. I play it every night (along with spongebob) and still reference the best jokes and cuttaways.
But I can admit that its quality isnt the same anymore and that some episodes/scenes are disturbing or just in bad taste. But i do still love the series for what it was.
I think this comfort stems from family guy having been in my life from childhood and always being something i enjoyed.
@@eve_11.11 beautifully written! I do agree that Family Guy has gone downhill in it’s later seasons. Whether it’s all this woke stuff or different writers I don’t know but there are definitely still some bangers!. It’s hit or miss but I still watch to stop my brain from spinning.
so the creators of south park can dish out the jokes, but they cant take em lol
That's facts
No, they’re authentically repulsed by the randomness of the cutaway gags as being a cheap attempt to fill in forced jokes that are not even part of the main narrative. In a way FG is objectively inferior to SP.
Because the characters are insanely unlikable and the show tries way too hard to be edgy and funny but it fails 😔
No it doesn't. 🤣
A big part of why the show’s been on a downward spiral ever since “Quagmire’s Dad” is because Seth MacFarlane hasn’t been involved in anything but voices since 2010. That give you a clue?
Maybe adult "western animation" was becoming its own thing. Animation in places like Japan already had lots of animation not geared particularly toward children, even in the 90s.
Western baby boomers declared war on adulthood, and Matt Groening is the General Sherman of that war.
Western animation already had lots of animation not geared towards children even in the 60's
One day out of curiosity (and being stoned), I watched an old season 1 episode of FG. It was weirdly charming, and it was still charming when I watched it again sober. I'd never intentionally watched Family Guy before then, I'd only heard and seen gross potty humor and bad things about it, but that season 1 episode was some genuinely funny stuff. Very sad that this is the show that keeps going and decaying while good stuff gets cancelled or delayed
The first three seasons of Family Guy were TV gold
Cruel humor? I really don't mind. But Lazy Writing? I do. Because South Park made that episode to exaggeratedly mock Family Guy because of its humor unrelated to the plot, but then Family Guy became what South Park imagined.
They actually started using less cutaways as the series progressed, with the current seasons having the lowest.
@@toowiggly Too little, too late now I'm afraid and South Park were directly on point.
Family Guy humour is based reality compiled into sacarsm hence why it's controversial sometime. But, it's not just humour. There's also the element of narrative telling you to learn forgiveness and give someone another chance to be better. It's a good doctrine considering it's a cartoon that kids are able to enjoy.
Family Guy isn't a cartoon that's made for kids to be able to enjoy. If you think that it's made for kids to be able to enjoy then you are a dunce. Everything you typed is incorrect besides Family Guy being animated, a cartoon, sometimes controversial, reality based humour
Here's why I hate it. Lazy animation.
How often now will they put focus on one scene where people are talking without changing shots?
Idk why I so often imagine a family guy theme park land. It’d be basically the Simpsons but different. Maybe a ride dealing with Stewie and Brian in the multiverse or one of the former’s inventions. Or Peter and the chicken. The clam would be there of course
It could be the next splash Mountain!
Now in Family Guy, Meg is a punching bag
She has always been that, and that's one of the best parts
@@thefuriousfrank3001 Why do you think so?
@@jj4891 even in the first season she was insufferable
I don't like family guy for exactly the reason South Park said. The jokes are lazy. They're not trying to be better, they're trying to be edgier. I have no problem with offensive jokes, but they're not funny.
No they're not funny. South Park always has been when it comes to "offensive jokes."
South Parks new seasons to me ain't that funny. They are trying way too hard these days IMO. Some of it's too over the top and extreme. SP seasons 1-11 were the best.
Family guy is absolutely hilarious 😂😂 and really hits the spot 🤣🤣
While I enjoy American Dad far more due to the consistency, toned down humor, writing and general moments (and some old songs used that really hit the spot at that particular scene), I always liked to watch Family Guy for the offensive jokes and boundry pushing they did. Yes, some jokes may be a bit too far, but honestly there's both way worse out there and if you turn off your brain, it's not half bad sometimes
If I wanted "offensive jokes," I'd go with South Park. At least they're honest about it.
American Dad really does have better songs tho
I love family guy. I'm just glad that I don't have someone like Peter Griffin as a neighbour.
I've tried to hate family guy but I just can't. It's too good.
Same, it’s just funnnn
I just hate the ones coming out now because somewhere along the line the show lost it's BITE and it just feels like they already know there are "certain topics" they can't joke about...
I was genuinely surprised that people called Family Guy’s storyline bad, it built the each character’s dynamic and was very memorable
Bullshit
Probably in the first few season but after that no
No character development in family guy.
@@danielstan707who tf cares about character development😭😭 ur watching the wrong thing
@@Googoogagabanana im watching a show arent I
The thing I've always hated family guy for is the lazy comedy. The jokes are just awful. Be offensive, be dirty, be crass, but for God's sake also be clever. FG is not clever.
Agreed. It’s lazy to the core. I recently watched the one where Peter discovers his real dad lives in Ireland and you’d think that this particular character would be a recurring one, so they show him only to NEVER show him in a single episode ever again! Honestly that episode in particular really made me hate family guy.
I grew up a little bit with family guy. I didn't know it was that hated? that kinda hurts a bit know that.
I agree with this for the newer seasons, but seasons 1-6 are still pretty good
Honestly, I don't think Modern Family Guy is the worst thing ever as the cartoon community makes it out to be. Most of the show's shocking moments were out years ago and now this show is just like modern Simpsons in terms of being generic. Sometimes it works when it's experimental but it's extremely boring other than that.
I just don’t see how family guy is bad. Maybe I’m not sophisticated enough lol. But I do think everybody is too uptight. Don’t want nobody to talk about nobody.
Even though I’m not a Family Guy fan, I’ll admit its earlier seasons were fine (I don’t love them, I don’t hate them) since the characters were still likable, they didn’t go overboard with cutaway gags, and Meg was not a punching bag. It’s the post-revival seasons that keep me from enjoying it (that and the fact that I think it’s only pushing buttons just for the sake of doing so).
The only thing I don’t like with family guy Ever
Is when they sing songs (tbh it’s just annoying and trying to fill the time)
When i was 12 I thought Family Guy was edgy and hilarious . Then i turned 13 .
me personally, i wouldnt be 13
I love Family Guy. I watch it whenever I can. Stewie is my favorite
@Epic Zombie Killer same
A couple of things:
1)Family Guys is a show I love and a show I love to hate.
2)If I were to be an executive at Fox, I'll be the guy who'll be known and take the bullet for being the one to cancel Family Guy. Imma put it out like ol' yeller.
Good analogy. I used to like Family Guy but I just straight up hate it and have completely disowned FG. They did this to themselves, making people hate their show.
Problem is, no one person gets to decide to just pull the plug on any show on any network. It’s just one of those shows, like The Simpsons and AFHV that are going to stick around forever regardless.
@@a.grimes4202 America's Funniest Home Videos? Interesting but yes, will be around forever. The Simpsons voice cast won't last forever.
I can't like The Simpsons anymore either, Grimes. I choose to watch the more underrated Futurama instead. At least the latter is not showing off as much and I've been following Futurama since day one. I will always cherish the memories of the good times we had.
American Dad is one animated show by Seth MacFarlane I can still tolerate watching. Reminds me of King of the Hill in many ways and I used to be into KOTH.
Family Guy aged far better than the Simpsons.
Since people aren’t mentioning it …
They literally made an episode where Jesus wanted to sex with Lois and did it with other women. And after all that says “I’m not even real”
This is an obv overstep
There must’ve been so many hipsters claiming to have always thought Family Guy sucked, after that South Park ep came out
It's the same people who make Ginger jokes. Literally barely ever happened in the US until South Park brought it to the forefront
@@rigajykra3159 that's just so not true
God bless South Park. Burn in Hell, Family Guy.
Yeah. Can we talk about how better American Dad! is. That show needs more love.
That's what I've been saying!!! American Dad is every bit as underrated as Futurama.
@@TheBenCarroll EXACTLY BRO!
@@HorseJoint Thanks, Horse Joint. American Dad and Futurama are all I can stand to watch from Seth MacFarlane and Matt Groening respectively now.
@@TheBenCarroll I don't fucking blame you at all man.
@@HorseJoint Er, thanks?!
honestly, Terifteriq videos on Family guy really changed my opinion on the show itself. his analysis really helped me to be more forgiven of Family Guy.
I still think the show is lazy, and the way they constantly punch down topics and groups, without making a single relevant point on it, and even make jokes that are, impossible to laugh for how upsetting they are, really make my blood boil with anger.
but is not as bad as many say it is. when Family guy does it right, they fucking do it right. and Seth is an amazing creator and he does look like a sweetheart.
He tried of stop the show but the Fox don’t wanted
Hey I'm interested in checking Terifteriq out based on what you said about him but I'm having trouble finding him on RUclips or the Internet. Mind helping me out?
I love family guy and I literally couldn't care less what anybody says.
My favorite thing about family guy is the "fans who arent soft", who get mad and throw fits when anyone even says its fallen off.
Family Guy pre cancellation was actually really funny and had character development as well to the point that between the second and third season they really hit their stride. After Family Guy was cancelled, all the focus went to American Dad and I feel that the surprise reinstatement caused resources to be split between both shows and American Dad took priority because it was newer whereas Family Guy already had an established fan base at that point. It's a shame because you could tell after a certain point they were really phoning it in. Most series can't keep pulling it together after being canceled and bounced around like Futurama.
Futurama I still enjoy.
American Dad I can still tolerate. Family Guy became hateful.
I love both family guy and South Park because of their differences.
family guy's latest season >>>>> simpsons latest season.