Comments on: F YOU, NEW YORK TIMES

By: dibster

dibster — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:55:24 +0000

Plus, Family Guy is written by Manatees so it makes giant fucking sense all the time.

By: Bacon Rules

Bacon Rules — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:50:04 +0000

FG hasn’t surpassed The Simpsons so much as The Simpsons became embarrassingly unfunny around 2001. Watching The Simpsons now reminds me of The Chevy Chase Show: I really want it to be funny, but it just continues to SUCK so GD much!

By: BattleFlag0013

BattleFlag0013 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:37:38 +0000

I liked the concept behind Fam Guy a lot better when Judd Apatow created it with The Critic.

By: glibglub

glibglub — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:16:32 +0000

Family Guy has been sucking BALLS this year. i didn’t laugh out loud at one single thing during any of their 7 episodes this season. the Simpsons, on the other hand, finally has great writers again. and Homer is infinitely funnier than that peter wanker.

By: FistfulOAwesome

FistfulOAwesome — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:23:39 +0000

dickey stimpins: To be fair, the movie was written by the old staff members (from the golden years), so it was really funny (unlike the show currently) and reflected that in the commercials.

But yeah, you got it right. Aside from maybe marketing, Family Guy hasn’t surpassed The Simpsons in any way. It’s absolutely retarded to make such a blanket statement, with no argument whatsoever to back it up.

By: Dr. Ted Cleary

Dr. Ted Cleary — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:47:13 +0000

I couldn’t agree more about the stupidity and uselessness of blog lists. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go write a stupid, useless list for the blog I work for. Sigh.

By: Gumbercules

Gumbercules — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:44:52 +0000

Looks like those clowns at the Times did it again. Haha. What a bunch of clowns.

By: Panty Man

Panty Man — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:43:42 +0000

What do you think? Has the Arts Beat blog earned a visit from the cockpunching robot?

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:29:07 +0000

What do you think? Should “Family Guy” have been nominated for a comedy series Emmy? Has it now surpassed “The Simpsons”?

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By: dickey simpkins

dickey simpkins — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:09:11 +0000

What does “surpassed” even mean? Cultural significance? Quality of show? Both Family Guy and the Simpsons are mediocre shows at this point, yet even in a decade where the show had a marked decline in quality, the Simpsons creative team released a full-length movie that grossed half a billion dollars worldwide, which I find pretty impressive. Could Family Guy truck along for 5 more years, release a movie, and expect a similar positive reception? I doubt it.