What Happend to Family Guy?

[DeaDheaD]

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

What about that didnt you understand?

 

[Conebone69]

Well, as unfunny as that was to me, it was at least part of the story. But seriously? The stupid "Bird, bird, bird" throughout the entire episode just shows that they couldn't think of anything smart or funny to fill an extra 10-15 minutes with. Probably the worst episode I've ever seen, and I'm a FG snob.

Yeah they are deffinetly running out of ideas, and it shows

Sometimes Family Guy episodes are either hit or misses but once you see repeated reruns of them then it starts to grow on you.

I agree

Call me crazy,but I thought the whole Surfin Bird bit was hilarious.I thought the Jesus plot was dull though.

It was ok, I thought it was kinda pointless

Did anyone think the heath ledger bit was too much, too soon?

Eh, idk. It was bound to happen sooner or later

 

[04nbod]

Call me crazy,but I thought the whole Surfin Bird bit was hilarious.I thought the Jesus plot was dull though.

Well I didn't know the song prior. It was really annoying and went on too long. This episode was also linear. I can't remember even one tangental satirical gag that they usually have.

 

[Obi-Ron]

What about that didnt you understand?

"Senior"

It was an oldie when I was in high school!

 

[Spider-Fan83]

Did anyone think the heath ledger bit was too much, too soon?

I had to go back and rewatch it, cause I didn't even catch it the first time
I don't think it was that bad

 

[Prison Mike]

Did anyone think the heath ledger bit was too much, too soon?

the joke wasn't that bad. it was kind of funny, actually. lol

 

[Gilpesh]

What happened to the Simpsons?

What happened to the Office?

What happened to King of the Hill?

What happened to Heroes?

What happened to House?

What happened to..... baoseidfnmawfpawefibaoknfdaasbf..... *stroke*.

 

[Ghostvirus]

What happened to Gilpesh?

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Well, as unfunny as that was to me, it was at least part of the story. But seriously? The stupid "Bird, bird, bird" throughout the entire episode just shows that they couldn't think of anything smart or funny to fill an extra 10-15 minutes with. Probably the worst episode I've ever seen, and I'm a FG snob.

My roommates watched it and it was the first episode of Family Guy I saw since the one where Peter et al got stranded on that island and Brian married Lois.

I agree about the Surfin Bird. Not only was the song incredibly annoying, but the joke got old half way into the first time they did it. My roommate called it "top 10". I don't see how that's possible since the first 3 seasons contained more than 10 episodes and were all better than the crap they've air since it came back.

 

[Phatman]

What happened to the Simpsons?

What happened to the Office?

What happened to King of the Hill?

What happened to Heroes?

What happened to House?

What happened to..... baoseidfnmawfpawefibaoknfdaasbf..... *stroke*.

The Simpsons collapsed in 2000 when the writers just turned Homer into a caricature and walked away from the ancillary characters.

King of the Hill is Fine. The characters have grown and changed and the humor is still there, it's just a bit more subltle these days.

Heroes Collapsed because the writing fell apart. The WGA strike excacerbated this and now the writers are trying to patch the show up with gimmicks.

House/The office: Don't watch these, but once a show gets past the five year mark the quality just isn't there. Writers move on, get production and directing jobs and new writers who don't know the characters take their place. This is probably what happened to Family Guy.

 

[Gilpesh]

What happened to Gilpesh?

I dunno... I guess it was just a major attack of everyone-asks-this-question-about-every-show-itis...

 

[Spidey-Bat]

House/The office: Don't watch these, but once a show gets past the five year mark the quality just isn't there. Writers move on, get production and directing jobs and new writers who don't know the characters take their place. This is probably what happened to Family Guy.

To me, House was always the same thing every episode. I started watching in the 2nd season and stopped by the middle of it.

The Office it's too soon to tell. They rushed the story in the last season since there were only 14 episodes (about 10 fewer than originally planned). So some people feel that killed it. I think we need to wait more into this current season to tell.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Did anyone think the heath ledger bit was too much, too soon?

You haven't heard?

The last episode did suck though. I missed the last few new episodes, but this last episode sucked.

 

[Go Web Go!]

You haven't heard?

The last episode did suck though. I missed the last few new episodes, but this last episode sucked.

There was only one other new episode before this last one and it was pretty bad as well. I think I'll stick to the mini-marathons on TBS rather than watching the new season.

 

[Phatman]

To me, House was always the same thing every episode. I started watching in the 2nd season and stopped by the middle of it.

The Office it's too soon to tell. They rushed the story in the last season since there were only 14 episodes (about 10 fewer than originally planned). So some people feel that killed it. I think we need to wait more into this current season to tell.

The Office could get back on track. The WGA Strike knocked a lot of shows off creatiely, because they had to rush a season finale instead of implementing the season story arcs. I feel this season the show could bounce back if there isn't a SAG Strike.

I could never get into House. To me he was just a crusty doctor in a boring show where problems got solved at the end of every episode easily. Your standard doctor show, nothing special except that he treats people like crap and is addicted to painkillers. Big Whoop.

 

[Fanticon]

i thought the new episodes were okay...i was expecting lol every 5 secs. It'll pick up...have faith.

 

[Mister J]

FG isn't as strong as it used to be (the eps in syndication triumph over pretty much anything recently), but it's still entertaining enough to tune into ...at least, for now.

There are literally hundreds of pages of comments, from the last few days, on the Surfin Bird clip at YouTube, nearly all of them citing FG.

 

[Jolie_Desastre]

This show hasn't been good since it came back. Well the first couple were pretty funny, but they depended to much on random humor, it just wasn't funny anymore. It got to the point where it went from random funny to random...wtf? well that was random.

 

[Etienne]

I saw "Love Blacktually" a few more times on adult swim last night and I'm liking the episode more and more. It really developed Cleveland (to eventually spin him off into his own show) as well as Brian. I'm a big fan of Stewie and Brian so I loved all the scenes they had together esspecially the "ru-ined" and "cru-el" parts.

 

[The Squirrel]

I saw "Love Blacktually" a few more times on adult swim last night and I'm liking the episode more and more. It really developed Cleveland (to eventually spin him off into his own show) as well as Brian. I'm a big fan of Stewie and Brian so I loved all the scenes they had together esspecially the "ru-ined" and "cru-el" parts.

That was great.

 

[Ziggyman]

I've never really liked Family Guy...I'll watch it...I'll laugh at its oddities and out there remarks...But those are the only things going for the show...Besides all the weird crap that goes on...If you just look at the writing...It's pretty dumb...

Although, I'll still watch it and some episodes are quite funny...I just think that you can't just keep repeating the same crap over and over again...!

 

[hammerhedd11]

It's not as good as it used to be. The new episodes are pretty funny but I'm just getting tired of his political humor. In his view, conservatives are crazy, radical people and it's pissing me off enough to consider not watching his new episodes anymore.

 

[hammerhedd11]

The new episode was pretty good until the one of the last jokes ruined it for me. Comparing Nazis to McCain/Palin? C'mon Seth.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Yeah. That wasn't funny and neither was Brian's "Maybe because they don't have oil?". The rest was pretty good. I liked how it was kinda like Last Crusade/Back to the Future at that one part.

Any idiot knows that America isn't invading Germany because they're an ally now. But I shouldn't expect anything remotely intelligent from the writers of Family Guy.

 

[marukisu]

How do you make comedic writing good. I have an idea of whats funny and whats not funny but as far as writing in a comedy what would be a example of strong comedic writing ?

I hear alot of "the writing isnt good" but isnt comedy puely ones opinion? personally i like the hit and miss random humor.