which animated family truly rules the
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herring family guide to the Simpsons to
settle once and for all which cartoon
crew deserves the most praise there is a
lot to settle between the two
long-running series so let's get to it
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round one laughs the early years of the
Simpsons were hilarious when the show
began there was nothing quite like it
and it quickly won over audiences with
its sharp writing and nuanced topical
humor yes I ate two grapes please charge
me for them
Oh two grapes who cares just charge me
something please okay all right I need a
price check on two grapes yeah you heard
me Phil do measly stinking grapes with a
talented set of writers including Al
Jean and Conan O'Brien the show cat
makes highbrow and lowbrow comedy like
no other it's just a weather station
it's fun to smash things you got real
Purdy hair
combined with fluid animation the show
was edgy and brilliant however the three
decade plus animation lost some of its
charm in later seasons I'm looking
forward to visiting the Arctic Circle or
as I call it my wife's side of the bed
for the purposes of that joke I'm
married constraints to run time as well
as steeper competition against
everything from copycat shows to YouTube
oops
the show is seen a dim in the spark that
once made it so surprising let's be
honest
Family Guy started out as something of a
simpsons clone after a number of
cancellations the show expanded from its
mildly crude comedic stylings to favor
more shocking gross out no-holds-barred
approach while the writing often crosses
the line going for the cheapest shot
available for devoted audiences those
shots often hit their mark pulling out
laughs from either the outrageousness of
the situation or from the sheer awkward
randomness of it it's completely total
terrific oh my god I knew I should have
driven
I should always drive I cannot trust you
Peter Griffin also as the show seems to
operate within its own rules it will
never run out of material a problem with
more reality grounded shows winner
Family Guy rounds two characters The
Simpsons characters are known and
recognized around the world hello Ned
sorry to bother you Reverend Lovejoy but
I'm kind of in a tizzy her son Todd just
told us he didn't want to eat his damn
vegetables while the show focuses on the
titular family over the years many side
characters within the town of
Springfield have been fleshed out with
their own backstories personalities and
episodes some becoming as beloved as the
members of The Simpsons themselves I
think they liked us as the ruling
students cute sir those aren't do they
see the way each of the characters
interacts with one another has real
heart as for the main family it took
only three seasons for them to become
icons of the TV landscape despite nearly
20 years on the air the characters a
Family Guy have never really been given
more than one dimension and in some
cases such as Peter actually seemed a
lesson you want than they did initially
I'm watching this awesome show Brian see
they took all these colors and they're
making them all live together in a beach
house now the red one is sleeping with
the green one and the blue one thinks
he's gonna have a career in music and
the yellow one is just a total [ __ ]
Peter that's just a channel that's gone
off the air while the Griffins are
individually recognizable they are all
sort of the same in that there are all
terrible people yeah I just remembered I
gotta get the hell out of here as for
the town's folk of Quahog Rhode Island
they likewise just seem to be somewhat
lacking in depth outside of ardent fans
the average person would be hard-pressed
to name even half a dozen
let alone describe anything truly
individual about them that killer baby
from the trials gone missin
and then for creating a living cast of
memorable characters we have to give
this one to the simpsons winner The
Simpsons round three storylines despite
being a comedy The Simpsons is beard
with great success into other genres
some of the classic storylines are
genuinely great television with touching
memorable moments that help to establish
The Simpsons as a classic in that
nostalgic continues to keep the show
going who can forget Lisa's substitute
teacher
or homers sad farewell to his mother
remember whatever happens you have a
mother and she's truly proud of you or
the time Homer took a job working for
the nicest Bond villain ever put to
screen or the many misfires of Sideshow
Bob with a B and C plots throughout
every episode weaving and sinking and
surprising in natural ways by the third
act there is much to enjoy in any given
Simpsons storyline soon I will kill you
some PS auntie boo French for her foot
smells lovely
prepare to be murdered huh a party bay
move dude
that's Sanskrit for your toes I like
perfume in contrast to the well-oiled
gears of the Simpsons family Guy works
off of a bizarre sort of randomness sold
to the gentleman from Quahog Rhode
Island congratulations sir what brings
you down here to Louisville I don't know
generally there is a chaotic inciting
event often caused by Peter that sets
into motion the rest of the plot but
often in a totally unrelated way this
makes it so that act two is usually
completely disconnected from the first
ten minutes or so of viewing it can make
for a real rollercoaster of a viewing
experience as you truly never know what
direction any given episode will take hi
so how the medical experiments go so
good no it's so good I'm gonna squeeze
right in here if my thighs will let me
however relying on so much randomness
doesn't leave room for the same clever
meshing of storylines furthermore Family
Guy really likes to make a joke out of
dead airtime and gags that go on way too
long
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it's funny the first time but after a
while it starts to feel like padded
runtime material for giving us some
truly great plots over the years we're
giving this one to the first family of
Springfield round for consistency for
ten seasons the Simpsons were simply
amazing nearly every episode was a
winner with more quotable lines than you
could shake a can of Duff at Joe the
cause of and solution to all of life's
problems they couldn't keep it going
forever though and there was a
significant dip in quality by the
beginning of season 11 at first fans
couldn't quite put their finger on it
but as the series went on it was clear
that the show had changed
no longer grounded by the simple premise
of a dysfunctional yet loving
blue-collar family
the plots became more theatrical and
less relatable homers seemed to get
dumber and not in a funny way and the
storylines senior
oh it's wonderful truly good country
while there were still some good
episodes it always felt like a rare
return to form rather than a
continuation of it except for the first
season or to Family Guy has turned out
the same sort of content four years
after a couple of false starts they
leaned into a madcap reality bending can
you get away with that on TV style of
narrative okay go God are you okay
they're insane approach keeps many plot
doors open as the show truly works on
cartoon logic with provocative humor I
love you never know what you're gonna
see in any given Family Guy episode but
you know what you're in for by tuning in
whether it's a road trip to murder Santa
Claus a mission to get Jesus laid your
2000 year long cold streak is about to
come to an end what do you mean I'm
saying Jesus we are gonna help you lose
your virginity or an endless fight with
a giant chicken there is no bottom to
the absurd well Family Guy so steadily
draws from winner Family Guy
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notifications round 5 legacy despite the
ups and downs the Simpsons are still
wildly popular 18 bucks for this what a
ripoff
over 30 years old and showing no signs
of stopping
The Simpsons has been parodied quoted
merchandised
and broadcast so widely it's not
impossible to escape the show's reach
through an uncanny ability to tap into
the cultural zeitgeist they've
accidentally predicted a number of real
world events
as you know we've inherited quite a
budget crunch from President Trump
several of the show's catchphrases have
been added to dictionaries they look up
stupid in a dictionary double picture me
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it holds the record for the most
episodes and aired seasons of any
scripted television program and the
show's comedic timing and style
including the lack of sitcom laugh track
are so copied they've become part of the
fabric of not just television but
Western pop culture while it has been
its own creature for a number of years
Family Guy is ultimately still part of
the Simpsons legacy would an adult
animation about a working-class family
with an oafish husband long-suffering
wife and 2.5 children even have aired in
1999 if the Simpsons hadn't just done it
for 10 years
we act like we didn't take a lot from
The Simpsons but we took a lot from The
Simpsons like many shows cast under the
yellow shadow it's clear that Family Guy
ran into the Simpsons did it first
problem early on before finding its own
stride several other tough variations
packages and design elements have been
similarly infringed resulting again and
again in pale imitations cheap copies
clumsy counterfeits and weak
substitutions the show has developed its
own following style and staying power
but the influence of the older show is
undeniable and its own impact on pop
culture history just can't quite compete
once again the Simpsons did it winner
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