Family Guy. If you could break my childhood down to two words it would be Family Guy. From the moment I heard "I'd like 6,000 chicken fajitas please" (not pronounced how it typically is) I was hooked. The show was comedy gold. But from seasons 5 to current seasons, Family Guy has fallen off. It's just not that funny anymore. Let's recap what happened.
When family guy was first released back in 1999, it was received with somewhat mixed reviews. But the style and timing of show creator Seth McFarlane was genius. The show told the life of lovable idiot Peter Griffin who was merely trying to provide, however stupidly and neurotic he may have done so, a good life for his family. The show featured a typical (but fairly smoking) housewife, a nerdy wannabe teenage daughter, a fairly dumb teenage son with an evil monkey living in his closet, a talking dog with an affinity for martini's, and a diabolic baby with plans to kill his mother and take over the world. Take that all in.
Let's take a look at a few of the characters. Peter Griffin. Loving father and husband, toy factory worker, and lover of television. Let's get this straight. At the start Peter was an idiot, but he wasn't retarded. And when I say retarded, I mean like actually retarded. There was slight justification in his dumb actions, but nowadays they have confirmed and made Peter a full blown retard. To quote the great Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder "You go full retard, you go home empty handed." Seth McFarlane uses this ploy as a cop out to do whatever the hell he wants and as a result the show sucks big weiner now. For instance his antics went from using that toy where "the cow goes moo" on the SAT's and trying to stick his dick in a pencil sharpener to the extreme of dumb of literally blowing his fingers, trying to marry Chris to take his father-in-law's fortune, and throwing Stewie's head into a car just because he wanted to. I'm sorry, but Peter used to make the show stupid funny, but now its just retarded.
Then lets take a look at Brian. Brian, as the above mentioned photo states, was the voice of reason for Peter's idiocy. At the end of the day, Brian was Peter's guidance, his best friend and driving force to actually serve as a moral virtue at the end of an episode. Sure Brian is a talking alcoholic dog, but it worked for the show. He was man's best friend and by giving him a voice it allowed us to see that. As time has passed, he's just become an asshole. He's a super liberal cock, dick to Quagmire, and just a miserable douche who wants no one to be happy. It's just not even funny to watch and sad that this is what McFarlane has come to to even attempt to get a laugh. He's gone so far as to legitimately kill of Brian from the show. In my opinion, he should have just stuck with it and start fresh. But the fans of the show nowadays are just as retarded as the show itself.
Then lets take a look at Brian. Brian, as the above mentioned photo states, was the voice of reason for Peter's idiocy. At the end of the day, Brian was Peter's guidance, his best friend and driving force to actually serve as a moral virtue at the end of an episode. Sure Brian is a talking alcoholic dog, but it worked for the show. He was man's best friend and by giving him a voice it allowed us to see that. As time has passed, he's just become an asshole. He's a super liberal cock, dick to Quagmire, and just a miserable douche who wants no one to be happy. It's just not even funny to watch and sad that this is what McFarlane has come to to even attempt to get a laugh. He's gone so far as to legitimately kill of Brian from the show. In my opinion, he should have just stuck with it and start fresh. But the fans of the show nowadays are just as retarded as the show itself.
And the last character I'll touch on is Stewie. Stewie came out of the womb seeking vengeance on Lois for thwarting his plans for world domination. And that was his role throughout the first few seasons of the show. Okay his role is far fetched, but it's not like there haven't been characters hell bent on world domination in television (almost every super villain known to man). There were the early episodes of Road to Road Island or Road to Rupert where it was a buddy buddy story between Stewie and Brian. And that's all they were, a buddy buddy story where hilarity ensues. A few seasons in though, McFarlane threw in some sexual innuendos from Stewie to flatter the idea that he might be gay. But now it isn't even a question. He's full blown gay and has a genuine love for Brian. So far as to be quoted in a conversation with Brian that, "Oh yeah, I could totally get behind that [being gay]."
To put in short, Family Guy sucks now. It's not funny. But retarded people will keep watching it because that's who it's meant for now. I hope Seth McFarlane can turn shit around soon. I doubt it.
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