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Kaiser-Machead
10/26/09

In reply to Microsoft Pusses Out on Family Guy Special
We won't be missing much I bet. No doubt there would've been meh-inducing Win 7 plugs and maybe cartoon Lauren having sex with Quagmire while trying to find the perfect laptop for under $1,000. Giggity-Gawd.... #windows
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stevegiblin
10/26/09

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A lot of Family Guy hatin'.

I find it to be (mostly) funny. A few episodes from the tail-end of last season were bland compared to that seasons earlier episodes.

I think after South Park pointed out the obvious (Manatee-Jokes), people jumped on the band-wagon to show that, they too, have a superior comedy palette than the average Joe.

It's a funny cartoon, along with: Futurama, South Park, Simpsons, American Dad... they are all funny.

The Cleveland Show was omitted since it's only just started.

P.S. Dear Microsoft, you've clearly not watched an episode of Family Guy before. Don't buy till' you try (or in your case...torrent).
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macpatrik
10/26/09

@stevegiblin: You see, Family Guy is popular now. Which means it is now status quo to hate on it.

Family guy has been hilarious since the third season. So all these pompous bitches can have fun watching 30 Rock and Ugly Betty. Ugh.
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stevegiblin
10/26/09

@macpatrik: I fell in love with Family Guy when it started, I watched every episode until it was cancelled. I didn't know anyone (outside my close friends) that enjoyed the show.

When it returned due to DVD sales, everyone I knew had heard of Family Guy.

It bummed me out that everyone started quoting Family Guy to me when they hadn't even enjoyed the first 3 seasons.

noob: Hey, have you seen Family Guy?
Me: I've been watching it since 2003.
noob: ... but it just started?
Me: *sigh*. #windows
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superberg
10/26/09

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I'm sorry. Did they make an advertising deal without watching the show first? How does anyone not know that Seth MacFarlane revels in taboo? #windows
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Bababoof is amazing
10/26/09

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Wow people really hate Family Guy :/

I love the show #windows
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Lizard_King
10/26/09

@Bababoof is amazing: It's one of the only shows to get me to actually laugh anymore. The Brian-and-Stewie-centric episodes are wearing a bit thin, and I actually like the "It's like that one time..." non-segues.

Maybe I've become lame and my sense of humor lacks sophistication. Maybe I'm not smart enough to understand real comedy. Don't care. Family Guy is funny. #windows
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met2art
10/26/09

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Honestly... I don't blame Microsoft. I wouldn't want to be associated with Family Guy in any conceivable way. Ever.

I don't particularly like many TV shows, but I don't really hate any either. But this... Family Guy just stupifies me. I have never, ever, seen a single bit of it that made me even chuckle. I have tried, and sat watching episode after episode at my friends' behest... but I simply don't see anything funny. As much as South Park relies on toilet humor and vulgarity, there's usually a pervading sense of social or political themes (typically aimed at both sides with sniper-like accuracy) that one can find within the sophomoric humor. Family Guy, on the other hand, seems like an exercise in banal inanity with no relevant humor, and no sense of purpose, except to say shocking things that have no context. The most painful animation experiences I've ever suffered through.
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PlaneParts
10/26/09

@met2art: If everybody put as much thought into things they didn't like or understand as you do, I truly think this world would be a better place in which to live.

That being said, I can't disagree with you more. #windows
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UpsideDownPants
10/26/09

@met2art: Keep editing that post buddy!

I am fascinated as I sit here watching it continue to change. #windows
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Kaiser-Machead
10/26/09

@met2art: The thing that gets me about Family Guy is how empty the whole series feels. Beyond the scattered skit humor, it doesn't offer much else. Frankly I think the only reason why the show still exists is because on a relative scale, it amuses people more than most of the other shit that's out right now. #windows
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met2art
10/27/09

@UpsideDownPants: You do realize that there is only a short window in which to edit a post, right? Within 2 seconds after posting I edited to add the phrase, "except to say shocking things that have no context."

I very curious to know what changes you "continue" to see. I suggest you stay out of your parents' medicine cabinet. Abusing prescription medication for recreational purposes is no laughing matter (although in the right combinations and doses, it can be for the abuser). #windows
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Cory Youngs
10/27/09

@met2art: you sir, are shallow and pedantic. #windows
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UpsideDownPants
10/27/09

@met2art: it was a joke, but not a very good one if you can't edit for long :( #windows
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met2art
10/27/09

@Cory Youngs: I do think it's slightly amusing that fans of a cartoon that prides itself on being shocking, insulting, and random get very defensive about someone who acts the same way in reference to that very same cartoon. Hmmm... :) #windows
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Cory Youngs
10/27/09

@met2art: i actually am fairly indifferent as to defending the show (which i watch only occasionally). my reply was based on an episode where peter believes himself to be a genius and proceeds to talk down to everyone that he sees as beneath him (read: everyone). i found it fitting given your verbose rant. i guess i should have known that the reference would fall on deaf ears.

[vids.myspace.com] #windows
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met2art
10/27/09

@Cory Youngs: Fair enough. :) #windows
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Pessimippopotamus
10/26/09

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Oh good. That's one actually decent thing not ruined by Family Guy.

I'd like to say Fox may have been onto something when it cancelled Family Guy the first time?

Then again, they put it back on the air again... #windows
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philibuster
10/26/09

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I am with Eric Cartman on this issue. #windows
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sunnydays86003
10/26/09

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Wow... Gizmodo has really become lame. Microsoft backed out becouse that episode decided to add some pretty offensive content. Microsoft wants to mantain a positive image, I realize that Gizmodo and they're 'mothership "Apple" don't care about a negative image, but maybe you guys could learn a thing or two from Microsoft.
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Lizard_King
10/26/09

@sunnydays86003: Playing it safe is never something worth congratulating. This whole fiasco reeks of MS's ignorance of the show, then having second thoughts. Yes, it probably wouldn't be a good decision, but why did it even get this far? #windows
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Lizard_King
10/26/09

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Oh, I was looking forward to having the sound stutter at the beginning of the episode and have the credits freeze at the end.

Oh well, now this opens the door to Seth bashing the shit out of MS's cowardice. #windows
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TheSonOfKrypton
10/26/09

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"There's always been alot of tension...between Lois and me. It's not so much that I want to kill her. It's just.......I want her not to be alive, anymore."

Funniest. Baby. Ever. #windows
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Curtis Bonds
10/26/09

@TheSonOfKrypton: HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR #windows
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smegz
10/14/09

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I think South Park had it right. Manatees write the jokes on Family Guy by selecting colored balls in their pool.
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ripfire
10/14/09

@smegz: They're just saying that cuz South Park isn't as funny as it used to be.
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mricyfire
10/14/09

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nothing but haters all over this site
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mnerd
10/14/09

@mricyfire: We love to hate. I'm hating you right now.
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iamthor
10/14/09

@mricyfire: We don't hate the player, we hate the game.
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Yuppers: I love you
10/14/09

@iamthor: No. I hate the player.
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Kaiser-Machead
10/14/09

@Yuppers: I love you: I hate both equally.
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ripfire
10/14/09

@mricyfire: I just hate a couple hours ago.
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nightwheel
10/14/09

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Uh oh, the video is no longer available.
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Platypus Man
10/14/09

@nightwheel: Click on the source link to watch it instead -- [www.win741.com]
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Matt0505
10/14/09

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Family Guy is ok, but I've never thought it was even close to what The Simpsons is. I think Family Guy just tries way too hard, and the sometimes constant string of direct copies of other shows get annoying. They're not even satire, it's just copying scene-for-scene other things and using Family Guy characters. Funny once an episode? Sure. But when it CONSTANTLY happens, it lacks creativity. Big time.

I'll take The Simpsons now over Family Guy at any time in the shows history. The Simpsons struggled for a few years to find its identiy, but last season was good and this season has started off well. That show will live forever; not much of anyone will even think of Family Guy in 5 years.
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Kaiser-Machead
10/14/09

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Even though the Simpsons is eroding into an irrelevant sludge of a cartoon, the golden age pumped out some supremely classic comedy that will be fondly remembered.

The sum of this crap-yarn's legacy will be "giggety" and whatever one-liners are programmed into a Stewie doll.
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snowplusbrd
10/14/09

@Kaiser-Machead:
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