Doctor Clu's Dissertations

"it's only around because Seth MacFarlane had a hangover which caused him to miss his flight on 9/11."

 

Ouch. But funny. Probably true as well.

 

I don't really watch television anymore, because we don't get OTA broadcasts here in the valley of southern AZ, but also because there's too much shit going on in the world, and if I had to dwell on it, I'd probably get an ulcer. But yeah, Family Guy started wearing out its welcome for me in the late 2000s, when the jokes got increasingly flaccid and the spin-offs got more frequent. American Dad was already pushing it, but did we really need a Cleveland Show, too? (Answer: no.)

 

If I were to pinpoint a moment when Family Guy lost its way and seemed unredeemable, it was either when Pe-turd shot his friend in the eye with a pellet gun for his amusement, or when he and his dumb friends planned an animated series called "Handi-Quacks." Yeah, that'll show those handicapped people for, uh, existing. And if people complain, we can just say that they're being too sensitive... never mind the fact that all the jokes were so forced as to sound like a cry for help. All I heard was "Please, PLEASE. We don't want to do this anymore. We've been locked in a room and FOX won't let us out until we've finished writing this season's scripts."

 

Now McFarlane is doing his own science-fiction comedy, because lord knows he doesn't have enough damn shows already. Give it a rest.

Blasphemy!