Family Guy vs The Cleveland Show vs American Dad

DonDaddyD
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edited December 2011 in Commuting chat
Who wins? Which one is funniest? What one is your guilty pleasue?

And the almighty, Why do you like the one you like?
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Family guy

    I find it the most vulgar and therefore the most funny.

    Family guy

    Why? While the other two have their moments, Family guy has the most memorable moments for me.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,341
    Simpsons
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Family guy has more pop references, and is more revolved around general observational comedy...

    American Dad tends to be the same joke over and over.


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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    edited December 2011
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Simpsons

    Simpons stopped being funny after the third season. Season four had it's moments (Wacking Day) after that it became dead to me.

    Edit, Season 4 was genius as well. That contained the April Fools day episode where Homer opens THAT can of beer and ends up in a coma. Was laughing for weeks about that one. Still do.

    ETA: Season 4 also had the episode where Homer has THAT fight, which was televised and ends with him snapping his back. Brilliant. And Wacking day with the Homer Ninja scene. I think Season 3 and 4 were the best.
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Can it be anything but:

    1 - Family Guy
    2 - American Dad
    3 - That spin off featuring the least funny character from Family Guy
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    I've never really got into the Cleveland Show.

    American Dad is more consistent, I'll probably chuckle through most of the episodes. I know what you mean abou tit being the same joke. Stan's always intolerant, then he learns to be a bit more tolerant at the end of the episode. Then next episode he's being intolerent..... The war re-enactment and Roger as a cop episodes were very good though.

    Family Guy can be very good or just terrible (the 'Quagmire gets fired so Joe, Peter and Cleveland hijack a plane' stands out as a particular low), the more recent ones have been better. Unlike Futurama, which started out very well, went off the air, then came back, but every episode was awful.
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    i think i have only seen one episode of The Cleveland Show an was confused by the big blue bear...whats all that about?

    family guy is laugh out loud funny, even my mrs laughs (which is saying something) i dont think the humour is to everyone's taste granted

    im surprised they haven't been hit with racism an sexism claims though
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Family guy episodes aren't that great as a whole. It's the moments within the episodes that make it great.

    Example: The episode where Brian sleeps with Quagmire's Dad. Not funny except for the moment where Brian realises that he slept with a post-op trans and does that almighty vomit.
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Family guy episodes aren't that great as a whole. It's the moments within the episodes that make it great.

    awesome episode.....quagmire.png
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  • northstar
    northstar Posts: 407
    1. Family Guy
    2. Cleveland Show, followed closely by American Dad.
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    mudcow007 wrote:
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Family guy episodes aren't that great as a whole. It's the moments within the episodes that make it great.

    awesome episode.....quagmire.png
    What happened in that episode again, all I can remember is that one joke. But therein is my point.
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    You can't really compare Family Guy, The Cleveland Show and American dad. They're trying to do different things. The Cleveland Show is an homage/spoof of 80's american family sitcoms, and American Dad is specifically targeted at the (fairly unique) Left/Right, Conservative/Liberal, Red/Blue situation in the US. Family Guy is a surreal, absurdist, satire on pop culture.

    Also, fart jokes.
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    mudcow007 wrote:
    im surprised they haven't been hit with racism an sexism claims though
    Well thats probably because they're neither.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    notsoblue wrote:
    mudcow007 wrote:
    im surprised they haven't been hit with racism an sexism claims though
    Well thats probably because they're neither.
    Quite.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    mudcow007 wrote:
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Family guy episodes aren't that great as a whole. It's the moments within the episodes that make it great.

    awesome episode.....quagmire.png

    that was one of the stand out moments for me - I almost spat my drink out when that scene played out.

    Also - and I loved this episiode, when Stewie and Brian got locked in the vault overnight - some utterly gross moments in there, but thoroughly enjoyable
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  • jamesco
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    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Simpons stopped being funny after the third season. Season four had it's moments (Wacking Day) after that it became dead to me.
    No way, The Simpsons had awesome episodes up to at least the ninth season. I rest my case. ;)
  • Monkeypump
    Monkeypump Posts: 1,528
    A few months ago I would have said Family Guy, but I'm starting to prefer American Dad primarily because of Roger and Klaus. Family Guy is generally more surreal, but I prefer the premise of surreal characters trying to be 'normal'.

    Cleveland Show wins for pure smut though - I think it's the only one with thinly-veiled fisting references, at least!
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    mudcow007 wrote:
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Family guy episodes aren't that great as a whole. It's the moments within the episodes that make it great.

    awesome episode.....quagmire.png

    that was one of the stand out moments for me - I almost spat my drink out when that scene played out.

    Also - and I loved this episiode, when Stewie and Brian got locked in the vault overnight - some utterly gross moments in there, but thoroughly enjoyable


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  • notsoblue
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    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Also - and I loved this episiode, when Stewie and Brian got locked in the vault overnight - some utterly gross moments in there, but thoroughly enjoyable
    I think thats one of the best things I've ever seen on TV. Brilliant stuff.
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  • SimonAH
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    Family guy, no contest.
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  • Kieran_Burns
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    notsoblue wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Also - and I loved this episiode, when Stewie and Brian got locked in the vault overnight - some utterly gross moments in there, but thoroughly enjoyable
    I think thats one of the best things I've ever seen on TV. Brilliant stuff.


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  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    Family Guy followed by American Dad.

    Family Guy must be funny when Jake can be heard snorting with laughter at it :D

    I will admit I introduced him to Family Guy and American Dad, he now has the DVD box sets of all the Family Guy episodes so far released :shock:
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  • rjsterry
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    Rick Chasey wrote:
    notsoblue wrote:
    mudcow007 wrote:
    im surprised they haven't been hit with racism an sexism claims though
    Well thats probably because they're neither.
    Quite.
    That often doesn't stop people.
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  • rick_chasey
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    rjsterry wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    notsoblue wrote:
    mudcow007 wrote:
    im surprised they haven't been hit with racism an sexism claims though
    Well thats probably because they're neither.
    Quite.
    That often doesn't stop people.
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  • bigmat
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    Much as I love it, Family Guy can be pretty offensive some times. I take the view that for that kind of humour to be effective it has to offend all of the people some of the time, but its still pretty uncomfortable if you find yourself watching alongside one of the victims of that humour.
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  • notsoblue
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    BigMat wrote:
    Much as I love it, Family Guy can be pretty offensive some times. I take the view that for that kind of humour to be effective it has to offend all of the people some of the time, but its still pretty uncomfortable if you find yourself watching alongside one of the victims of that humour.
    I don't know about that. Family Guy can be crass, but it often does so to make a point. A recent episode featuring Quagmire's sister and domestic abuse actually had pretty sensitive, insightful and tactful undertones. There is comedy in the tragedy sometimes, and the show only ever sympathised with the victim. This kind of humour isn't everyone's cup of tea, and it may be a trigger for some, but you can't accuse it of being exploitative or genuinely offensive.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,116
    Family Guy gets my vote even if they do push things just a litle bit far sometimes...

    That said, I prefer South Park to all of them.
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