Southpark vs. Comedy Central

[YSSMAN]

...Remember, the First Ammendment is really only understood by people who have it. It is a very alien concept to them, and thus why so much of the free world doesnt understand the hububb over a cartoon.

 

[Keef]

Trey and Matt really have a way of sticking it to the man. They can turn any situation around to support their side. I love it. That show is genious, unlike Family Guy.

 

[Brett]

...Remember, the First Ammendment is really only understood by people who have it. It is a very alien concept to them, and thus why so much of the free world doesnt understand the hububb over a cartoon.

And the First Amendment is still a pretty alien concept to those who do have it also . . .

Trey and Matt really have a way of sticking it to the man. They can turn any situation around to support their side. I love it. That show is genious, unlike Family Guy.

I agree with you on Trey and Matt doing a good job of showing their point of view. 👍 But I disagree about your comment about Family Guy. Family Guy isn't exactly made to make points about topics in the world today. Its really made to just be funny and not much more than that.

 

[FoolKiller]

Family Guy isn't exactly made to make points about topics in the world today. Its really made to just be funny and not much more than that.

Which is why none of the jokes are relavent to the plot.

 

[Keef]

I once lebelled Family Guy as a show of "intelligent humor". I guess not. I never really watch it, but all my quick-with-a-point friends here at school do. How are they so smart if they listen to those stupid jokes?

 

[FoolKiller]

I once lebelled Family Guy as a show of "intelligent humor". I guess not. I never really watch it, but all my quick-with-a-point friends here at school do. How are they so smart if they listen to those stupid jokes?

You can be intelligent and watch non-intelligent humor. For example, I love "The Three Stooges" but I am pretty sure I have an intellect above that.

 

[Gabkicks]

^ exactly

 

[Zrow]

I agree with you on Trey and Matt doing a good job of showing their point of view. 👍 But I disagree about your comment about Family Guy. Family Guy isn't exactly made to make points about topics in the world today. Its really made to just be funny and not much more than that.

He's got American Dad to do his opinion-broadcasting.

Also, American Dad sucks.

 

[Wolfe]

I once lebelled Family Guy as a show of "intelligent humor". I guess not. I never really watch it, but all my quick-with-a-point friends here at school do. How are they so smart if they listen to those stupid jokes?

Yes, Family Guy's jokes have nothing to do with the plot, and a lot of them are simply funny because they're random (especially more recently). However, there are times when the short "flashback clips" (if you want to call them that) deliver a message, like South Park, but in a really fast, punchy way, so that it takes a while to sink in. Unfortunately, that was mainly in older episodes, and the flashbacks are becoming increasingly random.

 

[Speedy Samurai]

I once lebelled Family Guy as a show of "intelligent humor". I guess not. I never really watch it, but all my quick-with-a-point friends here at school do. How are they so smart if they listen to those stupid jokes?

You labelled it as 'intelligent humour' yet you never really watched it? So, you're really good with the stereotyping, snap judgement thing then? No, wait. You must be really bad with the stereotyping, snap judgement thing because you had to change your previously assigned label.

Family Guy's humour is derived from little jabs at pop-culture, and, for those of us who grew up in the 80s, references to our past. Family Guy doesn't try to waste time 'educating' the viewers, it just wants you to enjoy yourself. I would think, that if you don't understand the Family Guy it may be because you have not experienced some of the same things that Seth Mcfarlane has.

 

[Brett]

The point I was trying to make earlier on Family Guy was that Family Guy was/is not made to be informative and get the viewer to think about current issues in the world, which is really saying that it is just about the opposite of Southpark, even though Southpark has some similar episodes of unintelligent humor. Every now and then Family Guy will bring something up about a current event, but not on a regular basis, which Southpark does do.

American Dad is a completely different story when compared with Southpark. Seth MacFarlane does try to do some opinion broadcasting, but he does not do a very good job of it at all, especially when compared to Southpark. American Dad tries to get the viewer to think about some of the things in the episode, but fails.

There is one thing all three episodes have in common and that is each tries to push the envelope as far as they can when it comes to different topics. American Dad doesn't really do it anywhere near that of Family Guy or Southpark and Family Guy doesn't go near the lengths of Southpark.