Dear Dish on the Family Guy vs. the Simpsons
Dear Dish,
I'm concerned about the Family Guy usurping the Simpsons rightful place in society. The Family Guy is fairly low brow. I like the smooth humour of watching the Simpsons. When I do, I am in flavour country. And it's a big country. I am concerned.
What say you?
Sincerely,
The Watcher
Dear Watcher:
If The Family Guy ever does usurp the Simpsons rightful place in society it will only be because the Simpsons has been on so long that its writers seem to be growing tired. It won't be because The Family Guys is higher quality programming.
The Family Guy brand of humour can never compare with that found on the Simpsons. It is just way to obvious. The thing Dish likes about the Simpsons is how each episode is filled with cultural references. Sometimes you can go back and watch an episode that you've seen a million times and some new reference will finally click and more hilarity will ensue. With The Family Guy, what you see is what you get. And that grows tiresome.
Dish remembers finally seeing the original version of Psycho for the first time at a midnight showing when she was going to UPEI and finally understanding the Simpsons episode where Principal Skinner looks up at the large house on the hill and yells "mother!". There may have even been shouting to that effect, so great was her excitement at finally being enlightened.
Where would we be without moments like these? Besides, Dish firmly believes in the philosophy that everything in life is either a psychology experiement or a Simpsons episode. Clearly, Dish does not want her life to bear any semblance to The Family Guy.
As proof of the beauty of the Simpsons, I leave you with some quotable quotes.
Bart: Buy me "Bonestorm" or go to Hell!
Marge: Bart!
Homer: Young man, in this house, we use a little word called "please."
Bart: Aw, I'm going to miss the whole summer.
Homer: Don't worry, boy. When you get a job like me, you'll miss every summer.
Homer: No matter how good you are at something, there's always about a million people better than you.
Homer: I have misplaced my pants.
And there are plenty more where that came from. Long live the Simpsons!
Dish
posted by Dish @ 2:47 PM
4 Comments:
"The thing Dish likes about the Simpsons is how each episode is filled with cultural references."
I am disappointed in the mighty dishmaster on this quote. FG episodes are loaded with cultural references as well...
I do not thing FG will overtake the Simpsons as longest running animated sitcom but it will remain quite high in the quotable department:
Meg: You should go with him. This will be your chance to be alone with dad.
Chris: I'm not attracted to dad.
Meg: No, tell him you don't want to be in the scouts anymore.
Chris: Oh!
Meg: Yipes.
signed,
The Watcher's watcher!
I'm sorry, but how is THAT quote funny??? How is that funnier than Homer stating that he has misplaced his pants? How is that funnier than Homer yelling "Why you little...!!!" and then proceeding to strangle Bart?
If that was the best quote you could come up with to state your case, then you have failed! (heh heh)
I've never, ever heard FG quoted until now.
Have you ever sat in a sociology classroom, and people boo, and one person in the class room says "Where you saying boo or boo-urns?" and then a complete stranger across the classroom answers by saying "I was saying boo-urns."
Really? Have you? Until you can get complete strangers spontaneously playing out FG quotes, I don't know if they can compare.
Boo-urns!
Thank you to my supportive readers. ;o)
And I would also like to add "Fight! Fight! Fight!"
Where is your rebuttal ibenoit? ;o)
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