Family Guy... WTF Happened to You?

11/1/07

Family Guy sucks. It sucks dick, in fact. There was once a time, long, long ago, that Family Guy was a treat. It made me giggle. I was excited when it came on and I even set time aside to watch it every week. Much has changed. I began to ask myself, "Did Family Guy change, or did I?" Well, the answer is, we both did.

In season 2 of Family Guy, I really began to get into the whole concept. I loved Stewie, hated Meg, and tolerated Lois. But something started changing. That whole "like the time..." thing became more and more prevalent. Eventually, the show was just a series of meaningless cut-aways. True, they were funny at first, but grew to be lame. I found my Family Guy time was devoted to other things. I tuned in here and there, but I was mostly over it without even realizing it.

So, today, after months without new Family Guy, I watched an episode on Fox.com from October 7th. Holy shit, that was terrible. Lame doesn't begin to describe the lameness of that abortion. I can't believe how hard they are trying to be funny now. As I was watching this episode, I could almost smell the stale funk of the writer's lounge laden with the musk of lame cut-away joke after lame cut-away joke.

Family Guy, this is from someone who used to be a good friend, go back to simpler times. Take it easy. You don't have to push funny on a show like this. Carpoolers, King of Queens, Yes, Dear, these are shows require funny to be pumped into their lifeless bodies on the operating table... not you. You were an empire; a beacon of light in a sea of terrible shit. I can only hope that the shit sea spits you back out and you reclaim your former glory.

Jumbo