If you're a Family Guy fan and happened to catch last night's episode, you know that Brian (the family dog) died in the episode.
If you didn't....Oops, spoiler alert! Sorry, too late for that, huh?
I only started watching the show a few years ago; I guess I had lumped it in with The Simpsons (which I find anything but funny) and didn't think it would be worth wasting a half-hour watching it. However, one Sunday I had watched the late football game on Fox and didn't bother to turn the channel and Family Guy came on. I didn't know where the remote was and I was too lazy to get up and turn the channel, so I started watching and was - for better or worse - hooked.
The creator of the show, Seth MacFarlane, is an unabashed liberal and he takes a lot of potshots at conservatives, but a few weeks after I started watching, Rush Limbaugh "starred" on an episode and it was one of the funniest of the entire series. There HAVE been some really bad episodes, though, not that they were without humor, but sometimes the humor crossed the line. (some about religion, such as making fun of Jesus being crucified and others showing "retarded" characters...the show does a lot of cruel humor directed at people with disabilities) It's those shows that make me re-think watching it, but then there will be a flash of brilliant comedy that gives me hope there will be more like it. It's constantly on a teeter-totter of enjoyment with me - 51% funny and 49% disgusting and sometimes those percentages reverse. It's hard for me to explain why I keep watching it and certainly harder trying to defend my watching it.
Without delving into each of the characters and their personalities, I always figured that MacFarlane actually had the Brian character in mind as his animated alter-ego when he created him; after all, Brian is the most liberal of any of the characters, and while many slams are directed towards conservatism (and religion), I think MacFarlane is actually making fun of liberals in a subtle way with Brian. Here's an example, one of my favorite scenes of the series:
I loved that rant and particularly the Catcher in the Rye reference. (most worthless "classic literature" I ever wasted time reading) All the things Quagmire said about Brian were true and not only is Brian a dog, if he were a human he'd also be a dog.
I don't think Brian is gone for good; Stewie will make another time machine and will go back in time and save Brian. I hope so, because the "replacement dog" Vinnie is annoying.
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Saw an online petition out there to bring Brian back. Stranger things have happened on that show.
Joey likes this show. I really never "got" into cartoons even when they became CC. Did watch them tho with My niece. She and My kids and Alex gave Me updates to what was going on. Now Alex loves games and You Tube.
I saw where one already had something like 100k signatures, Barb. There are also threats of boycotts. I like the show, but not enough to sign a petition or boycott it. It's probably time f/ it to end and if it does, hope it goes out better than most other shows do.
Beary, that video has captions, meant to add that it does b/c I figured you'd see this post. I'll prob. be putting up another quiz today or tomorrow, always appreciate you taking them and commenting.
Thanks to both of you f/ commenting!
Thank You Mike, I have noticed the CC's in the stuff You post. You have a kind heart.
I try to see they do, but not all have that feature, sorry.
I'm not much of a cartoon guy; other than King of the Hill, I hadn't watched any animated shows in a long time. Even when I was a kid, I was picky about my 'toons. Momma said I liked Mighty Mouse the best when I was really young, then I got into Rocky and Bullwinkle, Jonny Quest, a few others. I do watch some Adult Swim late-night shows, like Aqua Teen Hunger Force and sometimes enjoy American Dad, but it's not nearly as good as Family Guy and pokes even more fun at conservatives.
There are loads of really popular animated movies I haven't seen. I just watched Lion King a yr. or two ago, same f/ Finding Nemo, Toy Story (just the first one) and others. I just can't get into them all that much and that is true of regular movies; I'm really picky about what I watch.
"Kind heart." I've been told that, but I'm cold-hearted about a lot of things, I just keep it to myself. Thanks, though, love ya.
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