Avril Lavigne
02-25-2004, 05:19 PM
i was reading msn.com and i found this
"Family Guy" (FOX)
Premiered: January 1999
Cancelled: 2001
It may sound like heresy, but given a choice between "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy," give me "Family Guy." Few shows have pushed the PC envelope as far as Seth MacFarlane's "Family Guy." Watch it and you'll gasp, chin hitting your chest, thinking, "How the hell did this ever get on the air?" The animated comedy took on racial and social stereotypes with reckless, lethal aplomb. The Griffins were truly a dysfunctional family: You had a cocaine-snorting, talking dog, a baby obsessed with world domination, and a patriarch that makes Homer look like the guy who wrote "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." Though many found the show offensive, its demented love of pop culture and prodding of taboos also found it a fiercely loyal, cult following. How loyal? Just recently "Family Guy" became probably the only show to get renewed after it was cancelled. The success of all three seasons on DVD, plus nightly airings on the Cartoon Channel, made FOX realize they had a hit that they never supported. New episodes reportedly will resume by 2005.
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What do you people think?
"Family Guy" (FOX)
Premiered: January 1999
Cancelled: 2001
It may sound like heresy, but given a choice between "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy," give me "Family Guy." Few shows have pushed the PC envelope as far as Seth MacFarlane's "Family Guy." Watch it and you'll gasp, chin hitting your chest, thinking, "How the hell did this ever get on the air?" The animated comedy took on racial and social stereotypes with reckless, lethal aplomb. The Griffins were truly a dysfunctional family: You had a cocaine-snorting, talking dog, a baby obsessed with world domination, and a patriarch that makes Homer look like the guy who wrote "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." Though many found the show offensive, its demented love of pop culture and prodding of taboos also found it a fiercely loyal, cult following. How loyal? Just recently "Family Guy" became probably the only show to get renewed after it was cancelled. The success of all three seasons on DVD, plus nightly airings on the Cartoon Channel, made FOX realize they had a hit that they never supported. New episodes reportedly will resume by 2005.
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What do you people think?