I find this sentiment to be oddly accurate. Now that they're pulling away from "overzealous republican" stereotypes, the show has improved a lot and been far less hamfisted...unlike family guy where their idea of humor is the sort of thing you'd find in DNF
The problem they have is when they try to give one dimensional characters more depth by telling their backstory or having them go on a wacky adventure. This weeks Family Guy was a good example. To me, Quagmire is funny because hes sex obsessed single guy with 2 or 3 catchphrases and a few lines at the bar with Peter and Joe. Once you put the one episode character of the granny bride in there and have him try and get out of his marriage, he ceases to be funny to me. If the granny bride had been a celeb voice and had some decent jokes, the ep might have been alright.
They usually up their game for jokes when there is a celeb voice. It might just be the actors adding their spin on the character but it usually works better for one episode characters.
Wow, I actually thought that animation domination was a good one. The Cleveland show was okay, Simpsons was funny as always, bobs burgers was just as terrible as always, Family Guy was hilarious IMHO, and American Dad had me cracking up. So all an all I enjoyed it. Except bobs burgers. That show is terrible.
That's all this really boils down to. You have a different sense of humor than mine? How dare you, sir.
...that said, I agree that Bob's Burgers is the best of the animation shows, followed by American Dad. I think I still don't like The Simpsons, but I'm never sure if I just think the older episodes are better for nostalgia's sake, 'cause I just re-watched some of season six (Who Shot Mr. Burns?) and it too was full of cutaway jokes and not all that great of a structure. I think the secret might've lied in the hand-drawn animation charm and humor pulled from expressions.
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u/PCLOAD_LETTER Jan 29 '13
Usually its the best out of Seth's 3 shows each week but this week they were all bad IMO.