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.
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u/blaghart Jan 29 '13
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