Family Guy and 9/11

So the last episode of Family Guy made attempts at 9/11 jokes, but the whole thing felt awkward to me. Yeah it has been 10 years since it happened, but it still felt weird. Maybe the jokes just sucked. Thoughts?

I don't care for Family Guy.

i didn't get to watch it. i was working and things.

I think its on Hulu right now if you have time and are interested. :)

Who cares.

Family Guy hasn't been good for a number of years.

As said by one great master, Ricky Gervais, subject of the joke has nothing to do with it being funny or not.

Family Guy: Pushing boundaries because that's all it can do (besides reference pop culture history)

@AcidBrandon18 said:

Maybe the jokes just sucked.

It's Family Guy, so yes the jokes sucked.

family guy wasn't ever good, really

Everything is okay, or nothing is okay. This is how comedy works, you can't go 'hahaha, he sung about AIDS' and then go 'oh man people died at 9/11 grr'. People are heavily critical of Family Guy, and it's true that it's not the greatest thing out there, but believe me, there are much unfunnier shows. Like, Two and a half Men.

family guy wasn't ever good, really

Would somebody mind posting the joke in question? Or is that simply not possible? A synopsis, perhaps?

Considering Seth MacFarlene was meant to be on the first plane that went into the World Trade Center I feel like he has more of right to make jokes than others.

Hacks writing bad jokes for dumb people.

family guy just makes jokes about sensitive topics just because.  south park does the same thing but they're actually funny and have a point to them.

It's not the subject matter, Family Guy just isn't funny.

Can someone post just what the joke was?  I'm not going to exert effort in finding an episode of a show I have no interest in watching.

@BrickRoad said:

Everything is okay, or nothing is okay. This is how comedy works, you can't go 'hahaha, he sung about AIDS' and then go 'oh man people died at 9/11 grr'. People are heavily critical of Family Guy, and it's true that it's not the greatest thing out there, but believe me, there are much unfunnier shows. Like, Two and a half Men.

Yes.

They´ve made jokes about that stuff before and that´s what they do.

Family Guy is finally over? Oh thank god, that show was terrible.

I guess I'll be the lone voice and say I thought it was pretty funny in how absurd the situation was.

Family Guy has been sad and awkward ever since they turned the show into literally "show a celebrity headshot and call him/her names" as a form of comedy, as well as the uncomfortable jokes and idiotic flashbacks. 
 
So, I'm not surprised.

Man alot of Family Guy hate in this thread, I thought that episode was pretty good, still one of my favorite shows.

@KarlPilkington: wouldn't that be the opposite way around? I mean he lucked out and wasn't on that plane, so now he is making fun of the incident that other people were not lucky enough to get out off? Of course thats if what you said was true and not a sarcastic joke.

south park and family guy both suck equaly

South Park and Family Guy are both great.

Oh man, that is up there with "Bryan Ferry and Rape" in terms of Incredibly untantilising thread titles.

So the last episode of Family Guy made attempts at 9/11 jokes, but the whole thing felt awkward to me. Yeah it has been 10 years since it happened, but it still felt weird. Maybe the jokes just sucked. Thoughts?

I increasingly feel like MacFarlane is just fucking with his audience, now. After that hour-long Brian-and-Stewie-stuck-in-a-bank-vault episode, I just sense that he is seeing how much of his nonsensical bullshit people are going to put up with, only because it's supposed to be funny.

After this week's rather terrible episode, I've decided to stop watching that show. And I was a fan, once upon a time (my username probably gives it away).

Sometimes the only joke in an entire scene is people vomiting. They set the bar real low early on.

I love Family Guy

So let me get this straight Family Guy is super funny when they make fun of other countries but when they do jokes about stuff that happens in America, it's "pathetic" and "boring" ? I understand you "people" a lot better now

Family Guy was never good, you were just worse.

@EuanDewar said:

Oh man, that is up there with "Bryan Ferry and Rape" in terms of Incredibly untantilising thread titles.

Someone talking shit about Bryan Ferry? Where is he? *puts up fists*

What's next? We're gonna discuss the influence Mike and Molly have on homeland security? Or how Two & a Half Men is really a reflection of our unconscious desire to dangle our genitals around eternally-young 30 year olds?

its family guy was never funny.

I quite enjoyed that episode. It was interesting to see how much that show changed since the pilot episode. I tend to thinly that Family Guy has been lacking in quality the last couple years, but that episode was great.

@FunExplosions said:

@Animasta said:

family guy wasn't ever good, really

Yeah. I've gone and watched the 'old' episodes that used to make me roll around with laughter, and they weren't funny at all. It was always forced and idiotic. South Park, on the other hand, is still good... even if the creators are fucking sick of making them.

They are equally bad. Both shows do nothing more then pander to the lowest common denominator.

I better be cool and popular here.. ahm, Family Guy sucks! Also, CoD sucks too! Ha! I'm cool and popular now WEE!

@FunExplosions said:

@Animasta said:

family guy wasn't ever good, really

Yeah. I've gone and watched the 'old' episodes that used to make me roll around with laughter, and they weren't funny at all. It was always forced and idiotic. South Park, on the other hand, is still good... even if the creators are fucking sick of making them.

They are equally bad. Both shows do nothing more then pander to the lowest common denominator.

Never really understood the "I hope this show gets cancelled" mentality. Is there a danger that you'll accidentally sit through an episode? Could you perhaps check out one of the other hundreds of channels during this half hour in your week? Is it at all conceivable that in this vast world of ours, there may be different people with different tastes and that maybe you shouldn't wish death upon something they enjoy just so that you can... continue to not watch it?

@SpunkyHePanda said:

Never really understood the "I hope this show gets cancelled" mentality. Is there a danger that you'll accidentally sit through an episode? Could you perhaps check out one of the other hundreds of channels during this half hour in your week? Is it at all conceivable that in this vast world of ours, there may be different people with different tastes and that maybe you shouldn't wish death upon something they enjoy just so that you can... continue to not watch it?

My guess would be they feel it propagates stupidity, like Jersey Shore.

I don't really care one way or another, personally, though.

I liked the episode. I always like time travel jokes based off of a Back to the Future 2 situation. Although it culminates in pretty much the same way as an episode of Sealab 2021.

My point is comedy is subjective. Although it's getting to the point of being hilarious that every other post in this thread is that Family Guy sucks.

family guy is funny. i thought it was funny.

/thread

@BrickRoad said:

Everything is okay, or nothing is okay. This is how comedy works, you can't go 'hahaha, he sung about AIDS' and then go 'oh man people died at 9/11 grr'. People are heavily critical of Family Guy, and it's true that it's not the greatest thing out there, but believe me, there are much unfunnier shows. Like, Two and a half Men.

FUCKING PREACH IT!

I actually thought that that episode was one of their best in years.

Jokes about 9/11 were relevant in like 2004. This is just a bit sad. Like-- are they gonna make jokes about Michael Jackson in the next episode? Pretty shocking guys.

Family Guy is awesome ........ to each his own:

"I scored a touchdown"

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.