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Vigo:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on July 21, 2011, 12:24:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on July 21, 2011, 12:03:13 pm ---Agree, its formula is a constant barrage of lame jokes, maybe 1 out of 5 jokes is funny, people tend to forget the lame humor and only remember what they laugh at, but if you pay attention 80% of it is not funny.

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Seriously watch any stand-up comedian's act ...... it's 35 minutes of them talking about their life trying to be funny and then 3-5 minutes of some of the funniest stuff you've ever heard.

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Well, he said funny, not "some of the funniest stuff you ever heard" If Family Guy still hit that mark, it would still be a good show. Instead, they put about only a 10 minutes of effort in, then fill the rest with a character doing a random cover of a cheesy song, then peter fighting the chicken yet again.

yotsuya:
I've always felt like the sales pitch for FG was something like "It's totally like 'The Simpsons', but way edgier!"

opt2not:
For the first half of this project, I practically watched the full series three times through. Usually while working I'll have the episodes running in the background, occasionally glancing over to catch a joke or funny sequence of events. Obviously whenever you work on an established licensed product, you gotta put in your homework and analyze every single thing about that product to reproduce and continue it's branding.

I have to say that out of all the episodes, for me season 3 was where the best of the show really came out. That was right before it's cancellation. After it came back in the forth season, it was still funny, but just not the same wit as the previous.
Throughout the following seasons there were a lot of great episodes that got me laughing, but after a while I agree that it was very formulaic (much like any comedic act).  But what show's aren't?  Look at The Simpsons (a comparison that everyone loves to throw out there), that show is on it's 22nd season...and it's just not funny anymore. It continues because of A. Audience momentum (aka becoming a house-hold name), and B. Formula.   At one point the show was fresh, but if you wanna bring up beating the dead horse on punchlines, The Simpsons takes the cake. Not only that, there hasn't been much progression of characters in that show. In FG, characters have changed their personalities, some have left the show (spin-offs or being killed off)...but at least it keeps moving forward.

In any case, this thread isn't to persuade people to love the show. It was meant for those who already likes the show, and are interested in interacting with it on a fresh scale where you get to be involved with the gags and humor through playing a free-to-play online game.

Love it or hate it, it dun matter to me...I still get paid ;)

RayB:
The show grew on me in the early days enough to buy the first box set, but then ... lost interest.

New show I really like is Bob's Burgers.

But bringing this back on topic, congrats Opt2Not!

opt2not:
Thanks RayB!  ;)

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