American Dad

Stonecutter · 02-08-2005, 11:19 PM

By the way...

The reason Simpsons sucks now.

It's lost every hint of subtilty

jeepnut · 02-09-2005, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Stonecutter

By the way...

The reason Simpsons sucks now.

It's lost every hint of subtilty

Agreed entirely. I don't watch much Simpsons anymore, but I did see the episode following the superbowl. I believe that that is the first episode of the Simpsons in which I did not crack a laugh at all through its entirety. This includes viewings of episodes I have seen several times before.

And American Dad was just lame. It seemed like it was created to be a second try at Family Guy. The original was much better and I'm glad that it's back. Hopefully this means that American Dad's days are numbered.

KillerGremlin · 02-09-2005, 05:18 PM

I thought the Donkey Kong reference was contrived.....which made it not funny. To be honest, I turned it off and went to *bed* for *sleep* after about 15 painful minutes of it.

The Simpsons continue to reuse plot ideas by the way.

Apparently the show is supposed to run for a few more years. By then, hopefully FOX goes bankrupt.

Blackmane · 02-09-2005, 06:30 PM

I hope that American Dad can be original, but deep down I don't feel that it can. There is so much similarity to Family Guy. I mean, even the names have similarity...

But, I will not close it out just yet. I will just have an open mind to the show and not try to compare it to Family Guy.

dropCGCF · 02-09-2005, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackmane

I hope that American Dad can be original, but deep down I don't feel that it can. There is so much similarity to Family Guy. I mean, even the names have similarity...

But, I will not close it out just yet. I will just have an open mind to the show and not try to compare it to Family Guy.

It IS decent for humor. I would rather watch it than many other shows. And keep in mind, it is a pilot episode as well.

Blackmane · 02-09-2005, 06:39 PM

True.

If I remember right, Family Guy's pilot wasn't the greatest either. At least, it didn't compare to the greatness that it is now.

Acebot44 · 02-12-2005, 05:22 PM

"Due to the high ratings of American Dad,(approx. 15 million, an 8 million drop off from The Simpsons) fox is changing its time slot from 9:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. This move will force Arrested Development to end in late April, which trims its number to 18 episodes. This does not bode well for the critically acclaimed comedy, which has been averaging 6 million viewers a week."

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