I wouldn't be the first to admit that the Season One of 'Family Guy' was pretty lackluster - they were going for average jokes that were fillers in FOX's hit 'The Simpsons'. I sorta forgot about the show until my friend's brought it back up in mid-2000, when FOX was airing it as summer replacement for 'That '70s Show' or something. And sweet mother of God, I was in heaven. 'Family Guy' meshed very funny one-liners with drop dead jump-cuts, which was their main appeal when first premiered. The show was done without a moral lesson at the end which, noticeable or not, is a part of most 'Simpsons' episodes.
Stewie was a gold mine of a character. There was no explanation for his character, nor Brian's, and that made everything that much odder. He was the exact parallel of Maggie Simpson - a loudmouth baby that steals the show. But it's the other characters, like Quagmire and the news anchors, that give the show its bold flavor. Their completely out there. Quagmire is a one-liner-per-second, constantly flaunting his 'sexual prowess' and just raising the notch in the show's comedy bar. And then there are the guest stars and/or rips on celebrities and popular figures from any time. What happens when God invents Tiny Poppers? Einstein brings the oven door over his head and steals the idea. A seemingly empty space is Kate Moss turned to the side. Norm McDonald as Death has sex with his girlfriend in his car (another fantastic flashback) to only cause her death. and continue the act nonetheless.
It isn't 'South Park'. It isn't 'The Simpsons'. It's something in the middle, a clever mixture of wit and shock that can - and most likely will - take the animated sitcom crown once it returns for its third season in the spring of 2001.
Stewie was a gold mine of a character. There was no explanation for his character, nor Brian's, and that made everything that much odder. He was the exact parallel of Maggie Simpson - a loudmouth baby that steals the show. But it's the other characters, like Quagmire and the news anchors, that give the show its bold flavor. Their completely out there. Quagmire is a one-liner-per-second, constantly flaunting his 'sexual prowess' and just raising the notch in the show's comedy bar. And then there are the guest stars and/or rips on celebrities and popular figures from any time. What happens when God invents Tiny Poppers? Einstein brings the oven door over his head and steals the idea. A seemingly empty space is Kate Moss turned to the side. Norm McDonald as Death has sex with his girlfriend in his car (another fantastic flashback) to only cause her death. and continue the act nonetheless.
It isn't 'South Park'. It isn't 'The Simpsons'. It's something in the middle, a clever mixture of wit and shock that can - and most likely will - take the animated sitcom crown once it returns for its third season in the spring of 2001.