People talking about family guy on IMDB

**Danny Electric** · 03-06-2004, 10:16 AM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385690/board/nest/5553968

by - fredthesock (Wed Feb 25 23:59:25)
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i'm glad somebody else out there is still an original Family Guy-er. This gives me the perfect chance to vent something thats been bugging me for a long time. You know what i really hate? How all of a sudden Family Guy has become so popular in the mainstream. And how all of these so called "fans" are so upset that it got cancelled, and are always like "man, they always cancel all the good shows before anyone has a chance to even watch them". Because, the reason Family Guy was taken off the air was due to poor ratings. And these same people who think now that Family Guy is so great, are the same people who, when they saw the original ads, thought it was just a Simpsons rip-off, and didnt' bother tuning in. I just...it bugs me too see all these frat boys and high schoolers being like "FAMILY GUY RULES! I LOVE STEWIE! MY BROTHERS FRIEND HAS THE DVDS, AND THEY ARE AWESOME!!!!" when they don't even realize they are the reason for it's original demise. I guess i'm being slightly hypocritical, i'm not saying the only shows I like i've watched since the beginning, but when you have a gem like Family Guy, something that you treasure and really revere as one of the greatest television cartoons, or even programs for that matter, in the history OF Television, you kind of hold it dear to your heart. And now it seems like EVERYBODY has their favorite Family Guy quote and character...and I wouldn't really be making too much of a fuss about it, except for how GREAT the number of people who suddenly "discovered" the program are. Sure, you can argue that "it's new-found popularity lulled it out of cancellation", but it still doesn't change the fact that us original fans had to go 3 years without anything at all, while everyone else was out JUST watching it now. OK, so, thoughts? Hate? Love? Anything?

03-06-2004, 10:16 AM	#1
Danny Electric dirty irani Posts: 11,956	People talking about family guy on IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385690/board/nest/5553968 by - fredthesock (Wed Feb 25 23:59:25) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i'm glad somebody else out there is still an original Family Guy-er. This gives me the perfect chance to vent something thats been bugging me for a long time. You know what i really hate? How all of a sudden Family Guy has become so popular in the mainstream. And how all of these so called "fans" are so upset that it got cancelled, and are always like "man, they always cancel all the good shows before anyone has a chance to even watch them". Because, the reason Family Guy was taken off the air was due to poor ratings. And these same people who think now that Family Guy is so great, are the same people who, when they saw the original ads, thought it was just a Simpsons rip-off, and didnt' bother tuning in. I just...it bugs me too see all these frat boys and high schoolers being like "FAMILY GUY RULES! I LOVE STEWIE! MY BROTHERS FRIEND HAS THE DVDS, AND THEY ARE AWESOME!!!!" when they don't even realize they are the reason for it's original demise. I guess i'm being slightly hypocritical, i'm not saying the only shows I like i've watched since the beginning, but when you have a gem like Family Guy, something that you treasure and really revere as one of the greatest television cartoons, or even programs for that matter, in the history OF Television, you kind of hold it dear to your heart. And now it seems like EVERYBODY has their favorite Family Guy quote and character...and I wouldn't really be making too much of a fuss about it, except for how GREAT the number of people who suddenly "discovered" the program are. Sure, you can argue that "it's new-found popularity lulled it out of cancellation", but it still doesn't change the fact that us original fans had to go 3 years without anything at all, while everyone else was out JUST watching it now. OK, so, thoughts? Hate? Love? Anything?