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View Poll Results: Which show is better?
The Simpsons 34 39.08%
Family Guy 40 45.98%
They both equally rule 12 13.79%
They both suck and I watch neither 1 1.15%
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Old 04-29-2005, 07:12 PM   #41
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Ok, I must go with Simpsons as a whole. I've always been a fan of the series, though now the new episodes are so unbearable, ugh! The family have become a shell of their former selves. But without the Simpsons, there is no Family Guy or any cartoon that followed... even though there is no real bad episode of Futurama as it is complete greatness... damn, is that show great!

But yeah, Family Guy is the tops at the moment, I mean, me and my buds all quote it religiously and I really dig all the pop culture references.
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Old 04-29-2005, 09:25 PM   #42
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No, the better show now is Simpsons, since Family Guy isn't on the air. Not for another few weeks.

If you're counting the reruns as being current, then you gotta count the Golden Age "Simpsons" that run in syndication, too.
And since Family Guy reruns can't even hold a candle to Golden Age Simpsons, I believe that's checkmate. Thankyou and goodnight.
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Old 04-29-2005, 09:35 PM   #43
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family guy seems like more... one liner and punchline orientated i guess. plus i never really warmed to the characters much. that being said, i do like it, and i probably laugh at it more than i do the simpsons. but i think simpsons wins for me anyway.

South Park pisses on everything though.
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Old 04-29-2005, 09:39 PM   #44
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family guy seems like more... one liner and punchline orientated i guess. plus i never really warmed to the characters much. that being said, i do like it, and i probably laugh at it more than i do the simpsons. but i think simpsons wins for me anyway.

South Park pisses on everything though.
But that's the thing with Family Guy: It is funny in bursts. A few 'lols' here, a 'ROFL' there, it's all grouse. But with the Simpsons... you watch any episode from late season 4-season 8, and you don't stop laughing for almost the entire episode.
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Old 04-29-2005, 09:49 PM   #45
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No, the better show now is Simpsons, since Family Guy isn't on the air. Not for another few weeks.

If you're counting the reruns as being current, then you gotta count the Golden Age "Simpsons" that run in syndication, too.
What I mean is how people view the shows right now, not what is airing right now.
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Old 04-30-2005, 12:04 AM   #46
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I still view the Simpsons as a superior show overall. Even the relative abominations of seasons 11-14 are a drop in the ocean compared to the immense greatness of the first 8 seasons of the Simpsons.
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Old 04-30-2005, 01:22 AM   #47
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I don't really believe the two can be compared. They're two completely diffrent kinds of comedy.

But as a show that has given me hours upon hours of enjoyment ever since I was a child... I'm going with the Simpsons.
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Old 04-30-2005, 01:29 AM   #48
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Old 04-30-2005, 03:59 AM   #49
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I agree with Funky Fly on this one.
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Old 04-30-2005, 04:00 AM   #50
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Old 04-30-2005, 08:20 AM   #51
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Family guy makes me laugh more and more regularly so it wins.

That being said Simpsons is still brilliant and I think it maybe that I've seen them all too much now that I don't laugh so much .
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Old 04-30-2005, 11:19 AM   #52
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Old 04-30-2005, 02:00 PM   #53
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The only reson people may choose simpsons is because it's been on so long, and some people who grew up watching it may not want to admit that it's not as good as FG.
I don't believe that. The Simpsons comedy just appeals to different people more than Family Guy's type.

Personally I think they're both great, however I can remember far more hilarious Simpsons moments than Family Guy. Even the last few seasons that everyone says were so bad, I enjoyed those as well. But the way I see it is this Family Guy gives me a couple good laughs every night on Adult Swim, but it has never given me a quote that has had me laughing for 5-10 minutes afterward like one of the recent Simpsons episodes has.

*watching some court case on tv*
Marge: I haven't been this excited since the Juice was on the loose.
Lisa: Mom, the Juice is still on the loose.
Marge: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

I don't know why but it had me laughing for the rest of the episode and I'm laughing sitting here thinking about it right now.
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Old 04-30-2005, 07:37 PM   #54
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Wow. Tough call.

I grew up on The Simpsons, so it is my humour. But when Family Guy came along, it blew me away. The classic seasons ( 3-8 IMHO ) of The Simpsons blow any other TV away. No question.

BUT, my vote will have to go to Family Guy. It constantly makes me laugh, has never had what I consider to be a "dud" episode, is always fresh and contriversial without going too far. Plus, I know Seth McFarlane will call it a day when it gets un-funny.

My vote would have gone to The Simpsons if they had called it quits after Seasons 10/11, but they kept going, and are just pissing on their great legacy now, which is a real shame.

Oh, and Futurama should be on this poll. That would get my vote.
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Old 04-30-2005, 08:18 PM   #55
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what about the critic? now that was a top show
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Old 04-30-2005, 09:28 PM   #56
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Simpsons by far. Sure Family Guy has the funny, but it has no substance to it at all. Sadly, that's how Simpsons is too nowadays. Everything is just a running joke, there's no connection with any of the characters at all. That's why Simpsons was so awesome. Even with the great humor, you actually cared about the characters on the show.

I agree that Futurama > both though <3
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Old 05-05-2005, 04:32 PM   #57
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Simpsons hands down. I like Family Guy, but it seems like they rely waaaayyy too much on "Remember when I 'insert stupid past experience here' " And of the 10 times I've actually watched Futurama, it pales in comparison to Family Guy & The Simpsons.
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Old 05-05-2005, 05:36 PM   #58
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let's put it this way: The Simpsons was the better show.

I watched both this last Sunday, and The Family Guy was better by far for this week at least.
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Old 05-06-2005, 05:09 AM   #59
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I'm going with Family Guy. Not much else to say that everyone else hasn't already said. The Simpsons is one of the greatest shows of all time. I can't imagine a show being as funny, joke by joke as Family Guy though. Granted, The classic Simpsons episodes had the substance that Family Guy doesn't really have but if I just want to laugh, I go with Family Guy.

The fact that people are trying to put Futurama above either of these shows makes no sense at all though. I remember watching Futurama when it first started and being appauled by it's terribleness (The first few episodes) to the point that I avoided it like the plague until about a year ago. I started watching reruns and decided it was actually pretty funny but comparing it to either of these two is insane. It's right there with King of the Hill, The Critic, etc. Good show... but there's nothing about it that screams classic.
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